yduras

There is now a plan for Friday. Please feel free to forward this information to anyone so foolish as to not follow my livejournal:

Movie: Sky High
Date: Friday, 29 July 2005
Showing: 7:30
Theater: Regal Commerce Center 18.

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So, a person in an unrelated department recieved an attachment meant for us and kindly forwareded the message. Sadly, the message arrived without the attachment. I emailed the original sender to ask him to email me a copy. He replies back, "Sure! What's your email address?"

Ten minutes later I saw the attachment in my inbox, without having to have said a word...

I'm taking Thursday and Friday off for KatsuCon. Making my life easier is the fact that out office is closed for President's Day this year. It's always nicer when you can travel home on the Monday after.

My boss just sent me a furious IM demanding to know why my calendar was marked unavailable for Monday. She'd never seen a vacation request for Monday. What was I doing planning for an extra unrequested day? But, I replied, Monday is a holiday. What holiday, she demanded. Um, Presidents Day. Harumph, said she, we don't close for Presidents Day! My heart sank; Had I planned wrong? Was I going to have to rearrange things? Eek. Then, a minute later, she sends me another IM. We do close for Presidents Day this year. Her bad.

On the plus side, my boss is happy now she's getting an unexpected day off.

I knew it was a good idea to program all of the company holidays into my calendar - saves a world of actually remembering stuff.

Cubicle Neighbor M was helping someone get into one of our local systems.

M: Do you know what they set your password to?
Guy: Um, no.
M: let me try something. 1... 2... 3... 4... 5... that was it!
Guy: thanks.
Me: (over cubicle wall) Hey, that's the sort of password an idiot would have on his luggage!

I've been working on the Vampire Myths page a bit lately. The update's not up yet, but should be soonish.

Incidentally, anyone who's read "Dead After Dark" or "Living Dead In Dallas" lately, (by Charlaine Harris) I may want to pick your brain. I don't have the books with me and am forgetting things.

I think I'll also draft in dracula, finally.

In the meantime, for your amusement, I will give you some of the loser mail I ran across while working the inbox.

From : XXXX
To : XXXX
Subject : ~*~Plz help me~*~
Date : Tue, 26 Feb 2002 23:36:04 +0000
hi i read some on ur page and would like to know if u know of any reall Shape Shifters and or Vampires or Werewolfs b/c i seek to find one and to become any of the following most likely the Shape Shifter the most and if u do find them could u refer them to me or something so i could possibly meet them and do u have MSN i do and we could chat about stuff plz help me and or reply to me i beg of ur help i dearly need it
Shadow

Fun, huh?

I have some web sites about vampires, shapeshifters, and witches as portrayed in popular fiction. Mostly I get good, serious comments, but every now and then I get what I call loser mail. I used to delete them cold, now I wish I'd kept them for posterity.

Here's today's gem:

From : "Bob Smith" <silverstreak21@xxx.xxx>

Subject : ~*~Plz help me~*~

Date : Tue, 26 Feb 2002 23:36:04 +0000

hi i read some on ur page and would like to know if u know of any reall Shape Shifters and or Vampires or Werewolfs b/c i seek to find one and to become any of the following most likely the Shape Shifter the most and if u do find them could u refer them to me or something so i could possibly meet them and do u have MSN i do and we could chat about stuff plz help me and or reply to me i beg of ur help i dearly need it

Shadow

It was at least a little amusing. And it does stand out as referencing the Shapeshifter page as well as the Vampire page. Plus, he knows how to change the default subject line.

On the other hand, is this some yahoo who really believes in this stuff and thinks that some random person he emails will put him in touch with the undead? Or is it someone who wants to generate a condescending reply.

I never reply to loser mail, because either way you don't want to encourage them. But I do wonder...