Balancing pros and cons of new job:

Pro: Cool sunsets every day from the comfort of my cubicle.
Con: Sun beating down on me all afternoon thus giving two reasons to enjoy the sunset. It's good that I have blinds.

Pro: Left a job where I had little to do and felt micromanaged by my boss.
Con: Currently have a job with little do and being supervised by no one. (Some would consider that a pro.)

Con: The bathroom and the vending machine were a long walk from my cubicle at my old job.
Pro: The bathroom and vending machine are right across the hall from my cubicle at my new job.

Con: My last job environment was really noisy because of people chatting all the time and annoying cell phone rings everywhere.
Pro: New environment is so quiet that even my typing on the keyboard seems disruptive.

Con: Old job - little cubicle, no window (I also got this after having a big cubicle)
Pro: New job - big cubicle, window (biggest cubicle ever, a new personal record)

Anyways, some other nuances of the new cube is that when I moved here there were 4 chairs in here. People come by and ask why I have so many chairs and tease me about it. I respond in a couple ways.

The obvious answer: Yeah, they were here when I moved in. Facilities is picking them up on Friday.
The witty response: Yeah, I work so fast that people like to come and watch me work.
The Christian response: Do you need one? (Usually that scares them away...odd?)

Anyways, it's funny that I have this really big cube, but I tossed all my junk at the last job. I have all this space, but nothing to fill it with so it looks really bare in here. I get alot of comments about that too, ha ha. Anyways, it's slow this week cuz my boss is out the whole week. So I got assigned a task by another manager. That task is pretty simple and doesn't take alot of time though. It's quite tedious too. I ran into my functional manager (the one who hired me) today in the hallway. He asked if I was busy enough. I said no and that the thing I was working on was more of a side task than a main task. So he said, ok I'll get right on it. I think that's cool. It's a good sign to me when management wants me to be busy. I don't think my prior management cared too much about that. When I told my last functional manager I was bored, he said that most people would be happy with a job where they could just surf the internet all day and still look good. I think I would have rather delivered mail. At least they looked busy. Anyways, our division just won a big contract so I'm not worried about things being slow around here for too long. It will take a little patience though.

Anyways, if you're into Star Wars, Cartoon Network has a really cool series of Star Wars cartoons that take place between Episodes 2 and 3. You can watch all the episodes online. They are only about 3 minutes per episode. Really cool stuff.

Smallville last night was pretty cool. I like it when the episodes are focused on the main plotline. I can't believe that the first 30 minutes had no Lana appearance. Anyways, I'm bummed that there are no new episodes until January. I guess that means my Wednesday nights are free for a bit.