Part II - Conquered!

Ok, today I completed part 2 of my first wedding photography job. I was a total idiot and was a tiny bit late because I could not, for the life of me, find a parking spot! The Trax ticket machines were not working so I had to drive to the SL temple. And on a Saturday evening, no less. So, Heavenly Father intervened and got me a spot and it was wonderful and the pictures were wonderful and I didn't do anything stupid, so I'd say it was a productive evening, as well as a learning experience. (Always leave a half hour before the half hour early that was originall planned.) But anyway, I was not really late because the bride and groom had just come out, but still. Heavens. So I'm going to post a couple pics - not of the wedding itself because I haven't looked at them yet, (Just did it earlier this evening) but I will put up a couple of the open house last week, because I like them.

These were some of my favorites - I love candids! I mentioned this to someone before, but I loved the power that came from having a camera in my hand! People would see me coming and would either pose, or go about their business so I could get my candid shots. Only a couple people ran away or tried to hide. But I feel very authorative when I have a special purpose for taking pictures - it's totally awesome and lets me do what I want to do. So it was a good day. All that's left is the reception in Saint George in a few weeks. Wish me luck. :D

10 Cents Toward College Football!

Today I got dragged into a man-battle with the accounting department, and I'm not sure how I'm going to do. College football is starting this weekend. I was given a piece of paper with the games and teams and I was to make my choices for the winners. I looked them all up online (because I know nothing of college football except for the Utah teams) and made my decisions based on whether or not I liked their mascots. :D Then I was told that I had to donate 10 cents so that the winner could take all the money put in and buy themselves a soda or candy bar from the break room when all was over. Hahaha. Such exquisite incentive!
I left to take a short break, and when I got back to my desk I found that one of my coworkers was sitting in my chair! I was taken quite by surprise. Quite. And then he just sat there, smelling my candle, looking at my pictures; but the only thing I cared about was the fact that he was still sitting, which means I was still standing. And I wanted to sit. XP Aaach. Sitting in my chair! It was so weird. He is odd.
So I have the actual wedding photos to take care of tomoroow at the Salt Lake Temple. I'm excited. They liked the open house pics, and I was more nervous about those than I am of these. I'm so excited. This will be fun! And, I really don't have anything else to add. I think my posts are more entertaining when I'm at work because I'm in more of a cheeky mood. And, well, I'm not at work. :D

Kokomo

I finished reading Pride & Prejudice yesterday. I spent a whole 5 days reading it. I'm sad now, and need a new book to read. I'm thinking maybe the Grapes of Wrath or A Wrinkle In Time, or something like that. There are way too many awesome books that I have never had the opportunity to read - and some that I HAVE had the opportunity to read, but sadly didn't take it up.

So there's this branch that will send me the note manifest (a piece of paper showing all the notes they have sent in their UPS package and their contents) in hard copy form, (which is how it's supposed to be done) but then they also fax it to me. All I ask is, "What's the point, for heaven's sake!" Maybe they think the manifest will be lost somehow in between them and me, I don't know, or maybe they are bored at their jobs like me, and fax it just ot have something to do. We'll probably never know. Another weird thing...another branch will send my notes in the UPS packages their files go in, (Which they are not supposed to do, but many branches think they are far too superior to be descending to the level of people who follow RULES) so the shipping supervisor brings them to me when she has located them, and there is always a loverly little post-it note on them, which reads as follows:

NOTE CUSTODIAN

NOTE CUSTODIAN

*EDIT* Look, I got another one today! I decided to take a picture for your enjoyment. :D

Notice anything strange? Yeah, I can't figure out why they put "NOTE CUSTODIAN" on it twice, either. It's handwritten, so someone had to write it, which means someone wrote it twice, which means someone is undeniably strange. Maybe they think I don't know who I am or what my job title is, so they make double sure the note gets where it needs to be, since they aren't sending it to the correct recipient in the first place! Oh, to not be surrounded by dopes! Okay, okay, I have another one. Same branch as the first one I mentioned: when something is missing, she will call to ask me to check if it's in the file, etc. etc. Then she will call one, sometimes two more people to ask the same thing, so whoever finds it first, the others will be like, "No, we can't find it, sorry." and the person from the branch will say, "But so-and-so found it for me." then the person who found it will go to the other(s) showing that she found it for us, since ******* asked her to get it, and the rest of us will, somewhat angrily (from the wasting of our time), think to ourselves, "Why did she ask us to look for it, then?" Heavens! There are many more interesting people I have worked with, like the closer from Orlando who sent me a chocolate ear inside the folder of one of the notes on Halloween, the other closer from Dallas who sent me two DVDs for my birthday (yowza), the branch manager who says "Arizona is nice because it's a DRY heat!", or the people in my own office who will never cease to amaze me in some way or another. I'm really very glad my work life is not so dull. Slow and boring at times, but never dull.

I have my follow-up eye appointment today. Hopefully the silly doctor will notice that my eyes have gotten worse and it's not just a swelling of the cornea, unless, of course, my corneas have been swollen for....a year. :D Besides, I have been seeing spots more and more, and that's probably a bad thing. I guess I just want him to tell me that I need surgery, because I know I need it since my eyes get worse every time I go to the doctor, but I don't know if I will ever actually do it unless I am told that I have to. Surgeries frighten me.

I also need a new bed. My futon hurts my back, and I feel it every morning. This particular morning, I could feel the springs in several different places, and I was not comfortable. I'm going to get a tempur-pedic bed thingy. F'sho! Why are matresses so expensive? They are metal, stuffing and fabric. Is it a difficult-to-find fabric? Are they a pain to make? Many times they are more expensive than the bed you buy them for! I'm definitely going to research this.

Oh, some of you might be wondering why the title of this post is called "Kokomo". I'll enlighten you: I tried to think, but came up with nothing, so in absence of a clever and related title for this post, I simply chose to put in the title of the song I happened to be listening to, to save me some time and effort. It worked. And now I even made it relevant.

Will I Ever Learn?

I felt ridiculously fat this morning. I suspect the 2 burgers, chicken nuggets and fries I ate last night at about 9:30 or 10. I don't know if I love or hate those late-night wendy's cravings. So I've learned that eating destructively large amounts of food late at night is, in fact, a bad thing. Pity. But I didn't let that get to me. Ohhh, no. I went to the gas station for some long-awaited nachos since I skipped breakfast. (I wasn't really hungry in the morning...go figure.) I forgot to bring a lunch, but no bother, the nachos are tiding me over for now. But then management announced that they have cake, pie, cookies and grapes in the break room for the August birthdays. I skipped the cake.....but took a piece of pie (Key lime! Goodness yes.), a cookie, and some grapes, to make myself feel better. I haven't eaten them yet. But mark my words, I will.

Ha! There's one now! See? I feel better about my recent food choices already.

So I'm trying to decide if I'm nervous for tomorrow or not. I have part 1 of the wedding photography job going on, but I know me - I'm very good at not letting something scary bother me until the very very last minute. So basically, I'll be all cool and collected until I get behind my camera. Then with any luck at all I'll be able to actually move my fingers and take pictures that don't suck. I'm telling myself it will all be ok. It will all be ok. It will.

I rearranged the contents of my desk top today. It's nice to have a change. I can't figure out if this new position my computer is in is good or not, but the only REAL reason I moved everything is to eliminate the constant surprise that my coworkers have bene bestowing upon me lately. Now, I can see people before they get here. Muahaha. Well, somewhat. I can only see the tops of their heads bobbing along the wall until they are right here next to me. That's still something.

Ha! I ate all my grapes. they tasted kind of strange. O_o I wonder what kind they were.

Whoa! There are two last names here on my list, right next to each other: RICHARDS and SIMMONS! How awesome is that! I love it when that happens! I've had a TRACY and MASON (Dick Tracy and Perry Mason), a SHAWN and CONNEREY (different spellings, but still cool), a MUSTARD and MAYO (Probably the best ever), and other such fantastically amusing name pairs. I should really write these down....

As a bonus for me being so good today, I'm going to see if I can leave early, since I'll have all my hours in at 3, and absolutely nothing left to do. At least, none of the joyful mortgage note activities that I get paid to do. :D Ciao, baby!

All Hail the Freeloader Fork

That's part of my birthday gift to my friend. (I don't think he blogs, so I'm safe to post what I got him.) Behold! (were you somehow able to see it) The Freeloader Fork! Made of the finest in sterling silvers, the handle extends up to 2 feet, enabling its user the utmost ease in carefully and delicately relieving food from his company's plates from a safe and comfortable distance. It can also be used as a backscratcher, or a pointer thingy for boring office meetings. I'm sure many more uses are to be discovered, but that's all they put on the back of the box. I also got him other, more conservative gifts to be thoughtful. And then a can of ravioli. :D I'm quite excited.

Speaking of stealing food, I pilfered some chocolate from the final docs department. Shh! Don't tell.

So I found a website where I can read books online. I began Pride & Prejudice yesterday, and I've read about 18 chapters. I wish that I could boast about so great an accomplishment in such a short time, and while working, nonetheless, but I don't believe the chapters are very long. :D Pity. It's a very agreeable book, and yes, reading it has made me feel like I have a certain air about me, and that I should grace everyone in my company with my accomplished speech and use of distinguished vocabulary. Haha. I should have just been born back then, I suppose - being surrounded by men in breeches would easily put me in a constant state of enraptured stupidity. Sounds like bliss, don't you agree?

By the way, thank you all for commenting on my posts - It makes me glad to see that you enjoy reading into my life, as uninteresting as it is. :D

GAH! I've lost my contact lens somewhere in my eye!

Lemonade and Brownies

That's what I'm eating. It's true. And delicious. Are you jealous?

So, I might have another wedding photography job! I just got in touch with an old friend from junior high who's getting married to another friend. I haven't seen them in ages. They will be quite the interesting couple. Anyway, she would like me to photograph their wedding, they just don't know when they're getting hitched. I wonder if this wedding photography thing will really take off. I don't want to photograph weddings exclusively, especially since I am more into fine art photography, but this IS Utah, for heaven's sake. I think this might be foreshadowing though. Me photographing weddings as a career must mean that I myself will never marry. Kind of like that Wedding Planner movie. Except I'm no Jennifer Lopez. Thank goodness. And she DOES get married, doesn't she? Oh well, I've never been one for chick flicks.

My printer pal has started talking to me again. Ever since I told him he had a nice shirt it was like he was avoiding me. It was weird, but funny. Men. He was gone for a week, sure, but he still didn't talk to me when he was here. But he came back Monday, and yesterday at the printer he said my hair was cool. :D Rock on. But I wish he were LDS. :-(

My friend's birthday is this weekend and I don't know what to get him. I usually don't have problems finding gifts for people, (If I must say, I am an excellent gift-giver) but this has been difficult for some reason. And the butthead is taking ME out on a date on his birthday. I don't understand that. I said I'd take HIM out but noooooo he has to be all gentlemanly. Hopefully I'll find something good for him today after work. He's pretty easy to shop for, but I don't have a lot of time. And I have another friend who's birthday was Sunday. I need to get her something too, even though she told me not to. Bwahaha.

So today I'd like to stand and share with the group.
Hello. My name is Heather, and I am a blogging addict. I use blogging as an activity to keep me occupied at work, but I fear that it will grow in the coming months into something I can't control. Thank you.
*Well done, Heather. The first step to recovery is recognition.*

Picture Quiz

I shall post again today, since I've been wanting to do this quiz thingy ever since I saw it on a friend's blog. Answer the questions, but instead of writing the answers, google image your answer and post the picture you like best to match the question!

Best Friend's Nickname

Past Love

(I didn't put anything related to video games, which makes that so funny)

Past Pet

Place I Was Born

College Degree

First Name

Screen Name

Place I Most Want To Visit

Middle Name

Grandma's Name

Favorite Thing To Do

Favorite Object

First Job

Where I Live Now

Last Name

Bad Habit

What I Am Doing Right Now

Favorite Color

Favorite Animal

Favorite Food

Age