I am Scrooge McDuck, off for an afternoon swim in me money bin...

While the Cat's away, the mouse will play...and play he will...
he he he, all the bosses are gone for the day...actually they've been gone since like 2:30, so since then, I've had the chance to tidy up my office a bit and just relax...since they aren't around breathing down my neck all the time. Well they don't really do that, cuz that's pretty nasty. They're just on me all the time about the gazillion and a half projects I'm doing. So things are actually very nice right now, I can work on my projects on a steady pace w/o the constant page into my office w/, "...so Jay, where are we on the dadadadada." so I got to reorganize my files...so that things are easier to find, replaced my legal hanging folders w/ letter size ones. Deleted unnecessary files from my hard drive, finished a design modification, and went pee. I even got to help Cindy decorate the conference room. While I was lookin around my office though, I noticed how bland it is in here. I haven't decorated my office yet, at all, if you came in here, you wouldn't know that JAY BERMUDEZ, engineer, worked here, you would know that SOMEBODY worked here, unless of course my bottled water counts as a decoration, which still doesn't identify ME. I need to put up some nice pictures in here, maybe of the roomies, my lil bubsie London, Lakers poster maybe, some art, we'll see. Even a calendar will make this place look nicer. Some people suggested plants, but my window is behind me and not always open, so I don't know if that's a good idea anyway.

How come when you get returned mail, DAEMON is the one who returns it? Yeah, you know what I'm talkin about, you've all met him @ least once, I'm sure... Who is this DAEMON guy, the e-mail returner? They make it seem like he's a real person. Funny, what if he WAS? I wonder how they got this name, is it some sort of Acronym? Or is he the dude that first thought of it...too bad it wasn't me...then you'd get..."JAY has returned your mail because the address does not exist, dadadadadadada." That would be pretty cool. JAY, the e-mail returner guy...has a nice ring to it...

A lot of people talk about how they get sucked into IM and how distracting it can get and stuff like that. How it is kinda impersonal. I would be lying if I didn't say i didn't agree sometimes, because it gives you an easy excuse to say you ARE keeping in touch w/ people, but if you can see them, then that would be so much more meaningful, I think. But such is not always the case...some people you just CAN'T see...and WON'T see, at least not for a while. Let's look at the brighter sides of signing on... I get to talk to people far away, like in NYC and Japan. When I was in Europe, talking to my friends on my buddy list in the wee hours felt so refreshing. I have "online friends," that I can't see or talk to on a normal basis, simply because my day is so tied up most of the time. So IM doesn't have to be such a black hole all of the time...as with life, everything is good in moderation. Too much of most things isn't good, so be wise. Just because you have a license doesn't mean you can go around speeding and driving recklessly...you have to be smart w/ what cha got =p, okay I'll shut up w/ the preachy shit now...

Thumbs up to...
-Friends "you talk to online a lot"
-Bosses who start their weekends early
-get togethers
-FRIDAY

Thumbs down to...
-Knowing you're gonna run into traffic
-headaches

"It's not what abilities you have that make you special, but how you put them to use."