Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Background Noise: She, Elvis (the other one)
Last website visited: um, this is interesting
Mood: i have a pretty new desktop picture of Paris. i want to go to Paris. or London... *crossing my fingers*
Right now i want... water?

Setting: My Office. The lights are off, the space is illuminated by soft grey tones; you can hear rain spitting against the many windows.

SnackPack (aka. the Officemate), is browing amazon and ripping cds. he has his sound canceling headphones on and is generally oblivious. this is a normal lazy-late tuesday afternoon. he is tired.

Anne, is tracking down a fairly hideous bug: her routine: 1) update from the cvs by the next check-in time 2) build 3) xcode freezes; force quit and try to build again 4) build succeeds 5) launch app 6) does the bug happen yet? if no, repeat. if yes... go home. She doesn't foresee leaving work for a while. Needless to say this is mainly busy work - so she fills her time listening to her ipod, listening to the rain, and randomly reading stuff online. She is tired, but happy; the rain is making the blossoms bloom.

The Admin, today, is dressed in a black sweatshirt, jeans, buddy holly glasses, and over-sized slippers that look like sneakers. She is dragging a new recruit around the office introducing her to people.


Admin:
bursting into the office with a huge smile; she has an excuse to see SnackPack
hey, SnackPack!

SnackPack:
looking up from his computer, he takes his headphones off
What's up?

Admin:
I wanted you to meet TheNewGirl

Anne takes her headphones off and turns around to see what's going on

she's been working for SuperCoolHippyBossLady and i wanted to show her around and introduce her to the cool people so she doesn't feel lonely.

TheNewGirl:
coming into the office, sweetly
hi, nice to meet you

SnackPack:
hi.

TheNewGirl turns to Anne

Anne:
smiling and reaching out her hand
nice to meet you.

Admin:
annoyed that she has to acknowledge the girl who shares the office with SnackPack
oh. hi, Anne.

TheNewGirl:
quietly, to SnackPack
i'm sorry, what's your name?

Admin:
smiling and laughing, returning to her favorite topic
oh, you don't need his real name; i only ever call him 'SnackPack' or something like that. come on, i want you to meet some other people....


Oh boy, do i feel loved. What the hell did i do to get on this girl's bad side? My stories just aren't as funny as Barb's are, i guess. Oh! i take that back! apparently one of the finalists in this seasons American Idol and i were in a play together in college. cool... hmm, maybe i don't want to advertise that....

Quick Poll Question: should i go to a work party tonight instead of heading home to watch Gilmore Girls?

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