It snowed over a foot this weekend. Daiguren isn't too thrilled - when I opened the window, she poked her head out of her cage (which is next to the window) and gave me a look that was probably the reptile equivalent of a glare. Sometimes I feel sorry for her. To be unable to handle cold weather because of the way mother nature built you - I can't even begin to imagine it.

SSI recently bought Vaizard, Inc., and word has it that we will be getting new employees soon.

Well, now, this is my kind of weather! Granny claims she is going to blame me for this weather - "You wished for a snowstorm, didn't you?" - but that's perfectly fine with me.

The elevators have been fixed, so people no longer have a reason to stand at the bottom of the staircase and moan about having to climb two, three, or four flights of stairs. And secretaries no longer have a reason to get stuck in the elevator with a client.

The lawsuit with Hueco Mundo has been tipped in our favor - a prototype of the Jigokuchou phone was found in the Research lab, which pretty much proves that we came up with the design first.

I just realized that three good things happened in a single day. I think this is a new record for SSI. Actually, it's more like a miracle.

I think I'm one of the few people around here not complaining about the temperature dropping. I also think I'm one of the few people around here who really likes cold weather. Really, I don't understand summer lovers. Who the hell can love being so hot all the time? So, if you ask me, the temperature can drop all it wants.

The whole scandal regarding Hueco Mundo is still all over the news. Really, can't the media find something better to do than bury their noses in corporate lawsuits? I thought this is what celebrity scandals were for. Granny even asked me about it last night, and I didn't even think she followed business-related news stories.

The elevator is still broken, and even worse, one of Ukitake-san's secretaries got stuck in one...and is still stuck in it, apparently.

Nothing can sail smoothly for very long around here, can it? Just last week there were those arrest rumors, but then that bad news was counterbalanced with the good news that our latest product is selling really well. (If there's one bad thing about being an intern, it's that I don't benefit from the salary raise that paid employees have been promised. Ah, well...) But now supposedly Hueco Mundo is suing SSI because they claim we copied their idea. To put icing on the cake, the elevators in the main building are broken...AGAIN.

I would love for there to be at least two weeks in which nothing bad happens. No lawsuits, no mechanical or technical problems, no rumors of employees being sent to jail - none of that crap. It would be an event worth noting in SSI's history.

It's January. It's winter. Any precipitation this time of year should be snow, not rain. This poor excuse for winter precipitation does nothing but turn potholes into lakes and create rivers along the curbs. And make grandmothers worry that their grandsons will catch colds from getting too wet. It's annoying.

Hinamori, baasan baked cookies for you and asked me to give them to you. I'll stop by your office during your lunch break.

It's not often that I say this, but I don't really understand what's going on here, and I'm not sure I want to know. It starts with Ishida-san taking a sudden leave of absence, and then I hear rumors that he has been arrested. Ishida-san is one of the last people whom I would expect to do something that would get him arrested, so what the hell is going on here? Though I have some suspicion about this whole thing, but I'm not going to get into that...

If I have hear one more person - or rather, a certain person - tease me about hanging out at the mall with Kurosaki, I think I may just lose my temper. Is there something wrong with hanging out with a friend? Last time I checked, malls were hot spots for teenagers to hang out.

Speaking of the mall... We bumped into Inoue-san outside of the ice cream parlor (where we went to "recover" from that piece of trash that tried to pass for a movie), and she and Kurosaki somehow convinced me to join them for their weekend movie nights. Inoue-san, what movie are you watching this weekend?

Hinamori, obaasan's been asking about you. She says she hasn't seen you in awhile and that you should drop by and visit sometime. She'd be more than happy to treat you to dinner. Also, the old lady at the orphanage asked about you. She wants to know how you're doing.

First day back to work after the winter holidays. Baasan always says that the New Year is a time to turn over a new leaf, a time to reflect upon and learn from the mistakes one made during the past year. It's not a saying you hear much from the younger generation; sometimes I wonder how many people these days believe that.

The temperature is below freezing (baasan nearly had a heart attack when I tried to walk out of the house this morning without a hat on) and the ground is covered in at least a foot of snow - two or three feet in some places - but life could not be any better right now. As far as I'm concerned, the longer winter lasts, the better life is. And it's not just because my birthday is in the dead middle of winter.

(Really, I don't understand people who love the heat of summer. Who the heck can love weather that makes you sweat as soon as you step out your front door? The only summer-lover I can understand is Daiguren, and that's because she's a cold-blooded reptile.)

Well, I found my keyboard (at least, I'm pretty sure this is my keyboard), but I'm still carrying my laptop around, just in case the "prankster" decides to go on another keyboard-snatching spree. (Some adults really need to grow up.)

On another note, there's a party this Friday. Something to look forward to, as long as the prankster doesn't pull another one of his blasted tricks.

So I get into work this morning, thinking that all the recent "pranks" couldn't get any worse, when I walk into our office and Ishida-san announces that our keyboards have gone missing. Yes, missing. He said he had found one for me, but it was an old thing that he had found in the restroom. Which would explain why it's yellowed and smells like a century's worth of mildew.

Needless to say, I'm pissed.

I'm considering bringing my laptop tomorrow, and keeping it with me at all times - even if I step out of the office only for a few minutes. I'm really not looking forward to having to use that old mildewed excuse for a keyboard again.