the unforgiving minute (or 2800)
Jul. 7th, 2007 12:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theladyroseLesson of the day: rat (mouse?) blood is virtually impossible to wash out after it's been baked on brick for several hours in direct Californian sunlight. On the bright side, we at least have a neighborhood rodent catcher with friendly intentions, if not the most welcome.
In a house that has almost twice as many printers as it does people, only one seems to work on a consistent basis. And of course, the printer we thought we had fixed managed to break down just as I was in the middle of printing something out for a meeting with my boss. For mysterious and unknown reasons, I seem to have internet access for 15 minutes max on my laptop before it randomly dies on me. Somehow technology and I are having an extremely inconvenient breakdown in communication, so I apologize if I'm being really slow in responding to people. Unfortunately it means that I'm kind of behind on work, which is really not so great.
This weekend I'm off to Moraga for the <a href="http://www.monsterdlp.com>Monster Diversity Leadership conference</a>. Come to think of it, it's a little ominous to head to a summit that has the word monster in it, but it looks like it should be interesting. The Navy will be there as a corporate sponsor; hopefully whoever's representing them won't remember that really awkward incident last year when they tried recruiting me. Awkward as in I was laughing so hard from nervousness that I ran the opposite direction from the uniformed officer and hid in the girls' bathroom until he went away. My valor in the face of the unknown is absolutely astounding. 6 AM wakeup call tomorrow. I'm not sure if I'd entirely mind someone hitting me over the head with a frying pan to really make sure I'm awake, but I have a feeling I'd regret it later.
In a house that has almost twice as many printers as it does people, only one seems to work on a consistent basis. And of course, the printer we thought we had fixed managed to break down just as I was in the middle of printing something out for a meeting with my boss. For mysterious and unknown reasons, I seem to have internet access for 15 minutes max on my laptop before it randomly dies on me. Somehow technology and I are having an extremely inconvenient breakdown in communication, so I apologize if I'm being really slow in responding to people. Unfortunately it means that I'm kind of behind on work, which is really not so great.
This weekend I'm off to Moraga for the <a href="http://www.monsterdlp.com>Monster Diversity Leadership conference</a>. Come to think of it, it's a little ominous to head to a summit that has the word monster in it, but it looks like it should be interesting. The Navy will be there as a corporate sponsor; hopefully whoever's representing them won't remember that really awkward incident last year when they tried recruiting me. Awkward as in I was laughing so hard from nervousness that I ran the opposite direction from the uniformed officer and hid in the girls' bathroom until he went away. My valor in the face of the unknown is absolutely astounding. 6 AM wakeup call tomorrow. I'm not sure if I'd entirely mind someone hitting me over the head with a frying pan to really make sure I'm awake, but I have a feeling I'd regret it later.
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Date: 2007-07-07 02:04 pm (UTC)Good luck at your conference. Funny, ever since I went back to college every six months I get a call from the local recruiters trying to get me to enlist. I understand these people have quotas, but I think the first four times I said "NO!!" would sink in.