Somewhere Over The Rainbow

So today I kept visualizing the one Oz image that I really love - Ryan O'Reily jumps down from the top bunk, his bare feet hitting the floor.  And he walks to the front of his pod and looks out.  Pause, rewind, Ryan O'Reily... exactly.  

But I needed that image.  Today was better than yesterday but I was feeling lousy - I think I'm coming down with a head cold - just what I need.  And wifey was in the office today.  I had limited interaction with her, thank God.  But when I went on lunch, I was checking my e-mail and there was an e-mail from her - subject line "Phone" - I figured it was the usual crap about not giving my boss phone calls, but when I opened it, it said "Happy phone voice, PLEEEESE:" with one of those smiley emoticons after it.  This is a woman who cannot write checks to our independent contractors (after I separate & total up the invoices) because she doesn't have the time, but she can take the time to put some b.s. in an e-mail and send it to me (WITH EMOTICONS!!!)  I didn't reply back "Bite me" - at least not in the e-mail.  Instead I just used the "Block Sender" function so she'll either have to get up from her desk or else call me over the phone (which is probably what she will do).  I did show her e-mail to one of my co-workers, we'll be enjoying that for weeks.  My boss' wife is the Omar White of my life.  And actually Omar was probably more endearing (and smarter).

My boss is getting on my last nerve - he stuck me with the client from hell yesterday (I tried very hard to refrain from screaming into the phone).  And then today, he tells me he doesn't want to take on this one firm as a client because they aren't going to be bringing us any kind of profit.  But he sends them information, they call him back and tell him that they want to use us.  And what happens - we start working with them on Wednesday.  Brilliant.  I'm listening to this conversation and I just want to hit him over the head with the phone receiver for being so ridiculous.  This is going to bite us in the ass in a month or two.

Had a meeting at church tonight.  Seemed like the battle lines were drawn.  It's crazy.  Churches are some of the worst organizations for petty politics.  I have my allegiances though and I have to stick with them.  I was going to leave right after the meeting, but I had to stay and monitor things for a friend of mine and wound up making a significant amount of input.

Okay, once I'm done with Season 3, the episode highlights format is going to change - instead of all the fun and relevant quotes from each episode, I'm going to just choose one, as well as one image from the episode that captures the fun place that is "Oz" - whatever shall I use for "A Word to the Wise"?  (Ryan O'Reily jumps...)

Here's from the two episodes I watched last night - 

From "U.S. Male" - the dynamic duo of Fontana/B. Winters at it again.  There are some really nice monologues in this one



From "Cruel & Unusual Punishments" from the brain on Tom Fontana