WTF is This?

What is this person doing in this picture? Seriously. I have to look at this photograph every time I go to Oracle's Metalink to get help on Oracle's Products or Services. They make you log in every time you restart your browser. So I see this little goon over and over and over again in a day. I am so sick of seeing this goon. Oracle, please change this photo.

You will have to scream the following in your head to approximate this person's excitement at helping you.

"OH MY GOD I AM SO HAPPY TO HELP YOU TODAY! I AM TOTALLY SO, SO EXCITED. OH MY GOD PLEASE LET ME PUT YOU ON HOLD WHILE I TAKE THIS OTHER CALL! I AM SO EXCITED TO BE SERVING YOU! OH MY GOD DID YOU BUY THE PRADA?! THEY ARE EFFING FAB-OO LOVE! KISSES, I MUST GET THIS CALL. LOVE YOU! NO! LOVE YOU! HA HA HA. OK. BYE. OH MY GOD I AM SO EXCITED TO BE HELPING YOU! HOW MAY I DIRECT YOUR CALL HERE AT WONDERFUL ORACLE?"

I would like to speak with the Oracle executive who chose and placed that photo in their Metalink headliner photo. Nuggin Futz.

OK, back to personal stuff. R, AB and I had a delicious dinner last night at a local Italian place. It was absolutely wonderful. I've been eating crap for several weeks and been slacking on the running so I will allow you to imagine the soft, marshmallow layer that has magically appeared around my waist. Oh, you're welcome darling.

I re-started Robert's podcasts. Today was day one. I could wax poetic for quite a long time about the difference in my body the second time around, but that's intensely personal and no way would you find it interesting. I did run all the intervals without any issues whatsoever, but it wasn't a cakewalk; good heart rate numbers. Starting and stopping is almost harder than just keeping up a slow jog, in my experience. We'll see how it goes. Turns out I look really funny when I run, slightly less so when I jog. My shadow showed me this this morning, thanks shadow, I could have gone a long time without finding that out. I'm thinking about interspersing this with longer running periods... ah crap. Even I'm bored now. Sorry.

So go figure out how you're going to last the season without eating any damn Girl Scout Cookies!