So let's see here, what's worth "writing home about"....Dane and I went to the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy concert last night at the symphony hall, that was cool. Probably the only time I will be able to scream "WHOOOO" in that establishment. BBVD is a great Swing band - they were totally fab to see! I felt like I was in the early 1900's in an underground jazz club in NY. After that we GORGED ourselves on happy hour sushi at Nijo. We didn't think it was possible, but it IS possible to stuff yourself silly on raw fish. I love that happy hour in Seattle consists of sushi rolls and sashimi, not buffalo wings and peanuts on the floor.
Work is going good. It's boggling to work at such a large company sometimes. For example there needs to be standardization with everything. Case in point, our accounting software specifically the vendor system. Each vendor name has an abbrievated code so the clerks do not have to type Acme Supplies of Mass Purpose each time they enter a bill. However, without a set process, you would have a trillian different acronyms of Acme Supplies of Mass Purpose. So as a general rule, you use the first 8 letters of the business name. In the case of individual vendors, the vendor code would be the first 4 letters of the last name followed by the first 4 letters of the first name. So Joesph Smith would become SMITJOES and so on and forth. I am doing a cursory vendor check for Building Materials Inc. so I type in BUI and click the lookup icon. Up pops a list of vendor names starting with BUI and continuing down the alphabet. I do a double take on a particular vendor thinking "this must be a joke". I pull up the history and sure enough, there it was...Rashpal Buttar. BUTTRASH. Now I understand that our system is limited to the number of characters and we also must MUST obey the standardization rules at all times, but certainly there are select circumstances when it is considered most prudent to deviate from said regulations. Why not BUTTARRA? BUTRASHP? So that was funny. *chuckles* BUTTRASH. I felt like a 3rd grader giggling in my office, snickering about it with the other CFA's. And you know BUTTRASH was printed on the check! Not Pay to the Order of BUTTRASH, but it is still on the stub. Come on, people.
School is back in session and appropriately so with HIS/301 US Constitution. Followed by American History in Film. I can't tell you how many times it would have helped balance GL accounts knowing how many films Audrey Hepbourn has been in. Actually I don't mind taking this elective. I welcome the break from accounting and the opportunity to learn more about a subject I might not be privy to.
The holiday season is starting and with that endless events, parties, get-togethers, shopping, lists to make, lists to retrieve, things to do. I am sending out a Christmas newsletter and card this year, that should be interesting. I am not sure how this facade will work, but I want to at least try it.
Dane and I are doing good. We are so dull. We spent last weekend watching Arnold Schwarzenagger films then capped off the weekend by meeting LR and Mog for a night at the Noc Noc - I had to buy "grace" for how Halloween turned out. Only cost $60, and well worth it. LR has invited me to the Winter Solstice feast, an offer that is quite coveted as it is only by special invite that one gains admittance to the feast. Delilah has decided on an Egyptian theme for this year's Fremont Summer Solstice parade starring the lovely LR as Sekhmet, Seth as Set, Robert as Osiris, Delilah as Hathor, Dane as Annubis and yours truly as Isis. I am thrilled at this honor and cannot wait to help create this parade as the best parade yet!
This weekend is reserved for dinner and games and Johanna's pad, followed by an all night B-grade horror film fest in Olympia. Good stuff!
Stay tuned for more in Planet Crystal (title courtesy of the English guy from Borders, Gary, see http://blondninjachick.blogspot.com/2005/02/life-without-plans.html, yes I still talk to him - he apparently added my email address to his own list as well as the Border's list).
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Sounds like you are having lots of fun C, I am so happy to hear it. The Winter Solstice Feast sounds fab, do tell more as details become available. I loved what you said about sushi rolls versus buffalo wings....in a perfect world, I believe Happy Hour would indeed consist of Sushi and Sake...but alas, some of us are not privy to such things. At least not affordably in polluted ass Denver. Though C and I did find the BEST Sushi so far here...called SaSa's, OMG...I'm talking orgasm rolls here!
So what will you do for the 3rd Thursday in November? Will you host at your home or visit with friends?
Are you bellydancing???
BTW: The Swing Thing is a lot of fun isn't it, I went through a brief phase in the mid-late 90's with a guy I dated briefly, it was fun but I couldn't stay sober enough to really get serious about dancing. Danget!
We will be hosting a Thanksgiving feast this year, though 1/2 of our 8 Seattle friends will be out of town. We do have one friend who has no family or even a microwave so he will be joining us. We are making our own turkey this year, so that should prove interesting. Other than that I imagine people will drop by and leave as they please.
Not sure what it is exactly but the "mom and pop" role seems to follow us where ever we go. Even in our new crowd of friends, we have instantly become the ones that have the get-togethers. Only difference here is it is difficult for some of our Seattle friends to cross the lake.
I will be dancing in the parade this year, but I will probably have more of a role than I did last year which is hard to imagine since I was the front of the parade. We'll see, I'll update more as the details come in. I'd like to have a revival here and get as many of my girl friends up here as possible. It will be a fantastic weekend.
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