New Building

The official tour of the new building was today- well, the one that I got invited to anyway. We wandered around the facilities and onto the roof. The contrast between the old building and this new one is like a gas-station bathroom to Versailles. That may be a bit dramatic, but in the new building I won’t have to worry about the possessed plumbing (the toilet that won’t stop flushing or the water fountain that sprays the wall and any person who dares depress the button), or that my co-workers are vampires (there are a few people I have never seen in daylight… the windowless, concrete cave has proved an excellent lair for the possibly undead.) Holy run-on sentence, Batman!

The lobby/entrance is design genius: beautiful, practical and impressive with a full view of master control behind bulletproof glass. I do not, however, envy those who work in that fishbowl; I would feel paranoid with my back to a huge hallway where people can see what you are doing at all times. The producers area (where I will likely sit) has huge vistas of the mountains and the temple. I may actually need sunglasses as I got a headache from the light (and maybe the smell of paint/glue/new carpet etc.) And since our cubicles don’t appear to have very high walls, so as not to obscure the view, I may be forced to bring in a jungle so I can get some freaking work done and not get distracted by other people.

For now, I am excited to have a cool building with lots of great technology and toys. Wahoo!