since i no longer work full time here (well, that and the fact that i am the corporate equivalent of an unusually resourceful stack of pancakes), the powers that be have decided to treat my cubicle like a cheap motel.

i came in this morning after a couple of days of class to find an old laptop (on and running some monumentally boring piece of software), (ugly) leather laptop case, and a half-drunk cup of cheap instant coffee sitting on my desk. a bit perplexed and annoyed, i shoved the laptop aside, turned on my computer, pulled up the stuff i’ve been working on, and left my desk for a bit to attend to other pressing matters. with luck, whoever had been squatting would see that the master of the house had returned, pack up his/her inferior belongings, and get the hell out of my cube.

when i came back about ten minutes later i saw that the mystery individual had indeed noticed my presence. however, instead of vacating the premises, he/she not only failed to move out but decided to CLOSE my work and pull up his/her own! this was the last straw. i stormed off to find the overlords of the accounting department only to learn that i’ve been temporarily evicted in favor of some hotshot auditor.

instead of throwing me out onto the street (like they usually do), they decided to put me in a vacationing executive’s office for the day. i guess it’s a pretty nice place but i can hardly sit here for 20 minutes without co-workers popping in and trying to be funny by pretending that i’ve suddenly been promoted.

i’m just glad that i won’t have to see these people again until next week.

so what mundane things have i done today? i thought you’d never ask.

- woke up late
- hit the halfway mark in The Devil in the White City (thanks, Ice :D)
- barricaded myself in a tower to escape angry mob with torches and pitchforks
- had a critique of my craptacular photographs in view camera class
- got my english translation of Yi Sun-Sin’s war diaries in the mail
- stuffed myself with a double order at Jim’s Original
- saw the new redesigned Honda Civic sedan (it’s out already?)
- was seized, burned, and publicly forked by angry mob
- had a bowl of the saltiest chili ever to overwhelm my tastebuds
- saw/drove a manual second generation Toyota Camry for the first time
- stayed up past my bedtime

well, it seems that the moldy jar of kimchi was only the beginning of my worries.

the new apartment is gone. no more moving. no more sublease. Sun’s loan got rejected. poof.

somewhere, in the back of my mind, i knew this was too good to be true.

i went to see a movie the other night and i noticed that the previews were for films that had somewhat similar casts. for all i know, this is probably common knowledge (i don’t go to theatres much) but it was interesting to me.

what i found particularly interesting was a certain pair of films that starred the same actor. in the first one, he’s a brave adventurer and a suave lady’s man who sheds blood with reckless abandon. in the other, his character is a secretly gay cowboy that sheds enough man-tears throughout the course of the trailer to fill his openly gay ten gallon hat.

i think i’d almost feel bad for the guy if he wasn’t making millions, you know?

so i popped open the new jar of kimchi that i was so proud of in yesterday’s post and there was mold in it! MOLD! kimchi is not supposed to mold!!! it just isn’t!

ah, how easily we turn from praise and adoration to cursing and loathing the moment things appear to not go our way.

it seems that my life has been taking a turn for the better lately: i recently found someone to sublease my room, got a new film scanner (thanks, Dan!), going to move into my new place within the next week or so, got a fresh jar of kimchi for the week, and haven’t died violently of malaria yet.

things are looking up!

today was a mildly interesting day. as mildly interesting as my saturdays get, i suppose. i tried to sleep in this morning but failed miserably, my eyes flinging open at 8:00am and staying that way. so i got up, checked up on some torrents, and watched a few episodes of Top Gear. i then finally decided to shoot the roll of film i found at a bus stop back in July and afterwards ducked into the darkroom for a few hours to make a few prints.

i must admit, it was CREEPY being alone in there with only the gentle hiss of the faucets and the dim glow of the safelights keeping me company. sometimes the water pressure would suddenly spike and cause some weird sounds to startle me.

and i couldn’t just turn the lights on, now could i?

i saw a man today that looked so much like my father that he could easily have been a long lost uncle. i was this close to stopping and telling him but i decided not to act like a complete lunatic. so i put my ski mask on and mugged him instead.

the guy only had three bucks on him, too! cheapskate!

i guess he really could‘ve been from my family.

today i visited AAIV’s largegroup for the first time since freshman year. there i saw a few familiar faces and a whole slew of unfamiliar ones, one of which opened his mouth to ask if i was a freshman. i wasn’t offended, though. i’ve suffered far worse in my day (like the time someone thought i was a freshman in high school). i guess you could say that i enjoyed it. it’s been a while since i’ve been “plugged into” any sort of community and part of me misses it.

anyway, i dug up some Jacky Cheung songs i had on my computer and am now listening to him sing about depressing things. i also have a strong craving for some pecan catfish fingers. man, i can almost taste ‘em.

today is “Car Free Day” for thousands of cities around the world. as the name suggests, it is a day that forbids the use of cars (upon pain of death) and in turn encourage public transportation, cycling, and even walking.

funny how we rarely ever hear of these things, isn’t it?