Happy New Year!

Happy 2011 kiddos!

Lots of "big changes" took place since I last posted. Namely, getting a new job and buying an apartment. Now all that labor-intensive stuff is out of the way, here's to an exciting, productive, (and hopefully more relaxed) new year!

Later Alligator

Off to HK & Beijing mañana. Goodbye America, see you in a fortnight.

Workflow

This used to be in my boss' office. Inspirational.

It's a Bad Hair Day

Don't Be a Tourist

Commercial featuring my new camera & Kevin Spacey : )

It's that time of year again

A changin' my weemee outfit :p

Vacationing

In Hong Kong



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FML

Just got twitter. Follow me @lyndasays.

My New Baby

Last week I accidentally (I swear) spilt a whole cup of water onto my 5-year-old wheezing computer and killed it. Yesterday, my new Sony Vaio beauty arrived. Model: VGN-FW290JTB. Pretty excited about not having to wait 10 min for iTunes to load.

Happy Holidays!

Sorry for the hiatus (don't hate me), I was in Hong Kong for 2 weeks visiting the fam. Check out their new puppy - he's a white Shiba Inu.

Another Change of Season

Big snow flakes today. Reminded me to change that to this.

Street Views

I just discovered the craziness that is Google Maps: Street View today. It's amazing. I literally walked down my street from my then under-construction apt building to the subway where it was apparently summer.

See below. How I felt.

Convo

Ever since we got a games room at our new office, we've been very diligent about "band rehearsal".

Coworker: When's your band playing next
Me: I think we want to play now
Coworker: No I mean your band, your real band
Me: You mean my ... "Rock Band" band?
Coworker: No, no. I thought I heard you had a real band
Me: Um, no. Just the "Rock Band" one. We're called "Band Hero"
Coworker: Ah, pshh

Gee, sorry to disappoint.

President Obama

Barack Obama wins presidency and we're part of it. Yes we can! Feeling happy, relieved, and excited for what's to come. No more immediate need to find ways out of this country just yet.

(And for those of us who have been up since 5, we can sleep now.)

The Queue

The line at PS 17 in Williamsburg at 6.15 AM



And from Time.com's scenes from voting day photogallery

Convo

Our new offices are kind of weird, and for lack of space, they are stashing drinks and snacks in the file cabinets next to the cubes.

R.do: I can use another apple juice
Me: If I could actually reach the drawers I would throw one in your office ... but you're technically closer
R.do: There's a door in my way
Me: But I have a cubicle wall ... that cannot be opened

Abbreviations

I recently had a conversation with a coworker that went smth like:

Me: Seems like this game doesn't have a date attached to it
Coworker: 10-4
Me: Wait, that's the date we're launching it? Huh?

Actually, my coworker was utilizing Citizen's Band (CB) Ten-codes in daily-speak.

Ten-codes, properly known as ten signals, are code words used to represent common phrases in voice communication, particularly by law enforcement and in Citizen's Band (CB) radio transmissions.

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Switch up your dry conversations with some of these plausible examples of ten-codes:
10-4: Roger that; message received
10-6: Busy (ex. 10-6, go away)
10-7: Out of service (ex. 10-7, no more work, no mooore ...)
10-9: Repeat message (aka. whadusay?)

A Change of Season

My AIM WeeMee is finally updated for autumn. Make yours here.

Kings & Queens

I also learned today that Brooklyn is part of "Kings County". Useful knowledge when it comes to voting, and checking your voter-registration status here:
http://www.canivote.org/

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Jackalope Day

Happy Columbus Day to the lucky bitches who aren't stuck at work. Otherwise, it's another mundane Monday - but it's not completely hopeless as I just discovered the "existence" of the Jackalope.
Q: What is a Jackalope?
A: The Antler-ed Bunny



Now I want one to mount on my wall to replace this.
Please note they also come in different variaties. This winged version originates from Wall, South Dakota (sounds like an awful place to live)



This fascinating creature has made it to movie-like stardom in roles such as "Jackalope" of Oscar-nominated Pixar short "Boundin'".



I was also alerted by a coworker of the French counterpart "The Dahu".
Q: What is a Dahu?
A: A mountain goat-like animal with legs of differing lengths



A less superior creature than the Jackalope, the Dahu hails from the French Alps. And because it has shorter legs on one side, it can only walk around the mountain in one direction otherwise it falls...

One method of capture:

To have pepper ground onto a large stone; when the dahu, while grazing, comes and sniffs the pepper, it would sneeze and knock itself out against the stone.

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