S: This day only at J.Crew: Factory is open with new arrivals for fall, final sale is an extra 30% off lowest price(code is LOVEIT), and free shipping on retail tees & knits.
Just sharing the wealth.

A: I am bad.  But I got 2 swim suits for $54!  Thanks for the reminder. 

S: Nice find!!

PS.  Today is Friday.  Just in case you needed the reminder.

A: Oh thanks, I’m always up for a reminder that it is Friday.  It’ll be even more fantastic when its 5:00pm on Friday.

S: No Kiddin’.

PS, I showed D one of the entries on the blog last night-he thought it was hysterical.  (Or maybe that was just me)

A: Oh I’m glad he likes it!!  Not everyone can be cool enough to enjoy our humor you know.

Did you get the color board finished?

S: Well.  I have everything laid out, but I have a deep and abiding fear of permanently affixing things to the board.  I’m doing that tonight :)

A: I just can’t part with this peach Despite M’s comment on it yesterday.  I have an emotional attachment to it because the other one like it was so juicy and tasty. So what if it’s a little shriveled, all it lost was a little water retention…  

S: I just love how there was an entire party of people over here yesterday and every single one of them commented.  And then M noticed the poor orange and banana too… and pulled her classic “That’s alarming”.  I don’t know why, but it gets me every time she does that.

A: Haha I know.  I love how dramatic it is.  It’s not every day that you have a party of people comment on your “tired” fruit.

S: Remember: what it lacks in color it makes up for in charisma.  That is one charismatic peach…

Snipe.

A: Ready for the 6 month-iversary spectacular?!?

S: Oh, am I ever!  Goll-ee!

I just finished July 1^st.

Also, if we leave now, it’s like we’re leaving at 2:00………………………. Just throwing it out there.
A: It’s 5 on FRIDAY.  How SPECTACULAR!

A: Eeeeexcellent.  Celebratory lunch tomorrow?  This is big.
S: Big?  This is HUUUUUGE!!!

Also, I have a bruise on my knee right where I cross my legs…

S: Office Moment: J passes S in the hall and says, “Hey, sup man” as they pass each other.  I don’t know why, but that just killed me!

S: Evidence of my very productive day.  I think you might appreciate it.

Alsosnipe.blogspot.com 

A: Just thought it was cute.  Came up in my google ‘I live for weekends’…

S: Ah!  The cutest!

Also, do you realize that Sunday will be six-month-iversary?  And therefore time for “Also”?

A: What is your emotional favorite color?
S: Hah!  I’m so glad you noticed that too!!  I could not believe it.
S: PS.  I meant to send this to you like, three weeks ago.  Mostly just compare and contrast the cast with the description.  And then wonder how they could have possibly limited a potential box-office smash like that to Redbox.

A: Is this for real?
S: I know right?  It was their featured movie one week.

S: I don’t know why, but this struck me as really funny.

A: The answer to your question…

S: Ah!  You’re a genius!!

A: Tell me… if you know there is flooding, why in the world would you ride your bicycle through it???  Aaand wear a helmet.  Like it’s going to do much good because clearly you’re not going to go flying down the road.

S: Bahahaha!  That’s the best thing I’ve seen all day!  I should send that to my brother, he’d find it hysterical.
A: And another one...  Bad Parenting?  You decide.

A: Wow j.crew has ridiculously cute swimsuits but even on sale they are too much :(

S: I know right?  I wish we had a factory store up here—Everything is on crazy sale there this month.  Plus, they sent me another 20% off.

Super useful.

S: The dimensions from you-know-where…

A: Incredibly sad.

http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/Dog-Mourns-at-Casket-of-Fallen-SEAL-128417358.html

S: Ah!  That’s so sad.  It’s like Where the Red Fern Grows or something, horribly tragic, but terribly wonderful at the same time.
A: I know, breaks my heart but it’s so sweet.

A: I am board to tears. :*(

S: I hate National…. Or is that the same thing?

A: Compared to what?!

S: Umm… compared to Steelcase.  So you know it’s serious.

A: ‘I see’ says the blind man.  I’ve only used National once I think.  The people are helpful and that’s about all that I know.

S: Mostly it’s just that the products I want to use (read: the ones the sales person specified) don’t exist.

A: Ha figures.  Isn’t that the way things go around here?

S: Basically always, yeah :)

I need a 2H storage cabinet in wood, with pulls that match the National antique brass pulls.  Fun, eh?

A: I’m not jealous.

S: Yeah.  Me neither.

I want to punch someone in the face.  But I’m not sure who to direct my ire towards.

A: Hey,

It’s Friday. :D

S: Yeah. :)  Isn’t it a great feeling?

A: It’s wonderful.  I hope the blue skies stay this weekend.

S: Well, not to be a Debbie Downer, but I think it’s supposed to rain tomorrow L

I think unless one of us gets held up at work today, D and I are going to drive out to the state fair tonight.

A: Ha it’s always going to rain isn’t it?

That’ll be fun!  We’re going either tomorrow or Sunday.  Both are probably going to be rainy.

S: Yeah, probably :)  Lucky you can still have fun in the rain, eh? 

I am so excited for state fair.  I love the food (don’t judge me too much if I come in on Monday having gained 5 lbs :) )!!

A: That is true.  Alaska would be a miserable place if you couldn’t have fun in the rain.

I love fair food too.  Giant turkey legs, funnel cakes corn fritters, etc.

S: Oh yum-you’re making me hungry!

Also, I almost just got pen in my eye.

Can we just call this week a wash already?

S: We’re so painfully close!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A: Ugh I know.  I just finished up with this bid for now.  Got 36 minutes to kill.  Ohh what to do.

Also

I Googled Presbyterian and apparently it comes from Calvinist tradition within Protestantism whatever that means to you.

S: It means something… not completely clear, but at least it’s something.

A: Well they always say something is better than nothing…

27 slow and painful minutes to go. 

S: It’s no wonder my computer freaks out so often—I just counted.  I have 10 separate programs open, but 17 separate windows.  And my two internet windows each have 5 tabs.

So maybe it deserves a little blue screen of death every now and then.

A: That’s insane.  Makes sense.  However I can’t make sense of my CET advanced graphic engine problems still.

Hey guess what?

We have a holiday weekend next weekend!

S: Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is it weird I want to throw a party in celebration of the coming day off of work?

A: Not so much.  I love days off.  Have I ever mentioned that before?

S: Probably.  But understandably so.

An Idea is born.

S: What a beautiful thing to say!  I don’t know if I’ve ever seen this message before…. Should I admit that?

A: Ha that’s awesome.  I can’t say that I’ve seen that either.  There always seems to be something CET doesn’t.

A: …Did you know Verizon was getting the iPhone???  Breaking News 6 months ago.
S: Hah!  I know right?!  And I don’t know how many more times I could say that they got it back in February.  I feel like G is a recap kind of guy.  He says what he’s going to say, then he says it, and then he reviews what he said.  Like a 3 paragraph essay in 6^th grade.
A: Oh totally.  Recap and repeat an uncomfortable amount of times.  I think it’s a generational thing.
S: Lather rinse repeat… as needed.  Phoebe sings that song in friends.
A: If we don’t publish this email we should at least make a blog of it.
S: That would be hilarious!  How would we do it though?  A post at a time?
A: Yes I would think so.  Or a day of emails at a time.
S: Ooh.  Better.  I like that.  Perfect Rainy day activity.
A: How I feel toward CET’s advanced graphic engine:

S: Hah!  I have to ask—what search terms did you use to find that?!
A: “how CET makes me feel”

Or

Graphic rendering creatures

S: Nice.

A: Rawr.

S: Have I ever mentioned that sometimes I’m an incredible idiot?(I feel like even when I’m being an idiot I at least need to be an incredible one)

So Jenny furniture has those sectional pieces right?  I was looking at them over and over again and could not figure out how to have a two-seater where both sides had arms… Luckily Steelcase has that image gallery for idiots like me.

End+End=Wow.

A: I can relate to that.  If you’re going to be stupid at something may as well just go all out.  (Not saying you’re stupid at anything, just a general comment)

What does a chi-wawa know about Mexican food?

A: Blast!  I started the CAP upgrades and I actually need to work in CAD right now.   
S: The worst!!
A: Indeed it is.  On the upside I get to look at flights longer.  Flights in November to Atlanta are 279 one way.  Not too shabby.  But do I want to see family and home or Hawaii?  It’s a tough call.
S: Hmmmmmmmm.  That is a debate.  I noticed the other day that Anc to Salt Lake is 200 each way.  But that isn’t anywhere near as fun as Washington.  Or Hawaii for that matter.
A: I’m voting on Hawaii.  Someday we’ll have kids and will go home to visit anyway.  Need to travel now while we can and it’s cheaper.
Oh also, didn’t know if I mentioned that there is a small chance Barat’s parents may move here.  I would be thrilled.  It would be great to have somewhere to come back to if we move out of state or have a babysitter :)

S: Wow!  That would be so exciting!!  I would want my parents to move here—but I love having a reason to go back to Washington :)

I think I would vote for Hawaii too.  Are you thinking November?

A: Yes I know what you mean.  It kind of takes North Carolina out of the running for a place to move.  The point was to be near family.  B’s family seemed more normal than mine so that’s one of the reasons I was thinking NC.  I love Atlanta because it’s my hometown but it’s not perfect.  Traffic there is horrendous and it’s the main reason B doesn’t want to move there.

S: Fair enough.  I think Georgia has one of the top ten state populations, and I would imagine that Atlanta has most of it.

I think I have managed to convince D that New England is pretty much the greatest place in the world.  So that’s ideal for me.

A: Nice!  Can I come visit you?  I’ve always wanted a reason to visit to new England.  I can just picture you in a cape cod style house on the beach wearing j.crew and your little children in crew cuts in a catalog living style house.

S: Hah!  I know right?  But of course at that point the cape cod cottage will be at the Vineyard… and yes, you can always visit me there.  My real house will probably be in Connecticut.

I feel really good about this life.  Especially the fact that I will have children and still fit into J.Crew clothes.  I feel really good about this.
A: Good, I’m glad. 

It’s settled then.  I’ll see you in New England in a few years.

A: Do you like to mae-sure furniture?

S: Oh my heck—it’s like my favorite activity!

Do you like to leave work early?  That’s my second favorite activity.

A: Thought so.

I’ll go ahead and say leaving work early is my personal favorite activity.  Mae-suring furniture is a close second though.

S: I wish we could do your favorite activity right now.

A: Oh me too!  Think anyone would notice?

S: Freak.  Probably not.  It’s not like we’re doing anything… or at least I’m not.

A: Whatever!  I’m totally planning my Hawaiian vacay. Boo Ya!

S: Ooh!  Have you bought tickets yet?

A: Not yet, it’s in my “cart”.  I’ll probably do it tonight when I can discuss it with the husband.  I guess I should take his schedule into account too…

I forget I’m not the only one sometimes when I make plans.

Hey, no one is perfect!

S: I hear ya.  I’m still working on that whole concept—but I am doing a lot better at it!

A: It takes time.  I’ve been better but I still have slip ups from time to time. 

S: The afternoon is creeping by at a painfully slow rate…

But in other news, it is almost our second favorite time of the day!

A: Yes agreed.  Perhaps this is an opportune time to catch up with Catalog Living.  I haven’t done that in a while.

S: Hah!  Funny you mention that.  I did that this morning for the first time since May or June.  There were quite a few back pages.

A: So how’s the new guy doing?  Never know if the new ones are going to stay or not.

S: Hah!  Is that what you thought when I started here?  If so, fair enough and kind of true :)

Every time I walk past the area he’s talking to R about football… so he seems pretty fit-in-ish.  My money is on:  just graduated, couldn’t find a job in the lower 48, so he came home and found this.  I’m saying 1-2 years tops… but he’ll be fine in the mean time.

Any bets?

A: Haha not necessarily actually.  You seemed solid enough.

That’s a good thought.  I do know this: he lived in California.  He’s from Seward.  He went to UAA a while ago.  He drives a lexus with cloth seats and a GSP.  He has not been in the systems furniture business before.  I think your bet is not something I’d want to bet against. 

S: Seriously?  Everyone knows that if you drive a Lexus you should have leather seats… or at least I thought everyone knew that….

A: Yeah well I guess one slips through the cracks every now and then.

You know the six month-iversary is right around the corner.

S: Yikes!  It sure snuck up didn’t it?

(I thought that one was hilarious too :))

S: So where do we want to have lunch today?
A: Well since I need to run home real quick it would have to be a 45 minute type of place.  Great harvest is always good.  There’s that deli in the university center, ummm yeah any other suggestions are welcome.
S: I want to go to Great Harvest and just get bread.  Is that bad?
A: No, that’s kind of what I was hoping you’d pick… I strategically left little options for you to choose for that reason.

S: Well you know me, I am all about creating a situation to my best advantage :)  Great Harvest it is.  But I don’t know if I even want a sandwich…..  I really might just get bread.
A: Youngest child syndrome.  Glad we understand each other. :)

Their bread is beyond delicious so I would not judge if you just got that.  When would you like to go?

A: Do you want me to run home first and put away my food and meet you there or do you want to just do it all together?

S: Um.  Just let me know when you leave your house and I’ll meet you at Great Harvest then.

A: Ok I’ll leave now!

S: Gah!  Now I have a case of the post-lunch nod-offs………………………………………………………………………………………….

(No, I did not fall asleep on the keyboard.)

A: Ha!  I get those just about every day!  

S: I know right?

Yikes.  I am just about ready to call this week a wash… again.  I’m just tired of weeks happening all the time!  Someone should really do something about that.  If I was in charge of CET…..

A: Yeah really.  If we could work weekends and have Monday through Friday off that would be great.  Keep in mind most businesses are closed Sunday anyway so really you’d just work on Saturdays. 

S: Or maybe just Mondays or something since they’re already miserable.  Even with the work week switched, I think I would still be categorically against working on Saturdays. 

A: That’s true.  I like it.  if you find a business that has that schedule with a salary and insurance let me know. 

S: Done and done.
A: I love how he explained multiple times about the project matrix downloads and then also sends an email explaining the same exact thing.

S: This explains a lot.

S: Hahaha!  That’s freaking hilarious!  I wish I had read this last night! 

PS.  I feel like today is going to be one giant party… = Why even be here, because we sure as heck won’t get any work done.

A: I know I tried to send it as soon as I could but you had already locked your screen.  Maybe next time.

Yes I really don’t want to work, especially since I’m so slow right now… since my lunch is an ASID meeting and is billable I’m considering asking J if I can leave at 4 since I’m not technically taking a lunch.  Think he would go for it?  He’s Gen X so they’re all about the family time.

S: Hmm.  Intriguing possibility.  I’m not sure.  What time is your ASID thing?  I know today I’m actually going back to the whole lunch thing.  My parents have decided they are taking themselves to the airport, so I’ll go out to lunch with them and say goodbye then. 

Don’t judge me if my eyes are red when I get back to work.

A: :( I hate goodbyes.  I’m not any good at them.  Glad your parents had good weather most of the time though!  What did you do with them last night?

S: Me neither—especially with my parents.

We went to Kincaid and then ate at Mooses Tooth.  It was a lot of fun.  I’ve been raving about their pizza for three years, so hopefully it was all I made it seem :)

A: We were there last night too!  We got there a little late though – around 9:30.  It was B’s parents 38^th anniversary.

Did your parents get to see any moose?

S: Yes!  They saw moose and bear and eagles and Denali and the Northern Lights.  The tide change, caught halibut, biked the coastal trail, and ate at a million restaurants.  And chilled out a lot.  I would say they had a good trip.  I wish I had been able to do more with them—I feel like all I did was eat with them…  I must have gained 10 lbs this week!

A: Definitely sounds like a successful Alaskan trip!  I can’t tell if you’ve gained any weight which you probably haven’t ;) that’s probably the one nice thing about work clothes though!

I’m really excited for our Denali backpacking trip but I’m anticipating rain which I’m less than thrilled about.

S: That is going to be so fun!  Which day are you leaving again?

A: Sunday after B’s tournament game so probably after 4pm.  We’re assuming they’re going to the championship game since the team B put together is made up of that semi-pro soccer team (that didn’t happen because of funding) so odds are in their favor!

S: That sounds exciting!  I’ll cross my fingers for the game :)

A: I hear you listening to Hanson circa 1997. ;)

S: I was trying to decide if I should be ashamed or not……. And then I decided that everyone needs a few guilty pleasures in life.  Mmm-bop?  Totally one of mine.

A: Bahaha don’t be ashamed.  What girl who grew up at that time doesn’t like Mmm-bop?  No judgment what-so-ever I just thought it was entertaining.

S: You’re missing out on some great convo… the gen-x er and baby boomer are complaining about how people expect them to respond to emails and texts immediately.  Frankly… I live on email and my cell phone is basically an extension of my hand…. So I don’t get the drama.

Also, apparently they take offense at smiley faces… :)

A: Oh man that’s really sad that I missed that. Yes I definitely respond to texts right away and emails too if I’m notified.  And they take offense to smileys?  Who doesn’t love seeing a smiley face in an email?  It lightens the whole mood. :)

S: I know right?  Oh, the generations.

A: What in the world?  CET put a random blue box in my 3D view when I have nothing there in 2D or 3D.

S: Weird!  It looks like a ceiling box.
A: Proof you saw the Auroras :)

S: Hooray for proof!  It is beautiful isn’t it.
A: Yes!  Lucky you!

I’ve been print screening it up lately.  I think it adds to our book.

A: I almost feel like I’m wasting time here.  I barely have anything to work on and my in-laws are finally in.  I’m sure you can relate having your parents in.  Have they kept pretty busy while you’re at work?
S: Yeah.  They’ve done enough to enjoy the trip, but they’ve taken their time.  They say they’re enjoying just taking a break.  I’m considering leaving even earlier today if I can finish my projects in time.  I really want to take them to winner creek, but they think we won’t have time.
A: Sure you’ll have time!  Its light out until almost 11.  And Girdwood isn’t that far away.
S: That’s what I said!  I mean—I know they like to go to bed early, but jeez!
A: He totally took his earphones out to listen to what we were saying and put them back in just now.  I think he really wants to be included in our conversations but its hard with the generational gap sometimes.
S: It’s also probably hard to keep up considering 75% of our conversations happen through email.
A: Yes, that doesn’t help.  I can’t focus today.  Sad face.

Did you find out C’s (I’m sure I’m butchering the spelling of her name) favorite candy bar?

S: Close!  Well, I just took a stab and got her a snickers.  It was pretty entertaining though.  It pretty much went exactly like I was anticipating—which I always like. 

A: Yay fun!  At one point I did have it spelled right but I never go with my instinct, naturally.  Did you see D again last night?

S: You blue, you.

No, but he did do the cutest thing!  I got home super late at like 1:30, and there was something waiting for me on the doorstep.  He had left me a rose and a note that said, “Just wanted to remind you how wonderful and beautiful you are”.  How cute is that?!

A: Awh!  Can’t beat that!! ;)

S: I know right?

Do you by any chance know of some markerboard that would be nice and small that I could wall mount, or even put on wall channels?

A: Not off the top of my head.  There’s the Visual work tools stuff but that’s probably more complex than what you’re needing.  I think Answer has the marker board skins too but don’t know how it would wall mount…

S: For your I’ll-be-darned collection

C:  No, it would need to be a separate whiteboard.
S:  That’s I what I figured, but I thought you might know some install wizardry that I didn’t.

A: Hahaha!  So did the problem get resolved?
S: Sort of.  I just got a regular wall-mount whiteboard.  It’s not the size I wanted, but I guess it’s not terrible.

A: Saturday, in the park, I think it was the 4^th of July.
S: Does that mean you can hear my music?

A: Not all the time.  I heard that song and Only the Good Die Young. :)
S: Nice.  At least they were good songs :)  I got so used to only listening to Enya, that I forgot I needed to turn down my volume for everything else.

A: Hahaha oh I see that makes more sense!  I did enjoy those songs.  Only the Good Die Young reminds me of my two best friends and I dancing to it in front of our old dance studio late at night.  We’re such dorks, it’s great.  
I really want to leave.  Lucky you taking off soon! Perhaps you could sneak me out in your… purse?

S: … You might fit.  We could certainly try.

A: Think anyone would notice?

The mental image of that is sheer entertainment.

S: I know right?  Hah!  It would be quite the event, that’s for sure.

A: What I picture is me stepping foot first into your green purse.  After the first failed attempt I lay down on the purse and you proceed to pick up your purse, mostly covered by me, and grab the handles on either side of course.  You struggle vigorously to lift the purse with both handles and me in/on it.  Since that kind of worked you hobble to the door with me laying essentially flat like a board, red faced and bullets of sweat running down your face.  Success as we hit the sunlight and I scramble to my car. I peel out and head home into the sunlight while you straggle behind out of breath from the episode I just caused you.

A: How is it possible I have no interest on this month’s credit card purchases for my Alaska Airlines card?  I’m not complaining!
S: Nice!  That is always a good day!
S: 

A: Haha that’s great!  I’m guessing that’s aimed toward Gen Y-ers.
A: It's a snipe!

S: Ah!  It’s like my mascot!
A: My personal favorite snipe:

S: Hah!  Do snipes like chocolate?

A: Oh they love chocolate! :)
S: I think I found it!  ca-caw ca-caw, Rawr!!
A: I like how G went back for seconds of the cinnamon roll.

S: Steelcase makes e-cards?!?  No freaking way!

A: Yes they do!  I was just testing it out :)

S: Excellent notion.  I think we should start sending them to all of our customers.  Nothing says ‘I care’ like an e-card after all :)

A: How is this possible?  Looking at weather averages I looked up my hometown zip, Anchorage and Seattle for precipitation averages.  My hometown somehow has the most consistent amount of rain and a heck of a lot more than Anchorage and “rainy” Seattle yet I never remember it being so rainy.  Sure we’d get storms and downpours every now and again but since I’ve lived up here I was sure that Anchorage would have considerable amounts of precipitation more than where I’m from.  I’m confused.   Oh wait wait maybe the humidity has something to do with it.  It has to because otherwise it’s just not logistically correct!

30 minutes of my day well spent. :)
S: Hah!  That’s hilarious.  Also, I love how you can see the pattern for rainy/dry season.  I think part of the reason for the difference is when it rains in Georgia it probably rains like crazy.  Even though it’s always wet at home, it’s often the kind of drizzle that doesn’t really accumulate.  Basically it’s enough to keep the cement wet all the time.  It doesn’t rain hard super often.
A: I see, that makes more sense.  When it rains it pours in Georgia and can occasionally lead to flash flooding.  It’s like getting my blood drawn, I’d rather take the larger volume of blood going out in a shorter period than a small needle that makes the blood trickle out and takes forever.  The rain is the same way, I’d rather have a downpour for a day than 7 days of drizzle and overcast-ness.  But hey that’s just me!
S: I guess that’s true.  I was just so used to it that I didn’t even think about it.  You just always assume that you’ll need a jacket, because it’s always going to rain.
A: I have a crunch bar if you’re still hungry.  Also a kind of sad/dry looking Clementine….
S: :) Thanks, but I think I’ll survive.  If for no other reason than my body is perfectly capable of surviving off of my own body fat for several days.  I think it can handle a few hours.
S: I have a serious case of the head nods…
A: Go outside and lay down in the wet grass.  Or I could throw soft objects at you.
S: That might be necessary...
S: If you find yourself feeling particularly power-savvy, I have a test for you.
A: I hardly ever feel power-savvy, but go for it.
S: I have a cubicle that I don’t know how to get power to.  Is there any way to route power around a column?

A: So today’s Thursday but I’m not sure what day it actually feels like.  Your parents come in tomorrow! :) The weather isn’t too bad either!

S: I’m pretty sure this whole week is shot as far as productive goes.  I have no clue what day it feels like.  Probably Friday.  Or Monday of next week.  Heaven knows I’ve had enough Fridays this week.

I am so excited for them to be here!  Even if we only have good weather for a day or two, I just want them to see how beautiful it can be.

A: I hear ya.  Let’s just call this week a wash.

I think that there will be some nice days when you’re parentals are here.  Today was supposed to be rainy and look at it!

Also back to your sad story.  Where did you find that 58* was the high?  That is just depressing.
S: weather.com's archives and averages

S: Do you ever feel like this?  I feel like he is a fairly accurate representation of my emotions sometimes.  He is officially my new favorite image.

A: Haha its funny when he gets all in a tizzy.

S: I know right?  I was enjoying it myself.

PS.  Turn Around

A: 

S: Baha!  What the freakhog orange?!  Can that be his sidekick?  I feel like the fact that he doesn’t have a mouth would be seen as an asset by the Grumpy Octopus.  (The photo was titled “Bobby”… I don’t know if that’s his name though.  What do you think?)

A: I think it could be in the running…  I like his mischievous expression.

A: I would prefer to not do color boards of that quantity for the next 6 months.

S: Actually, we don’t believe in the internet.  We find it lowers morale in a sadistically-great way.
S: PS.  I’m sorry you had to do a million color boards.  That is zero fun.
A: Haha!  Yes we are pretty dated here after all. 

What time are you planning on doing lunch?  I’m hungry now all of the sudden.  I don’t like that one of us has to be here now.  I think we all like the 1-2 break.

S: I know right?  It’s super frustrating.  If you’re hungry now I would just go.  I’ll be fine to wait until someone gets back.

A: Are you sure?  Gene usually doesn’t take a full lunch anyway unless he just goes home today.  But it sounds like he’s going to stick it out.

S: Yeah.  My body still can’t figure out that whole hungry/full thing.  So I’ll be fine to wait.

A: Thanks friend :)  I’ll take the next late shift if this happens again!

A: Not true!! It is a valid place for this support CET!

S: Hah!  Sorry… it’s not funny.  But it is at least a little bit ironic.  Also, I love the line confusion all over the image.  It’s like CET is very confused.

PS.  Please enjoy the paranoia “I don't believe it's a bug. I believe HTC Thailand has criminals administering their website.”

A: Yes well perhaps a restart is in order.  This week has been tough on it after all.  I’ll be nice for once and give CET the benefit of the doubt but I’m a realist and know what’s going to happen when I try it again.

What’s the paranoia referring to? 

S: I was looking up this whole Google chrome install interrupted thing.  Some people said it was a bug, and then this character (after telling his life story of course) pipes in with his racial profiling comment.

A: Oh I see. Too funny!  Do you think if we tried dl it on explorer that it would complete?

S: That is definitely a possibility.  I think I’m going to try it.

A: Holy 4:21pm!  Where did the afternoon go?  I like this. 

S: I know right?  Especially considering how slow my last two days were.

A: Seriously?!  I want to punch CET in the face right now.  This is the most fickle, retarded program I have ever worked in! Gah!

S: :( I’m sorry.  That is the worst.

A: Mellow dramatic of me?  I think not.

Okay, okay maybe so.

S: As you’re talking to the queen of “the worst”  and “punch it in the face”…. I think I am probably not going to judge in the mellow-drama department :)

A: I think our type thrive on mellow drama at appropriate times.

S: Agreed.  Although I’m sure my mother would argue that I like it at inappropriate times as well :)

A: Haha I bet.

Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnn :( :( :(
S: Mer.

I just want my parents to see pretty & sunny Alaska.  Am I really shooting for the moon here?

A: I’d like to hope they get at least one decent day.  It’s not like we live in Washington state or anything ;)

Sorry, I’m always used to referring to either Washington D.C. or Washington State being from the east side and all.

S: I know right?  And yet they have sunny and 75.  For the last two weeks, and supposedly the whole time they’re here.  Lame.

A: How ironic.

Boy for noticing 4:21, the past 39 minutes are moving extremely slow.  I shouldn’t have said anything.

It doesn’t help the fact that I have no motivation to work in CET since it’s not cooperating right now either.
S: Seriously.  Never point out the time again.  Apparently it doesn’t help.  Snipe.
You want to hear a sad story?

A: Absolutely I do.

S: In Anchorage, the record high for September 30 is 58’.  Plus, I was flipping through the other months, there was not a single record high in Anchorage above 83’.

S: So what are your plans for lunch today?
A: Not sure I have food at home, but I could always eat that tomorrow…  You?
S: This weather is making me want to eat something delicious…
A: To counteract its misery?

S: Actually… basically yes.

A: I see.  Where would you suggest?

S: … Somewhere warm?  I don’t know.. This day feels so hum drum and I am just wanting it to feel awesome!

Great harvest?  Bears Tooth? (You’re probably sick of that one)  We could try somewhere new like café Amsterdam.  Nu Sagaya.  Chinese food?  I have no clue.

Anything sound good to you?

A: Yeah all of it actually.

S: Well.  I guess  that’s always an option :)  But I think it might mean a lot of take-away boxes.

A: True.  Chinese food sounds good but there’s just no good restaurants here.  I may be able to venture to Café Amsterdam.  Or try that place Jackie sent the menu from if they have good lunch prices and are open.

S: I would be happy with both of those options.  They’re both really close too.  I just checked out that place that Jackie sent over and they have a $10 lunch menu.  Preference?

A: The new place sounds delicious.  Do you think they’d have a long wait?

S: We can always try it, and if the wait sounds too long we can go to Cammies.

A: Sounds good, what’s Cammies?

S: Yeah… I wondered about that.  It just felt like it took too long to write out Café Amsterdam.

A: Oh I see! Yes CA.  Even shorter.  Also California.

S: Ooh.  Much shorter.  I like.

Also, I love how we have been casually discussing our lunch plans for over an hour.

A: Indeed we have.  I could talk about food for hours.

S: I could as well.

Just another reason we should be friends…. Oh wait.  We already are.

A: Oh excellent.  I’m glad you agree. 

It’s quite interesting how the workplace can bring people together.  Especially % emails.

S: I know right?  Who would have guessed.

Although it probably helped that we had more in common than %’s.  I find numeric similarity to be limited at best.

A: Honestly, %’s are less than thrilling to me majority of the time.  Math really is just ghastly despite its functional purpose in life.

S: You know—for how much time we had to spend learning math, it’s amazing how little we actually use in daily life.

A: True.  Mostly it’s just the basic math we learned early in school. 

What time do you want to head to lunch?  Me hungry.

S: Yeah.  Like 3^rd grade.

Yousa hungry?  That was a terrible Star Wars Episode 1 flashback.

Maybe around 1240?  Not like I’m doing anything productive, but then we can round up to 1245 :)

A: Sounds good to me!

S: Snipe.

A: I know, right!

S: Just glad it wasn’t me.

A: Yeah me too!

S: Holy awkward!  That’s probably exactly what happened.  Remind me to tell you sometime about the time that I was publicly confronted about refusing a friend request on fb.  Snipe.