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McDude's Kind of CoolLets go Fly a kite |
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2003-09-13 - 9:03 p.m. I walked to Boston Market for dinner today. I overheard a couple talking as they were leaving a party at a nearby house. The woman said, “How am I supposed to tell them I’m pregnant? Do I just say hi how are you? I’m pregnant?” If I were a girl and just found out I was pregnant I wouldn’t tell any of my husbands family. After telling distant members of his family that I was pregnant they’d be like “Wow you fuck little Joey 3 months ago I guess you are not a frigid bitch after all.” We had a kite-flying contest at work on Wed. We usually have a team building events like this at my company once every quarter. They are typically a royal pain in the ass. This one was especially painful for me because I was elected to lead a kite flying team. I called together a meeting with the 7 members assigned to my team, of which I only knew 2. Only two people arrived at the first meeting. One I knew and the other I had not met but had seen around. The idea of the event was to build a kite from scratch so we talked about different themes and designs. I decided to send the ideas to the rest of the team and get a consensus opinion on what could be done. Immediately after I sent out our various ideas a member of the team volunteered use of some of his kites he had stored in his garage for his kids. This seemed like a good plan I asked him what kind of kites they were and he mentioned a couple of cartoon kites and a Bald Eagle kite. We elected to use the Bald eagle kite and then dress up in patriotic dress. I called a meeting on Tuesday to organize our patriotic accessorizing and make sure we had everything that was necessary. We didn’t have any ideas on the patriotic. I volunteered to buy some string and look for stars and stripes party hats or something. Another member of the team offered to do the same. After work I went to Toys R Us a hobby store and target before finally finding string worthy of kite flying at Walmart. I was so frustrated I grabbed a roll of string that was 1000 yards. Thinking it would be about 330 feet. After the purchase I realized it was 3000 feet and was a little embarrassed. We were only supposed to have 500 feet of sting because of an FAA regulation. It would have to do. I was really apprehensive about the entire event. I was afraid we would be the only team without a homemade kite. I was for sure we would be the only team with 3000 feet of string. So the day of the event began and of course all 7 members of my team arrived at my desk wondering what they could do. I made 2 that didn’t participate in any of the meetings fly the kite. So we walked out together. The head of the division approached me and said, “ You must be optimistic with all that string, there isn’t even a breeze today.” But we didn’t have any problem getting the kite in the air. Of the 5 teams 3 had home made kites and there were 2 with manufactured kites. The other manufactured kite was large and expensive. The guy who owned it was a serious kite hobbyist. Unfortunately for him his kite was to heavy to fly on such a windless day. So our kite won the highest kite competition. Two of the three homemade kites didn’t fly at all. One of the kites was made from McDonalds Cups and straws. The other one was a paper sack with balloons tied to it. The one homemade kite that flew was just a piece of fabric with a picture of a co-worker in Iraq on it. It didn’t fly very high though. I guess it was worth leading a team in the kite flying competition. Our team won gift certificates to Borders books. The team members that didn’t participate gave me theirs so I received a total of 15 bucks in certificates. Also leading my team to victory will hopefully show upper management that I am a straight shooter with upper management potential written all over me. Like this entry? Vote for me here!
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