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Balance Returns
Jul. 17th, 2009 08:29 pm
I opened up the back door tonight to hear cicadas. It's kind of a relief, considering last year the cicadas started in late May. El Nino has come back to us, bringing the seasons back into balance. It's starting to get blisteringly hot, right when it should be. It hit 120ยบ in some parts of town yesterday, and it's humid on top of it, just like it should be. I bask in it leaving work - Rob parks in a metered lot a block away from the building when he's picking me up, so I get a short walk to the car. Today the air conditioner at work was audibly laboring to keep the place cool - we've got all the computer equipment, so normally we freeze, and it's nice to walk out of the cool dark basement into the scorching heat of July. Last year, though, I was walking into the scorching heat of July by mid-May. Not a good thing, especially since it didn't cool down til late October.
Boss comes back to work on Monday... hopefully I'll get a verdict on my future employment with the County soon. If her vacation was a test, I failed miserably because I spent two weeks on facebook screwing around with my coworkers. We received an updated Policy & Procedures notification that specifically mentioned 'facebook and other social networking sites' as being in direct violation of the P&P... but did that stop the intrepid FarmTowners of the IT Department? Noooooo. Ah well. I don't like this job. I've decided that I do not have a future in the exciting world of IT. I will probably be a pencil-pusher for the rest of my life, which I can accept. I am a very good pencil-pusher.
Boss comes back to work on Monday... hopefully I'll get a verdict on my future employment with the County soon. If her vacation was a test, I failed miserably because I spent two weeks on facebook screwing around with my coworkers. We received an updated Policy & Procedures notification that specifically mentioned 'facebook and other social networking sites' as being in direct violation of the P&P... but did that stop the intrepid FarmTowners of the IT Department? Noooooo. Ah well. I don't like this job. I've decided that I do not have a future in the exciting world of IT. I will probably be a pencil-pusher for the rest of my life, which I can accept. I am a very good pencil-pusher.
Thank You, Great Mystery, for the rain You sent around for lunch.
It's quite cold and windy here, but I am still full of raw fish from lunch. My inner Seal and Bear are well nourished & quite content, so I can withstand any storm that blows up tonight.
It's quite cold and windy here, but I am still full of raw fish from lunch. My inner Seal and Bear are well nourished & quite content, so I can withstand any storm that blows up tonight.
Odd Weather
Mar. 22nd, 2009 10:15 amThank you, Great Mystery, for the beautiful morning You have given us.
It's kind of weird for Vegas, but I was listening to the news the other day & the forecaster said we were getting some kind of stormfront from Alaska. Right now it's probably in the low to mid 60s, partly cloudy, windy, and a gentle, sporadic rain is falling. The wind picks the rain up & blows it like seaspray in little gusts. The clouds are huge and white and puffy and the sky between them is this gorgeous blue that I haven't seen in a long time. When I first moved to Vegas, the sky here was deep electric blue, but over the years due to pollution & dust, it has turned a dull faded-denim color. Today, though, the color of the sky says, "Wow!"
It's kind of weird for Vegas, but I was listening to the news the other day & the forecaster said we were getting some kind of stormfront from Alaska. Right now it's probably in the low to mid 60s, partly cloudy, windy, and a gentle, sporadic rain is falling. The wind picks the rain up & blows it like seaspray in little gusts. The clouds are huge and white and puffy and the sky between them is this gorgeous blue that I haven't seen in a long time. When I first moved to Vegas, the sky here was deep electric blue, but over the years due to pollution & dust, it has turned a dull faded-denim color. Today, though, the color of the sky says, "Wow!"
Beautifyl Weather
Jan. 24th, 2009 01:04 amJust wanted to say thank you, Great Mystery, for the beautiful weather we've been having over the past couple of days. Thank you for the clouds, the misty rain, the heavy perfume of sage filling the air.
Thank you, Great Mystery, for these gifts.
Thank you, Great Mystery, for these gifts.
My Daily Less Unhappy
Dec. 17th, 2008 11:24 pm
My daily less-unhappy - when I walked out of work tonight, it was bitterly cold, but raining & had stopped snowing.
Chelsie does not appreciate the 'As Seen On TV Pedi-Paws'. I'm not too sure of its effectiveness & it looks like a cross between a flashlight & a vibrator. It sounds & feels like a vibrator, which means that it could have possibilities as a pervertable. It's pretty funny watching her try to bite at it - kind of like all the blonde jokes about vibrators & chipped teeth.
Watched The Dark Knight tonight. It was ok. I had higher expectations for it honestly. I guess Jack Nicholson & Mark Hamill just set the bar too high for me.
Chelsie does not appreciate the 'As Seen On TV Pedi-Paws'. I'm not too sure of its effectiveness & it looks like a cross between a flashlight & a vibrator. It sounds & feels like a vibrator, which means that it could have possibilities as a pervertable. It's pretty funny watching her try to bite at it - kind of like all the blonde jokes about vibrators & chipped teeth.
Watched The Dark Knight tonight. It was ok. I had higher expectations for it honestly. I guess Jack Nicholson & Mark Hamill just set the bar too high for me.
Rain, Rain
Dec. 15th, 2008 09:56 amThank you, Great Myster, for the morning rain, and thank you for not making me wake up to snow. Rob's mom is getting snow - thank you for giving it to her & not me!
I played hooky today :P The Feast of Winter's Veil started in Azeroth, and I felt the need to attend.
I played hooky today :P The Feast of Winter's Veil started in Azeroth, and I felt the need to attend.
Happy Holidays!
Nov. 27th, 2008 12:54 pmMerry Exploitation of Indigenous Peoples & Poultry Day, Y'all!
And thank you again, Great Mystery, for the pouring rain!
And thank you again, Great Mystery, for the pouring rain!
Before I forget, thank you, Great Mystery, for the brief bit of rain you gave us today.
October here swings from one extreme to another, and it always seems to do it on the weekend we have our Renaissance Faire. Last year & the year before, it's been a billion degrees, hot, sunny, not too windy. Year before that, it was hot & windy as fuck. This year? It's cold & windy, with squalls of icy rain. We were thinking of taking Chelsea to the park with us, but if the weather holds, we may not even go. Just taking her outside today is a challenge - it was so beautiful all week & today, cold! Not to mention the fact that I can no longer sleep in on the weekends - I've got to get up & take her outside & after cleaning up my bathroom because that's where she's staying at night, there was no way for me to go back to sleep.
At least I got the laundry done.
October here swings from one extreme to another, and it always seems to do it on the weekend we have our Renaissance Faire. Last year & the year before, it's been a billion degrees, hot, sunny, not too windy. Year before that, it was hot & windy as fuck. This year? It's cold & windy, with squalls of icy rain. We were thinking of taking Chelsea to the park with us, but if the weather holds, we may not even go. Just taking her outside today is a challenge - it was so beautiful all week & today, cold! Not to mention the fact that I can no longer sleep in on the weekends - I've got to get up & take her outside & after cleaning up my bathroom because that's where she's staying at night, there was no way for me to go back to sleep.
At least I got the laundry done.
Change in the Weather
Aug. 6th, 2008 09:29 pmWell, not really. We've gotten some nice drizzly patches over the past two days... tonight the wind is unsettling. The clouds are relatively high & puffy, but the wind is hot & carries the scent of rain & sage. I'm feeling thundery.
