Wii-kend Report Vol.2

I'm sore, believe it or not. Bowling and Boxing on LosWiicos has kicked my ass. LosWiicos is the nickname for my Wii. I am talking about the console by the way. Seriously. During the initial setup of the console, you're asked to give it a name. LosWiicos seemed appropriate, and thus it was done. I actually took a break from playing last night in the hopes I could get back into the ring tonight, but I have my doubts. I'm still feeling rather tender.

I'm really glad that Nintendo went this route with their new console. It certainly is a lot more entertaining for me, plus a guaranteed form of exercise for all the little fat kids who never go outside to play. Now that I think about it, all the Nintendo spots I've seen for the Wii weren't even geared for the child set. I guess we know who's playing then.

A change of pace.

Every company has their freak/weirdo kind of dude. Where I work is no exception. We'll call him Juan.

Wednesday morning I came in and was updated by N. about Juan. Juan had finished his shift at midnight, but had stuck around since then hoping to "mooch" a ride off of someone. Strange enough, sure, but I was willing to let that one go.

More stories came in. Most interesting to note was about Juan in the bathroom. No, this isn't a poop story, however I guess it's poop related. He was sitting in the poop box with a lighter, igniting sanitation covers for the toilet seats. From what I'm told, poop smells better than burning sanitation covers. Will Juan go postal when someone takes his red Swingline stapler? Will he set the building on fire? Stay tuned.

Considered, yet unspoken.

We love music. We are a society that spends millions upon millions on it. We download it legally, we download it illegally, we share it, we simply enjoy it. In the car, on the home stereo, on the iPod (or reasonable facsimile), we can't get enough of it.

It's been spoken of individually, but not as whole. So I'm just gonna say it plainly. It's time once again for the CDXC (my cool acronym for CD Exchange). I've already gave it tons of thought, and I hear others have been giving it thought as well. Same rules as always. Put together a music compilation of music that has mattered to you, or in some way tells a bit of story. Give your playlist some thought, compile it, pump it out. For the graphically inclined, make a cool CD leaflet.
This project always excites me, as it's interesting what people pull out of their pocket and surprise you with. You learn about new artists, re-discover artists from your past, plus you get to put together some great tunage yourself.

All in?

Christmas Eve

And so it's upon us. Tomorrow is Christmas day, it's practically here. I think it's safe to say that I'm ready. I finished my shopping earlier this week. Everything is wrapped (not saying I'm the one who did the wrapping). All that's left is my last security shift tonight (I didn't want to turn down $15/hour), some sleep, and then opening up Pandora tomorrow.
Once again, I've overspent. It almost seems like a Christmas tradition, really. I don't mind though. I still like to go shopping for other people. Of courses I haven't had the capacity to buy as much as I've been known to do in the past, but it appears that'll be different next year. I better start saving soon, 'cause I might go nuts. It's a good thing I've opted out of getting credit cards. It's a lot safer for me that way.
I'm actually writing this whilst I wait for a short video I made to finish compressing. This old iBook G3 takes it's time when doing these types of activities. This video comes courtesy of the iSight I bought from TheRoss during the fall. Such a nice little gadget.

So, without further adieu, here's the Merry Christmas video. I'll be pumping the link out via email as well.. just so you knows.



More Christmas goodness later.

Hoo-rah!

Started the new job. HOT DAMN! I know there's a whole novelty aspect to starting higher calibre position, but still, my first day was awesome. My team seems über friendly. People I've talked to seem to really enjoy the company and what goes on there. I talked with the company co-founder today as well. He was also a friendly guy. The drive is a bit long, but I can live with that.
In the staff kitchen you'll find a cooler filled with juices and pop. You'll also a find a coffee maker that makes individual cups using a variety of coffee selections. On top of these fringe benefits, I also start off with three weeks of vacation per year, an expected to happen stock option plan, employee bonus and employee benefits package, not to mention employee pension fund. ScoobyDoooooooooooo!
Also, now this is super special, it looks to be that every seven weeks I'll have a five day weekend because we'll normally be putting in 40 hours within four days. This is just cool.
In conclusion, I'm happy with the new digs.

PS A Very Merry Christmas Video C/O YouTube