Another week, another company picnic.

THIS time, though, I'm wearing practical shoes, and I am fully prepared to participate in volleyball and minigolf.

Although I did forget my swimsuit...

I spent much of yesterday morning playing with the game. A funny bug got sent to the team - turns out an unfinished candle object treats all pets as end tables. I delighted in setting up my household pets in-game with butt candles and letting them confuse the heck out of the lighting render engine.

It's the little things. ;)

We (read: I) managed to successfully purchase liquor from Safeway yesterday, too. We checked out separately - I with a basket full of booze, Hunter with the groceries - at separate registers.

Not suspicious at all.

Of course, we're being forced to be suspicious despite the fact that we're legal, but that's beside the point.

California's weird. Did I mention that it was (gasp) cloudy for the FIRST time all summer on Wednesday? It felt...totally strange. Didn't even rain or anything. (And let's not talk about our gubernatorial troubles.)

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We watched Magnolia last night as a mini-"celebration" (using the term very loosely) to the fact that our friend, fellow intern and fellow grad school alum Ray got a full-time offer from SimCompany. (The starting salary is [strongbad]pretty nice[/strongbad]...)

What the hell is UP with that movie? (Spoiler alert!)

I mean, here you are, watching the movie, willing to try and take it seriously 'cuz maybe it has something interesting to say that doesn't involve Tom Cruise's dick... and then frogs?!?

I think that's probably one of the more disgusting sequences in modern cinema.

But I did like the date scene between Claudia the drug addict and Phil the dottering cop. That exchange was strangely sweet and made me think a little. (It also made me glad I'm not a crack addict.)

Our friend Ira is driving up from LA this weekend - it's like an intern exchange program or something. :) On the agenda is the California Extreme gaming expo in San Jose, where I will commence playing pinball ALL DAY. w00t.

As with most weekends, I will most likely be away from a computer. (Now that I'm staying longer, maybe I can afford that new pooter I've been drooling over. I can dream...)