A Low Queue...

…means that I decide to write another entry. Since this gulag—pardon me, company—that I work at is web-based, all of the jobs that we edit gets dumped into an electronic queue. Depending on the time of the month, there can be upwards of 3000-4000 reports in there that need to be done, but as of writing this paragraph, there’s a grand total of 320. Honestly, I’m kind of expecting—and hoping—that we’ll get sent home early. My stomach’s been feeling a little weird today anyway (but not as bad as Becky’s was last night), and I didn’t sleep that well last night…so an early trip home would be fine with me.

I’ll probably try to continue going through my old dissertation work tonight, to see what’s still usable. I’m guessing that, if I’m lucky, at least half of my old proposal, as well as my Master’s thesis, can be recycled and built upon.

The gratifying thing about it so far is that I still remember almost all of the information that I researched for both my thesis and my old dissertation proposal. I’ve fallen out of touch a bit with the union that I’ll be documenting, due to the fact that I don’t live in BG anymore (the union’s in Toledo), but the mental rust that I was worried about hasn’t reared its ugly head yet. That said, though, when it comes to researching and explaining my qualitative methodology again, it’ll probably be another story.

(later, after lunch)

…and it appears that we’re getting our coffee machine back up here again, along with our hotpot. Back when we had the big reorientation on the second floor, we were told that we couldn’t have a coffee machine or hotpot up here. People were understandably cheesed, in that the only coffee machine available for use is a Flavia pay machine downstairs. Apparently, they got yanked due to cleanliness concerns, but someone convinced TPTB that we could get them back again. Just got back from carrying an extra filing cabinet down from the third floor that we’ll use as a platform.

It’ll be kind of nice, in that, while I’m not much of a coffee drinker, I do enjoy cocoa and tea…



iPod Shuffle—finest work songs?

Rage Against the Machine: “Down Rodeo”
311: “Flowing”
Curtis Knight: “Drivin’ South”
Taj Mahal: “Coconut Man”
Cygnus X: “Superstring (Rank 1 Remix)”
Bob Dylan: “Tangled Up in Blue”
Gorillaz: “Stop the Dams”
Peter Broggs: “Jah Voice is Calling”
The Kitchen Band: “Christian’s Train”
Pink Floyd: “Not Now John”
Smashing Pumpkins: “Siva”
Ratty: “Sunrise (Here I Am)”
Red Hot Chili Peppers: “Warped”
311: “Cali Soca”
Tekken 3 Soundtrack: “The King of Iron Fist 3”
NWA: “A Bitch Iz a Bitch”
Dread Zeppelin: “Living Loving Maid”
Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers: “Clodhopper”
Jimmy Page/Robert Plant: “Wearing and Tearing”
Traveling Wilburys: “Tweeter and the Monkey Man”
George Thorogood: “I Drink Alone”
Nirvana: “Love Buzz”
Charlie Chaplin: “Cool the Violence”
Aerosmith: “Sweet Emotion”
Afro-Rican Ensemble: “A Love Supreme”
Bob Marley and the Wailers: “Zimbabwe”
Eric Clapton: “I’m Tore Down”
Jimi Hendrix: “Rock Me Baby”
Rage Against the Machine: “Guerilla Radio”
Gorillaz: “El Mañana”
Dr. Dre: “Deez Nuts”
Led Zeppelin: “White Summer/Black Mountain Side”
The Beach Boys: “I Get Around”
Foo Fighters: “February Stars”
Domino: “This Business of Love”
Joe Satriani: “Ice Nine”
Togo Project: “Sana Morette Ne Ente”
Led Zeppelin: “We’re Gonna Groove”
Kool and the Gang: “Jungle Boogie”
Juno Reactor: “Masters of the Universe”
Evita Soundtrack: “I’d Be Surprisingly Good for You”
Creedence Clearwater Revival: “Hello, Mary Lou”
Jaco Pastorius: “Freedom Jazz Dance”
Matthew Sweet: “Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
Ben Harper: “Ground On Down”
Digital Underground: “The Humpty Dance”