elevator ride to bathroom

 in the morning at work i was going to another floor and saw flowing water in one elevator shaft and said i guess we aren't using that one. this was to go pick up the reject fax and then scan it and forward it by email. then a little later on we saw emails and text messages saying the bathrooms in the building were unavailable, eventually told it was due to a water main break. it meant going to use the bathroom on the main floor and taking the elevator to get there. based on what i saw, this one is normally not used that much. i saw the badge scan by the door and the door was open, telling me this door isn't open usually. i went there three times, it wasn't too big of a deal to me. i got a sandwich and Pringles chips from the convenience store on the main floor for lunch, instead of having a can of soup as it sounded like the water in the breakroom was also turned off. i like washing out the container after having soup. near the end of the day, i had a quick call about the nine-figure check that i overnighted last week. i guess it was too big as the recipient was unable to cash it. this was from a lawsuit, as it went to a district court in California. i gave the names of two managers that may be able to help with the technical aspects of it, one of them was already known by the caller. in the evening i went to cub foods and picked up thanksgiving dinner for next week, actually two dinners and a half-pie, blueberry. i tried going to the copy store to print some event tickets but it was already closed for the night. it means trying again the next morning. then i went to Hy-Vee in Eagan for my normal weekly visit. not a lot in this order, just seven items, eight if you count the can of beer that i bought at the adjacent liquor store that Hy-Vee owns, it was an IPA. now there are five beers waiting. 

review template asistance

 there was a dial-in meeting in the morning, the manager that likes to do karaoke was a part of it. this was about reviewing template assistance. i did not speak at all during this meeting, not the first time that this has happened. it left me wondering why i was invited to it, but what i like about dial-ins is that i can still get some of my normal duties done during that time. the issue was tabled as the moderator wasn't familiar enough with everything. from what i understood, it was about our written procedures. time was running out on registering for health insurance benefits, end of the week is the deadline. i took care of it in the morning, didn't take long. basically elected what i have had before- medical, dental and vision, and for just me. then i printed the confirmation as i like having a hard copy as proof of having registered. i drank the bottle of Stella Artois with the evening meal and got a can of Hamm's from the nearby liquor store so i still have four beers waiting. i also got two event tickets ordered for events happening next month. one is a play, and the other is a hockey game. i will get those printed this weekend. 

biblical sense, beyond repentance

 for some reason i had a song stuck in my head at work, i was humming it when lunching and couldn't figure it out for a while. then i realized it was Lady Gaga's 'judas'. and the line was 'in the most biblical sense, i am beyond repentance'. i also liked the line, 'vomits her mind' as i have said that before in a Facebook posting. i said something was a little off in my performing, then i took a walk and decided to vomit my thoughts in the posting. as for the 'beyond repentance' line it sounded familiar, a similar sentiment was found in a smashing pumpkins song, 'bullet with butterfly wings'. 'i still believe that i cannot be saved'. I've noticed how a lot of things for me end up becoming a 'love letter' to performing. as for my work duties, it started off with an instant message from the previous night. it was asking about an overnighted check, sent to Canada. i checked the tracking number and it had already been delivered. there were five check copy requests, i am not used to seeing that many. i did them all at once, let them pile up a little. a newer employee in our department asked me to do an overnight label for the refund checks, as vacation replacement was out of the office. the check backlog fell to just under a thousand by the end of the day. most of the Fargo envelopes were backordered for this month but arrived in the morning. 

join call? too busy

 it was a high-volume day on check printing, and i saw an instant message asking me to join a call, or what i call a 'dial-in meeting'. except i was busy tending to the envelope stuffing machine and didn't see the request in time. it appears to be about more printing of test checks, as that is what i ended up doing. except it was a different business line this time, court orders. as usual, i say i want to be caught up on live check printing before i switch over to a different system or database. i was asked to positive pay the file after i had printed it, normally i don't do that for test checks. when i did i got a pop-up, and i was prevented from doing so. i reported it to the i.t. rep who asked me to print the checks. due to the high volume on the Fargo checks, there was a backlog again, just under two thousand. it was a struggle to do as many as i did as i was getting the 'hot product error' fairly often after a while. i know this doesn't happen in the afternoon, or if i let the checks sit overnight and run them through the next morning. despite this, i still sent out two full regular mail tubs at the end of the day. in the evening, i was riding the light rail home. i saw how transit police were dealing with a rider that apparently was bothering others and hadn't paid his fare. we were delayed a few minutes, but this man saluted a cop that had arrived to escort him off of the train. 

music outside window

 not sure if it was construction workers or window washers, but at lunch i saw some ropes from the window in the breakroom. when i went back to my office on the other side of the floor, in the afternoon i was hearing music near the window. it was pearl jam's 'last kiss'. the backlog was eliminated on the Fargo checks in the morning, aided by a low volume of what had arrived for the day. an i.t. rep asked me to print some more test checks from the account closure file, based in Kansas City. much like before, my boss was copied when i forwarded it. i also saw an instant message about a check i had overnighted to Canada, i had to say it hadn't been picked up yet. it was picked up later in the day, i said usually UPS picks up just once a day and it can be earlier than the given time on the box. in the evening i went to perform, and it was a small lineup. when i arrived it hadn't started yet, and another performer said the show runner was waiting for a fourth performer to arrive, and that was me, i guess. i did stories about graphs, insurance company commercials, mall stores, and more about the bank. 

wine jail?

 in the evening i watched two episodes of 'the Simpsons'. the first was about smithers and marge landing in wine jail, for wine forgery. it wasn't lost on me when someone playing Frank Coppola saying 'i bid nothing' at the auction due to 'the godfather' director running into financial problems. leave it to this show to have a weird storyline like this one. according to what i found on Wikipedia, it actually aired nearly a year ago, but i didn't see it then. the second episode was about Mayor Quimby's son running for office at Bart and Lisa's school. this episode is also known for killing off the church organist. this was a rather leisurely day for me, not much that i had planned at all. there was watching two pro football games, the Bears beat the Vikings on a last-second field goal. i fell asleep near the end of the first half and then found out the score had changed during that time. then the second game i watched was when the broncos beat the chiefs. for some it is hard to believe that the bears now have a better record than the chiefs, since the bears have a new coach and this would suggest a rebuilding season. and of course, the chiefs are the defending champion in their conference. the difference seems to be winning the close games. i also shredded some junk mail, first time in about two months. later in the evening, i did the dishes. 

christy movie

 in the evening i went to see a movie, 'Christy', at Southdale mall in Edina. i ordered an advance ticket as i wanted to use some more value from a gift card from a friend of mine. i enjoyed the movie for a while, when it was about her boxing career. but i guess i was made aware of what i had signed up for in advance, as i saw some mention of an attempted murder of the subject of this biopic. this was depicted near the end of the movie, and it was hard to watch. i said the same about the scenes before it with domestic violence, even those where it was implied and offscreen. Sydney Sweeney, who played Christy, had already defended the movie after it did poorly in its first weekend. this was likely why there was only one screening scheduled for the day at this venue, and this seemed to be largely true at other theaters in the area as well. i have seen many biopics before, and this one i am ambivalent about. i liked it when she tells off her unlikable mom, but in the end i didn't enjoy this story enough. it was the second of two movies i had seen at first-run theaters this week, and both weren't enjoyable enough. this might be why i have been going to the Trylon cinema more often lately, as the classics shown there rarely disappoint me. this wasn't the only event i was booked at for the day. in the afternoon there was a speed dating event at a coffee shop in Minneapolis that i hadn't been inside of before. i showed up a little early and was surprised when i saw a little library that included world book yearbooks to read. i let the event coordinator know there was issues with their app, as it said it was not compatible with my android phone. i was still able to do the event though, but in the survey sent to me after the event i said i hesitate to sign up for another event. when i can't even get on their app i find that hard to ignore. in addition, no one wanted to chat with me after it had ended, so i didn't exchange phone numbers with anyone. before this event, i did plenty of my typical chores and errand running. there was getting to the post office to pick up two orders. then i went to the credit union and made a deposit, followed by a stop at a copy store to print two event tickets. it was midday by then, and i ate at Popeye's chicken. i saw a food truck in a nearby parking lot and went there after having chicken. i ordered a brownie with ice cream, it was one i had seen at St. Paul Saints games but i hadn't ordered from it before.