Monday, October 25, 2004
tired in the brain banana.
work is work, i'll just leave it at that. i was supposed to have a new schedule. a real schedule, a schedule that didn't include overtime. it even had 2 days off in a row. it was supposed to be regular. it lasted for a week. back to overtime. its a new record though :D usually when i try to finagle my way into a decent schedule, it lasts 3, maybe even 4 weeks before it is thrown out the window and they schedule me all the freaking time. its probably simpler this way, there is no way for me to get used to it before its gone. just another week gone by.
it was a sad weekend for seattle sports. everyone lost. even everybodies favorite fictional soccer team lost 3-1. BomWAnk pride.
ahhh, sweet sweet seattle. i kind of like this time of the year though. its getting colder, darker, and starting to rain. it gives everyone an excuse for a little melancholy. if there is one thing that seattlites love, its a little mass melancholy. everyone is on the same page, and no one minds if you get a little mindless complaining off your chest, as long as you don't mind if they complain about it later. but everyone stays hopeful. we know we have 7 months more of the same, and that it is going to get colder before it gets warmer. it happens every year though, and the cold is nice. cold means snow. snow means skiing. and if i knew how to ski, i'd be excited :) for me snow means a real winter, and winter is the best time of the year. there is nothing that can bring the world back into perspective like covering the entire damn thing in snow. nothing can escape it, and everything looks more beautiful. there is nothing more peaceful than stepping out of your house and seeing everything equally covered in white; the absence of all sound. and then it just melts. everything is back to normal, like it never happened. well, if you are in seattle at least. thats what i miss about snow. in alaska it took months to melt. here it is gone by afternoon, and the little dreamworld is gone with it.
its better that way. its great, because when it snows the entire city shuts down. i mean, there are a few hardcore people who are still out and about and showing up to work and school because they don't know any better, but the rest of the city takes a collective day off. if it snowed all the time, we couldn't do this. but since it snows and sticks literally once a year, it turns into an impromptu holiday. everyone is outside, everyone is happy. i've met more of my neighbors on snow days than all of the other days combined. kids laughing and playing. grownups laughing and playing harder. i always expect everyone to break into song like in the simpsons. and you get to see all sorts of crazy snowmen that can only be created under the influence of drugs. like ours last year. the vampire snowman. with spikes on his back and on his giant feet for protection. screaming in horror with his arms in the air because of the wine bottle sticking out of his head.
6 more months until baseball season :)
work is work, i'll just leave it at that. i was supposed to have a new schedule. a real schedule, a schedule that didn't include overtime. it even had 2 days off in a row. it was supposed to be regular. it lasted for a week. back to overtime. its a new record though :D usually when i try to finagle my way into a decent schedule, it lasts 3, maybe even 4 weeks before it is thrown out the window and they schedule me all the freaking time. its probably simpler this way, there is no way for me to get used to it before its gone. just another week gone by.
it was a sad weekend for seattle sports. everyone lost. even everybodies favorite fictional soccer team lost 3-1. BomWAnk pride.
ahhh, sweet sweet seattle. i kind of like this time of the year though. its getting colder, darker, and starting to rain. it gives everyone an excuse for a little melancholy. if there is one thing that seattlites love, its a little mass melancholy. everyone is on the same page, and no one minds if you get a little mindless complaining off your chest, as long as you don't mind if they complain about it later. but everyone stays hopeful. we know we have 7 months more of the same, and that it is going to get colder before it gets warmer. it happens every year though, and the cold is nice. cold means snow. snow means skiing. and if i knew how to ski, i'd be excited :) for me snow means a real winter, and winter is the best time of the year. there is nothing that can bring the world back into perspective like covering the entire damn thing in snow. nothing can escape it, and everything looks more beautiful. there is nothing more peaceful than stepping out of your house and seeing everything equally covered in white; the absence of all sound. and then it just melts. everything is back to normal, like it never happened. well, if you are in seattle at least. thats what i miss about snow. in alaska it took months to melt. here it is gone by afternoon, and the little dreamworld is gone with it.
its better that way. its great, because when it snows the entire city shuts down. i mean, there are a few hardcore people who are still out and about and showing up to work and school because they don't know any better, but the rest of the city takes a collective day off. if it snowed all the time, we couldn't do this. but since it snows and sticks literally once a year, it turns into an impromptu holiday. everyone is outside, everyone is happy. i've met more of my neighbors on snow days than all of the other days combined. kids laughing and playing. grownups laughing and playing harder. i always expect everyone to break into song like in the simpsons. and you get to see all sorts of crazy snowmen that can only be created under the influence of drugs. like ours last year. the vampire snowman. with spikes on his back and on his giant feet for protection. screaming in horror with his arms in the air because of the wine bottle sticking out of his head.
6 more months until baseball season :)
