Heist

Over a month? I must've forgotten to set my alarm.

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My office used to be the control room of a recording studio, so I have this big window looking out into the next room. My brother's been working with the business this summer and he just now came into said room to pick up his check.

I heard the door open but no one came in. Then I saw West's head peaking around the corner. He tip-toed through the door and looked around to see if anyone was watching him, which, as he knew, I was. Then he stalked across the room toward his check, which was clipped onto the wall with his timesheet. He grabbed a sheet of paper lying on the ping pong table and carefully clipped it to the wall as a counter-weight, so he could nab his paycheck without setting off the weight sensors. After carefully sliding the check off the clip and pausing to see if he'd set off any alarms, he sighed in relief and slowly backed away. Halfway back to the door, he turned and went into a flat-out run for a clean getaway.

I laughed so hard.

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Last night we had sort of a girl's night over at Jaimie's house with meatless spaghetti and copious amounts of wine (or Jack & Coke, or both, depending on who you ask and whether or not they remember...anything). I stayed up until 2 a.m. on a Thursday night, because I'm still young and free and unconstrained by societal conventions like consciousness in the workplace. And because I can totally handle a four-hour sleep night without feeling old or crotchety or ill the next day. And also, I'm not a liar at all.

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I was at kottke earlier today and read this article he linked to about...well, it's sort of about the online community and also, other things. I'd try to give you the run-down but I'd just ruin it for you. In any case, I found it intensely interesting. The downsides are that it's kinda long and kinda heavy. But in my opinion, it's well worth the read.