Namaste, Bitches

Om Shaanti Shaanti Shaanti - it's a general request for Peace... and the most famous, Om Mani Padme Huum - the jewel is in the lotus, all is well. The pronunciation is a little funky - Ome Money Pothmay Hoong. I've found that the reason the Jewel in the Lotus mantra works so well is because I have to concentrate on how to say it.

Jeff just sort of hung out w/me last night. It was weird - he usually doesn't hide out. We had quiet time together, just me, him & the music blatting out of the audit computer's CD-Rom... Brad dropped by, said he 'felt the need to worship at the feet of the Dark Mistress'. Everyone's feeling the strain, I think. The MGM/Mirage deal closes in the next 2 weeks, and we're all in limbo. Change is going to happen soon, whether anyone likes it or not. Everyone keeps saying, "Oh, they're not going to change anything around the Excalibur - why should they?"... well, for one, the MGM uses a completely different computer system. For two, they're NON-UNION. They'll change things because they can. They may not fiddle w/things right away, but I'm sure the next 3 - 4 mos. are going to be interesting, to say the least. I don't have a lot of faith in keeping my job... but, I was looking for a job when I got this one, and it's been a good experience. And sometimes, forceful external change is what one needs most in life.

Back to work... lay-off time is looming, so that's the word on everyone's lips "How deep are they gonna lay off? When will they lay us off? How long will the lay off last? Should I take the lay-off or do ya think I could make any hours as steady extra?"
Tell ya what, peeps - I don't care! I'm not in the seniority rat race anymore, so I don't have to worry about it. I'll miss ya when you're gone, but if you think I'm gonna worry about your affairs while you're laid off, you're dead wrong. I got mine, hahahahahaha!!!
The bull riders are at the castle... alls I know is that bull riders have great asses & thighs. And I feel fully flirted with. I mean, completely saturated with flirt.
Josh says to me earlier tonight, "I thought you might call on your vacation..." My reply, "Oh, yeah, I lost your phone number. Sorry, but you never answer your e-mail, ya dork. Oh, and it's not like your fingers are broken, ya know..." He came in to tell me every one is picking on him... Debbie came in shortly thereafter & called him a ninny. I guess he was right, everyone was picking on him. I think what probably started it was Jeff giving me a back rub & talking about a Friends episode involving the "7 Erotic Spots on a Woman's Body." While Jeff was giving me the rubdown, I was like, "Yeeahhh, and you're hitting about 3 of mine right now, baby!" We were standing next to Kelly & she wanted us to move away from her... I think she was afraid she'd get splashed or something. (Josh could probably only think of 2 or 3 erotic spots on a woman, & probably said so out loud after I left...) Right now, my whole body is one big erotic spot. I'm practically oozing sexuality wherever I go.
I'm beginning to gain a grudging respect for spiders... Saw a jumping spider on Discovery named "Psyche." She was a very intelligent spider. She could solves mazes & stuff. In a way, she looked like a stuffed toy spider - sort of a shiny, furry teddy-bear brown w/really bright, dark eyes. The other night I was sitting on the toilet & a big, black hairy house spider startled me a little. It looked up at me, & I swear it did a double take & started backing away, back under the rug... Like it looked at me, said, "Oh shit, I'm in for it now... Maybe if I back away very slowly she won't notice me..." I got up off the toilet & it hunkered down. I couldn't let it live, but I was barefooted, so I couldn't step on it, either. Unfortunately for it, spiders don't swim.
I cannot wait to get my datura package! I am so darned excited about them. All my little green allies, surrounding me w/their lushness.