strange start

Hard to believe, but the trip took a turn for the weird less than 10 minutes after it began. As I wandered towards my gate I heard some dance music blasting from the opposite gate. Apparently Air New Zealand decided to throw a huge Mardi Gras party before their flight, complete with cheap Merlot and pink feather boas. It was a bizarre scene.

An outrageous drag queen emceed the bash, and Kathy Griffin made a cameo appearance to take passengers’ tickets. All this madness for the Tuesday night flight to Sydney.


I snapped some candids and loaded up on free cookies before boarding the decidedly less festive flight to Taipei.

right guard will not help you here

Off to Cambodia. A handful of tylenol PMs and 18 hours next to a Taiwanese businessman. Not sure what's going to happen to this blog, but check in occasionally to see what's up. Also, go here for a new travel/photoblog. Lots of photos here as well.

Back stateside in July in time for the Head's wedding.

parting gifts

Today was my second-to-last day at work. As a gesture of gratitude for a year and a half of service, the Boss surprised me with the following tokens of appreciation:

-A $25 gift certificate to Red Lobster
-One (1) bottle of Pantene PRO-V 2-in-1 shampoo+conditioner (daily moisture renewal)
-One (1) tube of Colgate toothpaste with accompanying toothbrush (brand new!)
-One (1) bar of Zest soap
-One (1) strange-smelling stick of CoolBlast Xtreme PowerStick antiperspirant/deodorant
-Two (2) mini kleenex packets (authentic from Germany!)
-A crumpled receipt from his most recent Border's purchase, good for 30% off (expires tomorrow)

So generous! Words simply cannot express how grateful I am for these gifts. How can I not stay clean in Cambodia?

Seriously.

I know my boss is the world's biggest cheapskate, but COME ON. Nut up and spend $30 on something I can use, like a Target gift card. I've brought in something like $150K for your organization. Don't give me your hand-me-down gifts. Yes, you are poor and spend like it's the Great Depression, but the company isn't broke. Red Lobster? Who even goes there? Here's the order of usefulness:

Toothbrush/toothpaste
Kleenex
Red Lobster feast
Soap
Crumpled receipt
Pantene PRO-V
Strange deodorant (guaranteed to cause a rash)


So ready to be done.

mange

this cat is scary.

1984

a good wife

From 1955:

ass cold

The only way to deal with -40 windchill is to bundle up like an astronaut and spend as little time outside as possible. Unfortunately there's a mile between where I park my car and where I work, so today it felt like I was on the dark side of the moon.