July 10, 2004
Hey, how you doin'?
I don't know if I mentioned this, but in about two weeks, I'm off on my first business trip with this new company. I'm going to Mary Land, Gaithersburg-ish/Rockville-ish to be vague. I don't exactly know where the joint is because their website lists one address, and their letterhead says something else.
In any case, the "they" in question is a contract organization currently preparing a final report for our on-going drug submission. In order to speed up the process a little, I'm being sent off for a week-ish to publish the report before it comes to us. I could explain it all to make it make sense, but I won't, so you'll just have to trust me that it does make sense.
I'm looking forward to it. I've never been to Maryland before, and I'll enjoy the heat and the humidity, that's for sure. <sarcasm>You know me, always ready to live in a sauna. That's why when I walked out of my apartment this morning to cool fog across my face, I was like so bummed, you know.</sarcasm> Plus I get to fly JetBlue which is supposed to be really cool. I got a direct return flight from Oakland to Dulles for under $350...and it's not the red-eye! That's way cool. Plus the hotel we're booked in has free high-speed internet for everyone. That's always a plus. Can't stop the internet just because I'm not at home. I'm a geek.
I don't think I'll have time to see the sites of our great capital, though. Wouldn't want to chance a run-in with monkey-brains anyway. What a fucking doofus we have for a commander-in-chief. How does John Edwards compare to Dick Cheney? "Dick Cheney can be president." Well, duh, you stupid fuck! He might as well be president right now. You make me sick. And I'm so a-political, really.
So back to work, I'm here over the weekend. There was a "surprise" revamp of some of the data tables in one of the pivotal studies, and in order to save the time line, I sacrificed my birthday weekend to come in and celebrate in my own special way. I insisted on having off the actual 33rd anniversary of the day of my birth on Monday because it's the only one I get a year, and I'm not wasting it with carpal tunnel, tables, and listings.
I watched all of the episodes of Dead Like Me (I know I keep harping on this show, but it truly is divine, no pun intended), and I forgot how goddamn funny it is. I laughed until I split my gut. Delores Herbig and Roxie make me crack the fuck up. I can't wait to see the new episodes later this month. Hey! Maybe they'll play it on the plane. JetBlue has DirectTV, you know, and if not, maybe the hotel will have Showtime. Maybe that's too much to ask. Oh well.
I wish I had a more interesting life. I would post every day. Wasn't there a time when I did post every day? I know, I'm sad about that, too. Hang in there, maybe it'll happen again one day.
