Friday, July 26, 2013

Meetings, Meetings, and more Meetings


I wanted to share a funny email conversation I had at work.  It is about naming the new conference rooms.



From: Uncreative drone
To: Director of Peons, Director of drones, director of Lackey, director of minion, director of dwarfs
Subject: Conference room names for IT building  

HI,

We would like suggestions for the naming of our new conference rooms.

If you or your teams have any suggestions please provide me a list of themes/names.  Please provide your feedback


Thank you,
Uncreative drone


From: Manager of Peons
To: Peon 1, Peon 2, Peon 3, Peon 4, Peon 5, Peon 6
Subject: Conference room names for IT building  
Team,

Please feel free to let me know if any of you have any more suggestions or like one of the below.

How about Vegas Casino Theme (Can you name 12 vegas themes?  Because I can't)

Aria
Bellagio
Venetia
MGM Grand
Luxor
Planet Hollywood

Or a Disney Character Team? (Works if you had children and I would giggle if I saw pooh in a meeting request)

Mickey
Pooh
Tiger
Pluto
Goofy
Donald

Thanks,
Manager of Peons 


From: Peon 3
To: Manager of Peons, Peon 1, Peon 2, Peon 3, Peon 4, Peon 5, Peon 6
Subject: Conference room names for IT building  
Mascots of the teams in Stanford’s athletic conference (PAC-12)?
(Only works for the guys and some of women but really, I don't really care)
1.       Cardinal (Stanford)
2.       Wildcat (Univ. of Arizona)
3.       Golden Bear (UC Berkeley)
4.       Etc.

Sincerely,

Peon 3


From: Peon 5
To: drones 2 , Lackey 5, minion 3, dwarfs 4, peon 6
Subject: Conference room names for IT building  
Do you think management would go for my idea for the new conference rooms?


From: Peon 5
To: Manager of Peons
Subject: Conference room names for IT building 
 

What about X-men characters :D (I thought it was genius and we are a bunch of IT nerds, who would not know all of these characters)
Angel/Archangel
Warren Kenneth Worthington III
Banshee
Sean Cassidy
Beast
Dr. Henry Philip "Hank" McCoy
Colossus
Piotr Nikolaievitch "Peter" Rasputin
Cyclops
Scott Summers
Gambit
Rémy LeBeau
Iceman
Robert Louis "Bobby" Drake
Jubilee
Jubilation Lee
Marvel Girl/Phoenix
Jean Grey-Summers
Nightcrawler
Kurt Wagner
Professor X
Professor Charles Francis Xavier
Rogue
Anna Marie "Darkhölme"
Storm
Ororo Monroe (formerly Iqadi T'Challa-Wakandas)
Wolverine
James "Logan" Howlett


Peon 5


From: Lackey 5
To: drones 2 ,  minion 3, dwarfs 4, peon 6, Peon 5
Subject: Conference room names for IT building 

Restaurants or chains
Starbucks
Chillys
Mama Mia Restorante

A manager will say ...  we meet tomorrow in Starbucks at 10
Next thing you know someone will drive off … LOL
(Would be funny since I know a few people that would go to the restaurant.  I feel I would become hungry everything I look at my calendar.  Island status here I come.)

Lackey 5



From: Lackey 5
To: drones 2 ,  minion 3, dwarfs 4, peon 6, Peon 5
Subject: Conference room names for IT building 


Also from some horror movies : (This may work well) 
Room at the end of the street
Last room on the left (imagine describing that to someone)
Rosemary’s room
Room of the Living dead
Sleepy Hollow
Panic Room
1408

Zombieland
The fourth Kind
The Dead Zone
Room in the woods
Meeting room on ELM street

 

From: Peon 5
To: drones 2 , Lackey 5, minion 3, dwarfs 4, peon 6
Subject: Conference room names for IT building 

Suggestions from one of my friends (some of you will know who this is from) (I think these are genius but  I feel management wouldn't go with them.  They are pretty accurate when you think of a meeting)

dungeon
cave
prison
torture room
pit of dispair
lair of neverending meetings
bog of eternal stench
hell's waiting room
room with no view
fishtank
detention
principal's office
Jail
Life’s rubix cube
Meeting of no return
Feeding time at the zoo
meeting cage match
purgatory
dark circus
blackbox (like the thing on the plane they look at after it crashes)
iron maiden
the stockade
  

 
Other suggestions
Conference Room themes suggested by team 1 
Theme:  Celestial (If you actually knew them or heard of them before)

Theme: World Rivers (I would get lost because I suck at geography - never really learned the capitals and hardly know all the states) 

Theme:  Northern California Beaches (Same issues as above)

Theme:  Movie Heroes (List orginally had marvel comics combined with disney characters - I find that wrong and both should not mingle)



Wednesday, July 24, 2013

The last weekend in my crazy world


the last weekend in my crazy world

I was stuck working from home with the spawns while Grandma and Grandpa went to So.Cal for a party.  I like working from home except I am working from home.  It makes it a bit difficult with the kids. 

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This child is strange and he likes to wear headbands (see exhibit 1 and exhibit 2)
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He was happy about this cinnabon
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Buddha and his new "pet". 

the last weekend in my crazy world
He is strange and has to hold an ear when he drinks his milk.  The other half was the source of his comfort.
She is a beast
She is a BEAST...Diva ate almost all of this food.  She just kept going the whole time.  She was eating longer than any of us.

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Diva and her Activities



This summer, I am keeping Diva pretty busy since she is not in school.  Instead of doing nothing all day, I have her in an activity almost everyday.
Monday: was her old ballet/tap class (which just ended this week) and piano lessons
Tuesday: Hip hop/Jazz/ Tap class
Wednesday: Swim
Thursday: Karate
Saturaday: Tennis

If this child becomes bored, she turns descructive so I run around taking her to all these places.  Buddha also has some activities: general sports class, swim, and dance but not as much.

Yesterday was Diva's dance recital and her recital pictures.

Dancing Diva

Here are some pic GM took at their recital picture session.  There is actually 6 girls in her dance class.


Here are some pictures right before her recital.  She loves standing like this.  I don't know why.

We couldn't take a video at her actual recital but this is during the rehearsal (she did better at the rehearsal).  Want to guess which one she is. 

Fighting Diva

The other side of Diva - the fighting side.
Diva in her karate class


Her in Action

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

some entertainment from Buddha for Hump Day


Yes he is wearing a girl's shirt.  We couldn't find his after his swim class.  Of course I couldn't help taking a picture for future blackmail.

Angry Buddha
Happy Buddha

Self Reflection :D
Pica Boo
Cheese.....Wait why am I wearing a girl's hat

Another Blackmail piece.   Diva is practicing her recital piece while Buddha is immitating with Diva's old tap shoes. 

Monday, July 1, 2013

OMG, he smiles

The other half graduated yesterday (finally!)  I'm so proud *tear.  In his email, he received the proofs from the photographer.  I have never seen him so cheesey. Look he SMILES!  I must order a poster of one of these.