9/29/07
Reckon when I hit 1000 dreams I oughta change the name of the dream feature here at heptapod.org.

heptapod.org is now accepting recommendations for this change.

Usury, Inc. would solicit people to apply for loans. One of many legal gray areas because we would solicit previous customers who haven't borrowed in the last two months. The hook? A reduced fee for the first payment on the loan.

That department is now closed. According to my department manager I'm the only one who knows in the processing department and allegedly Wrestling Manager and Former Proecssor Manager are unaware of this development.

Why is this pertinent? Let me continue my tale.

As you may or may not know the processing department has a total of six processors. Two were fired, one of the fired people was a long-time employee who almost had her six years in October and the other was a greenhorn who kept missing work on a regular basis. The other two that I presumed were fired ended up quitting the job. One was direct and stated she can't take the fucking stress working in that environment. The other said she needed to take care of her family and left. Good for them!

Work has been slow for the past two and a half months. Things seem to be picking up a bit and there was a feeling of confusion, hope and fear when everyone discovered a new face in the processing department. Turns out this new face is from the recently closed solicitation department. My department manager says it's a big secret and other bullshit. Plus she went on about how she was going to fire the latter two anyway and they beat her to the punch followed by her bemoaning the lack of work ethics nowadays and blah blah blah smile and nod so I don't fall asleep.

Meh, it fills up an entry.

There's a seventy acre fire near Manitou Springs. I saw it from work around three-ish and I presume that it's under control by now. Understand that a seventy acre fire isn't that big. I was here during the big fire back in July 2002 when the crazy lady burned a lover's note and ended up razing vast amounts of land and homes in addition to making many animals into orphans.

The fire of aught-two had ash falling from the sky down by Garden of the Gods. This fire is barely a smoky spot to the north of Pikes Peak.

While coming home from work I encountered a burst water main on Platte. The irony amused me since I figured all this water would be better spent extinguishing that fire rather than soaking basements and the street. If I recall correctly there was a fire this morning near this burst water main. My brain is trying to find a correspondence and is failing mightily in the endeavor.

One of the marvelous things about leaving for work at 6:37 a.m. are the sunrises. Friday morning's sunrise was particularly beautiful. Fortunately I had the presence of mind to bring my camera to work. Since the roads are relatively quiet I didn't have to worry about sitting at a green light while taking a picture. I think the unadjusted image looks much better than the latter image.

Friday's session for training the skill of strength took less than five minutes.

My back left hip was hurting like crazy, walking afterwards was difficult and keeping balance was nearly impossible. Plus at Cassius's behest I could not lay down until my heart rate had subsided to near-normal levels. We engaged in something called Tabata where one does a full-body exercise (squats), non-stop, for twenty seconds followed by a ten second rest period. Do this eight times. The first two will be easy but around the fifth you'll be struggling like a fool and if one survives to the final set then walking will become an excruciating chore.

I did six and a half which gives me mixed feelings. I fucking failed and didn't make it to eight. Yet I made it to six and a half! Of course I keeled over to the side and was immediately chastised to get up off the ground and walk it off or lean against a wall. I walked it off.

Friday night's session was tainted by the news that the black cat Meeko hasn't been seen in a few days at the Cassius residence. Cass thinks Meeko had an unfortunate encounter. Jaybird believes that Meeko is at home, stuck inside and unable to make the neighborhood rounds. While I was walking off Tabata, I was looking for Meeko.

I saw Meeko last Tuesday! When Jaybird and I arrived at Cassius's place, I knelt down and Meeko came to me. To me! While I was panting and pacing, Meeko was sitting outside on the patio giving me a look with his goofy long face.

Yeah Meeko may be a noisy cat who wakes up the Cassius household, mooches their food and moons over Mokey but Meeko is a good cat. Before Tabata began in earnest I was voiding my bowels and thinking about how I had taken Meeko for granted and how I should have given him more attention. These thoughts sublimated into how I shouldn't take people for granted like raddidge, Spot, Jaybird, maribou, Cassius, elmgrows, Brian, my parents and the rest.

It would take a lot of energy out of me to live that rather than hold it as a mere ideal. How I would mentally defeat myself before I got started through resignation of not being able to keep it up. First few months in Colorado I was always contacting folks back home. Nowadays I never answer the phone and rarely call out of state. Take heart because I rarely call in-state either.

Right now I'm too tired to think about it.