Scribbles

And it’s been this way the whole day!  Actually, it’s not desolate at all in the front, practically a full house.  But back in my neck of the woods, nadie, nada, zilch.  Even the offices are empty.  This being the short week leading to Thanksgiving, most people have taken the time off.  Looks like I’ll have to migrate my lonely self to the front pretty soon, this is rather depressing.

So now that the project is over, I’m doing some final wrap-up work, aka documentation.  I still don’t know what that means yet, other than organizing a bunch of files, uploading them to the network back in the Motherland, and categorizing them.  Super exciting stuff.  My good project leader happily quipped, “they told me one of the perks of getting promoted to PL… is that consultants do the documentation.”  Sounds like plenty of motivation for me.

I’ve been keeping semi-busy in my relaxed way these few days.  Did a ton of winter wardrobe shopping over the weekend, replenished some of my music supply, reading some magazines and good books.  On the fiction side, I’m reading  The Business of Memory, after having an engaging conversation with someone about memory competitions.  There are a few exercises and tips on how to remember a long string of numbers.  Yeah, super geeky stuff, but hey, you never know when you need to recall the last 100 winning lottery numbers right?  Actually, one of the more interesting things to come out of the book so far, is a practice on concentration.  The book suggested a 2-minute laser-beam focus on a mandala, something my cave-dwelling self has never been exposed to.  I found some of the pictures a little too violent and disturbing, and I certainly didn’t want to use those as the centerpiece of my focus every morning.  If you know something about mandalas that suggest strength in a peaceful manner, send em my way.

On the music side, downloaded a few new mixes from a couple of my favorite vocal trance djs.  Also tried a music sampler from Zunior, checking out the indie scene in Canada.  No, I’m not losing my mind.  I’m actually not that bored, but being off the project, all this time miraculously appeared and I’m happily filling it.  Besides, I only have one more day to enjoy the quiet calm of our cozy NYC loft before craziness resumes.