Thursday I couldn't get to here from work, Friday I was home feeling sorry for myself, Saturday was Wildside, yesterday was Troy.

Life happens.

Today is a long day at work, tomorrow is prep, Wednesday is surgery.

Life goes on.

BOOK 9:
Agememnon: OK, let's go home
Diomedes: Say what?
Nestor: Look, let's go eat and hold council.
Greeks: OK
Nestor: Ya know, you should make up with Achilles, we need him around.
Agememnon: You're right. I'll give him 7 girls, tons of gold, one of my own daughters to marry, and 20 girls other than Helen when we sack Troy.
Nestor: Sounds good. OK, Phoinix, Aias, and Odysseus, go talk to him
P, A, O: OK
Achilles: Dudes! Good to see you! Here, eat something.
Odysseus: Thanks. Now, look, Agememnon is gonna give you a bunch of uber-l00t, will you come back a fight?
Achilles: No
Phoinix: come on, Achilles, I raised you from a baby boy, you know better than this, come back!
Achilles: No
Aias: Oh, the hell with him, let's go
Achilles: Yeah, go tell Agememnon he sucks and I won't come help.
Agememnon: Well?
Odysseus: No go.
Diomedes: That jerk! Well, we'll just do without him.

BOOK 8:
Zeus: All right. I'm going to go down there. Anyone else come down there, I'll kill you. Comprende?
Athena: *pouts*
Zeus: *holds up scales* OK, today the Greeks lose. *zaps Greeks*
Greeks: *flee*
Diomedes: Hey, come back here!
Zeus: *zaps Greeks*
Nestor: Diomedes, let's go
Diomedes: But they'll call me names!
Nestor: Who cares, let's GO!
Hector: You wimp!
Diomedes: grrrrr...
Zeus: *zaps Diomedes*
Diomedes: OK, we go
Hector: Woo-hoo! Let's go get 'em!
Hera: *whines*
Poseidon: Nope, not crossing Zeus, don't even ask.
Trojans: *kill*
Agememnon: Come on, you dogs, fight!
Zeus: OK, enough interfering for one day
Agememnon: Teukros, can't you shoot Hector?
Teukros: I'm trying, but he's cheating *kills Gorgythion*
Hector: ARG! *kills Teukros*
Trojans: *kill*
Greeks: *flee*
Hera: DAMNIT, I can't take anymore! Let's go, Athena
Athena: Sounds like a plan
Zeus: Isis, remind them that that's not a good idea.
Isis: OK. Have you two lost your minds? Hera, this is normal for you, but Athena, you really should know better.
Hera: Um, change of plan, let's go
Zeus: Awww, are you two pouting?
Hera: Shut up, old man
Zeus: Oh, calm down, it won't go on forever
Hector: OK, night time, let's party out here
Trojans: Sounds like a plan!

Boss walks in loftily telling me that a document someone's having problems with is not an old document, and that "looking into these things with VNC helps".

FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU. You know fucking well I don't pass on shit without VNCing someone. Besides, how the fuck did I get the screenshot of the error on her screen if I wasn't VNC'd into her computer?

I need a new job.

I'm in a bad mood today. Probably the thunderstorm that's been going on for the last three hours. Probably also the fact that users are being rude and about to make me want to kill them. Probably also because I'm broke and want to go eat out, but I really don't want to put any more on my credit card than I already have.

I want to go home. I've got the FF X soundtrack playing. I want to go back to Spira, see Auron, smack around Seymour, and shelter Yuna.

Ieyui
Nobomeno
Renmiri
Yojuyogo
Hasatekanae
Kutamae

BOOK 7:
Paris: *kill*
Hector: *kill*
Trojans: *kill*
Apollo: Athena, look, let's have a champ from each side fight
Athena: Sounds good to me
Helenos: Hector, I heard the gods talking, challenge one of the Greeks
Hector: OK. Hey, Greeks, pick someone to fight me
Greeks: *cower*
Menelaos: Y'all suck, I'll do it
Agememnon: No, you can't! We'll get someone else to do it.
Nestor: Man, y'all suck. If I was younger, I'd go kick his ass.
Agememnon: OK, we'll draw lots.
Aias: Sweet! I win! I get to kick his ass! Hey, Hector, that moper Achilles isn't our only champion!
Hector: Aw, shut up and bring it.
Aias: *fight*
Hector: *fight*
Idaios: Hmmm, this could go on forever, and it's about eating time. All right, boys, break it up, that's enough!
Aias: Make him stop first
Hector: OK, it's chow time, we'll do this again later. Here's my sword.
Aias: Here's my loin-cloth, see ya later.
Trojans: *feast*
Greeks: *feast*
Nestor: Ya know, we really should do something about all those dead bodies out there.
Greeks: Good idea
Antenor: Let's give Helen and all the treasure back, we're gonna lose
Paris: I'll give back the treasure, but Helen stays
King Priam: Look, let's go eat. Idaios, go down to the Greeks and see if we can spend a day getting our dead.
Idaios: Hey, Greeks, we'll give up the treasure, but not Helen. And can we burn our dead tomorrow?
Agememnon: We take all or nothing. And yeah, take a day to burn the dead.
Greeks: *burn dead*
Trojans: *burn dead*
Greeks: *build moat and wall around ships*
Poseidon: They built a wall and didn't sacrifice to me?!?
Zeus: Would you shut up? You can tear it down when they're done.

Whoops! Forgot to give the answers to these. ;-)

1) "For time will catch us in both hands / To blow away like grains of sand / Ashes to ashes, rust to dust / This is what becomes of us" - "Primitive", Annie Lennox, Diva
2) "Powers, keep on lying / While the people keep on dying" - "Higher Ground", Red Hot Chili Peppers
3) "From this fire there's no returning / No escape, your heart is burning / Love becomes a lethel weapon / No-one is too smart in affairs of the heart" - "Affairs of the Heart", Emerson Lake & Palmer, Black Moon
4) "So don't mind if I fall apart / There's more room in a broken heart" - "Coming Around Again", Carly Simon
5) "Emptyness is filling me / To the point of agony" - "Fade to Black", Metallica, Ride the Lightning
6) "But just like things, they can't afford credit / Time catches up and you have to pay" - "Glamour Boys", Living Colour, Pride
7) "Have you ever loved someone so much you thought your little heart was going to break in two?" - "Baby Did a Bad Thing", Chris Isaak, Eyes Wide Shut soundtrack
8) "Can't you see me here, mama / Mama / Mama / Mama, please / Can't you feel my heart? / Oh, can't you feel my heart?" - "Mama", Genesis, Genesis
9) "Feeling like I have no release" - "Freak on a Leash", Korn
10) "Here we belong / Fighting to survive / In a war with the darkest power" - "Princes of the Universe", Queen
11) "You've given me the best of you / Now I need the rest of you" - "This Is the Time to Remember", Billy Joel
12) "I never forgot it / Confusing as it was / No fun with no guilt feelings" - "Forgiven", Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill
13) "What was his mission? / Where was he going? / Why was his heart-light always glowing?" - "Rocketown", Michael W. Smith
14) "Turning, I return him to some second place and time" - "Take My Breath Away", Berlin, Top Gun soundtrack
15) "Feeling alone / And your all alone / Flesh and blood by the telephone / Pick up the receiver / I'll make you a believer" - "Personal Jesus", Depeche Mode
16) "How can you just walk away from me / When all I can do is watch you leave?" - "Against All Odds", Phil Collins
17) "History shows again and again / How nature points out the follies of men" - "Godzilla", Blue Oyster Cult
18) "Love, if you're there come save me / From all this cold despair / I can hang when you're around / But I'll surely die if you're not there" - "Thieves In the Temple", Prince, Grafitti Bridge
19) "How much difference does it make?" - "Indifference", Pearl Jam
20) "Time's up / Workers have no life / Time's up / The world is full of strife / Time's up / The sky is falling / Time's up / The Lord is calling" - "Time's Up", Living Colour, Pride

MORE Iliad! ;-)

BOOK 6:
Greeks: *kill*
Trojans: *die*
Adrestos: Don't kill me! Dad'll pay you random!
Menelaos: Oh, OK
Agememnon: Don't be stupid: *kills Adrestos*
Greeks: *kill*
trojans: *flee*
Helenos: Hmmm, Hector, go tell our mother to offer some sacrifices to the gods
Hector: OK. Trojans, hang on a second, I'll be right back!
Diomedes: Who are you?
Glaukos: I'm Hippilokhos's son, decended from a god
Diomedes: Hey, cool, your grand-dad and my grand-dad were friends! Let's not kill each other. Here, take my armor. I'll take yours.
Glaukos: OK
Trojan wives: How's our men?
Hector: Go pray to the gods
Hekabe: What're you doing home?
Hector: Mom, go pray to Athena that she'll stop Diomedes from kicking all our asses while I try to pry Paris out of Helen's bed.
Hekabe: OK. Hey, Athena, cut us some slack!
Athena: *ignore*
Hector: Paris, get yer ass out and fight!
Paris: I will, I will...
Helen: Why didn't I die at birth? Hector, come sit with me.
Hector: Um, no. I'm off to find my wife.
Andromakhe: Damnit, you're going to leave me all alone and make our son an orphen!
Hector: Sorry.
Paris: OK, I'm ready to go
Hector: I think I'm getting a migraine...

Closed the Dell Preferred account. Looked at the last statement and realized that the interest is 26.25%. Also, if I end up needing to finance a new heating and air system, I don't need that account (which I haven't used in forever) hanging out there.

To be honest, I don't really like any of the new templates, so I'll keep this one. I'm also lazy, so that way I don't have to re-do all my linkage. ;-)

Whoa. This new Blogger set-up might take some getting used to. More later.

I've either been too busy or too brain dead to do much of this today...

BOOK 5:
Greeks: *kill*
Trojans: *die*
Diomedes: OUCH
Pandaros: Damn I shoot good
Diomedes: Athena! He's cheating!
Athena: Go kill them, then!
Diomedes: OK *kills Trojans*
Aineias: Will you kill him?
Pandaros: I'm trying, but he's cheating!
Aineias: Get in the chariot, we'll do a drive-by
Pandaros: OK, homes
Aineias: *drives*
Pandaros: *misses with spear*
Diomedes: Yoo suck *kills Pandaros* And yoo, too *tries to kill Aineias*
Aphrodite: Not my baby! *spirits Aineias away*
Diomedes: Damnit! *stabs Aphrodite*
Aphrodite: OUCH!! *cries* *runs away*
Dione: Baby! Who hurt you?
Aphrodite: Diomedes is a meany!
Dione: Athena r suxor, and Diomedes will die soon
Hera: Wimp
Zeus: Aphrodite, butt out of the war
Diomedes: Damnit! *stabs at Apollo*
Apollo: Is you crazy? Ares, go stir up the Trojans to kick his ass!
Ares: OK
Trojans: *kill*
Agememnon: Come on, you lousy Greeks, kill!
Greeks: OK *kill*
Tojans: *kill*
Diomedes: Um, retreat!
Greeks: *die*
Hera: *whine*
Zeus: Oh, fine, go kick Ares's ass, Athena
Hera: You Greeks suck, go kick their asses!
Athena: Diomedes, you OK?
Diomedes: I'll live.
Athena: Good, now let's go get Ares
Ares: OWIE!!! Zeus, he hurt me, go get him!
Zeus: Shut up

BOOK 4:
Zeus: Can't we all just get along?
Hera: Trojens r suxor
Zeus: Oh, fine, do what you want
Hera & Athena: Whee!
Athena: Hey, you, shoot Menelaos
Pandaros: OK
Menelaos: OUCH!
Agememnon: Yoo dead! I sorry! I avenge!
Menelaos: It's just a flesh wound
Agememnon: Is there a doctor in the house?
Makhaon: Yup
Agememnon: OK, let's go inspect the troops. Odysseus, yoo suck!
Odysseus: Piss off
Agememnon: Just kidding, you da man
Greeks: *kill*
Trojans: *eek*
Apollo: Trojans, ya'll suck
Trojans: Sorry, *kill*

BOOK 3
Paris: I'll fight any of you!
Menelaos: OK!
Paris: Um, except you *flee*
Hector: You wimp!
Paris: Yup. OK, I'll fight him, but alone, winner take all
Hector: That's my boy! OK with you?
Menelaos: OK with me!
Isis: Go watch!
Helen: OK
King Priam: Who dat?
Helen: Aegememnon
King Priam: He cool. Who dat?
Helen: Odyssues
King Priam: He cool, too.
Servant: Let's go watch
King Priam: OK
Agememnon: *kills sheep* If you win, we go. If we win, we take all and then some.
King Priam: Paris is doomed. I'm leaving.
Aphrodite: Mean Menelaos, don't hurt pretty! *spirits away Paris*
Aphrodite: Hey, Helen, he's alone in bed
Helen: Piss off
Aphrodite: Don't make me hurt you
Helen: *eek* Hey, Paris, whatcha doing home so early?
Paris: Oh, shut up and come here, I'm horny
Agememnon: You cheated, therefore you all dead

I am never ordering from Jimmy John's again.

First, the guy shows up and tells me they don't take checks. Um, since when?

So then he calls in my debit card number. Now, 30 minutes later, he hasn't shown up with the slip for me to sign.

I finally (thanks for taking a 20 minute break when I go to lunch, Sandra) take a sip of the tea, and it's sweet tea, not unsweet. I call them, they say the guy has already left. She waffles about what they can do about it.

I know what I'm going to do about it...

edited to add: OH! And the fuckers don't bring napkins.

CHARACTER LIST (QUITE helpful!) I've printed this out so I can keep track of who's who. Working on Book 3 now. ;-) When I'm done, I'll clean it up and have it up in order for you to ignore. ;-)

The Iliad, Book 2, the short form

Zeus: *sends dreams*
Nestor-dream: Leave here, Agamemnon
Agememnon: Dream says leave, see ya!
Soldiers: Huh?
Hera: *whines*
Athena: OK, I'll stop them. Hey, Odysseus, don't let them leave
Odysseus: OK. Ya'll stop.
Thersites: Yoo suck, I wanna go home
Odysseus: *whack*
Thersites: *cries*
Odysseus: What's up, Agememnon?
Agememnon: It's Zeus's fault! We'll stay.
Soldiers: Huh?
Agememnon: *slaughers ox* Hey, Zeus, yoo rule, can we win?
Zeus: We'll see.
Greeks: *march on Troy*
Isis: Hector, go kick their asses!
Hector: OK

I'm reading The Iliad, and I think I can make it into a thing like the Silmarilion in 1000 words of less thing.

BOOK 1:
Agamemnon: Want chick!
Khyses: Give her back
Agamemnon: Want chick!
Khyses: Apollo, he won't give daughter back!
Apollo: *kills Greeks*
Achilles: Give chick back!
Agamemnon: OK, but give me your chick instead
Achilles: *pouts* Mom, he stole my chick!
Thetis: *sigh* Hang on. Zeus, punish Agamemnon
Zeus: *sigh* Hera will hate me, but OK
Hera: ZEUS!
Zeus: Shut up, Hera

OK, this one takes a little explaining, so bear with me. A week or so ago, a user sent an email to the Help Desk saying that every time she turned on her computer, she got a bunch of errors before she could log in and it was making her late clocking in. I called her, but she couldn't remember what any of them were, so I told her to call the next time she tried to log in so we could see them.

Monday I sent her an email asking if she was still having problems, since I hadn't heard from her. She said they were still coming up, and to get around it she simply never turned off her computer. And that point, I turned it over to my boss, since she wasn't being cooperaive.

The person's boss, a really bitchy lawyer, sent an email to my boss saying that I had told the user to print out the errors, and that I often didn't have answers so they would go to Stephanie.

Mr. Bill is ticked. He says that if they were going to Stephanie, she should have been coming to me or him. He thinks that she's putting me down again to other people, like she did right after I got here.

And there's no other jobs for me to leave here and take instead. *sigh* I hate this shit.

20 more lyrics! This time I'll follow Rich's path and just skip the instrumentals.

1) "For time will catch us in both hands / To blow away like grains of sand / Ashes to ashes, rust to dust / This is what becomes of us"
2) "Powers, keep on lying / While the people keep on dying"
3) "From this fire there's no returning / No escape, your heart is burning / Love becomes a lethel weapon / No-one is too smart in affairs of the heart"

skip instrumental

4) "So don't mind if I fall apart / There's more room in a broken heart"
5) "Emptyness is filling me / To the point of agony"
6) "But just like things, they can't afford credit / Time catches up and you have to pay"

skip instrumental

7) "Have you ever loved someone so much you thought your little heart was going to break in two?"

skip instrumental (yes, I have a lot of these)

8) "Can't you see me here, mama / Mama / Mama / Mama, please / Can't you feel my heart? / Oh, can't you feel my heart?"
9) "Feeling like I have no release"
10) "Here we belong / Fighting to survive / In a war with the darkest power"
11) "You've given me the best of you / Now I need the rest of you"
12) "I never forgot it / Confusing as it was / No fun with no guilt feelings"
13) "What was his mission? / Where was he going? / Why was his heart-light always glowing?"
14) "Turning, I return him to some second place and time"
15) "Feeling alone / And your all alone / Flesh and blood by the telephone / Pick up the receiver / I'll make you a believer"
16) "How can you just walk away from me / When all I can do is watch you leave?"
17) "History shows again and again / How nature points out the follies of men"
18) "Love, if you're there come save me / From all this cold despair / I can hang when you're around / But I'll surely die if you're not there"
19) "How much difference does it make?"
20) "Time's up / Workers have no life / Time's up / The world is full of strife / Time's up / The sky is falling / Time's up / The Lord is calling"