Office rains...
and when it rains, it pours. Okay, so today is day #1 of Imran's leave of absence. Scheduled for 3 months (although it could be shorter) while his mom has surgery overseas, it's the first staffing pain in the ass. Soon to be followed by Lacy's leave on August 1 as she moves across country. Those were the knowns. But of course there's more. This afternoon after talking over some project stuff, Doug lets it drop that he saw the position in Merrell's group left open by Jimmy's departure two weeks ago and he's interested in it. So now I'm torn. From Doug's perspective, I don't blame him at all. He's insanely capable, and could do a good job in any spot. It's a bit of a stretch for him to jump into a senior project management spot directly from DBA work, but I'd bet on him. On the other side, I have issue with how Merrell runs her team. Frequently patronizing, oftern micro-managing, and just odd. And I can't help but take it personally when someone that works for me would consider that a better career spot. Enough of that.
This week is quite hot in Houston - the car thermometer read 101 yesterday when driving around, and that doesn't take into account the humidity. Really gets in the way of doing much outside of work and crashing on the couch in front of the TV. At least it's not as dry as Dallas - sounds like they're going to be even more rationed starting in August.
TV Review of the day: Treasure Hunters
Rating: two drinks
A summer-season ripoff of The Amazing Race with a little promise. The host is an emotionless zombie who was apparently too busy to actually be present for any tapings - all of his bits are delivered via video over the (queue product placement) MOTOROLA RAZR phone. The challenges, while not *that* difficult, are more challenging than the more recent AR series have had (the earlier Race's had more mental puzzles). TH also sports the team that became my most hated the fastest - the Fogals. This team (two parents, one daughter) lost me in episode 1 when the father (a preacher) waxed poetic about whether they would be able to lie during the course of the game. Ten minutes later he swam under another competitor who was struggling to tread water and stole the clue out of the box she was holding on to. Nice. Topped off by prayers imploring God to help them in the game. Like he doesn't have more pressing things to watch over. Their annoyingness has been reinforced on subsequent shows by the insanely dramatic whining of daughter Kayte (yes, that's how her name is spelled). But I'm still watching. :)
Movie Review of the day: Leeches!
Rating: An entire bottle of vodka
This gem was on Sci-Fi yesterday afternoon when I got inside after mowing the yard. Now I love a good, bad movie. Honest - Cannibal Women in the Avacado Jungle of Death is a classic, plus anything that's been overlaid by Mystery Science Theater 3000. According to the IMDB, Leeches was filmed in just 6 days, and it shows.
The basic premise has something to do with a college swim team taking steroids, and either the steroids create the leeches, or it makes the athletes taste good to the leeches. Either is just an excuse to show as much hot guy skin as possible. Swimmer in the pool, hot guy in the shower, dude swimming in the lake, etc. - it's probably the most homoerotic thing I've ever seen on basic cable. At one point I could see the fishing line that was dragging the "leech" around the corner. And the closeups when the college kids were being attacked were actually hand puppets. If you make it through to the end, watch the last scene where the survivor goes into the labratory and check out the camera angle combo with the skeleton and the tubing on the table. Hilarious.
A true gem for anyone who loves bad movies or wants to see college guy skin. Even then, watch with a strong drink in one hand. Truly unbelievable.
This week is quite hot in Houston - the car thermometer read 101 yesterday when driving around, and that doesn't take into account the humidity. Really gets in the way of doing much outside of work and crashing on the couch in front of the TV. At least it's not as dry as Dallas - sounds like they're going to be even more rationed starting in August.
TV Review of the day: Treasure Hunters
Rating: two drinks
A summer-season ripoff of The Amazing Race with a little promise. The host is an emotionless zombie who was apparently too busy to actually be present for any tapings - all of his bits are delivered via video over the (queue product placement) MOTOROLA RAZR phone. The challenges, while not *that* difficult, are more challenging than the more recent AR series have had (the earlier Race's had more mental puzzles). TH also sports the team that became my most hated the fastest - the Fogals. This team (two parents, one daughter) lost me in episode 1 when the father (a preacher) waxed poetic about whether they would be able to lie during the course of the game. Ten minutes later he swam under another competitor who was struggling to tread water and stole the clue out of the box she was holding on to. Nice. Topped off by prayers imploring God to help them in the game. Like he doesn't have more pressing things to watch over. Their annoyingness has been reinforced on subsequent shows by the insanely dramatic whining of daughter Kayte (yes, that's how her name is spelled). But I'm still watching. :)
Movie Review of the day: Leeches!
Rating: An entire bottle of vodka
This gem was on Sci-Fi yesterday afternoon when I got inside after mowing the yard. Now I love a good, bad movie. Honest - Cannibal Women in the Avacado Jungle of Death is a classic, plus anything that's been overlaid by Mystery Science Theater 3000. According to the IMDB, Leeches was filmed in just 6 days, and it shows.
The basic premise has something to do with a college swim team taking steroids, and either the steroids create the leeches, or it makes the athletes taste good to the leeches. Either is just an excuse to show as much hot guy skin as possible. Swimmer in the pool, hot guy in the shower, dude swimming in the lake, etc. - it's probably the most homoerotic thing I've ever seen on basic cable. At one point I could see the fishing line that was dragging the "leech" around the corner. And the closeups when the college kids were being attacked were actually hand puppets. If you make it through to the end, watch the last scene where the survivor goes into the labratory and check out the camera angle combo with the skeleton and the tubing on the table. Hilarious.
A true gem for anyone who loves bad movies or wants to see college guy skin. Even then, watch with a strong drink in one hand. Truly unbelievable.
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