work, trism, musicals

I just completed the most boring training ever in the whole world. I learned two useful keyboard shortcuts, and spent most of the rest of the time organizing my inbox. Trainings should be given based on user computer ability. People who know how to retrieve windows that they have minimized should be separated from those who think their windows have just disappeared into a void. Whatever. Today is likely to be a lost day at work anyway, since tomorrow is a day off and I have no student meetings. I'll spend all day waiting for it to be my day off.

I'm addicted to this stupid iPod game called Trism. It's basically a screen of triangles in a grid. You slide triangles of different colors around on a grid, and when three match up, they disappear and the rest slide to fill their spots. It's gravity sensitive, and I can play it for hours. Bad. It's in my bag right now, calling out to me to play it at work.

Saw the Wedding Singer yesterday. Fun, uplifting, definitely regional theater-quality. One actor who was particularly good, and one dancer, and everyone else was just fine for what it was, but nothing to write home about. The makeup and wig choice on the lead woman was all wrong, and distracted me for most of the show. Before the show, we ate lunch at the Red Arrow Diner. We sat at the counter and ate the greasiest food ever, topped off by coconut cream pie. I was too full to eat dinner.

a strange juxtaposition of me

KFC Christmas Chicken Dinners A Big Hit In Japan
Morning Edition, November 10, 2008 · Many Japanese like to celebrate Christmas, and they've given it their own twist. They mark the occasion with a chicken dinner. Kentucky Fried Chicken is now gearing up for one of its most lucrative months. The fast food chain sells a special holiday meal for about $5. For a more upscale holiday meal, one Tokyo department store is taking orders for capons flown in from France stuffed with black truffles, foie gras, white sausage and chestnuts. That'll cost you $850 dollars.