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World Book Night and Life Update
Apr. 23rd, 2012 10:20 pmSo I posted the other day about my plans to participate in World Book Night. World Book Night! (First year for US give-aways!)
Today was the day, so I took my Bag O' Books with me on RTA (actually that worked out particularly well; my carpool coworker happened to have today off anyway). I had 20 books to distribute, and I currently have two left. I gave away 6 or so on my first bus, another half dozen at the downtown Tower City RTA stop, one to the bus driver on my last bus, two to coworkers, and set aside one for a homeless friend who drops by every so often. Folks were a bit bemused, but pleased. Two even mentioned that they'd heard about the book (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks) and been curious about it. I managed to distribute them to folks of a wide variety of ages, races, and genders, which made me happy.
This weekend was ridiculous, pretty much entirely by my own choice. I'd signed up for overtime for second shift Saturday, and then I'd swapped my Sunday afternoon shift with a coworker who couldn't get anyone else to cover for him Sunday morning. So I was working 3pm-11:30pm, and 7am-3:30pm. We had a major downtime (hence all the overtime - there's a string of them this summer as they relocate the Data Center), but it went well, so call volume was low.
I ended up getting really buried in all the documentation and organization work I'm doing for my current project, and decided it was easier to stay over at work than to try to get home and back to sleep a bit (I'd either need to arrange a ride in at 6:30am, or get up at 4:30 to catch the bus -- Sunday morning at o'god o'clock is not the time to need to get anywhere by public transit). I can sleep anywhere, so I wasn't too worried about that. And I've been pretty manic recently, so my fingers were twitching to keep working on the documentation project. I check with AwesomeSauceBoss and let him know I was a bit manic and might be insomniac and want to do some work, so he approved the extra OT.
( mostly mania and health notes )
Random thoughts from this weekend: Back in the 80s, when IUDs had such a bad rap due to the Dalkon Shield debacle, they should've hired Ron Popeil to market them. This came to mind as I was thinking about how happy I am with having switched to one. Which rarely crosses my mind because, after all, you just SET IT AND FORGET IT!
I was also thinking about the fact that I'm one of a subset of avowed atheists who actually had really good experiences with the church and became atheist anyway. And it occurred to me that my emotional reaction to the Episcopal Church as an entity is very much like my emotional reactions to the concept of monarchy. All tied up in romantic imagery and childhood memories and a weird sort of fondness, but that doesn't change that I don't honestly believe either is a good idea, per se.
Also, I FINALLY registered for Reunion! So excited; the Peeps Reunion (every four years) and the FLOO reunion (every five) are happening the same year for the first time! And it'll be my first chance to show Chad around one of the most important physical places in my life.
Today's been really busy on the phones, since we had three people out on my shift (and a fourth who was let go for a lie on his resume). I've gotten a bit of my project work done, and nothing else.
Today was the day, so I took my Bag O' Books with me on RTA (actually that worked out particularly well; my carpool coworker happened to have today off anyway). I had 20 books to distribute, and I currently have two left. I gave away 6 or so on my first bus, another half dozen at the downtown Tower City RTA stop, one to the bus driver on my last bus, two to coworkers, and set aside one for a homeless friend who drops by every so often. Folks were a bit bemused, but pleased. Two even mentioned that they'd heard about the book (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks) and been curious about it. I managed to distribute them to folks of a wide variety of ages, races, and genders, which made me happy.
This weekend was ridiculous, pretty much entirely by my own choice. I'd signed up for overtime for second shift Saturday, and then I'd swapped my Sunday afternoon shift with a coworker who couldn't get anyone else to cover for him Sunday morning. So I was working 3pm-11:30pm, and 7am-3:30pm. We had a major downtime (hence all the overtime - there's a string of them this summer as they relocate the Data Center), but it went well, so call volume was low.
I ended up getting really buried in all the documentation and organization work I'm doing for my current project, and decided it was easier to stay over at work than to try to get home and back to sleep a bit (I'd either need to arrange a ride in at 6:30am, or get up at 4:30 to catch the bus -- Sunday morning at o'god o'clock is not the time to need to get anywhere by public transit). I can sleep anywhere, so I wasn't too worried about that. And I've been pretty manic recently, so my fingers were twitching to keep working on the documentation project. I check with AwesomeSauceBoss and let him know I was a bit manic and might be insomniac and want to do some work, so he approved the extra OT.
( mostly mania and health notes )
Random thoughts from this weekend: Back in the 80s, when IUDs had such a bad rap due to the Dalkon Shield debacle, they should've hired Ron Popeil to market them. This came to mind as I was thinking about how happy I am with having switched to one. Which rarely crosses my mind because, after all, you just SET IT AND FORGET IT!
I was also thinking about the fact that I'm one of a subset of avowed atheists who actually had really good experiences with the church and became atheist anyway. And it occurred to me that my emotional reaction to the Episcopal Church as an entity is very much like my emotional reactions to the concept of monarchy. All tied up in romantic imagery and childhood memories and a weird sort of fondness, but that doesn't change that I don't honestly believe either is a good idea, per se.
Also, I FINALLY registered for Reunion! So excited; the Peeps Reunion (every four years) and the FLOO reunion (every five) are happening the same year for the first time! And it'll be my first chance to show Chad around one of the most important physical places in my life.
Today's been really busy on the phones, since we had three people out on my shift (and a fourth who was let go for a lie on his resume). I've gotten a bit of my project work done, and nothing else.
