  Tuesday July 13, 2004 I’m finding that waking up early is depleting my creative writing skills. I’ve been lacking the motivation to write any sort of funny, interesting, informative e-mails the past two days. Someone please tell me again why I have to wake up so freakin’ early! Oh yeah, the USOC (AKA "The Man") is trying to keep down the little guys (us interns- do they know we were chosen out of 750,000 applicants?). Closing the weight room at 5pm…what were they thinking? We’re the backbone of this organization.
Without us, who would make copies, send faxes, fetch our supervisors coffee? More importantly, what would Jan do on Tuesday mornings? The Games wouldn’t happen next month if it weren’t for us. I say we boycott something…anything. Maybe the frozen yogurt machine in the cafeteria. That’s it.
No more frozen yogurt until they start listening to our demands about the weight room. Who’s with me? Down with The Man! For all of you thinking of heading out to OC’s tonight…check out the word of the day. peccant • \PEK-unt\ adjective *1 : guilty of a moral offense : sinning 2 : violating a principle or rule : faulty Example sentence: The minister delivered a stern sermon warning peccant parishioners of the punishments that awaited them in the afterlife. Did you know?
"Peccant" comes from the Latin verb "peccare," which means "to sin," "to commit a fault," or "to stumble," and is related to the better-known English word "peccadillo" ("a slight offense"). Etymologists have suggested that "peccare" might be related to the Latin "ped-, pes," meaning "foot. " A related Latin adjective, "peccus," may have been used to mean "having an injured foot" or "stumbling. " Whether or not a connection truly exists between "peccant" and "peccus," "peccant" itself involves stumbling of a figurative kind making errors, for example, or falling into immoral, corrupt, or sinful behavior. (or stumbling up the stairs from OC’s! ) As for the weather…it’s freakin’ hot out.
But I wouldn’t know, because I’m here in a nicely over AC’ed office, set to a slightly cool 64 degrees. According to the National Weather Service, it’s currently 87 in the Springs…31C for all you wacky Aussies. You and your metric system. Wait a second, is Celsius metric or some other strange, non-American measuring system? Anyway, it’s supposed to stay HOT all week. (Did anyone else notice how warm it was this morning, say around 6am.
Yeah, that’s right, I was up. On my way to work out. Damn The Man! ) ATTENTION: SPECIAL WEATHER UPDATE! There’s been some crazy tornado activity out in the MidWest this afternoon, mostly in the Missouri and Illinois areas. Good thing we’re not there!
Happy Tuesday. Yeah for no work tomorrow. I’m so excited to learn CPR…AGAIN. I love watching those Red Cross videos, quality acting! Teaser for tomorrow… Are you ok, go call 911, ABC (airway, breathing, circulation) 15/2, 3/1, 24/7, 2-4-9er…did I catch a niner in there? Happy Tuesday. 
