my moral standing is lying down

Today is my last day at this data entry job. Very happy about that. Yesterday I was insanely busy all day, so the day went by pretty darn quickly. But today I seem to be somewhat less busy and I've hit a lull here just before I take lunch at 1pm. There are a couple of things that I just don't want to deal with, and since I'm leaving, I'm just going to leave them for whoever's taking over my tasks. Somewhat mean of me, I know, but whatever.

One of the examiners here got another tattoo last night -- from somewhere down on Stanton. It looks very nice and I'm quite jealous. I want to hurry up and have some extra money so that I can get more tattoos! Gotta pay off bills first, though.

Earlier, I neglected to talk about Carol O'Connell's latest installment in her Detective Kathy Mallory mystery series, Find Me. This was one of the best books in the series, I really enjoyed seeing a part of Mallory that we rarely get to see (but which was better done than some of the other times we got to see it). I really love it when Mallory is badass, and O'Connell did not disappoint.

In a few of the other novels, the mystery itself wasn't as intriguing as the characters, but in this one I was very interested in the whole setting (old Route 66 - NOT a spoiler) and story that surrounded this long-term serial killer. I really need to find my copy of the first book in the series to lend to Sean and/or AJ.

I was also reading a history of Japan, which was very interesting. However, I reached the halfway point of the book, which is just at about WWI, and my interest has waned. I'll have to renew the book so that I can finish it up soon.

Instead, Sean lent me Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay, which is what the HBO series is based on. I'm not technically done yet, but I have just the epilogue left to read, so I'll be done by the end of lunch. It's been quite entertaining. I really like the contrast between Dexter's lack of typical emotions like concern, love, etc., yet his quirky and witty view of his own situation in life. I can't quite decide if I can sit back and accept it that way, or if I'd rather explain it as the author being unable to keep his own voice out of the narration. Whichever, it's still quite entertaining. I do have to admit that his sister was just as annoying as I remember her being from those first two episodes I watched. Actually, it was also quite funny that for everything that goes along with being Dexter, he was surrounded and quite harrassed by the women in his life. ^^;

It's now pretty much time for lunch. =D