Head I Win, Tails You Lose

On Tuesday morning I was waiting at the bus stop when a random woman called out to me from across the street...

"Excuse me...does this bus go straight to Wellington?" I politely answered "Yes, it does"

Then she said, a little louder this time, "No, I mean does this bus go straight through to Wellington?" Feeling a little silly I said "Ohh, no, sorry, it isn't not an Express bus, it will stop through at the train station".

She then said with an alarming sense of urgency "No no, no, I mean does this bus go straight to Wellington...are there any corners or anything?" Desperately trying to keep my face neutral I replied "Riiiiight. Well, there are a couple of corners I guess, but once we hit the gorge it is pretty much straight along the quays"

She nods with satisfation and crossed the road to the bus stop. As she took her position standing next to me, she leaned over and said "It's just that my daughter and I drank two bottles of red wine last night and I am horribly hungover and my stomach is rather delicate" Avoiding eye contact at this point I said "Ahhh, sorry to hear that."

I hoped that was the end of the weirdness for that early in the morning but I noticed she was peering expectantly into every car that was going past. My curiosity got the better of me and I asked "Umm...are you looking out for someone?" She looked at me like I was the mental one and said "No, I'm just waiting for someone to stop and pick us up" "That ain't gonna happen until the bus driver comes past" A puzzled expression came across her face "What?! Up in Auckland I pick up people from the bus stops all the time" Wondering whether I'd seen any recent news reports about murdered hitch-hikers I said, "Well that doesn't happen in Wellington" She responded "It might. Let's see"

Now having enough of a crazy hungover woman that wasn't a direct relation, I couldn't resist:

"If you get picked up by someone....I'll cover your bus fare"
"Deal!"

Room of Echoes Part 2

For some reason Blogger is spazzing out if I try to post all of my entry at once...so trying it in two parts....

Things I've discovered…

• While playing a co-operative first person shooter I become a psychotic Full Metal Jacket like drill sergeant, barking out orders and generally being an uber bitch
• A woman at my work who is more diabolically evil than I am even when I'm playing a first person shooter
• My girl cat's Fabric of the Month (she refuses to sleep on any other textile but) for March was damp towel
• My girl cat's FotM for April is satchel strength Nylon/polyester blend
• A Daddy Long Legs poison is not the deadliest amongst spiders and yes their fangs can peirce human skin

Things I've found amusing...

• Having to pull up at a pedestrian crossing to let a lone Jack Russell terrier cross the road
• Being asked out by a guy that I just lead through a training workshop
• Getting sweet and public e-learning justice on a notoriously techno-phobic man I used to work with
• This video: http://glumbert.com/media/monsters
• Saying ‘a husband’ instead of the correct answer of ‘silent’, to the question "What do you call a type of partner that doesn't do anything?", while in a predominantly male meeting
• On the way home last night, seeing a bus driver parked up at the depot asleep in his chair, with the "Sorry, not in service" message displayed.

And that’s about it really.

Room of Echoes Part 1

I've been out of the game for a while now so I thought I'd get back up to blogging speed with a summary of the last two months:

Things I've been doing…

• Working
• Selling my brother's seemingly unending supply of sci-fi books on TradeMe
• Thinking about work
• Playing video games
• Stressing about work
• Spending time with the beloved and not stressing about anything

Things I've been wondering...

• In role-play adventure computer games, why do undead monsters like zombies and skeletons drop health potions?
• What is the correct etiquette to observe when you come across an acquaintance showing an alarming amount of arse crack in very public view?
• If you can enforce minimum browser requirements for a site, why, oh why can't you have minimum user intelligence requirements for a system?
• How can anyone tell one episode of Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch apart from another?
• Why are my migraines back with a vengeance when I have been completely chocolate free? (No mean feat during Easter)
• Addictive, feels so good but yet is so bad for you and always chasing that first high - heroin or cracking your joints?
• If flossing is so freakin' great for your teeth, why does the dentist have to ask you whether you've been doing it when you go in for your checkup?
• Who the heck is feeding my near morbidly obese cat when I am dutifully measuring out her low cal cat food?
• Why didn't I create an anonymous blog so I could write about work and not end up as a cautionary tale at an international conference?