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27 January 2010

Finished work for the day! I work remotely and my work queue gets uploaded every Thursday morning. It's now empty. Thus, I have an amazing 5 hours of my own time starting now! What should I do? I'm paralyzed here. (Cold sunny day in NYC)

post by: gaspode at: 11:47 | 24 comments

Go to a museum. The Frick is great, if you've never been there, and plenty of time to get there, have a great look round and home again in five hours.

posted by essexjan 27 January | 12:08

A museum could be a plan. Lucky I live close to a ton of them. Oh, and the MOMA has a Tim Burton exhibit right now. Hrm. Lunch and then I'll decide.

posted by gaspode 27 January | 12:16

I think you should reenact one of those "big day in the big city" montages that were so ubiquitous in 1960s NYC-based comedies.

Example:
The World of Henry Orient

posted by Atom Eyes 27 January | 12:28

Go have a martini!

posted by special-k 27 January | 13:04

PS: If I lived in NYC I'd totally ditch work to go hang with you

posted by special-k 27 January | 13:05

Rub it in all of our faces? OH WAIT YOU ALREADY DID THAT

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 27 January | 13:10

Next I think you should go out and buy me a present. Something shiny!!!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 27 January | 13:23

Near the UWS? (w60-w80ish) We could have a drink!

posted by The Whelk 27 January | 13:25

Also heading down to midtown west/hell's kitchen in an hour.

posted by The Whelk 27 January | 13:26

Well, I was virtuous and did some housecleaning and ate lunch.

The Whelk? I am in UES but can go anywhere as long as I'm home by 5.

posted by gaspode 27 January | 14:02

Fancy a drink across the park?

posted by The Whelk 27 January | 14:05

Tell me where and when and I'll be there.

posted by gaspode 27 January | 14:06

You can finish all your work at a job? I can't even imagine that, I have about two years of tasks in my queue right now.

posted by octothorpe 27 January | 14:07

yep, I get a certain number of articles to index in a week, and they are all current (i.e. I can't ask for more than I think I can reasonably do in a week) so once my queue is exhausted I have to wait until the person in charge uploads more. And I'm dealing with a government database here, so there is no flexibility in when they will upload them. Thursday AM is my time.

posted by gaspode 27 January | 14:09

Lets say 3:10 ( so we're within spitting distance of cocktail hour) at my favorite pub, Malacky's on 72nd? http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=p9s&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=malachy%27s+new+york&fb=1&gl=us&hq=malachy%27s&hnear=new+york&cid=16989440848201316185

posted by The Whelk 27 January | 14:11

aaaaaaaaaand anyone else in the area drop on by

posted by The Whelk 27 January | 14:11

Eeeexcellent.

posted by gaspode 27 January | 14:13

hey if you guys are thinkin' of meeting up with gaspode, do. Not only does she have an accent but she tells great stories in it.

*fist bump*

posted by The Whelk 27 January | 17:06

Anyone who has a chance to hang out with gaspode and doesn't do it is a fool.

posted by danf 27 January | 17:27

That was fun! It was like a speed date. Except. Not a date. And not that really speedy. Picking up your baby from daycare with beer on your breath? Classy.

posted by gaspode 27 January | 18:19

Not that really speedy? Oy, and I manipulate words for a living.

posted by gaspode 27 January | 18:27

Ha. I am corruption.

posted by The Whelk 27 January | 20:15

Gaspode, I want your indexing job! Do you have an MLS? I do, but it seems useless for such jobs, oddly.

posted by Riverine 27 January | 23:39

riverine, I do not have an MLS, but I'm indexing biomedical articles, so my PhD is a little more handy.

It's a great, great job. If you can swing one like it, I fully recommend.

special-k if you were here, I'd totally make you come out for lunchtime martinis!!

posted by gaspode 28 January | 00:21

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