One week closer
QOTD: "That's what we call a drive-by shooting."
Had strange dreams last night. Dreamt that today we had a 0700 shoot and I'd forgotten to schedule someone to shoot it. Scott put me in charge of assigning the day's shoots, so I guess that was on my mind. Also dreamt that I found several nude photos of Matt online. I don't know where that came from, but he was much more built than I would've expected. (-;
Today at work as I was standing in the office waiting for my turn to talk to Scott or someone, Jamey came in and walked right up behind me so that he barely made contact with me. I stayed my position:
JAMEY: [whispering] "I had to go commando today."
ME: [looks back]
JAMEY: [backs up and grins sinisterly]
ME: [smirk] "I'm excited."
JAMEY: [cracks up]
Later in the day:
JAMEY: [hands me a paper] "This is for your mom."
ME: [takes paper, which is about WLOX mom of the something-or-other, that I scan over, then quickly file in my desk drawer]
JAMEY: "You're not going to fill it out, are you?"
ME: "I'm busy! I need the desk space."
JAMEY: "What, are you mad at me? Adam, you need to loosen up."
ME: [brief glare, goes back to labeling a CD]
JAMEY: "Adam..."
ME: "Jamey..."
JAMEY: "I love you."
ME: [cracks up]
JAMEY: [grins, exits]
Today I went to the Comm Squadron to get 2Lt Crookshank to sign my ID form AGAIN. Took the new photo lady with me since she needed an ID also. We managed to find her (Crookshank), which was incredible since it was the Comm Squadron's sports day or something and almost no one was in the building. We then headed to the visitor's center to get the IDs made. When we got there, however, they didn't have the form that took A MONTH to get processed so that Crookshank could sign for the ID. Now, I don't know if I mentioned this or not, but she had filed for the 1172 form when we needed the 1172-2 form. Well as it turns out, the Comm Squadron just changed security regs so that now you have to undergo security clearance to get a CAT (sp) card, which is what an 1172-2 form is for. So I had to fill out a new form. Fortunately, this form was the one that Crookshank had been authorized to sign for, so all should be well. Ha. The visitor's center didn't have the signed authorization sheet from the Comm Squadron. We had a copy, which we provided, which they took, denied, and kept. During this entire time, new photo lady is getting irrationally short on patience. My own patience was wearing thin as it was, but she was pushing me. "Well what are we supposed to do?" she asked after I told her to sit down before pestering the staff. "We're going to sit here and wait until they tell us to so something else," I said. And no cookie if you pull any of the other children's hair. For Christ's sake... going crazy doesn't help facilitate ID authorization. Anyway, went back to the studio and afer lunch, told Scott what had transpired. He called Crookshank, who said the original was with someone she knew rather than at Pass and ID (Which is where we thought it had ended up since it wasn't at the visitor center where it belonged. Contractor IDs are made at teh visitor center and CAT cards are made at Pass and ID. Don't ask, I don't know.) She said she'd have it taken over first thing Monday morning and would call when it was there. In the meantime, I have to try and use a form for a new ID to get on base since my visitor pass expired (again) today. That makes two months officially that I've been trying to get an ID.
Then the snack machine ate my money.
We can safely say that I was more than ready to get back to Hattiesburg. This weekend I pack. Must have the whole place packed so that when I return to the apartment the week after next with a moving truck, I can load and go. Next weekend is the special olympics at Keesler. That means I get no weekend. Well, I get Sunday, but that's about it. [sigh] That's really an overexaggeration since I'll only be working a few hours, but if those few hours are before noon, then my whole day is shot. I have the torch run, sailing, roller skating and closing ceremonies to shoot. Something else, too, I think. Will be good overtime. Will need it. Moving isn't cheap. Must remember to submit my change of address packet tomorrow. Should've done it last week.
Scott said that if we had a ridiculous number of award winners (we had a ceremony with 69 awards today), that we should just line them all up on the flightline, get in a car, and just drive by. Yes, that's why we need a camera that can shoot at 8fps. Grip 'n grin photography at 45mph.
What type of Fae are you?
Had strange dreams last night. Dreamt that today we had a 0700 shoot and I'd forgotten to schedule someone to shoot it. Scott put me in charge of assigning the day's shoots, so I guess that was on my mind. Also dreamt that I found several nude photos of Matt online. I don't know where that came from, but he was much more built than I would've expected. (-;
Today at work as I was standing in the office waiting for my turn to talk to Scott or someone, Jamey came in and walked right up behind me so that he barely made contact with me. I stayed my position:
JAMEY: [whispering] "I had to go commando today."
ME: [looks back]
JAMEY: [backs up and grins sinisterly]
ME: [smirk] "I'm excited."
JAMEY: [cracks up]
Later in the day:
JAMEY: [hands me a paper] "This is for your mom."
ME: [takes paper, which is about WLOX mom of the something-or-other, that I scan over, then quickly file in my desk drawer]
JAMEY: "You're not going to fill it out, are you?"
ME: "I'm busy! I need the desk space."
JAMEY: "What, are you mad at me? Adam, you need to loosen up."
ME: [brief glare, goes back to labeling a CD]
JAMEY: "Adam..."
ME: "Jamey..."
JAMEY: "I love you."
ME: [cracks up]
JAMEY: [grins, exits]
Today I went to the Comm Squadron to get 2Lt Crookshank to sign my ID form AGAIN. Took the new photo lady with me since she needed an ID also. We managed to find her (Crookshank), which was incredible since it was the Comm Squadron's sports day or something and almost no one was in the building. We then headed to the visitor's center to get the IDs made. When we got there, however, they didn't have the form that took A MONTH to get processed so that Crookshank could sign for the ID. Now, I don't know if I mentioned this or not, but she had filed for the 1172 form when we needed the 1172-2 form. Well as it turns out, the Comm Squadron just changed security regs so that now you have to undergo security clearance to get a CAT (sp) card, which is what an 1172-2 form is for. So I had to fill out a new form. Fortunately, this form was the one that Crookshank had been authorized to sign for, so all should be well. Ha. The visitor's center didn't have the signed authorization sheet from the Comm Squadron. We had a copy, which we provided, which they took, denied, and kept. During this entire time, new photo lady is getting irrationally short on patience. My own patience was wearing thin as it was, but she was pushing me. "Well what are we supposed to do?" she asked after I told her to sit down before pestering the staff. "We're going to sit here and wait until they tell us to so something else," I said. And no cookie if you pull any of the other children's hair. For Christ's sake... going crazy doesn't help facilitate ID authorization. Anyway, went back to the studio and afer lunch, told Scott what had transpired. He called Crookshank, who said the original was with someone she knew rather than at Pass and ID (Which is where we thought it had ended up since it wasn't at the visitor center where it belonged. Contractor IDs are made at teh visitor center and CAT cards are made at Pass and ID. Don't ask, I don't know.) She said she'd have it taken over first thing Monday morning and would call when it was there. In the meantime, I have to try and use a form for a new ID to get on base since my visitor pass expired (again) today. That makes two months officially that I've been trying to get an ID.
Then the snack machine ate my money.
We can safely say that I was more than ready to get back to Hattiesburg. This weekend I pack. Must have the whole place packed so that when I return to the apartment the week after next with a moving truck, I can load and go. Next weekend is the special olympics at Keesler. That means I get no weekend. Well, I get Sunday, but that's about it. [sigh] That's really an overexaggeration since I'll only be working a few hours, but if those few hours are before noon, then my whole day is shot. I have the torch run, sailing, roller skating and closing ceremonies to shoot. Something else, too, I think. Will be good overtime. Will need it. Moving isn't cheap. Must remember to submit my change of address packet tomorrow. Should've done it last week.
Scott said that if we had a ridiculous number of award winners (we had a ceremony with 69 awards today), that we should just line them all up on the flightline, get in a car, and just drive by. Yes, that's why we need a camera that can shoot at 8fps. Grip 'n grin photography at 45mph.
What type of Fae are you?