Monkeys on demand

After the moderate success of the Dinner Monkey, well thats probably a massive exaggeration, hang on a sec… Ummm… oh, I got it.. here… After the pretty much non-existent success of the Dinner Monkey – We are now… errr… predominantly ambivalent (?) to present the new and not overly improved Blame Monkey. Everyone should have one…. apparently.


my pet!

Blame Monkey was requested by and is dedicated to TTG… 🙂
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Strangeness in the Night…

Whoa, I am having some rather strange dreams lately… I wonder if it’s because of all the new medication the quacks have put me on since my back has been so stirred up from my new job?  Whatever it is, they’ve been either particularly vivid or I’m for some reason I’m remembering them more than normal.  Anyway gotta write this one down…. I found it rather amusing!

I’m walking out of the building with this guy I sometimes hang out with at work, and we’re talking away about strange or stupid callers we’ve had during the day, which is all anyone from work seems to talk about on our breaks or at the pub…. mind you there’s normally plenty of daily fodder to be had in this, so it’s not surprising!  Anyway…. he’s telling me a story about a call he had taken whereupon greeting the customer the reply he received was ‘I knew someone would pick up the phone the minute I got in the bath!’  (no shit, this call actually happened earlier in the week – you couldn’t make this stuff up if you tried?!?!?!).   Anyhow (I do digress), we’re leaving work chatting away about the banal and absurd things the customers do and say while you have them on the phone, and as we’re lamenting the number of ridiculous sales people selling inappropriate devices to the technically challenged, we’re walking directly across the street to a hotel.  😐  No reference is made to this in the conversation and it’s like we’re on a predetermined course, though I have a definite feeling that it wasn’t prearranged?!?!   :S

We’re still talking away about strange things that happened that day – I mention that another consultant, McDave, had the unusual task of talking an 8 year old through a centrino configuration that day because the parent couldn’t seem to understand the directions (this one too actually happened this week), as we check into said hotel.  Work continues to dominate the conversation in the lift and during the process of finding the room.  Neither of us have said anything about where we’re going or what we’re doing… very strange.  We go into the room…. have a brief look about, and then wordlessly tear each others clothes off and f#@k like actors from a low budget R rated movie with no patience and cheesy direction….. fade out… censored for your benefit!   😐   Afterwards, we wordlessly get dressed, leave the room, and once outside the door, the work anecdotes continue until we get to the street and go our separate ways….

How truly bizarre.  😐  Obviously there’s been way too much flirting going on over the informal interoffice messaging medium…..  might have to reassess that!  Oh…. but I think it’s very positive that there were no dead floating rats in this one, so hopefully I don’t need therapy after all….. 

Just sex!!!  😉
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Where for art thou Veronica???

Okay it’s Wednesday night… and I’m searching around for my Veronica Mars fix…. and I can’t find it ! ! ! ! !  What happened – where’s S03E16???  It should be out there… what’s going on?  Did it not air in the US? What’s happened to our Friendly Neighborhood Canadian Pirates???  Did they not get it either?  Does anyone know what happened to it?  It’s usually here by now… I come home from work, Tuesday night…. and there it is.. last night… searching, searching… no Veronica… this morning,… more searching, more searching … no Veronica!   Tonight – desperately searching now!   NO VERONICA!!!!

I’m starting to twitch!

tv show camera investigator
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What would you like it to be?

I’ve got a bit of a headcold at the moment, seems to be going around, likely that Angel bought it home from school as per usual.  And I’m debating whether or not to go to work today, I’m not feeling so dreadful, so likely I will go in.  Never had a casual job before where ringing in for sick leave meant you didn’t get paid, so it’s an new an unusual feeling to still be motivated to turn up even though I’m not 100%.  Must still have some of that unfortunate public service mentality going on I think, whereby, there’s no way you bother turning up if you’re under the weather, unless you have something particularly pressing requiring your attention…. and how often did that happen!?!?!

I managed to get through yesterday on the phones, even though talking all day does nothing for you if you’ve got a sore throat.  My voice is rather more husky than normal this morning, which would be fine (perhaps even a bonus!) if I was a phone operator in a different industry, but for a technical support help desk… maybe not so much.  SirPhil and I were joking about it this morning..

“Welcome to Goliath, this is borysSNORC!  How may I help you?… You have a problem with your ADSL?  Okay… Can I please have your Username and your credit card details, as this call attracts a charge of $3.95/minute…..” 

If anyone asks me what I’m wearing… I’m going to pack up my bag and ball and come home  🙂
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I’ve had a lovely night… but this wasn’t it.

I had a weird dream last night, and when I woke up I realized that I’ve had this dream a few times…. I don’t know where it is, but I am staying in some house (it’s not my house, I don’t think I live there… the house is not very tidy) and there’s a large swimming pool in the back yard.  Anyway, I seem to be constantly cleaning the swimming pool, but don’t get to go swimming, because every time we  (I don’t know who ‘we’ is, but it’s a definite feeling of collective thought!) think it’s clean enough to go swimming, a dead rat will come floating up in the water, or one will float out of the filter or something. 

Dead rats? What the hell is that about?  For shits and giggles I did a Google on dream interpretation….  and I discovered something very interesting about myself! 

Rats

To see rats in your dream, signifies feelings of doubts, guilt and/or envy. You are having unworthy thoughts that you are keeping to yourself but are eating you up inside.  Alternatively, it denotes repulsion. The dream may also be a pun on someone who is a rat. 
To see a black rat, represents deceit and covert activities.  To see a white rat in your dream, denotes that in your time of distress, you will receive assistance from an unexpected source.

My rats were brown, so not so helpful as I might have hope….  And so far as I’m aware, I’m not harbouring any feelings of doubt guilt or envy… well…. no more than normal yeah?  As for ‘unworthy thoughts’  well thats a bit non-specific???  Need more info, might help if I look up pool or swimming…

Pool
To see a pool of water in your dream, indicates that you need to understand and deal with your emotions. You need to dive right in. Alternatively, a pool may indicate your need for cleansing. You need to wash away the past.

Right, right… well, this is so true!  I’ve been feeling unusually emotional lately, and apparently I need to get into it and deal with my issues… very interesting…..

Swimming
To dream that you are swimming, suggests that you are exploring aspects of your unconscious mind and emotions. The dream may be a sign that you are seeking some sort of emotional support. It is a common dream image for people going through therapy.  To dream that you are swimming underwater, suggests that you are completely submerged in your own feelings. You are forcing yourself to deal with your emotional difficulties.

Hmmmm….  and now I’m in therapy…or rather, maybe I should be in therapy!  Well….all that was very informative.   And I think I’ve learned something very valuable here… that I’m far too fucking pragmatic for my own good and I don’t buy into dream interpretation.  😐

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