I watched the swearing-in and the inaugural speech today. I walked into the break room right as he was about to be sworn in and I stayed for the entire speech. I only had 15 minutes but of course it all lasted longer than that. So, I got a tardy mark today (lost out on 7 minutes of pay). Oh well, it was more than worth it. Talk about history.
After the speech started, two of my co-workers, whom I did not know, came in and watched it with me. They were both black women. It was just amazing to watch and we talked about how in the past we never cared about elections as strongly as we did about this one.
When I saw the mall, and the nearly 2 million (or more?) people crowded in, some miles away, I was overwhelmed. It was so moving to see so many people caring so much about this new president. It's like 3/4 of the country stopped for a half hour.
My co-workers who were McCain supporters were very subdued today. Which was nice.
Beyonce sang "At Last" for the first dance between President and Mrs. Obama. They looked so nice up there on stage together. It is so obvious that they adore each other. It's beautiful to behold.
President Obama. Boy does that sound nice.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
black ice!!!!
I grew up in Minnesota and have so far lived about 2/3 of my life here. I have heard of this concept of black ice but have so far been lucky enough to avoid it. The past week, there have been hundreds of accidents around the metro due to black ice, lots of my coworkers have called in late to work because the roads have been so bad with all the accidents.
This morning, when the temperature was -22, I was driving to work and I hit a patch of black ice. The road looked perfectly clear, almost dry. Suddenly, the car lurched to the right, then the left and I was completely out of control. Luckily there was no one in the lane next to me and no one near enough ahead or behind me to cause anyone else any threat of danger from my car. I was freaked out, worried that the car was going to go into a ditch. My mom, riding in the passenger seat, was screaming. I remained calm and steered my way out of the skid.
As we drove along, my mom asked me, "Were you shitting your pants during that?"
"No, to be able to shit my pants, that would mean I had a relaxed rectum. I was CLENCHING!"
We had a good laugh. My mom actually complemented my handling of the driving and not freaking out even afterwards.
I am so freaking ready for spring.
This morning, when the temperature was -22, I was driving to work and I hit a patch of black ice. The road looked perfectly clear, almost dry. Suddenly, the car lurched to the right, then the left and I was completely out of control. Luckily there was no one in the lane next to me and no one near enough ahead or behind me to cause anyone else any threat of danger from my car. I was freaked out, worried that the car was going to go into a ditch. My mom, riding in the passenger seat, was screaming. I remained calm and steered my way out of the skid.
As we drove along, my mom asked me, "Were you shitting your pants during that?"
"No, to be able to shit my pants, that would mean I had a relaxed rectum. I was CLENCHING!"
We had a good laugh. My mom actually complemented my handling of the driving and not freaking out even afterwards.
I am so freaking ready for spring.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
I can't believe how long it's been since I posted!
Christmas was non-eventful. We made far too many cookies again. I am so glad that I don't live in the same house as all those cookies. Less temptation.
New Year's was also non-eventful. Spent it alone again....no big surprise there.
I came up with a fantastic disc for the Gomez forum swap, in my opinion. I burned dozens upon dozens of CDs on New Year's Eve and got to the post office at about 4:30 (closing at 5:00) to mail them all out. I used up two sets of ink cartridges in my printer for artwork and even though I bought 200 blank CDs, I have less than half a stack left! So much paper, so much ink. There has got to be a better way.
At least there won't be another one until next year, if at all.
At work, they announced last week that they were moving desks for my team, so I had to pack up all my crap and change floors. The new spot is fine, but it's further away from a window so I feel a bit disconnected from the natural world.
Maybe when it's warmer out I'll go for walks outside during my lunch break. It will be good for me and I could use the sun exposure. The weather right now is barely conducive to walking one block, I won't be voluntarily going out for any reason. We've had lots of snow lately and it's lovely, but I am pretty much done with winter.
My department has two offices currently, one here and one in Seattle. We got an announcement today that they are closing the Seattle office. The people there have the option to move to Boise, Salt Lake City or Des Moines. They'll have a slightly different job but basically my office is going to be it for handling most of the collections for the company. This is really really shitty because they are going to change the office hours to an hour later which means I will either have to work slightly later or, if I'm lucky, NEVER FUCKING GET OUT OF MY CURRENT CRAPPY SHIFT. I know, it could be worse. I could be the one losing my job. But Christ almighty. I have worked there for NINE YEARS and the best shift I can get makes me work until 6 pm? What the HELL?
I shouldn't complain. Some people can't even get jobs despite being qualified. I'm pretty stupid for complaining in the first place, but it just feels like every time I think I'm getting ahead at the company and may be jumping up the seniority list and therefore be eligible for earlier shifts, they do something like this that knocks me right back down.
Yes, I am ungrateful.
Christmas was non-eventful. We made far too many cookies again. I am so glad that I don't live in the same house as all those cookies. Less temptation.
New Year's was also non-eventful. Spent it alone again....no big surprise there.
I came up with a fantastic disc for the Gomez forum swap, in my opinion. I burned dozens upon dozens of CDs on New Year's Eve and got to the post office at about 4:30 (closing at 5:00) to mail them all out. I used up two sets of ink cartridges in my printer for artwork and even though I bought 200 blank CDs, I have less than half a stack left! So much paper, so much ink. There has got to be a better way.
At least there won't be another one until next year, if at all.
At work, they announced last week that they were moving desks for my team, so I had to pack up all my crap and change floors. The new spot is fine, but it's further away from a window so I feel a bit disconnected from the natural world.
Maybe when it's warmer out I'll go for walks outside during my lunch break. It will be good for me and I could use the sun exposure. The weather right now is barely conducive to walking one block, I won't be voluntarily going out for any reason. We've had lots of snow lately and it's lovely, but I am pretty much done with winter.
My department has two offices currently, one here and one in Seattle. We got an announcement today that they are closing the Seattle office. The people there have the option to move to Boise, Salt Lake City or Des Moines. They'll have a slightly different job but basically my office is going to be it for handling most of the collections for the company. This is really really shitty because they are going to change the office hours to an hour later which means I will either have to work slightly later or, if I'm lucky, NEVER FUCKING GET OUT OF MY CURRENT CRAPPY SHIFT. I know, it could be worse. I could be the one losing my job. But Christ almighty. I have worked there for NINE YEARS and the best shift I can get makes me work until 6 pm? What the HELL?
I shouldn't complain. Some people can't even get jobs despite being qualified. I'm pretty stupid for complaining in the first place, but it just feels like every time I think I'm getting ahead at the company and may be jumping up the seniority list and therefore be eligible for earlier shifts, they do something like this that knocks me right back down.
Yes, I am ungrateful.
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