OK, let's see what I've avoided talking about while posting stupid links culled from that "Incredible Internet Guide to Comics and Super-Heroes" book...
Work this week went fine... more or less, anyway. One of our clients, a local appliance store (which I had done some spec ads for over a year ago that were turned down because they looked "too modern" -- their current ads pretty much all look like they were designed in the 1970s and never updated since then) had a new ad they needed built, and only had some vague ideas, which were communicated to me through the sales rep. I took what I was given, and kind of ran with it (it was a full-color half-page ad, but with no guidance for what to use for color... plus it was supposed to have appliance manufacturer's logos on it, but I was given no previous jobs to pick up those logos from, so I went and got high-res ones from one of those websites I keep mentioning obliquely). To make a long story short (well, shorter, anyway), what I gave them wasn't anything like what they were expecting... "but it's perfect," to use their words. Apparently, I managed to actually give them a modern-looking ad that they really, really liked!
The sales rep was so appreciative that she a) Gave me a nice thank-you card with two free movie passes to the Regal Cinemas, and b) Emailed my boss and her boss to let them know how much they appreciate the outstanding work I did.
Hmm... you know, the last time I got some little token of appreciation, it was only a week or two later that I made employee of the month! It'd be nice if I could have managed to accomplish that a second time this year (it would make me practically a shoo-in for employee of the year).
In other stuff... it's raining here in the South Puget Sound area (well, all of Western Washington, from what I can tell)... which is not unusual in and of itself, and god knows we needed the rain after the near-drought we were having over the summer... but the streets here don't have drains located nearly as often as they should be, and there's about a two-foot wide "creek" running down either side of our street as the rain's been coming down (plus a mini-waterfall of sorts going from our driveway to the street). The rain is great for the grass and other plants, naturally... but it makes it a pain to take the dogs for their walks!
Plus, earlier today, Jessi and I ran out to take care of a few errands, including a quick stop at Fred Meyer to get milk and diet cola... and after I unloaded the cart into the car, and pushed the cart to the cart corral, I stepped in a muddle... that was so freakin' deep that my shoes and socks were completely soaked through in seconds! There's a few parking lots near there, too, which have puddles so deep that if you don't have a decent amount of speed when you hit them while driving, you could risk having your car stall out (I've seen situations where the water got just deep enough that if you don't have the necessary forward momentum going, the water can drain into your tailpipe and kill the engine -- and I've seen people creep through at speeds so slow that's what happened to them).
I'll never understand why parking lots and streets get designed so there's places where this can happen.
This coming week, on Thursday, November 9, is my 44th birthday (gads, I'm getting closer and closer to that half-century mark). Jessi and I don't have anything special planned for that day (well, I have that day off), but we're having the family birthday party next Saturday at our place. I decided that instead of doing all sorts of cooking, as I usually do for our parties, that we'll make it a build-your-own-sub-sandwich bar kind of thing... with different kinds of buns and breads, different lunch meats, cheeses, etc... with all the essential toppings, to boot, plus veggie tray, some kind of side salad... and I'm not going to be buying all the food for it, either! Heck, it's my family, people can bring some of the stuff (plus they'll be asked to bring their own drinks). Jessi's had her present to me for my birthday (the one she hasn't given to me already, that is) wrapped up for a few days now... I think she's more anxious to give it to me than I am to find out what it is!
Hmmm... can't think of much else to talk about! I'm on the last of the movies I recorded on the DVR from Monsterfest X (Terror of Mechagodzilla -- Godzilla's about to make his first real appearance in the movie, aside from the scenes in the opening credits, Mechagodzilla hasn't moved at all, the only monster shown in action is Titanosaurus so far). Once I finish watching that, I have about six or seven Gigantors to watch... and there's this past week's Star Trek and Fantastic Four episodes to watch (I've heard that Cartoon Network's pulled the Fantastic Four toon from its future schedule, though).
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