You're in the jungle, baby!

Every night starting at about 5pm, strange noises can be heard out in the circle outside the Agency. When I first heard it, I though that maybe somebody had brought a wild pack of apes to Shockoe Slip. Then I realized that the noise is supposed to be birds. And not just any birds. Wild birds. Wild birds that are designed to scare away every other bird on the planet. But, get this: There's no pack of big scary birds. Nope. Speakers. Just speakers playing loud scary bird noises. After asking a few people why bird noises were being played over speakers in the cirlce outside, I found out that real birds usually flock to the trees in the circle every night at dusk. The flocking birds make a terrible mess that only washes away whn it rains, which isn't very often around here. So, I guess they figured the best solution was to keep the birds from ever landing in the trees and pooping on the sidewalks. It just seems strange to me that every night at sundown you hear this terrible loud noise that, in my opinion, is worse than having poop on the sidewalk. Crazy.

Some exciting stuff today. Connectix released VirtualPC 5.0 and I somehow convinced Glen to purchase a copy for the Agency (Merry Christmas to me!). Hey, at $99, it's a good deal, too! So, it runs under OS X (YAY!), albeit a little slower than OS 9. So, I can finally do all the PC things I need to do without having to boot back to 9. Yay progress!

Mike came downtown and we went out for dinner. With my busy schedule, I felt like I hadn't seen him in a long time, so it was really cool to spend some time with him again. There will lots more of that this weekend when Brian and Mike and I take off for Mike's grandparent's farm in Natural Bridge. Yep, we'll be realxing old-school style, except this time we won't be camping, but rather staying indoors and fragging it out. For all of you non-Quake people, fragging is when you kill someone in Quake. There will be much Quake playing, MP3 swapping and lots of other activities. Should be a blast. And perhaps just what I need right now. :)