the best way to make one's day

There's no better way to have one's day made than to have your team lead say "Your reputation precedes you", and it's not meant in a good way. And in the next breath, he asks you to make sure that one of the team's other coordinators doesn't fuck up his own project. Mixed signals.

elf and a half

Next time someone says that my requests for volunteers come across as 'airy fairy', I'll send back a photo of Hugo Weaving.

silver lining

The boss and his new henchboss are flying to the Bay Area the week of April 15 and are flying me in too. I'm a bit nervous about the whole affair. On the other hand, it gives me the chance to meet my friend Yoko again.

a motor of volunteering

Normally the nightshift's monitoring is done by my contractor minion across the ocean. He's currently going thru the metamorphosis into a full-time employee minion, which means he had to officially stop working for us. He should be coming out of his cocoon some time next week. Until then, we're taking turns and tonight's shift is mine. I finally got other team members to volunteer for later nights by posting a photo of Indiana Jones cracking his whip.