Highly Atypical

So yeah. I'm doing Science and still alive.

Work's been decent to me except for the parts that suck, and those parts would suck no matter what I did, so there's no point complaining about it. (Well, a week ago Thursday really did suck but I'm not going to get into that, and that particular depressive spike is mostly done anyway.)

I have a new phone (G1 > iPhone. Hands down.) and new-to-me computer (logic board was close to going on Aeryn and I wanted to trade up while I still could, so I did. The phone is named Pilot, because it's mostly quiet but helps me get places and reminds me of Important Things. The computer doesn't have a name yet, so I'll be posting a poll to help name it later. (All my tech has Farscape-related names.)

Also, new shoes. I've never enjoyed wearing shoes, especially the closed-toed kind, but I found a pair that actually fits today and you don't turn down something like that. (Plus they were on sale.)

I signed up for the Firefly Big Bang over at Dreamwidth. Don't know what got into me, but I'm going to do it, dammit. (I have some sketchy ideas for a River story set post-movie...)

Pittsburgh won the Stanley Cup, which is awesome, if only because it means Detroit didn't. My CEO (who's a thoroughly awesome guy -- I wish I could clone him and put him in charge of everything) was cheering for the Red Wings because they weren't the Penguins (who had defeated his beloved Capitals), and I was cheering for the Pens because they weren't Detroit, so we had an informal rivalry going on.

Procrastinating about getting the cleaning that desperately needs to be done, done. Better get on that before it gets too late and I get too tired.

Today has sucked. Even the good things that have happened have all directly led to bad things.

Bad thing: I overslept.
Good thing: When I got up I still had 20 minutes to get dressed, brush my teeth, et cetera. Which is just barely enough time.
Bad thing: Being rushed led to me taking my wallet out of my bag (to fit my lunch in it).
Worse thing: Said wallet contains not only my ID and credit cards but also my bus pass.
Good thing: The bus driver waved me onto the bus no questions asked before I could even reach into my bag for my wallet. One of the perks of riding the same bus daily, I guess.
Bad thing: I didn't realize at this point anything was missing.
Worse thing: There was a very loud, very obnoxious guy on the bus. If it hadn't been 8:15 in the morning, I'd say he was drunk.
Good thing: I made it onto my connecting light rail with about 1 second to spare before the doors closed and stayed closed. Even got to hold the door for the person behind me.
Bad thing: The friendly local fare inspectors also chose to ride that particular train. This is when I realized I had no wallet and $1.00 in dimes in my pocket.
Worse thing: Said friendly local fare inspectors have quite the thing for power trips. Also, since I didn't have ID on me, I had to verbally give the inspector all my personal info. So now the entire crowded train car knows who I am. (I doubt they care, but still.)
Good thing: I'm pretty sure (see: "power trip," above) they let me off with just a warning, so long as I pay the fare for my return trip. And the stop I got booted off at was my usual stop anyway.
Bad thing: You know how I mentioned I had $1 in dimes in my pocket? Yeah, the fare is $2. Which means that in order to get home today, I'll have to use my lunch break to go to the bank. Can't use the ATM because that requires a card, so I'll have to fill out a withdrawal form and all that jazz. So much for eating lunch during my lunch break.

I know there are a lot of you who are going through worse right now, but I really needed to whine about this. I'm not angry about getting in trouble like I did, either; they were just doing their job. I just can't believe I was stupid enough to do that.

There's nothing like being alone at work and creating a Pandora station based on Queen.

Except maybe table drumming to "Another One Bites the Dust."

And lip synching to "More than a Feeling."

And ew ew ew not more Journey. Journey bad. At least this time it's not "Don't Stop Believin'," which still gives me flashbacks.

And now. I'm supposed to be getting actual work done.

Yay four-hour shifts of nothingness!

OK, so I picked up a copy of the Herald-Leader on the way out from dinner and just got to actually looking at it a little while ago.

As today (well, yesterday now) is apparently some holiday about love or something, the lifestyles section had a nice, long, colorful collection of quotes about love. Quotes, song lyrics, stuff like that.

The one that caught my eye?

"You get me closer to God" -- Nine Inch Nails, "Closer"

Um. Either the person who put that in there didn't actually listen to the song or s/he has and thought it would be hilarious to include. Either way, it is. Hilarious, that is.

Maybe they put in a call around the office for love quotes and an intern from UK decided to slip that one in. That wouldn't surprise me in the least.

But now I'm gonna have that stuck in my head and funny as it is, I don't really like the song...

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