Today was one of those boring, normal days. I did laundry, and dishes, straightened the house, exercised Rain, and tried to stay cool in the upper 90's.
Tim had to work, and he found out that his supervisor Sgt. Johnson got chosen for re-training which means that Tim may inherit some of her jobs. He really isn't looking forward to it because it is pretty intensive and on top of being his shift's leader, it would keep him overly busy. Unfortunately, it is likely they'll give him her jobs because he's the only one on the help desk that knows what he's doing and is responsible. Tim is also worried because if the trade isn't approved before he inherits those jobs, it is likely they'll deny his swap application because he'll be indispensable to them. Yuck. Yet another glitch to worry about.
Rain had her training class today, and it was graduation day. Unfortunately, since Rain has self-control issues, she didn't get to graduate. Fortunately, the trainer is going to be working one on one with us the next couple of weeks trying to teach Rain some self-control, and then she'll graduate her. The trainer, Ruth, is really nice about it and seems to genuinely like Rain and respects her and her abilities, so that is good. :) Like I said in another post, Rain can be absolutely brilliant and she learns extremely fast. Her only problem is that she gets so excited that she loses all control of herself and can't focus on anyone or anything. We're going to be working that out of her. She's already getting tons better then she was, and hopefully we'll soon have a sane dog. This will be great since she weighs 66 lbs and is all muscle. Let me tell you, Tim and I are getting pretty buff having to deal with her day in and day out. Lol.
I just finished watching Dracula 2000. It was pretty good, other then it had lots of boobs in it. It had a pretty interesting twist on who Dracula was. In this theory, he is Judas Iscariot. I had never heard that idea before and it is pretty clever. The history of the vampire legend is so interesting. If anyone is really interested in actual historical legends about vampires, you should read The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. Like the stories of dragons, I definitely think there is something to them...every legend/lie/myth is based on some truth. Especially ones that have lasted centuries. It would be fascinating to know what the legends are based on.
Well, that is all for today. Off I go. :)
Tim had to work, and he found out that his supervisor Sgt. Johnson got chosen for re-training which means that Tim may inherit some of her jobs. He really isn't looking forward to it because it is pretty intensive and on top of being his shift's leader, it would keep him overly busy. Unfortunately, it is likely they'll give him her jobs because he's the only one on the help desk that knows what he's doing and is responsible. Tim is also worried because if the trade isn't approved before he inherits those jobs, it is likely they'll deny his swap application because he'll be indispensable to them. Yuck. Yet another glitch to worry about.
Rain had her training class today, and it was graduation day. Unfortunately, since Rain has self-control issues, she didn't get to graduate. Fortunately, the trainer is going to be working one on one with us the next couple of weeks trying to teach Rain some self-control, and then she'll graduate her. The trainer, Ruth, is really nice about it and seems to genuinely like Rain and respects her and her abilities, so that is good. :) Like I said in another post, Rain can be absolutely brilliant and she learns extremely fast. Her only problem is that she gets so excited that she loses all control of herself and can't focus on anyone or anything. We're going to be working that out of her. She's already getting tons better then she was, and hopefully we'll soon have a sane dog. This will be great since she weighs 66 lbs and is all muscle. Let me tell you, Tim and I are getting pretty buff having to deal with her day in and day out. Lol.
I just finished watching Dracula 2000. It was pretty good, other then it had lots of boobs in it. It had a pretty interesting twist on who Dracula was. In this theory, he is Judas Iscariot. I had never heard that idea before and it is pretty clever. The history of the vampire legend is so interesting. If anyone is really interested in actual historical legends about vampires, you should read The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. Like the stories of dragons, I definitely think there is something to them...every legend/lie/myth is based on some truth. Especially ones that have lasted centuries. It would be fascinating to know what the legends are based on.
Well, that is all for today. Off I go. :)
August 13, 2007 at 11:47 PM
Hmmm, I'm going to have to read The Historian. I've never thought of vampires as one of those "truthful" myths... Do you think they were demons in human form? Perhaps like the Nephilem (sp?)? Intriguing topic. :)