"Special"

My friend pointed me to Damn You Auto Correct! (hilarious) so I just had to share this classic Charlie moment.

You should know that 19 times out of 20, I would beat Charlie into the office. One day he actually arrived before me, and it was a much-talked-about milestone. The next day we were back to normal, so I texted him and this is what ensued—I'm gray and he's green:


And I think Charlie could have captured a full second screencap of all the OMG and WTFing that followed... It was heinous. Scarred for life.

Broccoli note

The fare at the Grill is delicious. I do not, however, recommend that you order a side of broccoli there unless you are dining with five friends who are also fans of that vegetable. The "side" was as large as my salad entree (yes, those are three. full. heads).

I miss you Boss Fail

But I'm enjoying your parking spot :)

One afternoon at Philz

I wish I had a group shot of this moment. Three of us sharing a couch at Philz working on our matching Macbooks. Cute Over Load.

Having a nerd moment

Charlie was all excited to build some servers(?) for the big event in January. Here he is all hard at work.


I have to say technology has come a long way. MUCH prettier colors now for the boards and connectors and cables etc. We discovered this awesome holographic label on the cpu fan. Really made me happy—so many layers of color and content. Depending on the view angle, it appeared rainbow, dark, patterned, or some combination.

A classic bullpen moment

Video-chatting with Ant one morning. He snagged this screencap and somehow it perfectly captures how we are: Charlie, deadpan and full of attitude; me, goofy and giggling; and Ant, laughing his belly laugh and completely in the moment. Does my heart good.

Farewell Dream Team

On October 20th, the acquisition of our company was finalized, and the marketing dream team was dissolved for good. We had a proper gong show at the Grill to mark the occasion. Lots of hugs and kisses were exchanged... Well, I'll be honest, most of them were from me. Here are my favorites.



SILWU

The Bullpen Glossary

This was a living document posted on the outside of the bullpen, required reading before entry. Now recorded here for posterity.

One that somehow didn't make it on the board: Antitude.

Soccer jersey!

Never mind the jersey. Good Lord. Look at the size of that CRANIUM.

One day at Saiko

...our waitress gave Charlie a hefty shot of sake—it was easily a triple. It would have been rude to refuse, right? Needless to say, Charlie was awfully quiet (and quietly affectionate) in his cube the whole afternoon. Good times...

Johan's shoes

This doesn't need a whole lot of explanation. These are Johan's shoes. They are on a standard gym bag.

Kitty Cat Cuties

D'Anne baked the most adorable and delicious kitty cat cookies. I think these may well be my very favorite cookies in the world. Breaking down the components: a light and crisp texture, toasted richness of pecans, little pops of sweetness from the m&ms, and of course the trifecta of salty+savory+sweet... Sheer joy.

Plum Purdy

By happystance, there's a purple theme running through these catch-up bits from the past few weeks...

First up, D'Anne's Thai curry with eggplant. The sun hit these veggies in the most delicious way. And I have to say again how much I love the iPhone camera. These weren't color adjusted in any way, just cropped.



Next, purple memo in the bullpen. Ant's seemingly solid-colored shirt is actually thin magenta and blue stripes.



And today, the most amazing potpourri blown up against the sidewalk, courtesy of Mother Nature. It's mostly fallen crape myrtle blooms, with peppertree leaves.

Melty Ant. Warning, somewhat gruesome.

Some silly putty showed up in the bullpen so of course we had to make an Ant. Syd made a great one with actual antennae, and I promptly stabbed it in the heart with some T-pins. Syd camouflaged the stabbing by adding 4 more, to make them legs. Over the course of the afternoon, Blue Ant slowly degenerated into this sad little puddle.


The extra delicious bit is a conversation from a couple weeks ago:
Ant: It's hot in here.
Me: Yeah, do you usually feel hot in the afternoon? Around 4 pm?
Ant: I guess...
Me: Cause that's when we do our daily ritual of burning you in effigy.

Heartsss!

Pretty in Plaid

Today we all ooh'd and ah'd over Ana's delicious plaid top. It stopped me in my tracks when I came around the corner--in the best possible way, not a la Charlie. The colors are super retro, but served up in a flirty contemporary way with awesome placket ruffles. YUM.

Woefully behind on bloggery

Couple Fridays ago: Charlie and D'Anne goodness. I love how, even on his knees, she makes him look freakishly 'UGE. Note photo-bombing is alive and well in the bullpen. "RRrahrr!"


Last Monday: D'Anne's new 'do and delicious candy-colored pumps. What's not to love?

Tonal memo

This morning the ladies of the bullpen received the tonal memo.
We're all tone-on-tone but in different directions - Syd in pink+deep magenta, D'Anne in teals, and me in olives.





However Charlie is doing his own thing, as usual, Hurt Maria Friday. I have to admit this is a pretty genius shirt: "The Apathy Coalition. Join Us. Or Not. Whatever."



Here's a recap of Charlie's HMF shirts. I wonder if he's working his way through the rainbow, he does have ROY so far. G BIV should be doozies.

Caution: Nerd At Work

Furious blipty-bluing:


...aaand wrinkle rage:

Mmmm

Feast your eyes on this two-tone ankle-strap patent peep-toey deliciousness. Jenn is totally rocking these with a chocolate shirtdress today.

Whap!

I was out sick Friday, and Charlie decided to hit me with this while I was down.


He likes to torture me by describing the really truly horrendous things he could wear to hurt me. Peach-colored yoga pants top the list. Let's be clear, though. This image isn't even CLOSE to the horror that I envision with my mind's eye.

That Cooper Black is pretty hurtful though. On my list of ow! fonts, it's right up there with Hobo and Comic, so "Well done, Charlie" for that.