Bonus Video

TGIF

Happy Friday everybody! No news on the job front. Maybe next week. I hate waiting.

Anyway...here's another cat video that I saw a long time ago and thought I'd share today. It has sound, but you don't NEED it. It's just a soundtrack behind the action.

Clueless

Yesterday I had a dentist appointment. I've been to this dentist every six months for several years and I always go at 1:00 to take a long lunch. So, I know that they lock their doors over the lunch hour. Knowing this, I still get there a little early and just sit in my car and wait for them to unlock the doors. No big hassle and I can listen to "Oprah and Friends" on my XM radio.

As I listened to the radio I watched people start showing up at the office and go in the first set of doors and realize that the office door is locked and just stand around and wait. There are now about five people waiting in the inner doors for the office to open when a group of three 20-somethings walk up to the door. They walk inside and one of the guys starts pulling repeatedly on the handle of the door (even though there's a bunch of people waiting around and a sign on the door that said they were closed until 1:00). He wasn't doing it to joke around. He was seriously trying to get in.

I had to laugh. What was this guy thinking? There are no other businesses to enter that these people would be waiting for, so he must have thought they were all dumb and hadn't tried the door yet. How clueless could he possibly be? Sometimes people amaze (and amuse) me.

That Weight Loss Reality Show

**spoiler alert**

I want to discuss Biggest Loser. I've been holding back for weeks (even months) about the goings on of the show. I'm not a big reality TV fan. I've never watched Survivor or Amazing Race or any of those other shows. But I LOVE Biggest Loser! I find it very inspirational and last night was no exception. For years/seasons I've longed for a woman Biggest Loser. Last night didn't look good for the ladies after Roger and Mark weighed in. They pulled HUGE numbers! I was stunned. Then Ali stepped up and did it. She lost BIG! I don't know where that weight even came from. She's one tiny contestant now. Then Kelli...and I thought she'd be up against Roger. But NO! She did it too! How awesome that the two women left were guaranteed spots in the final 3?! So since it comes down to us to vote. I beseech you to vote Roger out. We MUST have a woman Biggest Loser!

And so on to the inspiration....

Last night they showed those journey clips for each contestant and each were duly inspirational. They lost all this weight in 15 weeks. I think, as a fat gal, it takes a fat person (or former fat person) to really understand the enormity (pun not intended) of this feat. These people did something AMAZING through diet and exercise and I want to do that too. I wish I had the trainers to make me work my butt off, but I don't. I know I can't do this sort of thing in 15 weeks, but I have to do something. I know how. I know what. I just need to do it.

And if the producers of Biggest Losers find this blog, I'd be happy to join your next cast!

Patience, Webgal, Patience

I'm a bad corporate drone today. I can't focus on anything at work. I just keep thinking about yesterday's interview (that went quite well) and how I'd love to submit my two weeks notice right now. I hate waiting for decisions like these (as most people probably do). I'm just not patient when it comes to this.

I had a team meeting today where we were talking about a change in how our team updates things and I kept thinking..."Not me. I'm out of here!"

Of course, I'm afraid that by thinking that way, I'm jinxing myself out of the new job. GAH!

On a side note, I really do hate that I'd have to leave my current company, because I have enjoyed working for it (in my previous division anyway). But this other company seems decent too. I just need to do what's best for my career (and sanity) and at this moment I don't see many options within my current company (as vast as it is).

So I guess I'll just bide my time waiting with busy work. Or reading blogs.

A Brief Account of my Weekend

It's been a while since my last post. I haven't felt the urge to write so much I guess since work was busy and I've had to prepare a portfolio CD for my interview tomorrow. I thought I'd write a brief keyword report of my weekend for anybody that's interested. If not, tune in later for more interesting writing...

• Wake up
• Make final changes to portfolio
• Attempt to burn CD of portfolio on new laptop
  
• Give up and attempt to network portfolio files to my desktop
• Give up and email files to self
• Repeat when files attach strangely
• Burn CD
• Do some cleaning
• Shower
• Meet parents
• Watch them cut my overgrown shrubs
  
• Go to my sister's house
• Check portfolio CD's compatibility with IE 6
• Bask in glory of my genius web design prowess
• Push nephew on swing
  
• Laugh at nephew's funny stories
• Tickle niece
  
• Go to church
• Eat dinner at sister's
• Go home
• Sleep
• Get attacked by cat wanting toy I was sleeping on
• Go back to sleep
  
• Wake up
• Watch TiVoed episodes of General Hospital all morning
• Start laundry
• Go get groceries
• Continue laundry
• Watch more TiVo
• Continue laundry
• Write this list

Well that makes my weekend sound full...I'd better get back to TiVo.

Don't Make Me Go!!

I took the past two days off from work. I just needed a few days where I wasn't dealing with the idiocy of the job I'm currently in. Truth be told I need much longer than two days. I hit my seven monthiversary in this position last week (and five whole years with the same company), so that means in "only" five more months I can apply for another job in Behemouth. I can't wait. I would like to go back to the downtown division. I miss the people, the professionalism, my walking buddy, the parking ramp, etc.

The problem is...I'm not sure there'll be anything for me to apply for there. I may have to settle for another division near my current office (a.k.a. the elementary school). There are two large locations nearby that probably have much better options. Or at least they aren't almost solely a call center environment.

Anyway...as I sit her pondering this, all I can think about tomorrow is, "DON'T MAKE ME GO BACK TOMORROW!"