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I Am Your Personal Intimacy Kit
Jul. 21st, 2003 12:37 amI had a day that was long periods of boredom punctuated by brief stretches of being extremely busy -- the users got the new laptops we set up all last week starting last night, and got instruction in using new aspects of them like the new dialup system. So far the only problems have been misapprehensions about how the dialer works, and several setups for new users that we don't have enough information on yet.
So I didn't get a whole lot of personal alone time. I chatted some with the users, talking about hotels and whatnot, and one of them pointed out that the courtesy bar in the room contained what was billed as a "Personal Intimacy Kit." I checked to see if it had any cool slogans on it like "Break Glass in Case of Intimacy" but no such luck.
("Doesn't latex break down in the cold?" another user asked in response to this. Good thing that it's in the "hospitality basket" that sits on top of the refrigerator. I think I'd prefer my condoms fresh-bought, though.)
In the evening there was a big reception with multiple food stations... unfortunately, of the ones that I reached, there was hardly anything that didn't contain beef, beef products or milk products (I'm allergic to Everything Cow), that is, until I came across some turkey breast being freshly sliced up -- perfect.
Except that I couldn't find salt, anywhere. No freaking condiments to be had. After flagging down no less than three waiters and getting progressively shorter-tempered with each one, I finally go them to go and get me a salt shaker. Is that so much to ask?
Went back to the work room intending to pick up my laptop, got sucked into a small problem-solving, and then I went to show co-worker Oscar a small section of Castle in the Sky nee Laputa, which I'd got on DVD... and ended up sitting with him through the entire thing (2 hours long!)... what a great movie that is, and having recently seen Spirited Away, I was seeing a lot of the same themes and character traits.
Also, in this newly dubbed version, Cloris Leachman has a wonderful wonderful turn voicing Dola, the captain (and mother) of the zeppelin pirate gang. So much to recommend here.
(The only thing that could make Pirates of the Caribbean more perfect than it is? (Aside from a threesome onscreen among the leads?) Zeppelins.)
So I didn't get a whole lot of personal alone time. I chatted some with the users, talking about hotels and whatnot, and one of them pointed out that the courtesy bar in the room contained what was billed as a "Personal Intimacy Kit." I checked to see if it had any cool slogans on it like "Break Glass in Case of Intimacy" but no such luck.
("Doesn't latex break down in the cold?" another user asked in response to this. Good thing that it's in the "hospitality basket" that sits on top of the refrigerator. I think I'd prefer my condoms fresh-bought, though.)
In the evening there was a big reception with multiple food stations... unfortunately, of the ones that I reached, there was hardly anything that didn't contain beef, beef products or milk products (I'm allergic to Everything Cow), that is, until I came across some turkey breast being freshly sliced up -- perfect.
Except that I couldn't find salt, anywhere. No freaking condiments to be had. After flagging down no less than three waiters and getting progressively shorter-tempered with each one, I finally go them to go and get me a salt shaker. Is that so much to ask?
Went back to the work room intending to pick up my laptop, got sucked into a small problem-solving, and then I went to show co-worker Oscar a small section of Castle in the Sky nee Laputa, which I'd got on DVD... and ended up sitting with him through the entire thing (2 hours long!)... what a great movie that is, and having recently seen Spirited Away, I was seeing a lot of the same themes and character traits.
Also, in this newly dubbed version, Cloris Leachman has a wonderful wonderful turn voicing Dola, the captain (and mother) of the zeppelin pirate gang. So much to recommend here.
(The only thing that could make Pirates of the Caribbean more perfect than it is? (Aside from a threesome onscreen among the leads?) Zeppelins.)
