Category: BlahBlahBabble

Writing proposals at work takes a lot out of me (and I have another one to do in the morning) and it leaves me without a lot to say here. Hmm. So here are some random things:

– I’m behind on blog reading. I have a lot of catching up to do. I want to, but I am also suffering from computer burnout after the past week. I’ll be there, I promise.

– I watched last Wednesday’s episode of “Call for Help” on my Tivo on Sunday. Chris wished Katie a Happy 13th Birthday. I keep wondering if that’s Chey’s daughter, who turned 13 last week. Chey?

– My back hurts from sitting in this chair too long. I’m moving as soon as I finish this post.

– I finally paid attention when No Doubt was on my WinAmp again. I’ve heard “Hey Baby” before! Dude! Well, like I told Robyn before, a lot of times I recognize a song but have no idea what the title is or who sings it. I just know the song.

– I still have to get my other sites online. So far this one and the Pixelog are the only ones online.

– This isn’t a new design – if you see 10 small photographs on the top and a dark gray background, this is the default template of my site. The cookies seem to have been reset for some people because of the site move.

– I am really happy to have my skins back up on my site. That default template wasn’t right at all!

– My “girlie music” list is named that because of Chris V. It’s really some pretty random music, but most of it’s good. He keeps saying it’s girlie stuff, I don’t agree with him. Well, not completely. Hall & Oates though? (I actually like them. And I like Barry Manilow too.)

– Off to catch up on Third Watch. I’m really getting in to this show finally this season. Tivo’s calling me…

I wonder if Robyn noticed. I listend to No Doubt earlier and I didn’t even know it! Now I’m listening to Pink. One of the guys at work, Chris V. – not to be confused with Chris A. – uploaded his “girlie songs” mp3 directory to our mp3 server and I’m listening to it. There is a ton of stuff in it – it plays for hours and hours on end! I’ve been listening to music more at work with my uber-cool headphones on to drown out the noise and focus on my proposals. Getting in the zone. Life as an indentured cubite.

By the way, if you’re wondering what I’m listening to – it’s in the sidebar over there.

Today’s the big day. Yes – it’s the beginning of Daylight-Saving Time. Did you know it’s not “savings” time? I always thought it was until I read this article. Now all of the answers to the mystery of the moving clock hands are solved – but I still don’t like it! Oh well, I’ve finally been waking up 45 minutes early lately – I guess now I’ll just start getting up on time again.

It seems the DNS is finally propagating for everyone, so I will be skinning the site tonight! After I watch The Amazing Race, since I missed it on Wednesday. I’m so glad UPN airs it again the same week!

Good news! Good news! I first started working with a huge potential client back in December, and we survived the first round of the RFP, where they gathered basic initial data. Then we finally received a second RFP and the news that they had narrowed it down to two companies, us and another firm. Shortly after my return from SXSW I wrote their huge proposal and we sent my boss off to visit their headquarters in Tuscon. Today we got the news … the very big news …

THEY PICKED US!!!

Yes, I did jumps like a cheerleader and high-fived at least six people. I am SO excited!!! WHOO HOO! *Ah* There is nothing quite as sweet as that feeling of victory. w00t!

Mom sent this to me the other day via e-mail, and I thought it was worth sharing:

A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which he carried across his shoulders. One of the pots had a crack in it, while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.

At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his house.

Of course, the perfect pot was perfect for the task for which it was made, and proud of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.

After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. “I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you. I have been able to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you don’t get full value from your efforts,” the pot said.

The bearer said to the pot, “Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path, but not on the other pot’s side?” That’s because I have always known about your flaw, and I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you’ve watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without your being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.

Moral: Each of us has our own unique flaws. We’re all cracked pots. But it’s the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together interesting and rewarding. You’ve just got to take people for what they are, and look for the good in them.