You may recall me mentioning something about my husband getting a new job a few weeks ago. What I haven’t mentioned yet is that they are working him like a dog. (Albeit a decently-paid dog.) All last week, my husband stayed late. Today (Saturday) he decided that he needed to go in again. So he ran to work. Like, with his feet. He called me — panting — when he got there to tell me that he’d forgotten his badge to get into the building. So I packed up the kids and took him his badge and some non-sweaty clothes to change into.

Upon entering the building, the kids were enthralled. We happened to come in through the break room door. Well, one of the break rooms. The building has several of them. And they’re pimped out. Omniture is one of those places that thinks that if they pay you well, and feed you, and give you cool places to hang out, you will live there and never go home. And it sort of works, because Jon really likes it there.

I took some stealthy video of the break area and the “Guitar Hero Loft”. Check it out.

You’ll notice that I repeatedly voice my concerns over the amount of “productive work being done each day”. It would seem that this really bothers me, even though I don’t really think it does. I think it’s kind of hilarious that Jon came home the other night and told me that he is now officially the Guitar Hero champion in the office. So amid all of the “productive work” being done, there is also a bracket system scribbled on a white board in someone’s cubical with my husband listed as the reigning champion; the man to beat.

There’s also a network gaming room decorated like a dungeon with torches and a large gun turret thingy mounted to the ceiling. I didn’t get to video that today. I was kind of afraid of getting shut in behind the huge dungeon door.

Oh, and the big Omniture Conference next month is going to be sweet. Lance Armstrong is one of the keynote speakers, and Flight of the Conchords is the entertainment act. Tickets are $3000 a pair, and there’s no real reason for the company to send Jon, so the chances of me being able to go aren’t looking good. *sigh* Even though I’m the mother flippin’…

For the company, it’s all about whatever keeps employees motivated, I guess. If they ever put in employee spa services with pedicures and massages, I’m applying to Omniture as a software engineer as well.

Today the kids played pool in the break room at Jon’s office:

Jachin’s a natural. Luckily it’s difficult for an 8 year old to find billiard “action” in Orem, Utah.

When I start thinking I’m bored with the internet (we’ve all been there… thinking we’ve seen and done everything the internet has to offer), I like to go to www.apple.com/trailers. I get giddy watching trailers for upcoming movies, and this site has high-quality viewings (not the crap you find on YouTube).

Nosing around this evening (Jon is out laser-tagging without me… *sigh*) I found several movies that I’m freakin’ excited for. A short list:

First on the list is a brilliant looking movie called Son of Rambow. After watching the trailer, I wished so badly that I could immediately watch this movie. Like, right now. Like, ten minutes ago. How cute are those kids? How much do you wish that you’d had a friend like that when you were ten or twelve, running around filming action movies. *sigh* Even just the trailer makes me want to be a creative, care-free, mischievous kid again. Can’t wait…

For the handful of you out there who don’t know that I’m a Trekkie, well… now you do. I’m both excited and apprehensive about the new Star Trek movie. I hope, hope, hope that it’s good. Since all of the original Star Trek actors are ancient (even the TNG-ers are getting up there in age), the new movie is a prequel. Kirk and Spock at Starfleet Academy. Fraternity house of the future. My fingers are really crossed for this one. I’m sending happy feelings its way.

Now we come to the eye candy. Just when the world finally simmered down and stopped guffawing at In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, we are enticed with the next pec-tastic installment of Jason Statham’s hotness: The Bank Job. Dare I say it, people… this movie looks… well, good. And not just “good” like staring at Jason Statham’s fantastic martial arts moves, buff muscles, and scruffy-licious 5 o’clock shadow kind of “good“, I mean good, good. Decent acting. Non-nauseating dialog. Plausible plot (in fact, it’s based on a true story). All of my sultry good energy is being directed toward this one. My poor, sweet Jason is long over-due for a good movie.

Last but certainly not least is the newest installment of M. Night Shyamalan genius: The Happening. I am a Shyamalan fan. The Sixth Sense? Genius. Signs? Creeeepy. The Village? Spooky with a good twister ending. Lady in the Water? Ok, wow… I’ll admit it… it was a frickin stinker. Whatever fantastic, over-my-head ka-pow smartness he was trying to convey just didn’t work out. I think it was supposed to maybe be a metaphor of something… but who really knows? Only M. Night himself. At the end of the movie my husband and I both gave each other the WTF? look and I wished for those lost hours of my life back.  So I’m hoping this is the comeback I’ve been waiting for. Give me something good man… I’m ready.

There are, of course, others. This is a short list. What are you looking forward to seeing??