I had a new weekly meeting with the Continuation group today. It went from 1:30 to 4:30. I didn’t mind, it felt like goofing off, but it was work. Mostly.

It was a marked contrast to the high pressure, go-go-go, all business, weekly conference calls I’ve been having for a year and a half.

The last half hour was spent looking at pictures from a team member’s vacation trip to the Alps. (Apparently, continuation has a rule that if you go on a vacation, you have to show your pictures during the weekly meeting.) Bjorn, the coworker, is the type of photographer who only takes pictures of things, not people. We all wanted to see pictures of him and his wife there, but it was just scenic shot after scenic shot. Eventually, we came to a shot where he had accidentally caught his wife in a corner of the frame. She was standing in the distance and he had walked way back to capture an entire view. So we spent 15 minutes cropping and blowing up her image, just for fun. Then we started to apply photoshop filters, turning her different colors and textures. Then we printed out copies for everyone.

And who was at the helm of the computer during this adventure? My new boss.

I think I’m going to enjoy my new job.