ok, so there's this one guy at work, and the girl i sit next to doesn't like to eat with him; says it ruins her lunch.
well, I ate with him this afternoon; let's go over the details:
1.)Hear brief mentions of the new Star Trek movie and shows on the SciFi channel. Ok, irritating, but dealable.
2.)I mention that I think the Lord of the Rings movie is a little slow in a slightly derisive manner. I get told how Tolkein is a great writer, and how amazing the world and language he created is. I then get told that its ok to be slow, as long as you're willing to wait (an indirect cheap shot, implicating I'm not willing to wait. I've read just about every Stephen King book ever, don't tell me I can't wait). No, you know what, Tolkein is FUCKING SLOW!!! Especially the 2nd book, so deal!
3.) I say that it's not a good idea to give appliances for Christmas. I get told that if the person needs or wants the gift, then its perfectly ok. Well, you know what? Most people I know don't want appliances. He goes on about how he gets applicances for weddings (completely different!) and stuff and about how people always love George Foreman grills and food choppers. Well, um, no.
So I'm at the front desk right now, so this is what I am doing to procrastinate. I am right next to the screen, and its crazy big, I'm like "jeez!"
Anyway, there's not much going on. Went to office party yesterday, found out that my boss' boss taught in a poor rural region of South Africa while the area was under apartheid, which, while he seemed like a nice enough guy before, made him tons more interesting. I asked what he knew about Stellensbosch, but what he told me wasn't anymore than I had heard from the random Worlds gossip, but he liked the experience he had overall.
Oh, erin, the weirdness is continuing through IM. Hope it ends soon though. I would say more, but I'm paranoid more people read my blog than actuallly do. Anyway, I haven't seen anyone all week, so hopefully I will see you all during this weekend.
so I had to leave work early yesterday as I was sick. ugh, beer and milkshakes do not mix, apparently. Anyway, also skipped my linear algebra class, which will make that next class a major bitch. damn. anyway, apparently denise and lindsay are living in fsk, which im kinda bummed about. personally, i was hoping they would get JBKO so they would be across the street from teh metro and it would be ohsoeasy to get there. oh well.
btw, weather sucks today.
I've been told by the ladies that this picture, also from peaslee, is damn sexy, so for their enjoyment I have put a link up to it as well. I still prefer bowling, though.
In other news, I am going to Nation tonight with my friend Jeni's ex. odd.
proof that at least the lower levels of the swat e-board are the coolest on apda (looking for affirmation, sarah and rob? Jesus, you won our goddam tournament, what else do you need!?):
they are participating in the two activities that consumed my last two years of high school. Of course, to find out what these activities were, you have to check the links.
man it was a rollercoaster. First the bad, and then the good. The bad is the whole UPENN thing, and i don't mean the motor oil thing. Ok, last night I house UPENN, but they say they are going to be going out late. They drop some kids off at my place and say they will be coming back later, so I give them my keys, not telling them which thing on my keyring does what. So I wake up the next morning, and no one showed up while I was asleep. So I give the UPENN kids there some keys, let them know how to get to the metro, and go to GA. Penn kids are there, and they say they called me multiple times, and my keys didn't work.
Let's review these two accusations:
1.)I know they had my phone number, because they called me at the party, and I picked up. But my phone, which keeps a log of all missed calls and voice mails, has NO RECORD of any calls taking place after 12:14 am, so if any phone got called, it wasn't mine. oh, and they left a voice mail around midnight (they caught me 15 min later), so the kid who called should know what my voicemail sounds like, and when he didn't get it, he should have been like "hey, this is different, I should recheck what number I called the first time".
2.)I found out when arguing with them right before they left that they thought the keys didn't work because there was a lock on the front door, and the key on the ring didn't open it. Apparently despite the fact that they were all frantic to get in and get ahold of me, no one thought of what the plastic key fob with the motorola logo was for. Also, they must not have seen the black magnetic swipey thing underneath the callbox with the red light. Admittedly, I should have told them what did what i guess, but it shouldn't take too much persistence to put two and two together. so did the swipey thing work? Yes, I checked it when i came to my apartment tonight. its how i got in.
so they had keys, and they had a phone number. I can't help it if some IVY LEAGUERS can't take 5 seconds to think of how to solve a problem. But they want GW to pay for their hotel, because they said they could not get their "guaranteed housing". well, some of them got in, and the others were certainly given ample opportunity to do so. If, for example, some novice got drunk on campus at, say, Penn, and couldn't figure out how to get to housing and ended up sleeping outdoors, got frostbite, and had to go to the hospital, is that a shame? Yes. Is Penn responsible for the kid's actions and liable for all hospital bills? I would say no. But these kids get all belligerent, and start making threats at me. whatever. I just said what it took to get out of the situation and went back up to tab to get ready for the break.
Also bad, more succinctly. I yelled loudly for no reason and felt stupid later. Also, some people who I thought were very nice generally MAY have been very rude to Erin friday night. I hope she's just being paranoid, but if she's not im really disappointed.
The good: I got to announce top speakers, and this produced my happiest two moments of the tournament. First, 10th speaker was kat hyland, but when I announced her name, she was gesturing to Angelo, expecting to hear his name. It took her a moment to figure out that she is a really good speaker (I hope she recognizes this, because she is), and she was very pleased to get her trophy. However, that doesn't begin to touch the moment of the tournament, which was without a doubt when Dave Bing got a speaker award. He didn't really recognize his name for a second, but when he did he leapt up form his seat and had this look of bewilderment, shock, and a helluva lot of joy, and it was just wonderful to see someone like that at a debate tournament, and to see his team jump up with him and start cheering him really loudly, and it was just all a moment of--it was the tournament theme, after all--wonderfulness. It reminded me of all the best moments of my experience with the GW team, and how until senior year we just all had this cohesive togetherness that just peaked at UChicago two years ago in a fit of hardware madness and team pride in one another. I only hope I can feel that comraderie again at any job or activity. So thank you, Mr. Bing, for that moment. Just seeing someone that excited made the rest of my evening.
