Employment Benefits

There are definitely reasons to like my place of employment (the large beige building in the left corner).

1. Sweet View for Red Sox and Patriots Parades.

Whenever a Boston team wins a national/world championship, they put the athletes on boat-car hybrids called Duck Boats and drive them around town so we can all share in the excitement of the win and prevent the need for riots. ;)

The best part is that these parades go right in front of my building, and I can get some great pictures without braving the crowds.

View from the roof.

View from atop my co-workers desk.

I took 132 pictures in all so I'd prefer to not post them all here, but you can check out the album on snapfish:

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2. The View From My Desk.

Not only do I have a window, I have a window with a sweet view. Sunsets like this make working late a little more tolerable.

3. Movies

A film titled Bachelor No. 2 filmed a scene in the 6th floor of my building a couple months ago. Dane Cook and Alec Baldwin were there. I had hoped that my being the assistant to the person who gave them the okay to film would provide with more than a 5-second glimpse of Alec, but alas it was not to be.

Since I couldn't get a picture with the stars, I got a picture of the chairs that are occasionally occupied by the people who tell the stars what to do. (please note that Mike Elliot is the cutie producer)


And some entertaining signage:


4. Miscellaneous Benefits

There are loads of other cools things from my job like free lunches, free Diet Coke, free advice, but I'm afraid those aren't nearly as photogenic. ;)

Sleepy, sleepy

I made a glorious discovery today. Are you ready for my most wonderful epiphany? Are you sure?

Here it is:

Sleep is good.

After weeks of staying up until 1 AM I finally succumbed to exhaustion last night and crawled into bed at 10 PM.

Those who have lived with me can attest that my awaking from a deep slumber can be best compared to separating a grizzly bear from it's dinner. Needless to say I'm not what you call a morning person. So when I stumbled out of bed at 7 AM (+ 30 minutes), I was amazed to discover I had a ready supply of energy.

I did my hair, ate breakfast, and even (drum roll please) made my lunch. On top of that I had the capacity to think in complete sentences AND problem solve. In fact, I think McGuyver would have been proud with my figuring out a cool way to keep the pesky dish scrubber from sitting at the bottom of the sink or making a soggy mess of the counter, by using a hook, some packing tape, and the dish rack.

Ironically my "sleep is good" discovery happened to occur the same morning that 98.47% of Boston awoke blurry eyed and exhausted. With the Red Sox playing the 4th and final game of the World Series until late last night, there were more than a few New Englanders suffering from what the newpaper referred to as "Red Sox: induce insomnia."

Now that the Red Sox have won the World Series, I predict that my fellow Bostonians will become reacquainted with their pillows this evening and will awake tomorrow with a new realization of how good sleep really is.