I’ve got a hadron for science

Well!  So the big hadron collider was fired up today.

*looks around*

And the universe seems to have survived it just fine.  Of course, they haven’t gotten to the REALLY cool stuff yet.  That’ll have to wait a few weeks.  But I’m not going to place any crazy bets, or blow my life savings, [...]

oh, hello there

oh…ummm…hi!

Guess I haven’t blogged much lately.  Oops.  But really, I swear!  I haven’t been doing anything exciting!  Promise!

Work has been busy, but interesting.  Learning some database stuff, which is good – new skills are good.

I bought two pair of jeans from Lany Bryant, which has overhauled the sizing system completely for [...]

self-righteous commuter rant

Today I started commuting on MARTA to work.  It’s a combination of “because I can” and “because gas is so fucking expensive” with a little “traffic in atlanta is FUCKED and it is DOUBLE FUCKED once school starts” thrown in for good measure.

Riding the train is a WONDERFUL place to people watch.  It’s [...]

why I loaded up on coffee this morning

all week.  bored.  boring.  boorrrrrrrrrrrrringggggggggg….

all week.  because the managers were on vacation, and no one had anything for us to do.  Maybe a smattering of “can you look up this file for me?” here and there, but nothing with teeth.  Nothing that takes time. So…we sat.  And checked email.  And google news.  And [...]

anxiety, i haz it

Last thursday, phone call:

Staffing person: Hi, this is N!  I just wanted to let you know that company X really liked your resume, and they are scheduling people to come in for interviews on Friday and Monday. Me: great!

SP: OK!  So let me get the times you are available, and I’ll call [...]

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