socially unacceptable

one of these things just happened to me, and i felt obliged to share. people do some things at work that i just never thought would happen in a professional environment. and yet, here are the top three most socially unacceptable things people do at work.

3. change their clothes. in their cube. the other day i walked over to a co-worker's cube to ask a question and he was standing there in an undershirt. awkward.

2. floss in the public restroom. really, if i'm going in to go to the bathroom, i don't want to see you craning your neck to get close to the mirror to pick crap out of your teeth. yuck.

and 1. clip their nails, also in their cube. there's a girl whose cube is near our office and i always hear her nail clippers as they go to town on her fingers AND toes. and everyone knows, you never get them all in the trash can, so that means there are loose nails floating around the office floor. gross.

sorry if these mental images were distrubing, but i felt obliged to share. meaning i did not want to suffer alone in silence any longer.

best compliment ever

so whenever leonidas and i go for walks, he always stops to say hello/sniff the butts of other dogs we meet. dog owners in general take the social cue and make small talk until the dogs get bored with each other or someone needs to move on.

this morning was no different (except for the snow, which was AWESOME!), and as we were walking we stopped to say hi to a golden retriever mix of the some kind. i complimented the owner on his (truly) beautiful dog, and he takes one look at leonidas and goes "he looks exactly like a little ewok!". for those of you unfamiliar with Star Wars (a really inexcusable ignorance), an ewok is a like a living teddy bear (see below), and as a child, i always always always wanted an ewok as a pet! so i accpeted his comment, and took it as the best compliment leonidas has ever received...looks like i've finally found my ewok :) do you agree??

cheap parking

this morning kristy and i parked at a meter spot near the coast guard and for those of you familiar with the $1/hour, 2 hour max meters in arlington, be jealous, because we paid $.50/hour on a 12 hour meter! now that's a steal :)

it's sad the things that get me excited on a monday...

looking for a job??`

so i stumbled across this job posting and i seriously think all of you (even those with current employment) should consider it...i know i will be :)

LOST theory...no spoilers of course

since i've added an entertainment blog to my google reader, i've been reading some interesting theories on LOST, and how everyone is connected, etc. this is the most interesting one i've read thus far, so i thought i'd share. don't worry, they really are just theories, so spoilers included!

read about potential LOST family trees here and let me know what you think!

links or patties?

this morning i woke up and was sad it wasn't friday, so to self-soothe, i decided to buy a good breakfast at the CG this morning. for $4 i got some eggs, grapefruit, biscuits and gravy, and sausage. as i'm sitting here eating it i had two realizations.

1. grapefruit is the most annoying fruit. it has nothing to do with grapes and it is really hard to eat. it may be delicious, but it takes so much work for a tiny little bite.

2. sausage patties are way better than sausage links.

so what do you think? patties or links, and why?

ice skating

this morning, as most of you probably noticed, the sidewalks are INCREDIBLY icy, like covered in actual sheets of ice. however, because i am such a dedicated dog owner, i still took little leonidas out for his morning walk. and it was hilarious. i haven't laughed so hard in a long time. people probably would have thought i was crazy, but most were too busy trying to stay upright to notice.

to avoid the sidewalks, i did my best to crunch through the icy snow, but leonidas kept sinking in a getting stuck, so he moved to the sidewalks. unfortunately, walking on that for him was like running on a treadmill. his tiny little legs were doing everything they could to move forward, but on the uphills, he often just slid backwards. the downhills may have been worse, particularly at points where i had to venture onto the ice too, because he'd start sliding, so i'd start sliding, and at one point, i couldn't even make it over the edge because my feet were slipping so much. at one point, all four of his legs splayed out from under him and his belly smacked the ice (it's ok you can laugh, he wasn't hurt).

thankfully, i never actually wiped out, but i can't say the same for my fellow side-walkers. one lady was actually walking down the hill in front of chris and katie's apartment in stiletto heels. she started to slide, so she took off one shoe, but when her bare foot hit the ice, it slid right out from under her...needless to say, she headed back to her apartment to find other shoes.

anyways, it was an adventure of a morning, and now i'm headed into the CG for a late start to the work day!