Fourth week of telecommuting, as the author goes a little loopy

[pseydtonne]

Cold coffee? Add some more milk and a hint of sugar and it can be okay.

Cold coffee with horchata? Most righteous.

Would horchata be available in half-gallon cartons at major supermarkets in Southern California? Absolutely.

Would it be better to make some new friends and have somewhere to go after not leaving the desk for the majority of the last three days? Yes.

Is the missus coming home late? Indeed.

Do I still own a car, whether one of the tires has a slow leak? Rear passenger, yeah.

Does the Fry's in the deep heart of the Valley have a special on Intel Core i5 CPUs for fiddy bucks? Woodland Hills, off the Venture Freeway.

What about the Fry's that looks like "The Day the Earth Stood Still" in Burbank? Nope, out of stock.

How about Manhattan Beach, which only requires surface streets? Fairfax to La Cienega, shunt down to Sepulveda.

But I asked whether that Fry's store has them in stock? Sorry, yes. Yes it does.

So, like, leave in an hour or something, find a quesadilla on the way? Sounds great!

Don't forget to put some air in the tire, eh? Right, thanks dude!

However, does that actually get you talking to humans? Uhhh... no. It does not.

Do you need a CPU? No, not even that one. It's not really an i5 either -- it just came up on the search.

Do you need to buy anything? I need speakers. Dang do I.

Well, how about shopping for those instead? Can do!

Not only that? The missus could get value from the purchase as well. We could watch movies.

-antistrophe, Dante

Comments

[bluepapercup]

I'm trying to figure out who I know in the LA area that might be your kinda person. Hopefully will be sending emails soon!
Also: meetup.com is not a bad way to meet a bunch of new people. :)

[pseydtonne.livejournal.com]

I've joined a couple things on Meetup already. The LA French group is a little too into spending money and being inaudible over a disco track. Meanwhile I'm going to a meeting of voiceover people next week.

I would love to hear from your LA friends! Thanks in advance.

[tenshikurai9.livejournal.com]

Unrelated: Bing has an incentive program where you earn points to redeem for prizes by using their search engine. One of the prizes is AAdvantage points for American Airlines. If I find myself on your couch or my friend's couch for LA's Gay Pride, I plan on redeeming all my Bing points for AAdvantage points. I might travel in a plane like a saner person.

[lightcastle.livejournal.com]

Really?

[tenshikurai9.livejournal.com]

Ya Rly.

[lightcastle.livejournal.com]

Now I need to see if AAdvantage points are part of my network. also, I love your icon. :)

[tenshikurai9.livejournal.com]

Thank-you. A friend of mine (who seems to have abandoned LJ-sigh) yanked it from the internet because she was frustrated that I didn't have an icon-ever.

Meanwhile, yours makes me think of a weird, interesting owl. Where's it from?

[lightcastle.livejournal.com]

It seems most are abandoning LJ.

Mine is actually a steel sculpture, about 4ft high, on the wall of a friend of mine's house in Indiana. I have no idea if it sits there still, as it is many years old. It was her Ward, hence its name. I guess it acted as a gargoyle somewhat.

[pseydtonne.livejournal.com]

I had wondered where that came from as well. Thanks!

[lightcastle.livejournal.com]

You're welcome.

[tenshikurai9.livejournal.com]

And my problem with facebook, where people are going, I go to bed, wake-up, and there's over 300 posts. And since it's not as long as LJ entries, people have done more little things of varying degrees of inanity. I refuse to actually play facebook games. Burn the farms of Farmville!

The owl-lookingness of your photo meant I was half-wondering if you'd respond with No wai! to my Ya rly.

[lightcastle.livejournal.com]

I am entirely pro farm burning.

I get the appeal of little snippet updates for just keeping touch, but the facebook notes thing just isn't convenient.

I don't know where the balance will be. (Google+ seems like it is going to wither on the vine.)

The owl-lookingness of your photo meant I was half-wondering if you'd respond with No wai! to my Ya rly.

I so should have!