Z.Monkey’s Blog

It is a new year, and it has been a while since I have posted anything.  This Xmas and New Years’ were pretty low key.  I was sick for much of the holiday and, with the baby on the way, the Scientist isn’t really up for getting blitzed.  Here is what I did instead of posting (I’m listing because I do not feel like writing in coherent sentences… i.e. fuck transitions).

• Was sick.  Slept and used kleenex.
• Played Slime Rocket (now known as Slime Z.Monkey).
• Played Zelda.
• Installed a cat door between or finished and unfinished basements.
• Yelled at Dun because he is too stupid to learn how to use said cat door.
• Went to the camp and burned wood.
• Read World War Z and was amused (note my chance of surviving the Zombie War is 31%).
• Saw –ThatGuy, KP, D14, and Dan.  Briefly.
• Other stuff that I cannot remember or don’t matter.
• Had a job interview… should get a call back this week.

Now it is time to work.  Crap…

Um, I’m looking to forward an email to someone who will hopefully read this but I do not have you are email address. So email me at Zipymonkey at the g to the mail…. er gmail.com. Take that email harvesters! Just try and make sense of it. Or if anyone else has Toby’s email let me know it. Or if you don’t have an email address post a comment or give me a call or something. I should make a flow chart out of this email!

It is possible to survive on only coffee and donuts for at least 8 hours.

Now I am receiving emails from the FBI and the CIA! What did I do! I visited more than 30 illegal sites?! I didn’t know there were illegal sites! I guess I will have to open the list of questions and then answer them.

Ah, spam. Couldn’t they pick a different name for each?

…if you went out to a bar and forgot to settle up your tab? Assuming that you go back that is. Last night Heidi suggested that we go out and have some beers and I reluctantly (Haha) agreed. So we went out to Trophy’s nee Daniels. As the bar recently changed ownership there was work being done, which made conversation difficult. Why it was being done at 9 O’clock at night when the place is empty during the day? I have no idea. Itt seems like a bad idea to me. Anyways, we watched the B’s game mostly in silent (noise) and drank our beers. I enjoyed myself. Then, when the game finished up, we got up and left. I remembered this morning that I did not pay the bill.

I leave for Hawaii in a couple of days. Woot. I have allocated a couple of days for non-work related stuff, hopefully everything works out.

Z.Monkey

Thanks Bino. Now I can abuse virtual animals.

See previous post.

I talked to Heidi (which was nice) but I was still antsy, so I went for a walk. I got lost in the local technical college, found a landmark and headed back to the hotel. When I walked in I noticed on the guys from meeting at the hotel bar and, as I also wanted a drank, I sat down next to him and ordered a drink. We talked about work, Japan, meetings, being recently married, alcohol (Japanese, Finnish), school, friends. It was a good conversation even if I was a dick and didn’t even know enough of his language to even say hello to him. It made me think of languages and how… odd they are. This is a thought I have a lot that makes me feel uncomfortably stupid. I will avoid it now.

Anyways, we closed the hotel bar together (after sampling some liquor similar to Jagermeister but gross), then I headed up to my room. There is nothing to do here! I do not the concentration to read and the TV is incomprehensible to me! So I write this. Good night.

Z.Monkey

“To the as-yet-unborn, to all innocent wisps of undifferentiated nothingness: Watch out for life.” - Vonnegut, Deadeye Dick.

Weblog… blog. What crappy works. Anyways, I was up til around 4 am last night. I should have tried to get internet of our own sooner (I was supposed to talk to Heidi last night using a little program called Skype but our internet at home moved out). I waited around til around 3 to see if she would be able to call but no dice… I wasn’t really tired. While I sat around I messed around with the tabs to the right.

Not too exciting but it is something I’ve been meaning to mess with for a while now. I will probably be up late again tonight, going to sleep early is difficult as I am seven hours ahead. Falling asleep in meetings though…

Z.Monkey

I feel like writing something but I do not really feel like writing. Hmm… I think that is my way of saying plagiarism is fantastic! Ha! As you can see I borrow the title for someone who borrowed it from someone… something, something. What?! Anyways, I am not actually in Florida. I am in Finland, you know, where Huck Finn was born. It is odd here. It seems a lot like NH if you are listening to ‘Oh, Canada’. I went for a walk earlier today. It was refreshing… it is Autumn here. ‘O, Canada. Our home and native land…’

Interesting things I’ve seen, heard, done, had done to me, e&c:

• Apparently Brits start drinking when they wake up.
• When our plane landed in Manchester (England) it bounce what felt like 5 feet into the air. I surmise that the pilot was trying to wake everyone up.
• I heard, “Someone tell these Spanish how to use camera’s on the back of motorcycles” from the TV which is showing the cycling world championship.
• The one Swedish channel on the TV shows nothing but Hockey, as far as I can tell.
• The towel rack is heated. How do I know (besides the nice warm towels?)? I put my hand on it every time I pee. I cannot help it; it is at the perfect height.
• There is no alarm clock in my room. The phone in my room does not work (so wake up call). Why did I leave Eric’s portable alarm clock in Seoul?!

I am going to sleep. When I wake, I will shower again. Traveling makes me feel dirty.

Z.Monkey