^ That was my shopping list for today. I should've done it on Friday when I cashed my paycheck, but I completely forgot that and my income tax returns. Oh well. But go figure - There were no belts to be had in Superstore. Sure, they carry every other clothing item you can think of, but no belts to be had. So I had to drive across the parking lot to Mark's Work Warehouse to get one. Normally I'm not that lazy, but it's snowing out. Yes, snow. On the May long weekend. If ever anyone has doubt to whether or not God has a sense of humour, look no farther than Calgary weather. And the platypus.
Anyways, I realize I've broken my rule of posting at least once a week. That past week, nay MONTH has been some sort of wonderful variation of "going to hell in a handbasket" for the entire company. I think I've put in at least a small bit of OT every day for the past month, with a bit of weekend work mixed in. Large orders, an in-town convention, prepping for a very very out of town convention, and finishing it all off with a grand finale of "Chris being in charge of the office for the remainder of the week because he's supposedly the best trained and senior employee to do the job even though he doesn't feel like he knows what he's doing".
Yeah, it was just as scary as it sounds. A lot of "Unfortuneatly, ___ is at a convention right now, and will not be back until Tuesday/the following Monday. May I take a message, or would you like to call back then?" Not a lot of people left messages. From there, I completely winged it on a few FedEx documents, took some phone orders, and generally spent most of my time at the order desk HOPING I was entering each purchase in properly. Sure, I'm technically trained to do all of that - but I can't say the confidence is all there. One thing's for sure, though, I now have a LOT more respect for the people who normally man the order desk. It was really difficult to get so much stuff done while you get interrupted with other requests for things.
But it's all over now! I'm back to being a lowly grunt! Huzzah! Well, that better be the case Eric & Becky are supposedly coming back today, so they'll be at work tomorrow. Tuesday is going to be NASTY with just three of us there.
It looks like all the TV shows I watch are coming to their season finale, if they already haven't. BSG was great, Scrubs sucks and is getting quite stale, Airbender was awesome, Heroes looks to be a blast (just like the entire series thusfar), and Lost is... A "special" case. I don't know what to think after the whole Jacob episode. It was a good, engaging show but dipping into the paranormal takes part of the fun out of the series. I guess deep down I was hoping for some semi-logical, crazy-go-nuts science experiment answer to everything. Now that they're bringing ghosts into the mix, it makes an easy scapegoat for all the other bizzare mysteries. Oh, and then there was The Office. Which ROCKED. The ending was absolutely *priceless*. The look Ryan gave the camera at the very last second was too perfect.
I guess now that the shows are coming to the end of the season, it'll leave me with a few extra hours over the course of the week. "Great!" I tell myself, "Now I can get more drawing/Photoshop work done!" What it probably means is more time spent messing around on the internet, searching the deep, ugly depths of Digg to occupy myself.
What else... OH! Starcraft 2, of course. I'm stoked for that, even though I probably won't get my grubby little hands on it for another year or two. It looks so great, but I'm sure it's still a long ways off. I just hope they pickup with the story - That was my favourite aspect of Starcraft. I'm a sucker for good video game storytelling, and SC is probably the best I've ever had.
I've been getting a bit of travel out of that bike I got. I put a bell and some mudguards on it. I've gone to work a couple of times, and this weekend I took it exploring around the community here. Some on road, a bit more off road. The hills and dirt out back is really fun to ride around on, but it really makes me realize how much I took my bike with dual-suspension for granted.
Anyways, should get going to do something semi-productive. I'd still like to get the house decently cleaned for when the aunt and uncle get back. I've done a bit of tidying already, but there's still a bit to do yet. I got my room cleaned and all my laundry washed, though. I think I'll go and draw something... I've played a bit too much BF2142 with Frank over the weekend to justify more gaming.
Oh, and a closing note - Next weekend I get to go for a happy-fun-root-canal of doom. Oh joy.
-Cril
Link, he come to town
Come to save the Princess Zelda
Ganon took her away
Now the children don't play
But they will when Link saves the day
Hallelujah!
Now Link, fill up your hearts
So you can shoot your sword with power
And when you're feeling all down
The fairy will come around
So you'll be brave, and not a sissy coward
The Rabbit Joint - The Legend of Zelda
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