Bikes and Batshit

This is what I did this weekend -



Also: people have gone batshit crazy. By people I mean anyone involved with the John McCain Train Wreck. Holy balls, what a fantastic mess! I have so many things to say about the events of the past couple days, I could write for 10 hours and still not have it covered. My suggestion? Find some video or audio of Letterman responding to being bitchslapped by McCain, find some transcripts from the Palin/Couric interview, and then read absolutely everything on Hanlon's Razor today.


Wow.

Two Completely Unrelated Items

1. I do not like it when someone says they will take care of/handle/work on something, and then not follow through on it. Because of a recent situation exactly like this, I am now scrambling to get all kinds of official city government paperwork in order to receive permits, licenses, and use of electric/water/etc for a very large fundraising event I help organize. This is all very simple form-filling type stuff, that I could 100% have worked on and gotten finished a month ago. The person who said they would 'take care of it' has not only not done this work, but has also not told the committee he hasn't done it. Fantastic. Selfish prick.

And now that I have that off my chest, here is the next thing on my list - I did a little touch-up work to it, haha!

2.

I am hoping those two little black cycle-jobbers turn out to be a couple of Soundwave's not-so-much-cassettes-anymore buddies. That would be pretty sweet. Also, the chances of the silver car being Wheeljack or Tracks are very slim. It's probably Hot Rod or something lame like that. Ah well.

Monday's List

1. The Walk went well - 18,000 people, and approximately $1.4 million as end-of-day totals. The final dollar amount should be done in a few weeks. I am exhausted, sore, and glad to be done with the event until next year.
2. My car was dead this morning. Thanks to the kindness of Leo I was able to attempt a jump, and when that failed, a tow of questionable legality to the Sears Repair center. Now I have a spiffy new battery and a newly-tested alternator and starter.
3. Due to having a really late start at work, I did not take a lunch break. I just discovered that the vending machine is only taking change today and I can't find anybody with quarters to trade for my dollar. Alas, Snickers, we shall not meet this day.
4. I have a copy of my book list back!!! Granted, it's from a year and a half ago, but it is still 4 1/2 pages of glorious book list. I can add the most recent additions for the most part, since I don't add to it all that often, and since I tend to buy the newest additions first, so I have a good chunk of them. But still! My book list!

**UPDATE**
I might get the book list in it's entirety back - a friend is in charge of a slew of IT newbies at her company, and they are willing to take a crack at it to see what can be saved, if anything at all. Hooray!

Walk Weekend

The big Walk Now for Autism is on Sunday. I am technically on the committee for this, but I haven't done a darn thing for it this year. I will go to the committee dinner tonight (even though I would much rather stay at home for some Miller Time and Halo), show up tomorrow to help with setup, and then bust my ass on Sunday.

Last year we had roughly 11,000 folks show up to walk, and ended up grossing $1.6ish million; the Friday before the Walk last year the official dollar count was hovering around $950,000. As of this very minute, the Walk page official dollar count is at $1,050,219. That's quite a jump compared to last year.

Here's hoping it doesn't rain Sunday morning!

Jetsetter

Oof. I am back from my Miami trip, exhausted and crispy. No amount of sunblock could have saved me from the heat of Saturday's motorcycle ride. But it was worth it. The party/charity concert on Sunday was very very nice - what more would you expect of something put together by Donald Trump? I didn't officially meet him, but he did say hello to me, and I took a picture of he, Diane and Melania. (Then my camera battery died. Suck!) I walked into the VIP reception directly behind Tom Brokaw, but I didn't want to be 'that girl' who interrupted his conversation just for a picture. Jen and Diane did get up on stage and dance with Lionel Ritchie though, so all in all it can be considered a success!

My plan is to figure out how to get the pictures off of my camera and onto the computer tonight, so in the next few days I'll get some shots up here. For now I need to get back to getting my bearings at work....it's amazing how behind you feel after a couple days off.

PS. This is 100% not an April Fool's joke. I'm a very minor charity celebrity!