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2006-05-15 - four boxes down, the rest of my life to go

I remember moving into my apartment with two boxes of stuff. Now, I’m not saying that it’s all I had, but I only had two BOXES. Everything else was packed in my trusty trunk/coffee table from college, my laundry hamper, and whatever else had empty space associated with it. This is of course a a packing specialty of mine that could only have been taught to me by someone who moved to and from college more times than I can count. Namely my older brother.

Now that I’m moving out I’ve got alot more stuff than I came in with. Obviously in two years I’m bound to accumulate things I both need and don’t need. Liek the Christie Hemme poster that came in a free copy of WWE Divas magazine. No need for that anymore. Or old local music rags from Long Island. The odd thing is that I’ve got four boxes of stuff sitting in the living room at the moment and I don’t feel like I’ve packed anything yet.

It’s a very weird feeling.


2006-05-08 - I think someone forgot I still work here.

One of the jobs I have, my office in the basement of a building. When I started just a hair under two years ago, there was a library/Resource Center, the marketing department, the company learning program (”University” as they call it), conference rooms, video studios and the audio studio.

Then there was a notice that OSHA recieved a complaint about black mold somewhere in the basement. (Link:Toxic Black Mold Info.com) Great. I’m not here more than 12 days a month, not that it’s an excuse to not care or worry, but I’m not completely concerned. The next thing they did was remove the marketing department from the floor. Kinda odd timing, but they were shifting the departments around in order to keep alike departments close to each other. The next thing to go was the library/resource center personnel. I was told that the library was moving, but they weren’t sure yet so the people were gonna move first but none of the resources. Odd, but I guess it makes sense in the corporate world.

The next thing to go (in one swoop) was the coffee makers and soda/vending machines. They unplugged the soda machines and placed yellow “DO NOT CROSS” tape across the alcove that they sit in, and placed “OUT OF ORDER” signs on each of the three machines. The coffee makers were pulled out because the copany was switching from Green Mountain Coffee to Starbucks brand. I don’t care because I don’t drink coffee, but they ALSO removed the hot chocolate they were providing and since Starbucks doesn’t make packets of hot chocolate, I’m SOL on that. Bastards.

Then the computers that were placed in the hallway leading to my office/the “University” were removed. Since then I haven’t seen the rooms in use at all, and suddenly there aren’t too many video conferences going on in the conference rooms. At this point there were only 6 people on a floor that by an estimate I’d say housed 150 employees.

And then recently, the last straw, they turned out most of the lights on me. the hallway that leads to the office has 10 recessed lights, currently there are only 2 of them that are on.

So here I am, at work, down a dimly lit hallway, on an empty floor with a possible black mold outbreak. some other time I’ll have to describe my “office”.


2006-05-04 - faxing

Outside of the fact that they already exist, can someone really point out the use of fax machines that use phone lines in modern days? You can transfer high quality documents faster if fax machines were broadband. I’m not suggesting getting rid of them altogether, because it’s hardware that people are used to, but I’m suggesting that they change.

I’m 100% positive that it can’t be that hard to figure out how to put a broadband fax machine on the market.


2006-05-02 - Two time Emmy Award winnner

Rhythm in the Rope won the Emmy for Best Sports Documentary last night. That makes two. Amazingly enough, Brian Keane didn’t win the Oustanding Music/Direction/Lyrics Emmy (he ALWAYS wins or at least shares the award with someone - it happened at the 26th Awards)

Rhythm in the Rope: This new documentary video by Johnson McKelvy originally aired on ESPN-2 on June 9th, 2005. Rhythm in the Rope movingly conveys the impact the sport has had on many inner-city children since its inception. Following teams from Brooklyn, Far Rockaway, South Carolina, and Japan as they prepare for the 2004 Double Dutch Holiday Classic at the Apollo Theater in New York City, McKelvy captures the struggles, hopes, and triumphs in their lives, and the true spirit of the sport. Wonderful and revealing insight into the dedication of coaches, young team members, parents, and the National Double Dutch League. Includes scenes from the 13th Annual Holiday Classic not available elsewhere.

When composing for the project, Brian thought it had the chance to win the award. I’m kinda surprised that the Women’s Soccer documentary didn’t win, but oh well.

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