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Geography: A One Act Play

Great Big Cat — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:54 +0000

I guess work has to keep up with my personal life, so we’re being forced to move from our current space to another room on the same floor. While I was packing I came across this conversation that happened a few years ago. It was so good that I had to immediately write it up after it happened. I am not kidding, this conversation took place. Right after it was done I turned to another co-worker and asked, “Did you hear that?” He didn’t even turn around, he simply nodded. Too funny.

Person: “Yeah, I need to redeem my miles, I’m going to go to Seattle.”

GBC: “That shouldn’t be too bad.”

Person: “No…hmmm…I’d say probably about an hour, hour and a half at most, it’s only Oregon…”

GBC: “Uh, no…Washington state maybe?”

Person laughs.

GBC: “Apparently you did really well in Geography.”

Person: “Yeah, I took that class in college, I hated it, studying rocks…”

GBC: “Wouldn’t that be geology?”

Person: “Yeah, I took that too, I hated that class!”

GBC: “I guess you did!” GBC laughs.

Person: “It was stupid!”

GBC: “The class wasn’t the only thing that was stupid…”

Thank goodness it’s Friday

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:02:51 +0000

This has been a difficult week. I had to take Woobie to the vet (I thought he had a urinary tract problem), the vet said they didn’t see anything in the urinalysis.

I was informed by the management company of where I rent that I’d have to move out since the owner of the property wanted to move back in. The lease was up July 31st, but when I rented the place a year ago they made it seem like I’d be able to live there as long as I needed. If I had known I could only live there a year, I would never have moved in there. Now I have to find a place, pack, change my address again…all that garbage. What a pain, and here I thought I’d be able to have a somewhat relaxing summer.

Then there were a bunch of work issues I can’t go into here. Add to that the usual buffoonery of certain people at work and you can see how it would be a trying week.

I was going to go for a nice long run after work today, but I just don’t think I have it in me. I’d much prefer to sit on the deck with a drink and a cigar, maybe have Frank playing in the background, and a book in front of me.

GBC

Rough night

Great Big Cat — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:55:29 +0000

I must have slept in a strange position last night. I had a dream that my neck was bent at an extreme angle, the muscles and tendons taut, on the verge of snapping. I woke up in extreme pain. On the bright side…I called out from work today and didn’t have to deal with any obtuseness or annoying personalities. :)

GBC

It’s all about me

Great Big Cat — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:55:33 +0000

Oh how I love people that every time they talk to others feel a need to list everything they know and everything they can do. It goes on and on and on.

What is even better is when these people are talking to someone near you–and there you are trapped because you’re at work–and they are talking about all the knowledge they have. Of course, they aren’t speaking at a normal volume either. Oh no, they must speak as if they are using a megaphone, so everyone else in the office can bask in this person’s greatness and unending supply of erudition.

There is nothing better than to begin a work week with the inane rambling and shameless self-promoting of a self-proclaimed expert on so many topics…

Enough said.

GBC