At lunch today a coworker kept calling me Jason.  There’s a Jason who maybe sorta kinda looks like me but in a different age group.

I just got home from a day full of meetings at a customer site. Now I truly know that full-time consulting is far from my ideal job. I hate the long-ass drive there, dressing up in restrictive “business casual” attire, sitting in meetings, eating a greasy lunch that was ordered without my knowledge, then sitting in more meetings immediately after lunch. I missed my cube and being able to work at my own pace. All I could look forward to was going to the gym tonight. It will feel so good after sitting in a chair all frickin day.

The holiday season is officially over – and MONDAY is upon us. The first Monday of 2004. During my vacation, my mind was so far away from the work-world that I was in another galaxy. Yeah, that far. I had a lot of mixed feelings over the break, but one thing remains clear: I must find new, more interesting work soon. I don’t have any more excuses; since recruiters and HR people will be back from vacation as well, there’s a good chance of getting interviews. But enough about work. I feel that I write about it far too often. Time for some updates:

1) New LCD monitor! I got a Samsung 170MP. Yes, it’s over 2 years old and no, it doesn’t have DVI inputs. But it rocks as a monitor/TV and I can finally play all my console games hassle-free in my room instead of taking over the living room.

2) Over the break I saw Finding Nemo (again), 28 Days Later, and Lost in Translation. What a mix of movies, huh? 28 Days Later was so bad, I actually laughed everytime I saw a zombie. The back of the cover claims it’s as scary as the Exorcist. What!? Lost in Translation was supposed to be funny as hell, but it wasn’t. It just made me want to go to Tokyo to meet other jet-lagged Americans in a 24-hour bar.

3) I’ve been playing way too much Final Fantasy X-2.

4) I went to the gym today and I felt great the whole way through. Kickin off the year with a good start!

5) I watched the Packers beat the Seahawks in overtime today – nailbiting suspense.