Happy ChrismaKwanzaChaYule
I was going to write a blog entry about my work holiday party last night, but it turns out it was pretty dull. I mean, the company was pretty good, conversations were nice, and the food was above average (though not superb), but it really isn’t story telling material.
So I deleted it.
But rather than change the title and start over, I thought I’d keep the title, and babble about nothing in particular until I get bored with it and publish the bugger.
My next-cube-neighbor and friend Matt has been taking some flack today. He may have arguably misused the word “build” when referring to his dresser, which he “assembled” from a kit. I don’t know why you’d care about that, but I’m telling you anyway. I kind of feel bad for him. But I’m also laughing.
I’m kind of a rough person. I mean, I am kind of shy, but once I get to know people, my mouth is like an open faucet. I don’t know exactly when in my life I started to tease and taunt people, but it stuck, whenever it was. So, I’ve now kind of got a group of work-friends, people I eat meals with and send bizarre emails to. And, since I’ve opened up, I’ve started the teasing. Most of them are pretty good at dishing it back, so it’s mostly fun. But one guy, he just laughs at his own expense and never throws it back! I’ve had to tone down my making fun of him because it’s just not fair. That’s sad.
My boss happens to be some form of Pagan. I wished her a happy solstice yesterday. I’m not sure if that was the right thing to do, but it seemed polite. She returned to me a wish of a happy Woden’s Day. My brain couldn’t put that together so I asked her to explain. Apparently that’s the origin of Wednesday. Woden is a Norse god. Thursday is from Thor. I probably looked like an idiot. But I learned something!
I like learning. I don’t do repetition very well. I get distracted. But doing new things and researching as I go is about the most awesome thing ever. I hope I never stop learning.
Tomorrow is our intern’s last day. Those who’ve followed me here from my LiveJournal might recall that when this intern started I gave him an official “approved” stamp. The reasoning for that was (1) his native language is English, (2) he eats breakfast and lunch with the rest of us, and (3) he’s not stupid. The opposites for those things were all true of our previous two interns. I’ve grown to have a healthy dislike of him as I’ve gotten to know him, but not a strong dislike. I imagine this is how I would feel towards an annoying little brother. I’m pretty sure I’ll miss him. I mean, who else will we make fun of for falling asleep in important meetings?
I have a matchbox car Lamborghini on my desk. She’s a pretty shade of yellow. Some day, I’d like to try driving a Lambo…
Another one of my favorite bloggers (Al, who may in fact have pointed you to this here website!) is on hiatus. So is one of my favorite webcomics (Melonpool). I can’t take this! It’s just not fair! Hiatuses during holidays are outrageous! And mean! And… and… uh-oh… I’ll probably do it too. After tomorrow, my posting is likely to be sparse, as I will be scattered across New England for various Christmas celebrations. And snowboarding. Eeee!
Yup. Bored now.
Have a happy Thor’s Day, then.
It won’t be that bad. Or that long. You’ll never know I was gone. :)
I think I’d be sadder if I wasn’t also diminishing my posting and reading over Christmas shut-down.
Yeah, that’s right. My company shuts down over Christmas. What does your company do? Cookies? Yeah. No. We’re closed. :-P
Though cookies are tasty…