Closing off the week

Rather behind on posting anything interesting for the past few days, but then, I haven't had anything terribly interesting to post about, so that's all good. The last few days have been busy at work, and I have found that while none of the various things I do at work are particularly difficult or challenging, there's a good deal of it to do, and so I'm happy to be kept reasonably busy. I was also pleased to be informed along with a coworker that we were "amazing" by our boss, so go us. ^_^

I trust most of you all on my Friends list have seen the Star Trek Inspirational Posters site by now. My favorites are definitely this one and this one, but I have to just make sure whether sarekofvulcan has seen this one, 'cause Garrett, it totally reminded me of you. ;)

Housemate risu has recently ascended a Ranger in Nethack, which has totally gotten me back onto a Nethack kick. For giggles and grins, I tried playing a Tourist character named Zim (with of course a dog named Gir), and remarked to my beloved solarbird that it was very odd wandering around a Nethack game with a character named Zim. She said, "I didn't know Nethack had an Idiot class!" I said, "It does, it's called Tourist!"

I totally need a Nethack icon now.

Looking forward to a quiet writing-type weekend--especially since next weekend, Dara, spazzkat and I will be preparing to head off to our Worldcon/Disneyland vacation down in L.A. Y'all consider this your advance warning of the Impending Anna Shortage. Any of y'all going to actually be at Worldcon too, sing out!

Last night, Paul and I stopped at Barnes and Noble, so I took the opportunity to blow my $30 rebate card from Cingular for my cell phone purchase. I wound up getting a couple of books--Dies the Fire by S.M. Sterling, since kieri had recommended it, and a new one called Webmage by Kelly McCullough, since it sounded like some fluffy fun and had a combo of magic and computer tech. And, for extra giggles, I picked up Vol. 1 of the Season One DVDs for Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea! Ah, cheesy Irwin Allen Sixties Skiffy, I (heart) you so.

Last but not least, I appear to have been tagged on two different memes, so what the hey, let's do this. I don't tag, but if you want to play, by all means jump in.

First up, from leian, the ( current favorite songs meme... )

And then, albeit days behind, from waterowl, the ( page 123 out of the nearest book meme... )

Wednesday lunch and evening miles: 2.4
Thursday miles: 3.0
Friday miles: 3.2
Miles out of Hobbiton: 1297.4
Miles out of Rivendell: 839.4
Miles out of Lothlórien: 377.4
Miles to Rauros Falls: 11.6