Thoughts from the Archangel

Cheese and rice, it is COLD.  While not especially warm outside, I find it to be less chilling than sitting here at my desk when it’s a whopping 61 degrees (that’s Fahrenheit, if you’re concerned).  Yesterday, I was wearing a wool sweater – nice merino wool, actually – and I was still cold.  Today, I had to wear pink for a fundraising event, so I opted for the warmest pink blouse I have.  Silk is pretty warm, but it’s a short-sleeved blouse and that’s not helping.  So, I’m sipping hot tea to maybe warm myself up inside out.  Does that work?  It’s good enough when the fucking AC kicks on again because the damned copiers are running at full steam and heating up the area!!

Maybe if I type more, I’ll warm up.  Fortunately, that does not necessarily translate into doing work!

Good:  The Dolts lost to the yet-to-be-beaten Titans last night on Monday Night Football.  I have at least one day off for the next three weeks.  Mother Nature is playing with the World Series, delaying last night’s game – whichever side wins, the conspiracy theorists will have heydays…

Bad:  I hate it when I’m trying to think of something and it won’t pop into my head.  One of my favorite people at work is having his last day here today.

Ugly:  Sour grapes – a different, yet also pretty damned annoying, coworker is celebrating her 30th birthday today.  Not only is the group planning on going to lunch today to celebrate, there’s a card going around for her.  The sour grapes part is that I also turned 30 this year, and most people here could not have cared less.  I didn’t broadcast it, but the people in my department knew about it, and she of the birthday today totally ignored it.  Now, today, if I happen to not sign that birthday card or if I don’t wish her a happy birthday at some point today, she’ll be pissed, and, as a result, so will several other people in the office.  Worse yet is that our boss (who’s totally awesome otherwise) bought her a gift – a big one – and no one else got a gift for their birthdays.  Most of us didn’t even get a card.  I did get a gift from my boss – a plant.  I’ll be interested to see what that big wrapped box contains, I guess just so I can continue to be jealous.  Grr.

Funny:  Along the same lines, the Pretty Damned Annoying Coworker (PDAC) had the office’s main secretary send out an email telling everyone what her birthday wish was.  True, it was for people to donate to this charitable organization, but really?  Did she have to advertise to the entire office that it’s her birthday and try to push the “donate in my name for my birthday” bit?  Funny – in a freaktasically tacky sort of way.

Since I want to feel better after that rant, here’s a photo of a hot guy:

Mmm...Hottie Matt Leinart in eye black...