Monthly Archive for July, 2006

Today was kind of a strange day. I was talking to the IT guy of the small company that I work for and I was telling him how lately I will get up in the middle of the night when I had an idea on how to make this database work. And he said, “There is nothing more attractive than a woman working on a computer in her pajamas.” And then he proceeded to thank me for “perking up” his day.

He said this. To me. And the first thing I thought was, “You have got to be kidding me.” Then I thought, “Ummm… I work with you.”

Now I am sitting in a local coffee shop, and I thought that I was going to get some work done, but I really just need my big screen on my desk at home. However, about 5 minutes after I sat down, this guy who totally knows how to play the piano sat down at the piano (imagine that) and started playing some pretty incredible music. So now I am looking for a reason to stick around because I already sucked down my 16 ounce espresso milkshake in about 2.5 seconds, but I want to hear him play. I am a sucker for this kind of crap. This moment is only dampened by the fact that the person working behind the counter of the coffee shop is listening to Sarah McLaughlin or something similar. Let’s just say that it doesn’t work well with the piano. You think she would turn the music off and enjoy it while it lasts.

I really should go home and work. But it is probably hot in my house and there is no live music there. And once I walk in the door I will be overwhelmed with the urge to just lay down in my bed and sleep. Which would not = work.

What could possibly have happened in Michie’s life to warrant a big come back at 6:37 Friday evening?

My house exploded its entire innards of crafts into its generally clean interior. That is what. I swear to you that I had only been working on these pants since 2 pm. And yes. They turned out like shit. And no. I won’t be wearing them anytime soon as I will have to dislodge the sewing machine from the wall at which I threw it in disgust. Additionally, I am contemplating taking the other $60.00 of fabric back to the store in order to stop the checking account hemmoraging that is occuring as we speak. Because if I am going to spend $60 on clothing, why the hell didn’t I buy the fucking PREMADE kind? Huh??!!? Honestly. I suck. Sometimes to the point that it even disgusts me.

In other news, I am never going to finish my dissertation and I am going to have to be a student for the next ten thousand years, plus or minus 73 years. No really. I had a meeting with my advisor on Wednesday and he was suggesting a new set of experiments for me to perform in order to get enough data for a third chapter. Needless to say I am in shut down mode. However I have to process seven million pieces of data before Monday so that I can find something ANYTHING that will get me to graduate. But I can’t speculate if it will be futile.

p.s. Does anyone have an abundance of untrusting people in their lives? It seems to me that everyone I know has lied to me. And it is really tough to deal with. I pretend that day to day I am fine with it. That I am over it. But it really just festers.

There ya have it. Three tales of woe.

p.p.s. Cars? It is okay. But I like all Pixar’s other movies better.