Yet another random-stuff posting...
Jul. 22nd, 2004 01:00 pm--A couple of days ago, Ryan and I managed to break open a Magic 8 Ball. This was no mean feat, I assure you - those things are virtually indestructible. But through a combination of prying with a screwdriver, melting with a candle, and strong percussion with a shovel, we managed to break it open and get the trophy - the little white plastic die that has all the answers on it. Yay! To tell the truth, it felt rather like killing a sperm whale for the little bit of ambergris...
(The blue dye is finally fading from under my fingernails, too.)
--I stayed up fairly late packing last night. I also could not find my Palm Pilot so I downloaded an alarm clock program for my computer. Except it didn't go off. I therefore ended up waking up at approximately 12:08, eight minutes after I was supposed to be at work. After muttering the requisite "oh, shit", I managed to get dressed and get a cab here in record time, arriving only slightly over 15 minutes late. Which means, if I skip my break, I won't have to stay later to make up the time.
Fortunately this is the first time I've ever shown up late for work, and I even called and stuff, so nobody's mad at me. I still feel bad, though. And if it turns out my brother stole my Palm Pilot, blood will be spilled.
--I move into Annie's house today. To tell the truth, this would be slightly more exciting if I remembered the house number, or had more than a vague clue of where it's located. Unfortunately, having only been there a couple of times, I'm going to have to walk around the area a bit until I find it and remember to write down the house number. ><
--My copy of Dune's "Expedicion" got here from England yesterday. I now have pretty much the entire complement of their CD's that I'm looking for...there's maybe one more that I'm interested in, but they don't have a listing for it anywhere that I've looked (Gemm, Amazon, etc.) and the only thing that makes me think it exists is that, according to CDDB.com, it's the one on which the song "Starchild" is located. So on the off chance anyone's seen a copy of a CD called "Raving Fremmen", let me know.
--It's slightly depressing, when one is working from a printout of all the DVD's the library owns, to see exactly how many of them are listed as "Lost" or "Checked Out" with due dates of anywhere from a couple of months to a year ago.
If I'm ever an actual librarian, I'm going to have to post a picture of myself in my corset getup, holding my crop over my head, with the caption "The Library (Head)Mistress does not approve of bringing library materials back late!"
--Two and a half more weeks, and I'm back in Juneau...
(The blue dye is finally fading from under my fingernails, too.)
--I stayed up fairly late packing last night. I also could not find my Palm Pilot so I downloaded an alarm clock program for my computer. Except it didn't go off. I therefore ended up waking up at approximately 12:08, eight minutes after I was supposed to be at work. After muttering the requisite "oh, shit", I managed to get dressed and get a cab here in record time, arriving only slightly over 15 minutes late. Which means, if I skip my break, I won't have to stay later to make up the time.
Fortunately this is the first time I've ever shown up late for work, and I even called and stuff, so nobody's mad at me. I still feel bad, though. And if it turns out my brother stole my Palm Pilot, blood will be spilled.
--I move into Annie's house today. To tell the truth, this would be slightly more exciting if I remembered the house number, or had more than a vague clue of where it's located. Unfortunately, having only been there a couple of times, I'm going to have to walk around the area a bit until I find it and remember to write down the house number. ><
--My copy of Dune's "Expedicion" got here from England yesterday. I now have pretty much the entire complement of their CD's that I'm looking for...there's maybe one more that I'm interested in, but they don't have a listing for it anywhere that I've looked (Gemm, Amazon, etc.) and the only thing that makes me think it exists is that, according to CDDB.com, it's the one on which the song "Starchild" is located. So on the off chance anyone's seen a copy of a CD called "Raving Fremmen", let me know.
--It's slightly depressing, when one is working from a printout of all the DVD's the library owns, to see exactly how many of them are listed as "Lost" or "Checked Out" with due dates of anywhere from a couple of months to a year ago.
If I'm ever an actual librarian, I'm going to have to post a picture of myself in my corset getup, holding my crop over my head, with the caption "The Library (Head)Mistress does not approve of bringing library materials back late!"
--Two and a half more weeks, and I'm back in Juneau...