Pong Fun

15 minute break? Roddick vs Pong can fill the gap.

Embarrassingly Addicted

If MySpace was a single human entity, I would try to strangle it. I’ve logged in approximately 15 hours last week on my profile page. Most of that time was spent messing with the layout. The rest of the time, finding old high school and college classmates. The MySpace frenzy has caused my current employer to block the site through their proxy … my guess is that the amount of time spent on the site has astronomically grown over the past years … less productivity … more MySpace. Sad that I know that they blocked the site … obviously tried to log on at work … my anger grows.

Why manage your work, when you can manage MySpace. Why have real friends, when you can have 1,000,001 MySpace friends. Why keep secrets, when you can see what everyone’s saying about you on MySpace comments. Why take a lunch break, when you can spend an hour on MySpace. Why write your coworker an email, when you can write a comment on their MySpace page.

With all the MySpace activity going on these days, you would think that they’re making a killing on advertising. Comparing internet traffic on Google vs MySpace, the numbers must be close. Hell, not only do they have over 50 million registered users but I Google’d a MySpace search just the other day. Google has NEVER been slow. No matter the search. It’s pretty obvious that Google has invested in their infrastructure over the past few years … ensuring zero lag on their site. MySpace is slow all the f**kin time. Where’s the loot going? They’re not spending it on their web development. Not spending it on infrastructure improvements. Has everyone’s friend, TOM, been receiving large yearly bonuses??? JIC he has, I’ve removed him from my friend list. I gotta move on!

But yet I seem to find my way back … especially after receiving those damm email notification that someone out there wants to be my friend. OMG who is it? Typically it’s “Jessica” or “Liza” or “Monica” or “Look at my beautiful breasts and check out my web cam Nikki.” And all of these girls ironically don’t want to have kids. Why am I so infatuated? What is it? I could give a rat’s ass about what happens on Friendster. But someone left a comment for me on MySpace … watch the f**k out … must check comment. You want to be my friend … you live in somewhere in Boulder … you look better than the average … OK … let’s go out for dinner … I’ll order you a Cleveland Houdini AND we’ll take it from there! Checkin' into MySpace rehab tomorrow!

Enjoying Work

It's been a while since I've enjoyed going to work. There were very few moments in my life when I was eager to get up in the morning and get my ass to the office. But when you're working on a 3/4 billion dollar development project, how can you not be excited? First day at work was perfect. My laptop arrived hours after I reached the office and my blackberry was already on order. Was given a schweet hard hat ... which I'm without a doubt keeping. VPN worked like a charm and no hassle logging onto the network. I was introduced to 30+ contractors and forgot their names seconds after I left them. Didn't matter, they're working for me .. ha! The enviroment is nothing less than facinating. It's miraculous to be a part of something so massive and watching it grow by the day. I've found my niche ... now, it's a matter of staying there!

Cuz I'm Tough

My next purchase ... Asics' camel toe running sneakers.

Bedtime Reading

Thursday will be my first working day with the new employer. Yesterday was my last day of employment at popcopy. Thankfully, a 4 day mini vacation coming my way! My vacation started today with a few hours by the pool at the AG, then BBQ and a movie at Brown’s later in the afternoon. I just killed a good 2 hours messing with my blog template … hope you like! And now I’m watching another re-run of Hellboy on FX. Beats slaving for the man any day. Maybe I’ll throw in Contact for the 100^th time!

I was really looking forward to my next 3 days of idle time. But I just received an email from my new supervisor, which was titled “Bedtime Reading.” I thought to myself, “Oh no!” The email was short and sweet … here’s some reading you can do before work on Thursday. Will I be quized? Do I get paid during the time I read these documents? Of course not ... but time is money ... and I ain't rich bitch! The attachment consisted of a 50 page document on the construction rules and regs for the project. I couldn’t believe it. Homework and I haven’t even started ... am I really sure about this?! What have I got myself into? I thought I had gotten away. Its all coming back … and quite quickly too. Maybe popcopy wasn’t such a bad deal … f@#$ that!!!

Trim And Shift

I am the manager! The email I've been anxiously waiting over the past two days finally arrived this evening ... changes are in motion. Waiting for HR to reach me to iron out the details ... from there, sky's the limit. Wait ... pee in what cup??? Good bye purple promise, hello carhartt.

Losing It

Just lost something that was in my hands minutes ago.
Maybe I never had it in the first place.

Hard Hat Required

It's a good day in Boulder ... I got offered the job! Congratulations to me! 29th Street here I come!

Must wear hard hat at all times!

Attractive Opportunity

A good friend from CU forwarded me an internship opportunity with Westcor, the developers of the 29th Street Mall project. I just submitted my resume to their recruiter ... could things be falling into place .. once again, counting my chickens!!!