Sigh

So I think I've lost my phone. Ugh.

It's been a fairly unpleasant day.

I'll be at the bar later, trying to salvage my Friday.

Germany

So I'm leaving for Germany one week from today. And I've done close to nothing to prepare--other than buying a guide book, I haven't done anything and have nothing ready. I haven't even checked to make sure I didn't lose my passport since May. (I'm sure I haven't)

You'd think that I'd be more worried or stressed about what I have to do before next week, but...eh. :) It'll be fine.

I'm more stressed about what to buy people for Christmas.

This year, everyone gets leiderhosen.


edit: BAH! TYPOS! What's my job?

Thanksgiving

The Most Disturbing Thing I've Seen Today

David Hasselhoff! What are you doing to those poor dogs?!

DNA/Personality Test

Benevolent Creator

Apparently. But don't cross me. I'm not always benevolent.

12 of 12 November

After last month's camera breakage, it was nice to actually complete a 12 of 12 this month! Although I did forget until after I got to work... Go here to check out the details of Chad's fabulous idea.

8:48am: My desk. While trolling around the web I found a video of Michael Jackson's "Dirty Diana". Awesome

10:29am: Office bathroom. Found my first gray hair. Fabulous.

12:09pm: My desk. Remembered right before heading to the post office that it's closed. I'm glad I didn't get all the way there!

2:57pm: My desk. Just got off the phone after an hour teleconference. Lots of notes for work to be done.

4:49pm: The office. Not quite 5pm and it's already pretty dark in Chicago. Ah. Winter. (and I'm crooked, not the buildings)
5:31pm: Clinton El stop. Train's coming.

5:32pm: Blue line el. The train's pretty empty today because of the holiday.

6:08pm: My street. Took Sadie for a walk and checked on Bob's car. It's still there, safe and sound.


7:20pm: Bedroom. Settled in to watch some Nip/Tuck


7:35pm: My kitchen. I realized I had no lunch options for the morning so I decided to make some baked mac and cheese before watching Nip/Tuck.


8:01pm: My bedroom. Sadie got a rawhide while I watched TV.

8:59pm: Kitchen. Mac & Cheese is done! Now I have lunch for a couple days.

That's it! Fun Monday events in Chicago. :)

Aw, Hell

I just found my first gray hair.

Ugh.

It was unceremoniously yanked from my head and disposed of never to be spoken of again.

Boo!

Drunk Elephants on Parade

This is crazy. Can you imagine this happening in Chicago? I bet Bruckheimer could totally do a movie about this (as long as there were at least 13 car chases and 54 explosions. And probably a plane crash). And try to ignore the Paris part. I do.

Paris was horrified to hear that 40 squiffy elephants fought with an electric pole in the West Garo Hills district last week, which instantly electrocuted six of the blotto beasts.

So the hotel heiress is launching a campaign to encourage locals to hide their vats of home-made brew from the grey inebriates, who have started to search for the free alcohol for their benders. Of last week's jumbo deaths, Paris said: "There would have been more casualties if the villagers hadn't chased them away.

"And four elephants died in a similar way three years ago. It is just so sad. The biggest problems are in Assam and Meghalaya. The elephants get drunk all the time. It is becoming really dangerous. We need to stop making alcohol available to them."

!!!

Halloween

I hope everyone had a fun Halloween. I dressed up my poor dog in her Halloween sweater (it has a ghost on it!) and handed out candy to the kids that came by. Most of them were high school students still wearing their school uniforms, but whatever. It took all of 15 minutes to get rid of my candy.

Then I went to bed at 9pm. My crazy, city-livin' life! Be jealous!