I hate this hallway.

Hi, everyone! I realize it's been ungodly long since I wrote, and I do apologize for that, but my life has been inside a shake-and-bake bag for the past six months. Becoming a part of the team bringing Stargate Worlds to life has been a huge dream come true for me. I realized I hadn't written in a while, so I thought I'd drop in and illustrate something that has been bothering me of late -- miniscule as it is.

My point still stands, though. I hate this hallway. Cheyenne's HR lady, Susan, has called it a corridor out of "The Shining." At its midpoint, to the left, is my office. Now, please don't misunderstand -- I love the Baseline Center. It's pretty, it's air conditioned, and the bathrooms are always very clean. But this hallway is just so irritating.

Why? Well ... it's so long! And that's the thing. It's simply an awkward space. Because when you're walking down one end of it and someone else comes down the other end, I feel the urge to make eye contact, but the 15 seconds that it takes to cross it can make that uncomfortable, so you feel the urge to look down, or look away.

And it's worse if it's someone you know, because it's inappropriate to shout out a "Hey there!" to them, as there are many shirts behind these doors. So even if you know them, you have to "find a place to stow your eyes" for that time period. You have to look to the floor, or glimpse through windows you can briefly see inside as you pass by. Then, when you're about five meters from them, you can say something.

This all came about the other night when I was watching the TNG episode "Starship Mine." Great show. Picard gets stuck on the Enterprise during a baryon sweep. In the turbolift, Data attempts to pass a silent moment with smalltalk -- rather effectively, if you take into account copying other human qualities like humor.

But it got me thinking. And now every time I walk down that bloody hallway and someone else approaches from the opposite direction, it trips me.

Oh well.

The finale of SG-1 airs tomorrow night, and I'm going to be attending a local party. It should be fun!

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