2001-02-09 - 22:20:31
Random Fragments of Thought

Random Collection of Friday's Thoughts: A sifting of the day's fragments, rather than a coherent entry.

I, for one, intend to completely avoid the theaters this weekend. The last thing I want to see is someone's face getting peeled off and someone's brain being eaten. *shudder* No Hannibal for me.

Funny how a nice steely snow-throwing sky can turn into a clear blue high-pressure system in 24 hours' time. Give me some sinus meds, please.

If I ever see another Blue Screen of Death, it will be too soon ...

Who would ever invent a salary-minus system? Good grief. I get paid a set amount each month, regardless of the number of days in the month ... but let me go missing for two hours, and BANG! I get two hours' worth (at an hourly rate assigned to me) subtracted from the next paycheck. Where's the sense in that? Either it's salary, or it's not ... and even with two hours missing, I bet I worked more in January than I will this month, but I'll get paid more for February. *shaking head*

There's a board of trustees dinner tonight ... I was invited, I accepted, but darned if I'm going to be going ... Silly of me, but I found out Nappy and Jocasta won't be going, and I don't have a thing to wear, and I'd have to drive back to Tigard to get it if I did, and ... *sigh* For every couple steps forward in my social growth, I always end up taking a step back. Oh well. No matter how hard one tries, shyness can never be completely got rid of.

MY PROJECT IS ALMOST DONE! MY HULKING, HIDEOUS 3-MONTH PROJECT NEARS ITS END! *laughing with relief* I can't believe it works ... Only a few superficial "wouldn't it be cool if it did this ..." touches left ...

I have another Simon and Garfunkel fragment stuck in my head this afternoon, from "The Boxer" ...

In the clearing stands a boxer,
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev'ry glove that laid him down
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame,
"I am leaving, I am leaving."
But the fighter still remains

Don't know how that relates. *shrug*

... Hmm. I didn't have much to say for myself today, did I? Oh well. Life rolls ever onward ...