HAHAH! Apparently I typoed when I was trying to get to napster.com. naptser.com is the get-you-fired site! HEHEH....
mybad.
says MarissaD at 8/30/2002 07:53:00 PM
I was reading an article about copyright laws and the recording industry and file sharing software etc.. so I decided to check out Napster.com to see what it has become. To say the least, it is not work friendly anymore. In fact, it is very get-you-fired. That's so sad.
Also, I ate lunch at my desk so I had 30 minutes to kill earlier. I went to the bathroom and slept in the handicap stall. For 30 minutes. hehe
says MarissaD at 8/30/2002 02:30:00 PM
Pretty much everyone knew it before, but Christina Aguilera wanted to confirm that she is, in fact, a skank ho from the trailer park.
Good God. Someone needs to jerk her out of Hollywood with one of those canes that has a loopy thing on the top. Kind of like a candy cane. You know, how they do in cartoons? Yeah. They need to do that to her.
says MarissaD at 8/30/2002 10:07:00 AM
I don't understand why there is a SLEEP button on an alarm clock. If you don't want it to go off anymore, turn it off. The sleep button should be under a tiny plastic door so that you have to actually work to push it. It should not be the same size as and right next to the snooze button. It is a menace and I shall kill it now.
says MarissaD at 8/30/2002 08:17:00 AM
August 29, 2002
Okay ladies. Here are the bathroom rules. If you don't like sitting straight on the toilet, use the toilet shaped paper that they supply us and sit on it. If you still aren't comfortable with that, don't use a public restroom ever again. I've done the whole floaty above the toilet trick too, when I was in ghettoland and there were dead things everywhere, but not in a corporate restroom. There is absolutely no need. IF YOU MUST PEE AND FLOAT HERE, CLEAN YOUR PISS OFF THE TOILET. It's DAMN DISGUSTING.
says MarissaD at 8/29/2002 04:14:00 PM
August 28, 2002
I spent an hour crying for a chick on Big Brother 3 because she got to see her family tonight for the first time in 2 months. I held my breath watching American Idol waiting to see if one of our Dallas girls will be eliminated. (Don't know yet.) And I spend two minutes watching Miss Teen USA or whatever the SHIT that was. Did you know they do a swimsuit competition for that?!? WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?! *ahem* This is why I don't watch T.V.
says MarissaD at 8/28/2002 08:22:00 PM
Is it 5:30 yet?
says MarissaD at 8/28/2002 09:35:00 AM
August 27, 2002
I think I overworked myself this morning. Now I don't want to do anything. So, around 2 this afternoon I felt like I wanted to become invisible. Just, not here. No one notices I'm gone. No one wants to talk to me. Invisible. I know that's not healthy, but then I went to the bathroom and the motion sensor potty didn't flush when I got up and the motion sensor sink didn't spray water when I put my hands in it for a washing. How can I not keep wanting to feel invisible when it seems like that's what's supposed to happen?
Also, thanks to Metaphaze, one of many strangers who stumbled into my life through my website. He found an NPA/NXX list with carriers. Very nice. Thank you.
says MarissaD at 8/27/2002 03:31:00 PM
I've been here for a little over three hours and I've sent 35 emails this morning. That means I've made around 11 decisions and sent emails every hour. That's about one decision and email every 5 minutes. I'm a decision making machine today!
says MarissaD at 8/27/2002 12:45:00 PM
The Internet is a vast cavern of knowledge and information. It has no beginning, no preface, no end and no closing. Unless you're looking for a database that supplies a list of area codes, prefixes and carriers for mobile numbers. I.E. all mobile numbers beginning with 972-979 belong to Cingular Wireless. All numbers beginning with 972-529 belong to AT&T Wireless. This information isn't proprietary. It isn't a big secret. So why isn't there a database nerd somewhere who will gather this information, sort it and offer it to the general public? Why? There are people who have recreated My Little Pony Land in 3-D so that others may experience it. Surely you've seen some really useless and detailed information around the net. Why not this?
says MarissaD at 8/27/2002 11:18:00 AM
August 26, 2002
THANK YOU GOD!!!!! I bought a radio to have up here at work. Now I can listen to 105.3 FM Talk the Talk that ROCKS Texas ALL DAY LONG!!!
says MarissaD at 8/26/2002 12:39:00 PM
August 23, 2002
"Happiness is not found in loving the perfect person, but rather in loving the imperfect person perfectly."
hm.
says MarissaD at 8/23/2002 05:26:00 PM
I'm pretty sure corporate America was built from a league of underachievers and slackasses.
says MarissaD at 8/23/2002 03:41:00 PM
I had a really weird dream. I was on a roadtrip. With Dr. Drew. It was just he and I. Then we stopped somewhere on the side of the road for a rest. It was like a park sort of, but everything was rock. No trees or grass or anything. We're sitting on a bench chatting and I see a guy named J.W. from my hometown. I ask his friend was his name was just to be sure and he says "J.W." I say hi and he says, "Hey Moe." We start talking for a sec and then about 15 people from my hometown walk up and start talking to me. These were the popular kids in high school. Some of them were my friends, but for the most part, they made me feel unwelcomed in high school, as well as J.W., so I kind of roll my eyes and they keep talking. No one recognizes Dr. Drew. Then I say "well I have to go. Bye." And I stand up to leave. As we're walking back to the car, I scream "OH MY GOD IT'S DR. DREW!!!" And everyone sees him and starts running over to him. I get in the car with him and shove a few people away. He's mad at me, but he understands why I did it, because he's Dr. Drew. Duh. So we're driving away and suddenly his wife is in the car with us. She's driving. It's an old suburban from the early 90's. One of those big ugly ones. I talk about how good that felt and Dr. Drew just kind of laughs at me. Then my cellphone rang, for real, and woke me up. Good thing too because apparently I turned my alarm off again. So weird. By the way, Dr. Drew and I talked earlier in the dream and he told me that he listens to every radio show and watches every T.V. show of Loveline. I say "to critique yourself?" He says "yeah. I write down when I use bad terminology." I wonder if that's true.
says MarissaD at 8/23/2002 08:10:00 AM
I stand corrected! By a few people! It is indeed "plead."
says MarissaD at 8/23/2002 08:01:00 AM
August 22, 2002
Oh mygirls. It is "pleed" when you are using it as a verb. I understood whose nipple got sliced. Bicker Bicker. I can't imagine you two when you're 80. Today was boring. Tonight is boring. Moms is coming to stay with me tomorrow. I really need to do some cleaning so as to not make my mom think I'm a slob. I'm not, really. I am bored. bored. bored. bored. bored. bored. I guess I could do homework.......
says MarissaD at 8/22/2002 10:30:00 PM
One Hour...
says MarissaD at 8/22/2002 05:28:00 PM
Sorry to those who AIM'ed me last night and this morning. I wasn't at the computer. I changed my AIM preferences so that it doesn't display when I'm idle. From now on you'll see my name as active, no matter what. I may set it away now and then when I'm busy or playing in a match, but please don't take it personally when I don't talk on AIM. I honestly am probably just not there.
Other news ... I'm going to have to go with the TSN cast last night. That was very fun. I called in and talked to Breaker on air for the better part of the evening. We had a nice chat. It was amusing, if not a little revealing. Oops. I hope to do it again sometime. Fun times. *thumbs up*
says MarissaD at 8/22/2002 09:33:00 AM
August 21, 2002
How you doin?
says MarissaD at 8/21/2002 11:00:00 AM
August 20, 2002
I'm looking for an updated version of this. With this you can enter an area code and prefix and it will tell you which carrier the number belongs to. An updated list of these numbers would be very useful for me, but I can't find one anywhere. I have one in excel format that has a list of every area code and prefix with their carrier, but it's two years old. Do any of you, dear readers, know where I can get an updated list? :)
says MarissaD at 8/20/2002 02:58:00 PM
If naptimes were accepted in the workplace, I wouldn't HAVE to use the bathroom or my car. You hear what I'm saying? I mean REALLY hear what I'm saying? Listen people. NAPS == PRODUCTIVITY TIRED != PRODUCTIVITY ya see?
says MarissaD at 8/20/2002 12:58:00 PM
I just realized the reason I like the orange muffin so much is because it tastes like Fruity Pebbles. That's crazy.
says MarissaD at 8/20/2002 09:50:00 AM
Two things that do definitely rock:
1.) Orange Muffins.
2.) Being late when your boss is even more late.
says MarissaD at 8/20/2002 09:18:00 AM
August 19, 2002
And when I stand here alone, I know, I know. Speaking comes easy to you. But I choke, I choke. And when I stand here alone, I know this, I know. That since I'm leaving so soon. I owe. I know.
says MarissaD at 8/19/2002 04:13:00 PM
I WON! HAH!
says MarissaD at 8/19/2002 02:07:00 PM
I'm off to battle the copy machine. I hate it. I always lose.
says MarissaD at 8/19/2002 01:50:00 PM
Are Mondays meant for accomplishing anything? Hmm.
says MarissaD at 8/19/2002 11:48:00 AM
Holy crap, I just ate the candy she gave me and it literally has Vodka in the middle. It's not mixed into the chocolate at all. It's a chocolate shell with like, half a shot of Vodka in the middle. HOW WEIRD IS THAT?!
says MarissaD at 8/19/2002 09:49:00 AM
The lady that checked me out in the cafeteria this morning asked if I had a baby. "Not that I know of," I replied. "Oh," she said. "You smell like baby." dot dot dot
My boss just gave me a piece of candy called Finlandia Vodka. It's apparently Vodka and Chocolate. At 9:00 A.M. I might have three or four...
Quakecon, Quakecon, where to begin. To end it well, last night a scary pirate like man basically stalked me for 30 minutes or so. I was at a gas station taking one of the vehicle-less attendees to stock up on cigs as well as filling up my own car with gas. Pope_Johnny, the vehicle-less attendee, was inside making his purchase when a scary man in a van with a ladder on the back pulled up and asked if I had any money to give him, as he was almost out of gas and needed to get home. I told him no I didn't have any cash on me and I went about filling up my car. He leaves, drives around the block (I guess) and comes back. He sat at the pump next to me and stared at me, so I moved the car over by the front door of the station. The man has a messed up eye that is covered with white stuff, so you can imagine how creepy he was. Pope_Johnny finalizes his purchase and comes back to the car. We go back to the hotel and I'm telling my goodbyes when creepy pirate man drives up, parks in the parking lot and sits there. So I trip out and run upstairs. I went and got an official Quakecon person because if this guy was going to rape, mug and kill me, I wanted someone to know about it other than the friends I was sitting around with. We go back outside and he's gone. So I sit down on the stairs outside to talk a bit before I leave. Yo, I was in a defensive, scared mode, ya know? Then the bastard drove by AGAIN. WHY ARE PEOPLE SO CREEPY!?!? We sat around and talked for another 10 minutes or so and I decided I would go ahead and leave. I drove about 85 the whole way home, just in case he was back there somewhere. I was pretty sure his crap van couldn't keep up. I had my phone at my ear the whole time just waiting to dial 911. SCARY! I made it though, don't worry.
Overall the con was really fun. I met a lot of people. I met Stevie Case, aka Killcreek. She was really nice. I saw her around a few times, but I didn't really pay attention that it was her. Then I walked up the hall and recognized John Romero and then I realized it was her. It's not like I have her face memorized. Anyway, I introduced myself and I was nervous as hell. I have no idea why. It went okay, I think. I'm pretty sure I wasn't a complete moron. Next...
BREAKER AND POPE_JOHNNY!!! My Pennsylvania friends. I spent roughly 90% of my time hanging out with them. Two very nice guys, despite John's unhealthy crush on my mom. They love Texas, from what I can tell. I don't know why they wouldn't. We had a lot of fun. Laughed a WHOLE lot. We tried the entire time to play Tribes 2, but it wasn't working. Finally late last night Breaker brought his computer over by mine and it worked. I'm pretty sure it was because I had custom skins, which kind of pisses me off, but oh well. I want to try to work next year. I don't know what I'll do, but I'd like to be involved.
That's that and I'm tired. Going to play for a little bit and then get in bed. I've had so little sleep over the past week, it's unreal.
says MarissaD at 8/18/2002 09:53:00 PM
August 16, 2002
Well we have internet access now, but it's very, very limited. Can't ftp or use any secure sites. That's okay. At least I can blog. I've taken a couple of pics with Breaker, but of course I can't upload them. They'll have to wait. Yay for being done with work for two days! Also yay for playing games with thousands! Also yay for things like Coke and a jacket.
says MarissaD at 8/16/2002 08:17:00 PM
The copy machine that I use is ..... a SON OF A BITCH. Apparently it takes an act from God for me to be able to take a stack of papers to be copied, copy them and leave the copy room without having to open door A, turn knob C, remove 34,894 pieces of jammed paper, turn knob C again, close door A, open door Z, refill paper, close door Z, open lid, remove original, close lid, open lid, replace original, close lid, copy. Literally AN ACT FROM GOD!
It's almost time for me to go back to Quakecon. I'm rather excited. I've no idea why. Eleven minutes. Eleven......... that's ironic.
says MarissaD at 8/16/2002 04:20:00 PM
August 15, 2002
I'm at Quakecon right now. The main computers in the BYOC don't have internet connection, so Breaker, being the nice man he is, is letting me use the TSN internet connection to post. I really don't have anything important to say. My computer has lost power twice. That's neat. Not a whole lot of gaming going on because the LAN apparently, sucks some serious ass. That's okay. It's still neat. I'm going to watch the Quake III movie thing tomorrow evening. I've heard it's pretty nice, so that'll be cool. What this means is, we will be having no webcam pics of the OH SO EXCITING gamers sitting around staring at their computers. Sorry. I can hear all of your hearts breaking as I type. Yes. I'm done now. Thank you! Good day.
says MarissaD at 8/15/2002 06:23:00 PM
I am fuming pissed. This place is utterly ridiculous.
says MarissaD at 8/15/2002 12:40:00 PM
My computer is offline!! It is currently sitting in the back of my truck... type.... car... thing. Whatever it is. I do feel a slight sense of suffocation. I think they call that sympathy pains. I was supposed to take my computer up to Quakecon last night for early registration. Last year they apparently let people register late into the night. This year they cut it off, oh probably 10 minutes before we got there. So I didn't get to setup my rig. And I'm also going to lose my reserved spot, but Eagle1, aka old man who smells like whiskey, told me that I would get a spot and not to worry. I'm not worried about not having a spot. I'm worried about not having a spot next to my cousins. The hell if I'm going to sit by two strangers at a geek fest where the man to woman ratio is 200:1. No sirree. I'll let you all know how this turns out this evening, as I'll either be posting from my computer that is next to my cousin, or from his computer because they wouldn't let me set mine up. I know you're on the edge of your seats.
Apparently they will have internet access there, so I'll probably have the webcam up and live. The gripping action of 1,500 nerds staring at their computers. Contain yourselves. Seriously.
I met Breaker from TSN. He's a nice guy. He met Jacob and they talked about that DJ spinning records music trance blah stuff. I'm glad I was able to hook the two up. Breaker seemed sort of excited, but I'm not sure if that was true excitement or dementia from exhaustion. I understand the TSN guys had a bit of a rough day, but I also understand that anyone who has to setup anything at a decent sized LAN will have a rough day. Right. This is useless and boring. I wish I were there instead of here. At work. grr.
It'll be a movement, I say! Call me BEMOEZILLA!!!!!!!! RAWR!!
says MarissaD at 8/14/2002 05:23:00 PM
The excitement is building a little. I'm taking my computer to the convention center tonight for Quakecon. I'm going to be meeting Breaker. Jacob has graciously been volunteered to help me carry my computer and it's parts because every other guy I know that would help is either busy or lives somewhere else. Plus I think he's kind of curious what this whole thing is about. He's not a computer person. He's a microwave radio tower type person. He tried to explain it to me, but I'm honestly not that interested. No offense to any microwave radio tower people out there. Work is very boring when you want to be somewhere else.
P.S. these sandals make my feet smell weird.
says MarissaD at 8/14/2002 03:11:00 PM
August 13, 2002
Getting your very own shipment of office supplies is a lot like Christmas. Also, my fortune cookie from my free lunch says, "You have every qualification for success." Right on brotha cookie!
says MarissaD at 8/13/2002 04:25:00 PM
*mental note* - Bad day = Free lunch. Sweet ass.
says MarissaD at 8/13/2002 12:22:00 PM
THIS IS THE WORST DAY EVER!
says MarissaD at 8/13/2002 11:37:00 AM
BLAH!! Everything is off. I can't talk right... I keep slurring and studdering on messages that I leave. My eyes are slow and droopy. I feel really hungover without any alcohol. What the crap is going on!? I even went to bed fairly early last night. grrr. I'm just so tired all the time.
says MarissaD at 8/13/2002 10:07:00 AM
My head hurts really, really bad. For no apparent reason. I don't like that.
says MarissaD at 8/13/2002 07:50:00 AM
August 12, 2002
So I just found $20 outside in front of one of my neighbors door. I knocked on the door and gave it to her. I'm such a dumbass.
says MarissaD at 8/12/2002 05:52:00 PM
The blinds are open again. My wrath. It's coming. Oh yes.
says MarissaD at 8/12/2002 03:15:00 PM
OMGOMG!!!! Juliana Theory!!!!! HERE!!!!!! ON 8/27!!!!!! This is a day of great news all around. Mostly...
I'm printing out the flyer and putting them up everywhere. YAY!
says MarissaD at 8/12/2002 01:03:00 PM
omgomg ... One of the independent theaters I go to is showing a midnight showing of Goonies on September 13 & 14. Someone remind me! I HAVE TO GO!!!!
says MarissaD at 8/12/2002 07:42:00 AM
August 09, 2002
Who got a kudo? I got a kudo. That's right. From a boss who is three steps above me. Yeah. Go me go.
says MarissaD at 8/09/2002 05:01:00 PM
For those who tried to call me last night or today, my phone has been CUT OFF!!!!! THREE DAYS LATE! WTF IS THAT?! And the bill is like $65!! WTF!! Picky bastards. I haven't been late once and the first time I'm late, for a very small invoice, they turn it off. I hate automatic crap. .endrant.
says MarissaD at 8/09/2002 10:18:00 AM
August 08, 2002
"Get some sleep, Marissa. You look horrible."
This from a "friend."
Thanks, ass!
says MarissaD at 8/08/2002 11:13:00 PM
August 07, 2002
I'm happy I have people to do my computer stuff for me and that I don't have to do it alone because that would stress me out way too much. Way.
So we're pretty sure the boss isn't coming back. That means I'm going to work until 7 with a 30 minute lunch break. That's 10 hours and I need it.
says MarissaD at 8/07/2002 10:48:00 AM
I closed the blinds yesterday when I got back from the schmooze fest (launch lunch) and they are still closed. Nice. Sweet crapper, Mykie is back! It feels like he was gone for a year! Or maybe a month. Almost. Anyway, he's back and we're goin to IHOP. Don't know when. My boss just went to the doctor because she has been dizzy all morning. She gave me her lunch that she brought, so I'm assuming she isn't coming back. This should give me a nice chance to do some work without being interrupted. I think I will do that now. Yep.
says MarissaD at 8/07/2002 09:14:00 AM
August 06, 2002
I really love the view that we (the people who share this part of the cube farm with me) have here, but unfortunately my monitor is almost exactly opposite of the windows, so I get a really bad glare across my whole screen when the blinds are opened. Last week I told the two ladies who sit closest to the windows about my dilema and I closed the blinds except for the ones to the extreme left because those only affect the far right side of my monitor, which I can deal with. The problem: I was out of the office yesterday, so I guess they decided to completely open the blinds for the window that is right in the middle. Of course, I'm only assuming it was one of them by process of elimination. There are five of us in this little area. The other two people were here before the first big cubicle move and they never cared that I closed the blinds. The cleaning people don't open them that I know of. If they do they always close them because they were never opened any other morning. Considering no one else on the floor is affected by these windows, I can only assume it is the two ladies who sit next to them. That plus when I went to talk to them the first time, they kind of complained that having the windows was rather useless when they couldn't have the blinds opened. Then I explained that having a monitor was useless if I couldn't see it. The conversation wasn't exactly like that, of course. I was very courteous and fair about it. I like the window view as much as the next cube-habitant, but I CAN'T SEE MY WORK!!!! I'm not going to confront them about it. They're older than me and I don't want to disrespect them if it comes to that. Plus I just hate confrontation. I'll just wait until they go to lunch and then close them.
That was long.
says MarissaD at 8/06/2002 09:29:00 AM
August 04, 2002
I reinstalled EQ a few weeks ago and have popped in to my old regular server a few times. Definitely not going to be playing that game again. Too many memories and too much wasted time in that world. Needless to say, it's uninstalling right now. I'm sure this will be the last time I'll ever have to do that. Sometimes you just know when certain things are over in your life for good. Only to exist in random memories until they fade completely. Oh sweet perspective, bites me again.
Sammy has inspired me. The things that have been lurking in my head for the past month have been confirmed by her post. Times are changing. Again. And with the changes come my shift in life. Again.
says MarissaD at 8/04/2002 10:29:00 PM
August 02, 2002
There are some people in the business world who are absolutely useless to anyone or anything. I would like to present this award to a person that I sort of work with. I'll refrain from details because I'm paranoid, but ...
Congratulations! You're one useless son of a bitch!
says MarissaD at 8/02/2002 03:37:00 PM
This is the phone I was talking about last week. I just saw another really cool phone too from Jaime (Hi-Mee) who sits behind me and tests stuff. I'm not sure if that phone even has documentation online, but it's really cool. You can set backgrounds/wallpapers for it. It's color. It's small like the 8200 series. In fact, at first I thought it was an 8265. Anywho, it's cool. And it's an entirely new series. ^ .^ - OooOoooh!! AaaAaaah!!
says MarissaD at 8/02/2002 09:59:00 AM
The break room is stocked full of coffee mugs so that people like me, who don't have a coffee mug at work, can still enjoy a cup o' joe now and then when the urge strikes. There's also this really long drawer that has a slightly slanted top. Slanted enough so you can fit your hand in to get whatever you need out of it without actually opening the drawer. And the front panels are glass, so you can see what is in each drawer. Such as plastic utensils, sugar, creamer, swivel straws and ketchup. Our breakroom is pimped out. Yeah it is. No, not really a point to this. Just one more cool thing about my workspace. The drama....however....is uncool, not cool and also lacking in cool. That's another story.
P.S. The coffee mugs have kind of sharp edges and it hurts my lips. Ow.
My boss brought in two sets of pens the other day. They're nice and colored and 1.5mm in size. That's ALMOST the same size that I quested for before. That quest was actually completed when a stranger found my post while searching for the same size pen and emailed me a place he found in San Francisco that sells them online. They are like the pen mafia or something because 1.6mm pens are apparently not supposed to be sold in the U.S. yet. ANYWAY, rock out that she found 1.5mm at the dollar store. :) She's going to buy some more. That's so cool.
says MarissaD at 8/01/2002 02:29:00 PM
Oh lala! I'm going to a product launch lunch for 2 hours next week. :) Ah the perks of corporate Nokia. Woohoo!
says MarissaD at 8/01/2002 10:33:00 AM
This is going to sound really dumb, but I was thinking about when I got stuck in Arkansas for a few days and I was alone and upset. I was hanging out at the library because it passed the time for me until I could leave. I just want to say thanks to whoever that guy was that was cool to me. Some random stranger saw this dirty looking frazzled girl reading Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy for hours on end and he patted me on the shoulder and told me things would change. He also gave me his business card, lol. He was a writer, I guess. Anyway, I threw away his business card because I didn't want to remember that time, but now I wish I hadn't. I wish I could email him and say thanks. I guess this will have to suffice.
says MarissaD at 8/01/2002 09:56:00 AM
If you have $5 or $10 to spare, All Things Girl is sponsoring a doggy named Ginger and we need some donations! Also, the August addition is now up!! Per usual, Lor has compiled a great issue. :)
