arm yourself because no one else here will save you

I have succumbed to addiction to another James Bond theme song. Walter doubtlessly remembers (unless he successfully blocked it; the brain is remarkably resilient) a certain drive to Davis in which we listened to 'Die Another Day' all the way there. I'm happy to report that I've moved on - Vidya and I watched my Netflix (great investment - I've been so busy that the same three movies have been sitting by my tv for two months) copy of 'Casino Royale'. I think Daniel Craig is brutally hot...but what's even hotter is the theme song. It's called 'You Know My Name', the lyrics are appropriately ridiculous, and the singer screams unnecessarily. In other words, it's perfect for me! I've already listened to it 16 times since I downloaded it tonight. Yay.

Today has been both fun and bothersome; I had presentation skills training this morning, which isn't giving me the practice that I need. The problem is that they ask us to tell stories to practice our presentation skills, but I love telling stories, and so they are so natural for me that it didn't really feel forced at all. Particularly the killing-turkeys-on-the-swingset story - I had them in stitches, and they asked me to finish the story even though I was done with the eye-contact exercise that went along with it. But, I like the group - which is good, since I have another four hours of it tomorrow.

I had meetings the rest of the day, then met up with Shedletsky and Joanna for dinner at the Creamery. I realized I haven't seen anyone in that group since Easter, which was a lifetime ago, and in the meantime, everyone has moved or is moving away :( But, dinner was nice - it was good to get caught up with them, even if we all seem depressed about the fact that we're growing up. It's rather upsetting that I've been out of college for four years now - bleh.

After dinner, I came home and started working. I was pleasantly surprised when Vidya called and asked to stay over. She and I both worked on our matching laptops while watching 'Casino Royale' (which you already knew, since I already blogged about the song). She went to bed about an hour ago, but I had some stuff that I absolutely had to finish, so I stayed up until now. However, I should really go to sleep - at this point, I'm going to get less than six hours :( Goodnight!