intro at pizza party

 attended my first pizza lunch at the bank since moving downtown. followed the advice of a colleague, who said to get in line early. i was in line just before 12noon and got two slices and some salad. i was in line behind a senior leader, we did an intro there. later on, i asked about some envelopes that were moved over from another facility, found out that function was moved across town. i was wondering due to the signs in the hall by the elevator said it was on that floor. hadn't used the envelopes in a while, it was a function inherited by our department due to the pandemic. since i started during that time, i knew nothing different for a while until 'return to office' happened eventually. then that function was taken back. this means we no longer need that box; those can be sent to a shred bin. i had only known her previously from dial-in meetings. also notable about the day was printing some test checks from the fargo files. i was fine with it even though it was a high-volume day as it wasn't that many, just six. it was three each for those two business lines. one of them was a file from december, the other dated just the previous day. my boss and vacation replacement both were absent due to illness. during my walks i found 51 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when leonard got a date by being fixed up with bernadette's friend. it was followed by the one with a rare song in it, 'almost paradise'. it was due to sheldon working with bert, but then sheldon annoyed bert so leonard worked with bert instead. 

be careful with clicking

at work i learned a valuable lesson, about being careful with clicking. i was trying to remove printers no longer needed, and changing another to the default, and removed all three. it meant calling for service, but somehow i found a way to re-add it on my own. what i noticed was when it was set up a little over two weeks ago, it was under the universal printer's name. now it is under the more customary name, with the codes in it such as the floor we are on. it meant vacation replacement printed the early PDF files for me. the overnights were taken out before i got them, and at the end of the day i took out the ones with overflow pages. but things worked just fine after this happened. i plowed through the overnight labels once i got started, just before lunchtime. there was a dial-in meeting about test checks, but it lasted eight minutes as more information was needed to go further. i did some more fact finding about the chair massages, looking at the video board on the main floor near the guard station. looks like it is offered by the building management company, twice a month, four hours at a time. there was mention of signing up through a QR code, although i am not a fan of those. hopeful i can find another way, through an email as the building manager sends those periodically. the next one is in a week so i likely still have some time to figure it out. late in the workday i had to notify on two overnight requests that those checks would be sent regular mail. our deadline to get the regular-mail tubs to the courier was moved up, so the cutoff time for the special requests is moved up as well. one of the checks was for way more than the other. in the evening i went to the liquor store near me and got a bottle of heineken so now there are four beers waiting. during my walks i found 51 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when howard hid from bernadette but they got back together. sheldon and raj were feuding over a big desk brought into sheldon's office. it was followed by the one where howard gets a vasectomy, and we see bob newhart because sheldon didn't want wil wheaton playing professor proton. 

fill-in emcee

 i went to perform at an open mic in the evening, and there was a fill-in emcee. she had the same name as a comic that gave me a role in a fringe show. before i went to get beer i did watch her set, finding out after the show that she has been doing stand-up for a year. pretty good, i said, in reference to a story about private messages where i had heard the same thing before. i was on near the end and did stories about the bank, seeing a movie, and a drag brunch. and i spoke of a story like the emcee's as well. i liked how i didn't have much to do for the day, only getting into my car in the early evening when i went to perform. there were football games on, the final week of the regular season. lead-off game was bears-packers, and the bears won on a last-second field goal. although it shouldn't have been what decided it, but the bears fumbled late and the packers kicked a field goal to go ahead, briefly. that old saying about letting a team hang around for too long was true, as the bears got points off a punt return and a turnover, leading at the half and for most of the game. second game was chiefs-broncos, but the chiefs were resting many of their players, having already locked up their division and number one seed. since it was one-sided, the network switched away from it eventually. the evening game was vikings-lions, and it was on when i was at the bar. when i got home i watched it there as well. didn't do much else in the evening, just doing the dishes. during my walks i found 1 dollar 25 cents. 

a complete unknown movie

 in the afternoon i went to see the movie 'complete unknown', the bob dylan biopic, in inver grove heights. i arrived just five minutes before the screening began and was warned that there weren't many seats left. but i said i was fine with sitting up front. there weren't many actors in it that i recognized, just ed norton as pete seeger. and i liked seeing someone playing johnny cash. i was aware of how the source material was a book, this explains why the time period covered was fairly short, just four years. but i didn't mind as there still was plenty of music in it. this movie was a reminder of how i am more familiar with other performers recording songs that bob dylan wrote. this definitely included hearing 'it ain't me babe' as i knew this as a johnny cash song. same is true with 'hard rain's gonna fall' which was on the soundtrack for the movie 'born on the fourth of july'. leading up to it, i was reminded of having seen bob dylan in concert at the saints baseball stadium in st. paul in 2005, with willie nelson. but i was mainly there to see willie. the movie was longer than many that i have seen in theaters, over two hours. this might explain why i needed bathroom breaks, not one but two. i know i was quick with both of these breaks so i didn't miss much. i found out after the second one that there wasn't much left. i am used to seeing the disclaimer in the closing credits for movies like this one, based on a true story. 'some scenes and characters were invented for dramatic effect'. not much left to do after the movie was done. i went home and got groceries at the aldi. then i went to have a sandwich at jersey mike's for the evening meal. normally this is a lunch thing but i ate at home for lunch due to the plans for seeing the movie. i got the errand running done in the morning. there was going to the post office, two orders were picked up. then i dumped the recycle at a place near the capitol. finally, there was going to dump change at the credit union. just over ten dollars went into my savings account, and as usual much of it was pennies. during my walks i found 86 cents. 

skyway meeting, tax specialist

 this was the first time i handed off checks to the tax specialist in person since the move downtown. the dude is based in a nearby office, so it meant walking over in the skyway. found out he doesn't have badge access to the building i am in, but will be asking for it. only the second time i had met this colleague. the volume on the overnights went up, but i knew well enough to get started fairly early on creating the labels. and for this reason, i still got done close to the normal leave time. the file from kansas city was some big files, likely making up for the days where there wasn't any. also notable was cleaning a dry-erase board that was moved over two weeks ago. and finding 'helper forms' that i put in an inter-office envelope. in the evening i went to hy-vee in eagan for groceries, and this included a bag of ore-ida fries. for some reason i had a craving. later on i went on a walk and found 1 dollar 50 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when sheldon and amy argue at the lunch table and break up, then his mom uses reverse psychology and gets them back together. it was followed by the one where howard and amy work in the lab together, and bernadette uses a tom sawyer trick to get sheldon to do chores. 

fast moving donuts

 vacation replacement was in the check shop for much of the day. i was advised to get to another floor early once the donuts arrived, and i did. good thing as there weren't many left. i also had some orange juice. thankful how there wasn't that many overnight labels to do, aided by one business line not sending any checks. still in the holiday mode i guess, only a matter of time before i get their checks again. looks like another food event at work, the pizza party, was postponed to next week. some mention of people had the option of working from home on that day, friday. of course, this option is not available to me, but i don't mind. i like how i am finishing earlier than before, closer to my customary leave time in my schedule. guess that knowing i need to get the mail tubs out earlier makes a difference. the boss called me and asked about how much i order each month in terms of check stock and envelopes. i drank the can of budweiser with the evening meal so now three beers are waiting. during my walks i found 26 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when sheldon was using a virtual presence device. it was followed by the one when sheldon and howard try to launch a rocket in the desert. penny tries to bond with leonard's mom. 

shrek drag brunch

 at midday i rode the light rail to a drag brunch, the theme was the movie 'shrek'. it was the eighth drag brunch i have attended, still averaging about one per year. good thing i got out and listened to two cd's, the soundtracks to the first two movies in the franchise. it reminded me of songs from those movies. costumes were good as usual, and it was nice to hear recordings of lines from the movie. enjoyed hearing 'love the way you lie' by eminem and rihanna, i understood how it fit the theme as the dancer had a Pinocchio outfit on. i ordered beer with the burger and fries, a blue moon, and noticed many others were having mimosas. agreed with what the emcee said about 'you are here to have a good time. leave whatever troubles you for outside of these walls'. also notable about the day was going through neckties, i have seven. i decided to get the charlie brown tie moved to where the others are, previously it was in a box with other charlie brown items. and i did some sewing on my winter coat, one of the buttons was loose and about to fall off. and i discovered a scheduling conflict in the morning, it meant i was unable to attend the annual comics brunch in eagan. just as well, as i didn't enjoy the one from a year ago. reminded me too much of class reunions i have attended. in both cases, i was there to see two or three people and there was just as many people that i found to be annoying. during my walks i found 29 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when penny was chaperone on sheldon and amy's date. it was followed by the one where raj and stuart were competing for bernadette's coworker. while sheldon and amy were trying to plan their wedding.