SqeeeeeEEEE!!!!!

[derien]

Guess who came through the checkpoint at Portland Jetport today?? Go on, you'll never guess!! ALAN ALDA!! I didn't recognize him because he's so OLD, which surprised and saddened me - I still want him to look the same as he did on M*A*S*H*. (Everyone else recognized him instantly, I felt like an idiot, but maybe that's because I never watch TV so I haven't seen how old he's gotten.) But he's still got the same voice, which nearly made me faint.:) I wanted to tell him that people write the most interesting fics about Hawkeye and Trapper John, but I didn't, I was completely unable to say anything at all.

And other unrelated stuff about the rest of my day...



Someone at work the other day accidently said "There's no 'T' in 'team,' and nobody will let him forget it.:)

Today was mood swings from hell for me. I got quite depressed when it hit me jimdes really IS going - tomorrow will be his last day - and I SO suck at keeping in touch with people. Basically they cease to exist for me when I don't see them in the normal course of my day.

Then I was absolutely pissed - I'd been moved to the other tiem and I tried to get him moved too, so we could work together. And CG was trying to do that for me, because he treats me well when he's my lead. But a certain female got all pissy about it and wouldn't let him swap someone for JimDes because she didn't want to work with him. And of course we couldn't swap her for JimDes because she refuses to work with the person who was leading the other team - whine whine fucking whine.

There's so many people who can't stand to work with other people - it's not just her, there's other personality conflicts. I get so damn tired of hearing about it. I just don't fucking care, I want to get in and do my job and go home, I don't give a shit if nobody else on my tiem works or if I can't stand them, personally. I mean, it's nicer to like the people you work with, sure, but it's a job, just do your damn work and quit whining, all you accomplish by whining is to aggrivate everyone around you. If there's something legitimate to be pissed about, do something about it, don't whine all goddamn day. Grrrrr!!

Anyway, but by the end of the day, long before seeing Alan Alda, my mood had swung back and I was having a great time, because the whiner went away and I was back working on the same tiem with JimDes.

Comments

[beowabbit]

Basically they cease to exist for me when I don't see them in the normal course of my day.

I guess I'm in trouble, then. :-)

I’ve gotten a lot worse about staying in touch with non-local people myself over the past few years. LiveJournal helps a bit, though.

[derien.livejournal.com]

Actually, LJ does help a lot, for me, because I go look at it on a regular basis, so it's sort of like seeing them in the normal course of my day. And if someone hasn't posted for a while sometimes I think to drop them a line and say "hey, what's up, you alive?"

[mizzmarvel.livejournal.com]

I saw Danny Bonaducci today at work...not quite as exciting as Alan Alda, I know.

[derien.livejournal.com]

heh, yeah, I never was a huge Danny Bonaducci fan.:) But where do you work that you saw him? (er, you don't have to tell me exactly if you don't want that information around.)

[mizzmarvel.livejournal.com]

Ehh, it's fine. I'm a Ride Operator at Knotts Berry Farm, a Southern California amusement park. Some of the local celebrities (and I use the term loosely) hang out there rather than Disneyland due to lesser crowds.

[luvsrimmer.livejournal.com]

Grr, last famous person I saw was... hmm not sure which RD cast member I saw last in April was. Robert maybe, I think. But cool about Alan Alda. Yeah, he's definitely looking older than his Hawkeye days.

[derien.livejournal.com]

Of course my Uncle did me one better. I spoke with him on the phone a couple of hours ago and he said _he_ met Alan Alda and Carol Burnett at a restaurant when they were doing a movie in New Hampshire about 10 years ago.

[carmarthen.livejournal.com]

Eee, Alan Alda!