She wears a long fur coat of mink, even in the summertime.

It is one of those autumn days, where the morning outfit is too hot for the afternoon, and the temperature drops again at night, and every day I leave the house and walk to the train at the same time of day I would walk home from school, my sophmore year, when I didn't yet have a driver's license or a car, when I lived too close to catch a bus, and so every morning at 7 am I left in the cold fog and every afternoon at 3 pm I walked home, with my sweater and jacket under my arm or tied around my waist or stuffed in the clear backpack that had become mandatory that year, with the understanding that clear backpacks would reveal all dangerous materials like drugs and guns.

I wrote that paragraph yesterday. Than the entire server system at work crashed and I had no computer for awhile (no on has their own desktops here, we just have these little terminal boxes that plug into the big server, so when it goes down, EVERYthing goes down, not just internet or intranet). I thought I would read all evening or maybe get sent home, but instead they brought me a laptop and I did dictation for two hours and left a note for IT to e-mail the documents out the next morning.

So I get into the office this afternoon and there are a couple e-mails about me 'going the extra mile'. This isn't the first time this has happened -- other LCs are pleased with work I do on a project so they send an e-mail to me and cc: various higher-ups along with it, i.e. my boss, talking about wonderful I am and thanking me profusely. It makes me feel weird. I don't know why exactly. I'm just not used to it, I guess. And I know I'm lucky, to be working in an environment where people are happy I'm here and don't want the position to go anywhere so they make sure and give credit for my work in public ways. This is sort of anti-what I read about most people in job situations, that are competitive and undermining and backbiting. I suppose it's sort of sad that I'm unfamiliar with working in a space like this. Maybe it also just feels slightly...forced isn't the right word. But it's like I don't trust it. Like, I'm convinced it's just laying the groundwork for me to reciprocate at some point and have my arm-twisted to do something. Or maybe it's just playing into a system that I don't really care about, so I feel weird that I don't want to play along even if it helps me, though it also puts me outside of everyone. And now I feel weird that I spent all this paragraph being critical of getting acknowledged/praised. So I'll stop.

I had lunch with vfc earlier this week and she sent me home with a loan of the first two seasons of The 4400 on DVD. We watched the pilot today and we're already totally hooked. I think the USA network's new promo tagline should be: USA Network -- who knew?

In Other News^TM, I might get cast in a film which I accepted the possibility of solely because it involved putting on boxing gloves and getting in the ring with cocolola who will undoubtedly kick my a$$.

A meme! A meme!

Taken from wearemany. And I will be awarding partial credit, so no penalty for guessing.

Comments are screened.

(2 Points) My name:
(1 Point) My last name:
(5 Points) Take a stab at my middle name:
(3 Points) Who was my first celeb-crush:
(2 Points) Do I have any children:
(2 Points) How old are they:
(2 Points) What work do I do:
(3 Points) What am I afraid of:
(2 Points) Do I smoke:
(3 Points) Do I drink:
(2 Points) Do I have any siblings:
(2 Points) How many:
(1 Point) Do I like 'em:
(4 Points) What's one of my favorite things to do:
(2 Points) How many tattoos do I have:
(3 Points) What's my favorite type of music:
(2 Points) What's my favorite TV show:
(2 Points) Who is my favorite band/artist:
(4 Points) Am I shy or outgoing:
(3 Points) Am I a rebel or do I follow the rules:
(2 Points) What’s my favourite colour:
(3 Points) Name something I hate:
(4 Points) Name a talent I have:
(4 Points) What kind of shoes do I wear:
(4 Points) Do I have any pets:
(2 Points) Who am I dating right now:
(5 Points) What did I study in university:
(5 Points) What is the colour of my room:
(5 Points) What is my worst habit:
(5 Points on creativeness) If I were stranded on a desert island, what would I bring:

I'll reply with your score once it's marked. Comments screened, stalkers' names put in a new entry tomorrow to show off how much they know.

80-85 Points — Stalker Extraordinaire!
70-79 Points — Hard-Working Stalker
40-69 Points — Decent Stalker
20-39 Points — Stalker-In-Training
00-19 Points — Crappy Stalker or New Stalker