I officially started my new project at Booz Allen on Friday. After a few snags (one of the project managers thought I was showing up Monday) it started off ok. I’m not sure exactly what I’ll be doing. They were going to ship me off to training in Boston starting today, but it turned out it was overbooked. Something tells me that this project is a bit more fast-paced than my previous one …
Being back at The Booz Mothership (corporate office in McLean, VA) is pretty interesting. Things like natural light (windows), the internet, a desk bigger than my pinky, and fresh drinking water all seem like extraordinary luxuries. Sam said that he was institutionalized — he could never leave the SCIF environment for all that I just mentioned because it would overwhelm his senses. I can really see where he’s coming from.
Spiff sent me a neat link to a YouTube video that featured a Coca-Cola add done with the look and feel of Grand Theft Auto. However, when I went to click the link (at around 4:30 PM today) it had been blocked by YouTube and would only be accessible if I was 18 years or older AND I had signed up/logged into the YouTube site.
Well, I found it on Google Video (yay). So here it is!
Why wait for Windows Vista when you can have the upgraded version? :) The above picture was taken outside of the Moscone Center West in San Francisco, CA. Heehee. Yay Apple. The original picture can be seen here.
I think what I’m thinking right now can be summed up by the following picture (with a bad photoshop job by yours truly).
Well anyway, let’s just say the past few weekends I’ve been spending too much time at the Ikea. The rough breakdown is as follows.
- Try to buy bookcase (Markor, in case you have the slightest interest) at the Woodbridge, VA, Ikea. It’s out of stock.
- Buy the bookcase at the College Park, MD Ikea. Feel accomplished.
- Discover the bookcase has 2 left sides.
- Bring one bookcase side to the Ikea one week later for exchange. It gets exchanged for…the same side.
- Drive all the way back from College Park, MD to Herndon, VA and discover that the bookcase still has 2 left sides.
- Whine, bitch, moan, etc.
- Get back in car and drive back to College Park (3rd trip in two weekends).
- Get the right (correct) side for the bookcase. Feel somewhat accomplished yet still frustrated.
- Drive all the way back from College Park, MD to Herndon, VA and discover that the bookcase has … two different sides?
It turned out that the each side had drill holes that were drilled in the same position in the bookcase, but at different widths. So on one side the holes were spaced farther apart than in its counterpart.
As Joe would say, Whisky Tango Foxtrot. I would say W T F.
The conclusion: return and refund and no shopping at Ikea … YARGH.
People say that if you liked Anchorman, you’ll like this movie. Since I never saw the former, I can’t say. Will Ferrell is funny enough in this movie, but he joins the list of stars who revel in the “I won’t grow up” roles (Vince Vaugn and Owen Wilson come to mind) and that’s pretty much who Ricky Bobby is.
Ricky grew up idolizing the parting words from his father (“if you’re not first, you’re last”), and is constantly yearning to be close to him, even though he’s basically a deadbeat who’s never around. Of course, he bumbles his way into fame, fortune, and golddiggers while sacrificing the “nice girl”, his children, and his best friend. Ah, but he’s so lovable that he eventually get all of them back (substitute golddigger with the hot nice girl) with lots of gags in between.
If you’re in the mood for no-think-summertime-splashed laughs, this is a good movie. I had a lot of fun because I saw it with a good audience that did plenty of groaning and laughing. That is always neat.
