scattered thoughts, pt 3

day number 33 at work. marc, my casual supervisor (aka boss) is not in today. confusion ensues.

here is a list of random thoughts.

1) bookstores are soon going out of business. i heard the barnes&nobles on astor place is closing down. shopping on amazon, or even online, has gotten to be so convenient that baby boomers who can't tell the difference between the monitor and the mouse are buying how-to books on computers. buy from strand, your local bookstore! too bad i don't care enough to do so myself.

2) facebook applications have gone crazy. the number of facebook applications for each of the 20-some categories are in the hundred thousands. with that daunting number of facebook applications, someone should make a facebook application that organizes facebook applications. or something. facebook is becoming too much like myspace with the widgets, except i have to admit, it is much cleaner and easier on the eyes than myspace. myspace is trash. facebook is cleaner trash.

3) work blows. mindless, mindless work.

4) marc told me that on his roadtrip across the united states, he met tons and tons of people and understood how someone like george w. bush can get elected. the usa contains the east coast, the west coast, and everything in between is just filler. unfortunate.

5) marc also has a seven month old baby girl named shawna. he tells me this all the time: 'when you have your first kid, you will feel like all the accomplishments is reduced to nothing. your sole purpose now is to provide for a new life.' since he imparted that wisdom, i have been thinking about what kind of father i would be. it is still too early to tell.

6) i have developed the worst elevator rage imaginable. sometimes they are just too slow or people just have to get off at every single floor. that being said, i hate having to wait for the subway train, especially late nights when they are less frequent and not express. i'm just impatient.

7) more mindless, mindless work.

8) i am using a lot more abbrevs online lately. and ';)'. some other ones that i use regularly: omg, OMGZ, LOL (but never 'lol'), btw, ttyl. i like spelling 'what the fuck' out.

i'm bored.

-andy