Amsterdam

Tue Sep 30 15:12:08 EDT 2003
So, getting really exciting about my trip to Holland. Was visiting this website that had tons of useful information, like how much to tip. I think I definitely want to go on a canal boat ride, a diamond tour, the Heineken factory tour, visit some castles and museums (Van Gogh is my favorite artist of all time!). There's also a Louis Vuitton store at this famous shopping street (PC Hooftstraat) in Amsterdam. But sadly, all of the stores close at 6pm :(. Anyways, so much more to do than shop.

I also want to visit Chinatown--there is a Buddhist Temple there... and eat the Indonesian Rice Tablef (table)--where you have rice and lots of little dishes of meat and veggies. I think it'll be great. And, eat a lot of bread and cheese and coffee and chocolate. :) I also want to go to castles and markets. Wheee... and of course, get wooden shoes for all my friends. :)

I quit!

Mon Sep 29 11:12:42 EDT 2003
I quit my job at Banana! I am a much better shopper than I am a worker... :) I still am a responsible person, so I am going to work two more weeks for them, and that's it. Now, I have to see what to get with my discount. I was so mad when I heard that they don't give free alterations to employees even if you have a Luxe card!

I'm a little tired this morning, since Candy and I tried to get to work early... and we did. But, I didn't get enough sleep because I was watching the season premiere of Charmed. Oh, and we made our wonderful summer veggie soup last night... it was so good. I had two bowls for dinner, and I have it for lunch today, so I can't wait. I also brought mini carrots and celery sticks to have with veggie dip. I also got a pecan pie yesterday, so I can't wait to get home and eat that, too. :) Almost lunch time, and I'm hungry.

Friday, BR, Amsterdam

Fri Sep 26 10:40:20 EDT 2003
YAY, it is finally Friday! I am really happy about that. Have to work at Banana Republic tomorrow night, but that's not so bad. I am really really sleepy right now, I woke up in the middle of the night and started stressing about my trip to Amsterdam, in all the normal ways, and didn't fall back to sleep easily. YAWN.

Workplace communication

Thu Sep 25 11:53:36 EDT 2003
So, people often call me at work if they have a problem like, "I can't see the UI", "I can't login", "My server doesn't start up", and "I can't build." I've compiled a checklist of troubleshooting questions to ask people who call me, in this order:
(1) Is your computer on?
(2) Is your monitor on?
(3) Did you try to hit refresh on your browser?
(4) Do you have that file checked out?
Hehe... :p

So, I love it when Rob starts talking to me about some performance testing we need to do on our application, and then he just stops. He says he has too many parallel processes going, and I'm a suspended thread. Well, FINE.

And then, on the other hand, Sarkis was talking to me about something, and then he continues to talk to me... but the funny thing was, I wasn't there in my office.

So... this just goes to show you what kind of communication is going on at my workplace (or, lack thereof). :p

Amsterdam

Wed Sep 24 10:43:05 EDT 2003
I have finally finalized my plans to travel to Amsterdam--going at the end of October (for my birthday). I am soooo excited. I purchased the tickets and made hotel reservactions! I will also get to see my friend, Holly, from the UK.

Wheee... my officemate's mom is in town, and he took the day off--so I can blast my JLo cd without censorship!

Did anyone see Queer Eye last night? It was soooo funny, the funniest one yet. I swear, that guy was hopeless. He broke all of the expensive, vintage barware that Ted got for him... and he could not make drinks worth anything. He made a gin and tonic for his gf's mother that was two-thirds gin and one part tonic! And, the dad wanted a whiskey on the rocks, and it was a bigggg glass! hehe... hopeless.

Amsterdam

Tue Sep 23 11:00:16 EDT 2003
Closer and closer to finalizing my plans for a trip to Amsterdam at the end of October. I am really looking forward to taking a real vacation by myself, and relaxing and seeing new places. Hmm... not much going on today at work. We are in a testing and bug fixing stage, or supporting other things and fixing other minor issues.

I made a shower curtain for my bathroom last weekend... I am pretty cheap. :p I won't buy a $20 shower curtain because I can make one for like $5. :) It looks rather good though, since I couldn't find one that I wanted anyways.

Steel Baton

Mon Sep 22 11:23:16 EDT 2003
So, kind of sleepy today. I don't think I've fully recovered from the weekend... lots of working and shopping, but I keep on meeting more and more people that I like at BR.

I also got my extendible steel baton today that my coworker ordered for me--he got one, too. Now, we just have to find some people who need a beat down. Hehe. It's really cool... it expands to 21" and contracts to 8.5" or so. It is black and looks tough, good grip, and sturdy.

Banana Republic

Sat Sep 20 22:37:55 EDT 2003
So, tonight at Banana was a lot better than my first night--I think the people working there were much more normal. :) I am a lot happier. They had scheduled me to work tomorrow, too!! But, I got them to cancel it... So, I don't have to work for a whole week, but next Saturday, I have to work from 2pm-10pm, which is pretty damn sucky. I think that I will go and buy some clothes tomorrow, yay! Alrightie, sleep time...

Fall

Sat Sep 20 10:19:40 EDT 2003
So, I got up at 8am today, which is way too early considering I went to sleep around 2 or 3 am. Thankfully, I did all of the dishes and everything, and the house is pretty clean. I plan on doing some vaccuuming and dusting today... exciting, right? Maybe some shopping for shoes!

Again, I hope I don't have to work tonight at Banana, I think I need a rest. But, I've decided to try to have a better attitude towards it, and maybe I can manage to work there for a whole month!

It's supposed to get pretty warm today, 80F... but I want it to be cooler. I love fall, so I can't wait until the weather is more autumn-ish. This year, I'll really try to take some pictures of leaves turning colors. Now though, I just have to see if I want to take a nap now and have coffee later, or just have coffee now.. and hope I am not too tired later. Decisions decisions. :p

Rain

Fri Sep 19 13:18:15 EDT 2003

Rain, rain, go away, come again another day... Well, at least I had a bowl of ramen noodles at my desk so I didn't have to go out and get lunchie. :)

Folding clothes

So, can arms be sore from folding too many clothes? Well, mine are. :) Hehe, my coworkers don't think I'm going to last until the end of the year... End of the year? I say a month--tops. Enough to get my clothes at a discount and then get outta there.

Funny saying of the day: "Upsidedown thumbs-up... I guess that would be a thumbs-down." Hehe, okay, well, I thought it was funny. :)

Candy is going to be going on a little retreat to NH on Friday... Friends are coming over for dinner Friday night. Then, I am "on-call" on Saturday night, which probably means they will use me--but, I certainly hope not, since I need a break.

Hope there's some interesting (and not too annoying) things going on at work today.

Banana Republic

I started my first day working at Banana Republic. It was pretty sucky. I had no idea that people could be such pigs and just try on clothes, and then just toss them--not even turning them right side out. That's pretty disgusting. And, I had to stay until 11pm, which was not so good. But, considering I don't really like to go to sleep until midnight anyways, I guess it is not so bad. So, I really have to buy things with my discount before I quit... maybe I will give it two weeks.