cali: day 2
woke up to a horrible start. bright and sunny at 7am, head pounding, took a pill, reset alarm to 8, layed flat on couch to let circulate. woke up at noon.
this wouldnt have been too bad, but i had a scheduled phone meeting with one of my bosses at 10am :(
hurried and grabbed a shower (yay shower shock) and jumped online to let them know i wasnt dead and would be in soon.
missed out on the group lunch, but was ok, was kind of nauseous still (happens with my allergies all the time).
got into the office, got settled, got caught up on messagaes, got ahold of people to find out what was going on when.
took a minute, grabbed a couple slices of pizza from yesterday, nuked those for lunch. gotta say. costco pizza reheats good.
hauled ass doing work stuff, to make up for the lost time that morning.
no idea if i should be mentioning this, but i got to talk to Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales today. Yes, THAT Jimbo. He needed someone to talk to someone about some wiki bot/programming stuff, and everyone pointed him at me. go figure.
it was really neat to talk to him. Was scary as hell. mostly that normal "your famous, i shouldnt be talking to you, or be in same room" feeling. that went away pretty fast once i realized that behind that face/persona is a normal everyday geek like the rest of us. then once he went away, back to the stunned. they tell me that feeling goes away if i was around him more, but still, kinda... yeah. wow.
in retrospect, i should have asked to get a picture with him, would have made the trip. but that would have seemed kinda awkward to ask. mentally, he can be famous, or he can be your boss, not both. i choose boss, because it makes *me* less nervous. too bad he's not going to be in tomorrow, of i would risk asking anyway.
i'm gonna make it a point to get pics of the office tomorrow and get them posted. i promise.
it really is a great place to work at, both the office and the people. more the people. its the dream job i've always wanted, i'm not sure how i'm going to leave this place.
this wouldnt have been too bad, but i had a scheduled phone meeting with one of my bosses at 10am :(
hurried and grabbed a shower (yay shower shock) and jumped online to let them know i wasnt dead and would be in soon.
missed out on the group lunch, but was ok, was kind of nauseous still (happens with my allergies all the time).
got into the office, got settled, got caught up on messagaes, got ahold of people to find out what was going on when.
took a minute, grabbed a couple slices of pizza from yesterday, nuked those for lunch. gotta say. costco pizza reheats good.
hauled ass doing work stuff, to make up for the lost time that morning.
no idea if i should be mentioning this, but i got to talk to Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales today. Yes, THAT Jimbo. He needed someone to talk to someone about some wiki bot/programming stuff, and everyone pointed him at me. go figure.
it was really neat to talk to him. Was scary as hell. mostly that normal "your famous, i shouldnt be talking to you, or be in same room" feeling. that went away pretty fast once i realized that behind that face/persona is a normal everyday geek like the rest of us. then once he went away, back to the stunned. they tell me that feeling goes away if i was around him more, but still, kinda... yeah. wow.
in retrospect, i should have asked to get a picture with him, would have made the trip. but that would have seemed kinda awkward to ask. mentally, he can be famous, or he can be your boss, not both. i choose boss, because it makes *me* less nervous. too bad he's not going to be in tomorrow, of i would risk asking anyway.
i'm gonna make it a point to get pics of the office tomorrow and get them posted. i promise.
it really is a great place to work at, both the office and the people. more the people. its the dream job i've always wanted, i'm not sure how i'm going to leave this place.