And How...
Jan. 6th, 2004 10:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lsdiamondIt's Tuesday, and I'm actually in a good mood. I wonder why. :P
This morning was interesting. I was making the rounds, saying good morning, and J.B., the ad rep who's replacing Shelly (she's going baaaaaack to schooool!) said, "I recognize that greeting!" It's his second day, and I haven't been sure about how we'd get along. Shelly and I have a rapport. I can come into her office yelling, "You CRACKHEAD, what is *this* supposed to mean???", reference some chicken scratch note she's left me, and she can say, "You're the one on the crackpipe, chick, you've got it upside down" or some such, and we laugh. It's hard to say if you can do that to the new person.
J.B. is older - like over 50 older. Normally I get along famously with people of any age, and usually I can read people and get a feel for them, but I just hadn't really tried to yet. I think we're going to get along well, though. It turns out his (first) wife, and mother of his children was Japanese (raised in Hawaii). They met in Guam just after WWII. He's done a lot, been everywhere, and seems to have a lot of good stories. He did say that he was from Oklahoma, and had left many times, but always came back. A sense of impending dread hung over me at that point. :P
So anyway, he was intrigued by my study of the language, and even tried to remember a few words, himself. ^_^ I doubt I have a new study buddy, but maybe a kindred spirit.
He's pretty cool, and not threatened at all by my dress. Matter of fact, he says he has a nephew that I'd get along well with (drummer in a punk band). LOL! Go figure. He also mentioned a nephew who does graphic design for Fossil (you know...awesome watches with some of the best retro designs ever?), but I don't know if they're the same person.
Got through the day without killing anyone...myself included. MAN, did I want a soda all day. I am trying very hard to wean myself of non-water products this year. I'm not one of these "oooh, aspartame BAD, give you CANCER" types, but water is just better all around. And yeah, it gets boring, but I have low-carb milk now, so I can have a *notbadforme* treat now and again.
I did really well over the hols. I had to weigh some packages to mail, and the only thing I have is the bathroom scale. It doesn't do well with small amounts, so the best way is to weigh myself, then weigh myself with the box. Not the most accurate, but it gets pretty close. I was dead on at 135 with shoes, so if there were any holiday gains, they went away.
I needed to have worked out today, but it's SO hard to get motivated when it's cold. :P We have a space heater, but it takes forever to heat the room with it, and they're SO expensive to run. I wish the weight machine would fit in the living room with the gas heater. :P What it comes down to is I just need to get off my lazy butt and do it. I'll get warm during the workout and stay that way for awhile if I don't break a sweat and have it freeze on my skin. :P It's too late tonight, since I have work in the morning. I usually don't feel like it after throwing bundles of newspapers on Wednesday, but I could at least do a lower-body workout.
Have started on Kare Kano again. I'd forgotten what a sweet, sweet story it really is. Of course, Yukino's mania is a compelling way to start the series, but I've always thought it'd be nice to have an Arima in my life.
And hey, even +Kyle likes it so far. He's going to get annoyed with all the re-caps, I'm sure, but, ehh...
This morning was interesting. I was making the rounds, saying good morning, and J.B., the ad rep who's replacing Shelly (she's going baaaaaack to schooool!) said, "I recognize that greeting!" It's his second day, and I haven't been sure about how we'd get along. Shelly and I have a rapport. I can come into her office yelling, "You CRACKHEAD, what is *this* supposed to mean???", reference some chicken scratch note she's left me, and she can say, "You're the one on the crackpipe, chick, you've got it upside down" or some such, and we laugh. It's hard to say if you can do that to the new person.
J.B. is older - like over 50 older. Normally I get along famously with people of any age, and usually I can read people and get a feel for them, but I just hadn't really tried to yet. I think we're going to get along well, though. It turns out his (first) wife, and mother of his children was Japanese (raised in Hawaii). They met in Guam just after WWII. He's done a lot, been everywhere, and seems to have a lot of good stories. He did say that he was from Oklahoma, and had left many times, but always came back. A sense of impending dread hung over me at that point. :P
So anyway, he was intrigued by my study of the language, and even tried to remember a few words, himself. ^_^ I doubt I have a new study buddy, but maybe a kindred spirit.
He's pretty cool, and not threatened at all by my dress. Matter of fact, he says he has a nephew that I'd get along well with (drummer in a punk band). LOL! Go figure. He also mentioned a nephew who does graphic design for Fossil (you know...awesome watches with some of the best retro designs ever?), but I don't know if they're the same person.
Got through the day without killing anyone...myself included. MAN, did I want a soda all day. I am trying very hard to wean myself of non-water products this year. I'm not one of these "oooh, aspartame BAD, give you CANCER" types, but water is just better all around. And yeah, it gets boring, but I have low-carb milk now, so I can have a *notbadforme* treat now and again.
I did really well over the hols. I had to weigh some packages to mail, and the only thing I have is the bathroom scale. It doesn't do well with small amounts, so the best way is to weigh myself, then weigh myself with the box. Not the most accurate, but it gets pretty close. I was dead on at 135 with shoes, so if there were any holiday gains, they went away.
I needed to have worked out today, but it's SO hard to get motivated when it's cold. :P We have a space heater, but it takes forever to heat the room with it, and they're SO expensive to run. I wish the weight machine would fit in the living room with the gas heater. :P What it comes down to is I just need to get off my lazy butt and do it. I'll get warm during the workout and stay that way for awhile if I don't break a sweat and have it freeze on my skin. :P It's too late tonight, since I have work in the morning. I usually don't feel like it after throwing bundles of newspapers on Wednesday, but I could at least do a lower-body workout.
Have started on Kare Kano again. I'd forgotten what a sweet, sweet story it really is. Of course, Yukino's mania is a compelling way to start the series, but I've always thought it'd be nice to have an Arima in my life.
And hey, even +Kyle likes it so far. He's going to get annoyed with all the re-caps, I'm sure, but, ehh...
