My singing voice...

...is *horrendous* right now.

It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't know what it *can* sound like, but I'm being forced to realize, especially now that I'm recording it, that evidently years of daily practice actually makes a *difference*.

Bummer.

It's time for Christmas Layoffs!

I've always felt that large corporations' tendency to can their employees just in time for Crossmas to be grimly appropriate. I have good reason to believe my company will be laying people off in my department soon. After surviving more than 10 layoffs since working there, I'm no longer willing to head trip about whether it will happen to me or not. In my mind, I can make a good case for why it could be me every single time, and it's never the same story twice. The chips will fall where they fall.

When Office Space, filmed partially in Austin, came out, and I heard about how great it was, I decided that I *wouldn't* see it until I either got laid off or quit.

If it's time to see it, it will be time for a party.