Movin’ out

It was almost bittersweet today, leaving the office, leaving this office for the last time, knowing that I won’t be coming back to the building where I’ve worked for six and a half years. I won’t miss the building, exactly, except maybe in that weird way you miss any place that you used to be and no longer are, the way nostalgia creeps in even when you’re not feeling particularly nostalgic. The company and my job aren’t changing, even if our office layout is, come Monday, so it’s more strange than anything else. It’s just odd: I won’t miss the place, but I’ll miss the place.

Though I am almost disappointed they didn’t send us off with another random fire alarm. That would have been fitting.

As it was, the day was spent answering a couple of e-mail and then heading home at noon. We’ll see the new place for the first time on Monday.

Random 10 4-1-11

Last week. This week:

  1. “Bye Bye Love” by the Everly Brothers, guessed by Thud
    And here’s the reason that I’m so free
  2. “Yellow Haired Girl” by A B & the Sea
    We don’t really like the way you’re turning out
  3. “Disappointment” by the Cranberries
    But it all boils down to what you did there
  4. “Band on the Run” by Paul McCartney & Wings, guessed by Clayton
    All I need is a pint a day
  5. “36-24-36” by Violent Femmes, guessed by Kim
    I got a red hot plan if you understand
  6. “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey, guessed by Clayton
    The higher you fly the deeper you go
  7. “My Pink Half of the Drainpipe” by the Bonzo Dog Do0-Dah Band
    Have you seen me bullfight poster on the wall?
  8. “Train in the Distance” by Paul Simon, guessed by Clayton
    Let us say it’s for the child
  9. “Love Is Trippy” by Amy Kuney
    But my name in them fit the rhythm better
  10. “The Gardens of Sampson & Beasley” by Pink Martini
    Your face had a certain sadness

Unless it’s all some weird April Fool’s Day prank and none of these lyrics are real. Maybe I’m just messing with you. Either way, good luck!