sugarcrook

Last October I decided I’d had enough of working from home and rented an office. It’s not bad, although kinda small. Despite the size and the surprisingly noisy neighbors, I’m getting a lot done in here. One problem with suddenly having an office is I never take breaks. I eat sometimes, but I’m largely hunched over a keyboard, grinding away until late at night. When I worked at home, the cats would frequently bother me, so I’d be forced into movement.

Grinding away for 14-18 hours is great for Monday-Wednesday, but when Thursday finally hits, I feel like I’ve taken a firm beating and I just have nothing else to give. So Thursday is mostly a wash. Let’s not talk about Friday. Saturday and Sunday are also spent in the office, but only half-days: 12 hours.

Holy shit I gotta get a life.

NPR is carrying the story of a astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak, who drove all night from Houston to Orlando in order to kidnap her love interest’s love interest. Ever the problem solver, Lisa wore diapers so she wouldn’t have to stop during the drive.

It’s that kind of problem solving and can-do spirit that I expect from our astronauts. Great job Lisa!

Just to prove that chaos and mayhem capture attention, everyone conveniently ignored another testicularly-challenged astronaut setting some record about something or other.

The start of Oscar season always means watching a ton of movies. Who wins and loses doesn’t really matter to me, but I have a hard time determining what’s crap and what’s worth spending $10 on. The last two weekends I’ve watched “The Last King of Scotland” and “The Departed”. Both excellent and deserving to win something. If I had to pick a favorite, it’d have to be “King”. It’s a special movie that makes you want to be an African dictator.

Next up will probably be “Little Miss Sunshine”.

The blog has languished long enough. It’s not that I haven’t wanted to post, or that I haven’t had time. Nothing really post-worthy has happened. But hey, blogs aren’t about interesting. Blogs are about the mundane.

And I have a lot of mundane.