as STARS draws to a close...

today was... not necessarily slow, but... weird. only work-related thing was when i helped lance move three raid machines out of the lab. and by "helped," i mean "opened doors for." okay, so i did slightly more than that, but not much...

afterwards, we watched some naruto (as of about yesterday, lance has started watching with me. not just random parts anymore. he's really watching now ;p), and then went to the meeting... if i'd gone straight there, i would have been fine, but... i had to pee. so i was slightly late. i came up as todd was closing the door. great way to impress the vp... especially a super-cool vp like ours. he gets around the building on a scooter! and he's just generally cool. and approachable. and he seems to have that brutally honest thing going, as well.

his presentation was basically the same "we're a great company to work for" pitch with a little "how to survive in the workplace" mixed in... but he's such a dynamic speaker that he keeps your attention pretty well. i guess it's the charisma that got him to where he is today.

aaand... he also provided lunch =D yeah, that's right. our meeting was catered. and the (strawberry) cheesecake was soooooooo good. and i didn't eat it until after i had a full lunch and a half a slice of chocolate cake (way to sweet to finish). was so full... and then had the cake ;p jeff king (vp) ate lunch with us and talked with us the whole time. he's so... personable.

the guys (cong, damkot, don... people whose names i don't know...) went to scavenge when we came back ;p damkot ate in our "cube" (i call it a hallway, dammit!), and cong was making fun of me for all sorts of random stuff. i feel like i'm fitting in =] they're not all... formal around me anymore ;p

anyway... watched some more naruto, and had lots of issues with the computer being too slow. 'cause i had more message windows open than normal. yeah... anyway, so lance started installing codecs on his computer, and i got restless... 'cause, well, i had pepsi with lunch. yeah, stupid. anyway, so i went for a walk and visited josh, 'cause he's leaving next friday... he and weymouth are the only ones i know of that are leaving at the "official" end of the program. maseh isn't extended either (finance didn't extend anyone, apparently), but he started late, so he'll be here for another week. so yeah, talked with him a bit (will visit weymouth before he goes, too. after i figure out where he sits ;p). by the time i got back, lance had continued naruto without me!

still so full... had oreos (mint 'n cream!) at like, 9... but still... shouldn't be this full. haven't been un-full since lunch. i need to digest! or burp ;p