We do on stage things that are supposed to happen off. Which is a kind of integrity, if you look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.

Week in Review time.

The quote is from "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead." A very good movie, with some very good quotes.

Sorry, no Pat story this week Jennifer. I should tell a Glen story though. But there are a lot about him too. One involves him getting beat up on air. Now you know that has to be a good story.

This week's story actually pertains to me, and actually happened to me this week.

I hate when buisness calls pretend like they know you on a personal level. At work, there is a program I use called Bloomberg. It's this huge financial THING. There is a magazine, they have Bloomberg Telivision, and Bloomberg Radio, and then this program. It's even got a special keyboard, with a thumbprint dealy on it. I've yet to actually use the thumbprint dealy. Which is saddening.

Anyway, so ocassionally they call you to tell you of "the great new features on Bloomberg". So, I didn't recognize the number so I let the call go to voicemail. Even in the voicemail, she was acting as if we had a connection on a personal level.

"Hey Rob, this is Ah-lease.'(this is how she pronounced it, though I have a sneaking suspicion that her name is just Alice, and she's trying to be more cosmopolitian) We haven't talked in awhile, and I thought I'd just check in with you. I'm with Bloomberg and want to tell you of the great new features so if you could call me back at 555-555-5555, and we can chat, that would be great. Hope to talk to you soon Rob!. Bye."

When I hear "haven't talked in awhile" I start racking my brain trying to remember the person. My first clue was that I don't think I'd ever actually talk to someone if their name was "Ah-lease". I wouldn't talk to them on the principal that their name is "Ah-lease".

Next time, I hope to actually take the call. I'd love to just mess with that familiarity that they try to make.

"Hello is this Rob?"

"Yes, this is."

"Hi, this is Ah-lease, how are you?"

"Well, my wife left me this morning, taking everything but the coffee table. So I'll have to eat a microwave dinner that I'll heat up with a lighter and sit on the floor, using the coffee table as my dinner table, while I hum Beatles tunes to myself for entertainment. I also have just been told that I will either have to quit my job or pay them to allow me to continue working here. Also, my dog committed suicide this morning. He even left a note. All it said was "Rut Row." But other than that I'm doing great. Also, just admit, your name is Alice...like, the chick in Wonderland. C'mon."

"...yes...um....well...Bloomberg has many new features.."

Please, buisness people. You don't know me. If you did, you'd probably not want to "hang" with me. Stop it. Just tell me what you need to, and we'll call it good.

As for the week. It was a typical week. Ate out for lunch much more than I usually do. But Thursday was Charlie's birthday, so that is excuseable. Jeff also has an every Friday thing at Carlos O' Kelley's. I'll try to do that every other week or something like that.

The "promotion" thing at work is turning out to be pretty cool. I'm getting to do different things. Which is making me less bored with it. I'm still not sure if Kingland is something I'd want to do for a career. There just isn't enough creativity in it to keep me entertained. But it's a job I don't mind when I get bored with it. I don't want to be hopping around from job to job, just because I want a creative outlet. There is always going back to school as well. I still haven't been given the full blown duties of this new job either, so we'll see what happens there.

Yesterday a lot of WoW was played. I'm starting to enjoy it more in a group atmosphere. Solo is fun don't get me wrong. But much more fun with a few more people.

Finished the book "High Fidelity". Better than the movie, and I like the movie a lot. It's about a guy named Rob who just loves music(you can see why I probably like it so much). I thought the characters were switched around a bit in the movie to fit the people that played them. But the Jack Black character was exactly the same in the book. That was nice. Good book. I'm not sure if I like "High Fidelity" better or "About a Boy", bookwise. Movie wise, it's "High Fidelity". "About a Boy" I think might of gotten a bum rap, since it had Hugh Grant in it, so it got played as a romantic comedy, when it really isn't at all.

Nothing much else really. The Valerie thing was a bust, but thank you anyway Jennifer. Not sure what to do on that dating front. I'm not in a HUGE rush to get into a relationship really, but it would be nice. As harsh as it sounds, the five years with Rebecca were my early 20's and mid 20's. As a guy in his late 20's, I have no idea how to go about this meeting girls thing. I wish Rebecca and I would of decided to end things the first time things were bad. Oh well, you can't change the past. I'll just know to break up with girls at the first sign of trouble. (That's a joke.)

Ok...I've went on long enough. Until later this week or until the next Week in Review, were I'll promise not to talk about music, and try to remember a Pat story. Glen stories are golden too. I just remembered the time he put his coffee in the microwave, and told me to bring it to him when it was done heating up. There wasn't a lot of coffee in that cup. In fact, I think I got drunk smelling it.