In Flanders fields the poppies blow ( Read more... )

Let me give a bit of background before I go into why i'm so happy. My "real" manager (Leanne) has gone on maternity leave and our acting manager is an ex military officer (Dan). Well, Dan is extremely hard to read and come across as very intimidating to say the least! Still I always knew he was happy with the work that I did and he repeatedly ( Read more... )

I know it's a bit late but boy did I have a great visit back to the twin cities and Rochester last weekend. The perfect way to celebrate my return to Minneapolis was when Denny and I hit SaWatDee and stuffed ourselves...and also polished off a bottle of sake. Damn that was good ( Read more... )

Ok, so it's my birthday but I can't help but remember my awesome pals timenchanter, nordicgrrl and Dawn G. Have a great birthday y'all! I wish I was there (either California or the midwest) and we could have a big karaoke party to celebrate ( Read more... )

I'm listening to the Anastacia greatest hits disc called "Pieces of a Dream". The cover of the CD case just happens to feature a rather sexy pic of her lying back with eyes closed. So my ex manager walks up to give me a little update of projects he's working on that will impact me and my QA and Support teams. He sees the CD case sitting on my desk ( Read more... )

Ravi at his first ever, real, live, hockey game!!! Yup it finally happened! Who'd have thought right? lol ( Read more... )

Hey all! I firgured it was about time I finally got back into the swing of things on LJ. Alot has happened...too much to tell but all very good. I'm headed to SanFrancisco for christmas and new years. Jason will be flying to SanFran to join me for NewYears too...can't wait!

So, everyone tell me how they're doing!!! nordicgrrl? svenden? Everyone??

Oh, and here's ( Read more... )

Well, where do I start. I made it down to the midwest again and packed up a big uhaul truck with all my belongings (thanks in large part to George's help). Then we spent a night in the cities with svenden and went out to a nice dinner and karaoke afterwards at Townhouse. We only got the chance to sing one song each but it was good to see some old friends ( Read more... )

So I walk in to work this morning to find a card on my keyboard. I open the envelope and it's from the VicePresident. It reads:

"Ravi,
Thank you for making Tuesday very special for your Axia teammates. Everyone was VERY impressed with your song styling. You can really belt them out man!What an awesome way to start a Friday! Then, after a meeting ( Read more... )

Oh my god! I can't even begin to tell you about the company party yesterday afternoon...it was incredible. Remember? I was supposed to sing at the party ( Read more... )