Midweek Amusements

Not a bad day here at work. Puttering my way through an ongoing project that’s tedious and unpleasant, but do-able. To celebrate the birthdays of a couple of my cow-orkers, the whole department went out for lunch at Tacos El Muerte Norte in Waukegan. Pretty tasty, and it satisfies the craving I’ve been having for Mexican food. One of my cow-orkers announced her resignation, which might open up some interesting possibilities for me employment-wise in the department. We’ll see what develops there.

It looks like the plans that we had for the coming weekend are somewhat up in the air, but considering that we have so much to do to get the place back to a livable state, I’m sure we’ll still be plenty busy! Anyway, even if we’re not sociable this weekend, there’s still Congenial next weekend, and I’m really looking forward to that!

Incidentally, consider yourself reminded that LAFF Coffee in Chicago is still going on tonight, with rumored appearances by aureth and chouette tonight, as well as takaza, if he’s finally over the cold/flu/plague that has knocked him down for the last week or so.

Finally, here’s a fun little meme that I enjoyed filling out:
Ten Things I’ve Done That You (Probably) Haven’t

1. Hosted a radio program in France
2. Taken hang gliding lessons at Lookout Mountain, TN
3. Shot bottle rockets at friends at close range, while they shot back (I said it was unique, not smart!)
4. Visited a Kodo drum festival in Sakura, Japan
5. Been given a glass of grappa after a meal in Italy just for being American
6. Had a toy-gun shootout in an empty college auditorium at 2 AM
7. Gotten a standing ovation from 150 people for a meal that I (and my staff) cooked
8. Danced a reel with Fiona Ritchie (host of NPR’s The Thistle and Shamrock)
9. Called home from the top of the Space Needle in Seattle, just because I could (OK, Gene might have done this…)
10. Chatted with the American ambassador to Switzerland

12 thoughts on “Midweek Amusements”

  2. typographer

    3. Shot bottle rockets at friends at close range, while they shot back (I said it was unique, not smart!)
    Done it. Roman candles are more fun (and even less smart).
    9. Called home from the top of the Space Needle in Seattle, just because I could (OK, Gene might have done this…)
    I’ve lived in seattle nearly 20 years, my office literally in the shadow of the needle for about 10, and I’ve never been INSIDE the Space Needle.
    I also still don’t own a cel phone. 😛

  3. skorzy

    3. Shot bottle rockets at friends at close range, while they shot back
    HAHAHA!!! I did that! I did that!!! We used “guns” of 1/2″ metal irrigation pipe and a end to “aim” the rockets. 🙂
    6. Had a toy-gun shootout in an empty college auditorium at 2 AM
    We were playing “Killer” (aka “Gotcha”) around that time on campus at UCI. Nearly got arrested.. we were lucky to get away. 🙂

    1. woofwoofarf Post author

      Heh. We used two-foot lengths of 1/2″ PVC pipe with caps on the end. It was fun, but at the end of the night your shooting arm was pretty much black with soot. And maybe slightly singed 🙂
      And yeah, I guess you could say we were playing “Killer” but it was less organized. I’m sure that even now, 18 years later, they’re still finding those little plastic balls all over McAlister Auditorium at Tulane University and wondering where the hell they came from. We had keys to the place so we could set up TV cameras for an event the next day, but if Campus Security had stopped by they would have wondered why all the lights were off and we were all dressed in blac and holding toy guns 🙂

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