March 5, 2014

This morning was group picture day. The staff picture was at 8:15AM and my kidney was feeling a tad twingy but I powered through. The arrangement was switched up this year, with a row of people standing on chairs in the back row, a middle standing row, and a front row sitting on chairs. I was dead center in the standing row because I think I'm the tallest. Or I'm just incredibly photogenic and the needed some of that in the middle of the photograph.

Work-wise, I didn't have a lot going on. I scanned a couple pictures, fixed a laptop by turning the wi-fi on, messed around a little bit with slideshow stuff, and had a few classes in the lab. And that was pretty much it. I would like to work on the slideshow but my video editing software isn't at work. It is the one time I wish I had a laptop.

I messed around with the yearbook a bit and quickly became frustrated when I tried to supplement missing pictures with pictures from last year. Even though they are the same size, width and height at least, the ones from last year come out taller on the page. And how the page is created, all the pictures are compiled on a single layer as a background. The company really talks up their picture editing options but that is only for pictures you manually put on a page. I can't touch any of the student or staff pictures. It is pretty annoying.

When I got home I attempted to take a nap but the dogs kept randomly barking. I gave up after awhile and eventually it was time to meet my friend at Chipotle. While walking into the building I had a repeat performance of PetCo awhile ago, when I came out from buying dog food and discovered that my trunk was open. Tonight I didn't realize it until my friend and I sat down in the window and she asked if that was my car with the trunk open. It was. It wasn't snowing or raining and it was right their in front of us so I decided to see if anyone would be a good samaritan. There were probably ten or so people who either walked by it, glanced at it, or full-on stared at it. But no one shut it. We sat and talked for quite awhile before going out to my car. I shut my trunk and then we drove around the corner to go to the coffee shop and talk some more until it was time for the show. Coffee smells amazing but coffee shops stink.

I'll be honest. I didn't even have the slightest interest in going to see the band. And that is nothing against the band because I like their music. I just wanted to hang out with my friend who I haven't seen in seven months. So I said I'd go to the show. I was less than interested because of the last time I went to one of their shows. The girl I was seeing at the time blew me off before the show, ignored me throughout the show, and got on the bus and left with the band after show, without saying goodbye. It kind of sucked. And on top of that, the music was so loud I couldn't actually hear it, only feel it, which I didn't realize was a thing. But I went to the show tonight, and the music was too loud again, but I could actually hear it this time. And I did enjoy myself because they put on a hell of a show. There was a lot of dancing around and light up boxes and smoke and other stuff. It was really good. The only real downside (other than the music being too loud because that's the only way it can be played in a bar) was that I didn't get home until close to 12:45AM. Way past my bedtime.