OMG, Duran Duran Will Never Be The Same.

.....Um, khalja, I hesitate to pass this on to my list, but it is so morbid that it is fascinating, in sort of the same way you can't help to stare at a car crash when you pass it on the freeway.

.....There is a Live Journal community whose focus is to write fan created fiction about the band members of Duran Duran. It's all completely fiction, but after reading just a little bit of it I found myself seeing Duran Duran in a somewhat different light. I felt like a voyeur, and not in a fun way (eeewwww).

.....But just for you, khalja, I give you...duran_stories.

.....Aaron / Arontius.

Norfolk In July?

.....Well, when I arrived at my desk this morning I had a present waiting for me. It was my itinerary and official agenda for a meeting I'm going to attend next week in Norfolk, Virginia. I leave on a flight at 11:20 PM Sunday evening so that I can be in Norfolk in time to meet the Captain of the Boat before the end of the work day Monday. It's gonna be a long day on Monday. Better pack the valium for the east going flight. :-)

.....It was a scramble to get everything prepared. I had to put together a Powerpoint presentation in less than a day's time, along with everything else happening at the moment. There were those who grumbled, almost under their breath, at the unfairness of having to do my work and theirs. I suppose that I should have said something when I heard them, but pretending not to hear them lets them vent. I'm O.K. with that.

.....I'm actually just a little bit excited. I haven't done a whole lot of real traveling lately, and I like traveling. The thrill of exploration is rather fun. I haven't been to Norfolk in almost twenty years now, so it will be almost like a brand new place to me. :-) Only Tuesday and Wednesday on site though. The return trip is Thursday, not a whole lot of time to explote. But maybe Zsuzsy could come down for lunch or dinner. That would be fun. :-)

.....I'm rather glad to get out of the office for a few days as well. It's been rather intense. We're in the middle of a big Project that is eating all of our brains right now. So much so that we've had little time to do any other planning, especially for the work in Virginia. The same work for which the Manager and I are flying back to Norfolk to report on how ready (or not) we are to come out in late August and implement. I anticipate a little chewing of my posterior, which is probably one of the reasons Mid Level Boss forced me to go. But I've learned over the past couple of years the fine art of how to look stupid with grace. A valuable skill! :-)

.....Speaking of Mid Level Boss! He's headed out to a Waterfront Project starting on July 6th! And he'll be out there for several months! July will be my golden opportunity to find an escape route! Believe me, the plotting has begun!

.....Hey, I might get to go to Hawaii later this summer! My name was thrown into the hat for Project Management College in Pearl Harbor. The college itself is pretty intense, with homework each night and some meeting time on Saturday. But I should be able to squeeze a day or so to lounge on the beach. And if TBT could go with? Now that would be way cool!

.....I'll miss An Tir / West War, but most of my work will be done before the event even starts, and His Excellency Cedric was already making moves last week to take over the little bit I was to do there (lay-out of biffies / dumpster / etc on site). So I don't think that I'll be missed. But I'll miss the people who'll be there. I hope that it goes really well (which I think it will).

.....So, instead of packing madly for An Tir / West this weekend, I'll be spending Saturday in the garage and cleaning up the yard. And Sunday packing and taking a long nap before taking off to the airport. Hmmm, if we could get the Goodwill stuff dropped off from the Van, I could start packing it for July Coronation. We actually have all the camping gear organized, so it might go fairly easily. Looking forward to it actually.

.....Aaron / Arontius.