The word of the week is... surprised.
Nov 2 -Bearing it
My last day of vacation I took it easy, catching up on some email( only a few work-related to clear space, as they send HUGE files )and generally lazing about. I tried to go over to the Mountain Bean, but they were closed – labour problems, as they’ve been struggling( like all the Bear Mountain businesses )with low traffic levels. The stalled development of the area means that businesses who opened a few years ago anticipating ever-increasing customer flow have had to face up to the fact that things may not improve for years, and so mean their bottom lines may bottom out. I hope this doesn’t happen to the Bean, as I really like having a cafe at my doorstep, similar to the one on May St. ... which ended up closing.
Nov 3 -Seattle Sci-Fi
Back to work today – not much to say about that, apart that I’m proud of my team for keeping things running, even if they missed doing a few things I’d left for them. The fact that I didn’t get a single call on my phone all of last week is proof enough that they’re solid, so props to them for holding on their own. I should really plan another vacation soon, as the Seattle SciFi Museum just scored the ultimate exhibit: The Battlestar Galactica Experience! I don’t know anyone in Seattle, nor know anyone around here who would want to go... so I may end up taking a solo trip just for the halibut. I have higher hopes for this show, as the Star Trek Experience in Buffalo in 1997 was a major letdown overall, aside from the poorly-lit show props. Much cooler is Project Rho, which has real-life star maps pinpointing all the locations from all of one’s favourite SciFi shows – Babylon 5 notwithstanding, it’s a great g33k resource.
Nov 4 –Mean Green Cars
Green is my favourite colour, and some of the car’s I’ve been looking idly at on dealership lots have also coincidentally been green – not slime green though, that’s just crap to look at. Then I saw this fab ad for the Skoda Fabia, and suddenly I saw green in a whole new light, like Hulk Smash Green – that’s cool for a car. I’ve still no idea if I’ll be needing a car in the new year, or where I’ll be by this time next year... out on my own again, I hope, though at this point that’s still a singular experience way out here in BC.
Nov 5 -Minding Media
The jury’s still out on my purchasing a Boxee Box from D-Link, which runs the software you can download for free at Boxee.net. I’m still considering just purchasing a basic PC, as it will have room inside to stick all the hard drives I’ve collected over the years, plus a few new large spacious ones. Having a bunch of external drives all tangled together doesn’t really appeal to me, but for those who only have a couple of large drives, the Boxee Box may be the perfect media solution as it still provides a direct link to the ‘net to let you watch whatever you want on your TV. With a lovely remote that even has a QUERTY keyboard on the back. Media convergence at its best... it may mean that at my new place( whenever that happens )that I won’t bother with cable.. most of what’s on bores me anyway.
Nov 6 -Breakup
Renee broke up with me today.
Nothing else to say about that here. I went to work, then went home. Evening was a wash.
Nov 7 -Photo Shoot
Most of my morning was spent in bed, as I couldn’t seem to muster the energy to do more than have breakfast – even SpongeBob failed to do more than crack a smile. I did get up and over to the Mountain Bean for 11am, where I sat in my favourite window seat for a few idle hours. No story ideas came to mind. It really is beautiful outside, with the trees shining orange and red against the still-green pine trees and the rocks of the mountain. It turned sunny just after lunch, enabling a photographer to make good use of the fall colours in a mini-shoot with a couple of coat-clad coffee-clutching models seated on the benches in the courtyard area outside the Bean. They looked very stylish and well-taken care of. Work was brief and uneventful. Same for the evening.
I’ve created a group in FBook that will contain the links to this updated blog weekly. This will allow me to open up my FBook Status updates to all my friends, including most of those I work with, yet still keep the privacy of this blog to those who are close friends. Even though I don’t put a lot of info here regarding work, I still don’t feel comfortable sharing it with my employees or co-workers locally. There you are.
