Yesterday was a really nice day at work. I fixed a bunch of things, created some new code. Plus I received two gift certificates and free food!

Mercy is downright spoiling me this season and I like it! The gift certs were $25 for Publix and Target which is perfect because Parr and I go there anyway.

The free food, which was totally a surprise, consisted of mashed potatoes, green beans, salad, a meat type looking thing, cheese cake and egg nog. Yum! I was even greeted by the head sister who (miraculously remembers the name of everyone in the building) offered me one fine and tasty piece of multi flavored cheesecake.

I really appreciate the all the extra little things Mercy is doing for its employees. It really makes me feel wanted and dare I say it… loved.

To continue the “feeding odn” theme, I went out with Parr, Tzurriz, Mhc, Mr Roboto, The Greatest American Hero and my new replacement at UM for Tzurriz’s going away party. It was held at a most outdoor place called the Nexxt Cafe on Miami Beach. I hadn’t been to the exact area in a really, really long time and it’s odd to see it so popular and filled with life. I guess I kinda like that part about miami beach. The energy, atmosphere and variety of people. I can definitely do without the traffic, parking and prices though so I think I’ll stay where I am for now.

We had way too much food, friendly conversations and a lot of smiles. I quite enjoyed it although I will be missing Tzurriz very much. She is one of those women I genuinely like but can only express it by annoying her. I guess its like a silly game, kinda reminds me of high school relationships with the female species. No wonder I was always single.

Anyway, I’m having a blast and lots of good things are happening right now. I guess that’s what you get when you spend boat loads of money around christmas.

Tomorrow is the Mercy IT party to complete the third day of the free food theme. Plus, we are also getting the lines run for our new T1 connection run. Muhahahaha!

It was either that or move into an apartment and get $50 a month DSL. The T1 + free rent was cheaper so here we stay for another year.

With all this bandwidth I will be able to do some serious upload damage using bittorrent and even streaming audio/video. I might even play around with hosting my own radio station like I’ve always dreamed of. Teehee.

Fun fun fun. Peace out!

An abnormally large percentage of my self esteem is generated from work. This can be an unbeatable high when things are going well as well as a crushing weight in bad times.

When I say bad times I’m usually referring to me not feeling productive. Projects that involve too many (unresponsive) people usually do me in. In these situations I tend to get an overwhelming feeling of frustration followed by desperation. It’s not healthy especially when I realized today as I was driving home that I didn’t want to have another frustrating night at home, thinking about work, drowning my sorrows in a video game I’m not enjoying for the right reasons.

I think it was the crisp freshness, a familiar cold breeze of memories of other geographies that inspired me to look at myself in a different light. I now realize that I had channeled almost all my self worth into my job performance and because of this I have been miserable.

So when I got home I decided to spend a bit more time around Parr, read leisurely though a new mobile pc mag and finish off with two non-stop sets in Dance Dance Revolution.

With the balance of different activities I’m already feeling more balanced and bend in the wind without breaking.

Bend like the reed my student… No, not that reed you fool! *SMACK* Like Reed Richards!

These Moshi Boxing Gloves are a big hit. Ok maybe more of a soft pummeling but either way they have elicited more smiles and questions from everyone in the office more than any other weird item I have brought in. Almost everyone inquired were I purchased these and their cost. Linens-n-Things and $12 bucks on sale because they were supposedly damaged. I can’t find anything wrong with them besides a slight smell of perfume.

I plan on hanging these up in my office and letting people borrow them for ad hoc gentle beatings of coworkers. I myself can attest to their great efficiency as I beat up no less than seven people with no complaints and even received two compliments on their massaging effect.

I think they should make further Moshi equipment for the office such as the soft floppy numbchucks, big slab o’ soft shield, squishy pectoral implants t-shirt and maybe even the mighty Tauren moshi log!

Daniel sneaks up on co-worker. *CLUMP* Gotcha!

Hard bodies are out and soft bodies are in! *wurble* *wurble*