First Night Back at the Desk
Jan. 12th, 2006 01:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
coffeesnob318Yay! Normal schedule again! And the desk is mine...all mine. *evil completely trustworthy cackle*
Not much happening tonight. We have about 3 1/2 people in the building. I get to make folders for the new move-ins. I get to do part-time payroll. But all of that can wait until it is completely dead down here. No sense in squandering the meager social opportunities.
I did take Bradford the Lion (well, if no one else is going to name him, I will. Bradford's as good a name as any) off the bulletin board where he was hanging, push-pinned by the tail. Poor Bradford. *hugs him; Bradford roars* Shhh...Bradford! Quiet hours.
Yes. I'm talking to a stuffed lion. In my defense, he started it.
I have been perusing the friendslist. I got tired after 45 minutes. Sorry if I missed something brilliant you said. I would like to thank![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dtdesperado for mentioning the Godfather theme. Because now I'm humming it. Again. I just got it out of my head this afternoon. And now there it is again. Great. :)
I picked up a few memes. I'll cut-tag the long one
Heh. I got two of these alphabet things. And most of the prompts are different. So I'll do both...only at the same time. I've got the time.
Snagged fromdtdesperado and blaire23
A - Accent: Texan - the intensity is inversely proportional to the amount of time it's been since I've been to visit the parents.
A - Age: 30
B - Breakfast Item: Scambled eggs and pasta
B - Best friend: Head reeling. Don't make me choose!
C - Chore You Hate: Yes. Oh, you mean a specific one. I'll also have to go with dusting.
C - Crush: No one
D - Dad's Name: Stanley
E - Essential Everyday Item: cell phone
E - Easiest Person to Talk To: my sister
F - Flavour Ice Cream: coffee or banana (sans nuts)
F - Favorite Band: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
G - Gold or Silver: Silver
G - Gummy Bears or Worms - Worms - those sour ones. Mmm...worms
H - Hometown: Childress TX
I - Insomnia: Story of my life
I - Instrument: Piano; french horn. And I play a mean kazoo.
J - Job Title: Night desk clerk; Adjunct Speech Instructor
K - Kids: I'm in favor of them. I'd like to have a lot, just not by birthing a lot. Adoption sounds like a brilliant option.
L - Living Arrangements: apartment
L - Longest Car Ride: From Denton to Charleston, South Carolina and then back through New Orleans. But not all at once. We stayed the night with friends and family and Margat's creepy cousin and some bars along the way.
M - Mum's Birthplace: Childress TX (world travelers, we are not)
M - Milk Flavor: ? Um...regular? Skim, actually. Unless it's chocolate, then bring on the fat.
N - Number of Significant Others You've Had: Define "significant." I say two, but my friend Brian from my freshman year of college swears I'm an ex of his. So apparently kissing me once during a road trip = significant. Weirdo.
O - Overnight Hospital Stays: one
O - One Wish: Money tree. Of course, I'd probably forget to water it, it would die, and then how stupid would I feel?
P - Phobia: RAs named Liz. Just kidding. Just seeing if you were reading. :) Um...I have a horrible fear that bugs will crawl on me when I'm sleeping. Perhaps one root of the insomnia?
Q - Queer: Define "queer." I'm odd at times. But my sexual preference is mostly straight.
Q - Quote: This week, it is from a horrible training video on stress management: "As you control your breathing, you control your life." I know it's true, but I still laughed and laughed.
R - Religious Affiliation: Bypassing my issues with the word "religious," Christian.
R - Reason to smile: Coffee. And back to working nights. And adorable exchange students locking themselves out of their rooms and, thus, having to come see me in the middle of the night.
S - Siblings: one younger sister
S - Song you last heard: Theme song to Friends (it was the last thing on before I left the house tonight)
T - Time I Wake Up: That's a tricky one. I could go through all seven days and why they're different, but I think I might even bore myself with that one, and I'm pretty easily amused. So I'll just say roughly 5 pm on weekdays and roughly 9 am on weekends.
U - Unnatural Hair Colours I've Had: Pink and blue. Soon followed by pink and seaweed green. Attractive.
U - Unknown Fact About Me - I've been through lifeguard training but was never certified because I couldn't quite pass one of the timed tests. A few years ago, I learned that they took the timed tests out, so I could probably pass now. This nugget of information freaks me out because, although there are many areas of life where speed doesn't matter, lifeguarding is not one of those areas. So I've never retested...in a lame form of silent protest.
V - Vegetable You Refuse To Eat: Beets
W - Worst Habit: Making piles in my office at home that I will "get to eventually."
X - X-rays I've Had: Teeth, feet, chest
Y - Yummy: cheese and Kix (but not together)
Z - Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Stolen clean away fromblaire23 (with the name of the "sexiest things" object changed so that I'd have another excuse to think about Jake Gyllenhaal)
You post a topic, list, category, whatever, in my comments section. (examples: "5 Sexiest Things About Jake Gyllenhaal" or "Top 5 things to drink"). Then, in a separate post, I'll post the answers to all your Top 5 ideas, according to me. Then you post this offer in your own journal.
Not much happening tonight. We have about 3 1/2 people in the building. I get to make folders for the new move-ins. I get to do part-time payroll. But all of that can wait until it is completely dead down here. No sense in squandering the meager social opportunities.
I did take Bradford the Lion (well, if no one else is going to name him, I will. Bradford's as good a name as any) off the bulletin board where he was hanging, push-pinned by the tail. Poor Bradford. *hugs him; Bradford roars* Shhh...Bradford! Quiet hours.
Yes. I'm talking to a stuffed lion. In my defense, he started it.
I have been perusing the friendslist. I got tired after 45 minutes. Sorry if I missed something brilliant you said. I would like to thank
dtdesperado for mentioning the Godfather theme. Because now I'm humming it. Again. I just got it out of my head this afternoon. And now there it is again. Great. :)I picked up a few memes. I'll cut-tag the long one
Heh. I got two of these alphabet things. And most of the prompts are different. So I'll do both...only at the same time. I've got the time.
Snagged from
dtdesperado and blaire23A - Accent: Texan - the intensity is inversely proportional to the amount of time it's been since I've been to visit the parents.
A - Age: 30
B - Breakfast Item: Scambled eggs and pasta
B - Best friend: Head reeling. Don't make me choose!
C - Chore You Hate: Yes. Oh, you mean a specific one. I'll also have to go with dusting.
C - Crush: No one
D - Dad's Name: Stanley
E - Essential Everyday Item: cell phone
E - Easiest Person to Talk To: my sister
F - Flavour Ice Cream: coffee or banana (sans nuts)
F - Favorite Band: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
G - Gold or Silver: Silver
G - Gummy Bears or Worms - Worms - those sour ones. Mmm...worms
H - Hometown: Childress TX
I - Insomnia: Story of my life
I - Instrument: Piano; french horn. And I play a mean kazoo.
J - Job Title: Night desk clerk; Adjunct Speech Instructor
K - Kids: I'm in favor of them. I'd like to have a lot, just not by birthing a lot. Adoption sounds like a brilliant option.
L - Living Arrangements: apartment
L - Longest Car Ride: From Denton to Charleston, South Carolina and then back through New Orleans. But not all at once. We stayed the night with friends and family and Margat's creepy cousin and some bars along the way.
M - Mum's Birthplace: Childress TX (world travelers, we are not)
M - Milk Flavor: ? Um...regular? Skim, actually. Unless it's chocolate, then bring on the fat.
N - Number of Significant Others You've Had: Define "significant." I say two, but my friend Brian from my freshman year of college swears I'm an ex of his. So apparently kissing me once during a road trip = significant. Weirdo.
O - Overnight Hospital Stays: one
O - One Wish: Money tree. Of course, I'd probably forget to water it, it would die, and then how stupid would I feel?
P - Phobia: RAs named Liz. Just kidding. Just seeing if you were reading. :) Um...I have a horrible fear that bugs will crawl on me when I'm sleeping. Perhaps one root of the insomnia?
Q - Queer: Define "queer." I'm odd at times. But my sexual preference is mostly straight.
Q - Quote: This week, it is from a horrible training video on stress management: "As you control your breathing, you control your life." I know it's true, but I still laughed and laughed.
R - Religious Affiliation: Bypassing my issues with the word "religious," Christian.
R - Reason to smile: Coffee. And back to working nights. And adorable exchange students locking themselves out of their rooms and, thus, having to come see me in the middle of the night.
S - Siblings: one younger sister
S - Song you last heard: Theme song to Friends (it was the last thing on before I left the house tonight)
T - Time I Wake Up: That's a tricky one. I could go through all seven days and why they're different, but I think I might even bore myself with that one, and I'm pretty easily amused. So I'll just say roughly 5 pm on weekdays and roughly 9 am on weekends.
U - Unnatural Hair Colours I've Had: Pink and blue. Soon followed by pink and seaweed green. Attractive.
U - Unknown Fact About Me - I've been through lifeguard training but was never certified because I couldn't quite pass one of the timed tests. A few years ago, I learned that they took the timed tests out, so I could probably pass now. This nugget of information freaks me out because, although there are many areas of life where speed doesn't matter, lifeguarding is not one of those areas. So I've never retested...in a lame form of silent protest.
V - Vegetable You Refuse To Eat: Beets
W - Worst Habit: Making piles in my office at home that I will "get to eventually."
X - X-rays I've Had: Teeth, feet, chest
Y - Yummy: cheese and Kix (but not together)
Z - Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Stolen clean away from
blaire23 (with the name of the "sexiest things" object changed so that I'd have another excuse to think about Jake Gyllenhaal)You post a topic, list, category, whatever, in my comments section. (examples: "5 Sexiest Things About Jake Gyllenhaal" or "Top 5 things to drink"). Then, in a separate post, I'll post the answers to all your Top 5 ideas, according to me. Then you post this offer in your own journal.
