So, *some* of you seem to think I should update more often - well, I've got this to say to you: As soon as something interesting happens, I'll update.

Fortunately for all of you, something interesting did happen! This morning, Lewis Black came to work to talk about his new book, Nothing's Sacred. I got there a few minutes early, but the room was already packed. Dave and I squeezed into a corner and waited for the man himself. He came in, did a little bit on how bizarre Seattle is, and then gave us an extended warning never to attempt to write a book. A little bit of Q&A followed, centering on why he doesn't have his own show (answer: Fox found someone who could play him better than he himself could, and then cancelled the series), why he hasn't written any screenplays (answer: he did, around 1985, but Columbia Pictures offered Bill Murray for the lead, and he turned it down - if it had big stars in it, it was no longer *his* movie), and a few others. After this, there was time for anyone who'd brought a copy of the book to have it signed, and they raffled off several copies.

Fortunately for me, I won one of those copies! Not only that, but I won about the fourth one raffled, so I was in the front of the line and didn't have to wait for an hour. Lewis and I had a long and interesting exchange (Him: Hi - what's your name. Me: [Points to badge) Alex. Him: OK.....here you go - enjoy. Me: Thanks - love your work.) So, now I've gone to a fishbowl, met Lewis Black, and won something in a raffle - I can check all those things off the big "to-do" list now.

Aside from that, really not too much happening. Work last week was fine, I learned a little more about what I actually need to be doing, and completed a project just in time to find out that the thing I was fixing actually wasn't used at all anymore, and got assigned a new chunk of the project which I currently have no idea how to do. So, same old, same old, pretty much. This weekend, I went out with Mikey and some of the guys from Microsoft on Friday - dinner at Contour, hanging around at Mikey's house for a while, then off to the bars - nothing too fascinating. Saturday Mikey called me and wanted me to come to Fremont with him to meet his friend Paul from Microsoft and a couple of his friends at some bars - so, since Fremont is pretty far away (at least, it is by bus, and I can't pay for a taxi...), I hopped in my car and went to get Mikey. When we left his house, we called Paul to see where exactly they were, and it turned out they were moving to Belltown - a quick bus ride away. But I already had my car, so we went. We waited around for a while for them to show up, and finally caught up with them at Amber, an extremely trendy club on 1st Ave - it was extremely crowded, the drinks were expensive and small (but Paul bought me a couple, so thanks Paul!), and I didn't really have a lot to say to anyone - so, meh. At about 1, Mikey and I left and went to back to a place near his apartment because he wanted to dance - I figured, what the hell, and went for a while. Again, nothing special. Then home.

Sunday I played Need for Speed - Porsche Unleashed all day. I really don't know why.

So that's it.