Conversation overheard in the office today. Both of these women were entirely serious:

WOMAN 1: "Have you heard of that new movie coming out soon... Twilight 4?"
WOMAN 2: "Oh yeah. It sounded like a documentary."

Chatting right now with Monty. My status in Gtalk reads 「病気」。

SFIDA: Hola

MONTY: Hi. Are you unwell again?

SFIDA: Sinus infection

MONTY: Ach

SFIDA: I'm on my second round of antibiotics

MONTY: No fun

SFIDA: Well, I did get to take a couple of days off from work. I mentioned it online, but I seem to have scared you away from my journal ( Read more... )

A belated Merry Christmas and an on-time Happy 2010 to everyone! I just returned from a trip to visit The Matriarch in New Jersey. I may write more about this later. Right now, I am feeling intensely the effects both of bronchitis and a week of very little sleep (I swear, my grandmother's guest beds are made of concrete).

January: On Addictions ( Read more... )

I was watching some of Kill Bill, Volume 2 yesterday. And I had a realization. ( Zomg spoilerz )

Sharing links with Ian right now. (Ow ow ow brain hurts)

IAN: "Did you see the security camera video of this guy in some office pissing in the coffee pot?"
SFIDA: "No. But something like that would explain the taste of the coffee in my office."

The Scene and the players: I am with a coworker, writing up some Electronic Bulletin Board postings. She is a woman my age; we'll call her Juanita. Nearby are another man my age, and a man floating through his middle-fifties; they will be Dutch and Ira, respectively.

IRA: "What is Twitter? Is it the same as textingSFIDA: "No, but you can twitter ( Read more... )

I met The Maternal Unit for lunch today in Montrose. (I totally recommend Khom Kay Thai Restaurant, by the way.) As we were finishing our respective bowls of curry, she said that she'd like to leave work early today, before her customary time of 7:00 PM-ish, when the tunnels downtown close. Being familiar with her workaholism, I sarcastically ( Read more... )

I'm at home. Feeling a bit under the weather. A few seconds ago, the phone rang.

Woman: "Hello, is this the urological consultant?"
Sfida: "...I'm sorry, I'm afraid it isn't."

This weekend, Monica and I chatted briefly about the Olympics. Naturally, swimming came up, and I brought up my other favorite water sport: diving. [The order of this conversation was cleaned up in the interest of reading comprehension]

Sfida: yeah. one thing i like about diving is that the men don't shave, and that makes me feel better
Sfida: i don' ( Read more... )

Continued from last weekSo, my coworker was trying to get Kid Rock tickets. We and the intern got into a discussion on music, and my coworker mentioned that he'd taken his teenaged daughter to Ashlee Simpson live, with front row tickets. Quoth the intern: "Eew, I don't like her at all! I mean, I'm not all that familiar with her music, but there was ( Read more... )