I can see this happening.
Friday, September 30, 2005
COLIN FARRELL...(is also hot)...People Are Already Losing Interest in Everything Katrina
From the blame game in Washington and Louisiana to the recovery efforts, I, as an average Joe Blow, can tell you that people are starting to get numb to Katrina's aftermath and everything that happened during the storm.
For starters, the blame game is starting to sound like everything else in the media…people are starting to think, "Who cares whose fault it was? Just get on with your business!" It's all sounding like politics, which is infinitely boring, unless you're someone who's into that sort of thing.
Secondly, people are starting to figure out that guess what! The Federal Government is not the babysitter of the states. Next topic…
Everyone has a feeling that the survivors are going to be fine now and so our attention is no longer necessary.
And besides…don’t you know that even while the American public was horrified at what happened in that city, it was all just entertainment and a way to feel good about their lives to them (because things could be worse…you could be living in New Orleans!)? It had everything: heroism, human suffering, great odds, and suspense…is Katrina going to rip the roof off the Superdome? Is a hero going to rise in that population of unfortunates and straighten out those looters and rapists? See what I mean? Better keep checking www.nola.com to see the next turn of events!
Is that right? No.
Is it true? Yes.
JARED LETO (is hot)...Katrina Editorial from Up North...
David Warren writes about "Blame throwing" in the Ottowa Citizen
Sometimes those a little removed from a problem, have a lot more insight than those closer to it. That certainly seems to apply to this Canadian editorialist.
DavidWarrenOnline
ESSAYS ON OUR TIMES
SUNDAY SPECTATOR
September 11, 2005
http://www.davidwarrenonline.com/index.php?artID=510
Blame throwing
There's plenty wrong with America, since you asked. (Everybody's asking.) I'm tempted to say, the only difference from Canada, is that they have a few things right. That would be unfair, of course -- I am often pleased to discover things we still get right.
But one of them would not be disaster preparation. If something happened up here, on the scale of Katrina, we wouldn't even have the resources to arrive late. We would be waiting for the Americans to come save us, the same way the government in Louisiana just waved and pointed at Washington, D.C. The theory being, that when you're in real trouble, that's where the adults live.
And that isn't an exaggeration. Almost everything that has worked in the recovery operation along the U.S. Gulf Coast has been military and National Guard. Within a few days, under several commands, finally consolidated under the remarkable Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, it was once again the U.S. military, efficiently cobbling together a recovery operation on a scale beyond the capacity of any other earthly institution.
We hardly have a military up here. We have elected one feckless government after another, who have cut
corners until there is nothing substantial left. We don't have the ability even to transport and equip our few soldiers. Should disaster strike at home, on a big scale, we become a Third World country. At which point, our national smugness is of no avail.
From Democrats and the American Left -- the U.S. equivalent to the people who run Canada -- we are still hearing that the disaster in New Orleans showed a heartless, white Republican America had abandoned its underclass.
This is garbage. The great majority of those not evacuated lived in assisted housing, receive food stamps and prescription medicine and government support through many other programs. Many have, all their lives, expected someone to lift them to safety, sans input from themselves. And the demagogic mayor they elected left, quite literally, hundreds of transit and school buses parked in rows to be lost in the flood, that could have driven them out of town.
Yes, that was insensitive. But it is also the truth; and sooner or later we must acknowledge that welfare dependency creates exactly the sort of haplessness and social degeneration we saw on display, as the floodwaters rose. Many suffered terribly, and many died, and one's heart goes out. But already the survivors are being put up in new accommodations, and their various entitlements have been directed to new locations.
The scale of private charity has also been unprecedented. There are yet no statistics, but I'll wager the most generous state in the union will prove to have been arch-Republican Texas, and that nationally, contributions in cash and kind are coming disproportionately from people who vote Republican. For the world divides into "the mouths" and "the wallets".
The Bush-bashing, both down there and up here, has so far lost touch with reality, as to raise questions about the bashers' state of mind. Consult any authoritative source on how government works in the United States, and you will learn that the U.S. federal government's legal, constitutional, and institutional responsibility for first response to Katrina, as to any natural disaster, was zero.
Notwithstanding, President Bush took the prescient step of declaring a disaster, in order to begin deploying FEMA and other federal assets, two full days in advance of the stormfall. In the little time since, he has managed to coordinate an immense recovery operation -- the largest in human history -- without invoking martial powers. He has been sufficiently Presidential to respond, not evenn once, to the extraordinarily mendacious and childish blame-throwing.
One thinks of Kipling's "If --" poem, which I learned to recite as a lad, and mention now in the full knowledge that it drives postmodern leftoids and gliiberals to apoplexy -- as anything that is good, beautiful, or true:
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and
blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be
tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being
hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk
too wise...
Unlike his critics, Bush is a man, in the full sense presented by these verses. A fallible man, like all the rest, but a man.
David Warren
© Ottawa Citizen
Thursday, September 29, 2005
ALICIA KEYS...Please Go Check Out the Magic of Retouching
OK I am never going to feel bad about my skin in photos ever again!!!!
http://www.glennferon.com/portfolio1/portfolio03.html
JUDE LAW...Think I Got a New Nickname for Twiggy and MJ...
The TV Twins.
Every morning they have a conference at Twiggy's desk about what was on last night. Lol but it's cute, honestly. That's how I get any TV 'fix' that I may need lol.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
PARIS LATSIS...Well, I've Read All my Blogs for Today...
And now I supposed I shall actually do some work.
You know I'm about the only person I know who can get out of bed at 8am and be at work by 8:37. lol! You can imagine how surprised Adminzilla's daughter was on Saturday when she cut my hair. She goes, "So how much time do you like to take with your hair in the morning?" And I go…"Virtually none. Sometimes I brush it at home and put it up, sometimes I put it up and brush my hair at work…" And she was SO SHOCKED that I don't even brush my hair sometimes LOL. No wonder she was shocked…her mom comes to work each morning by 7:30 with her hair and makeup and outfit perfect. Guess that’s part of the difference between an EA and an administrative assistant.
Talked with my sister last night and advised her to buy some toys at the Goodwill instead of asking me to bring Phrecklette's toys over to her place. If I bring Phrecklette's toys over there, then what will she play with at home? Duh. Anyway, my sister seems to be getting some initiative, for better or for worse, so that's good, right? There's just so much to say about this that it makes me tired just to think about it.
I wish I had more to say or that I had more witty ways to say it but alas I am dead tired this morning, so I don't. Oh well…maybe I'll wake up later today.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
KATE MOSS...You Know There's Something Wrong with You When
you measure your work days in terms of man I feel great today, I'm so on top of EVERYTHING and feel wonderfully cooperative, even with people like that twerp Adminzilla!
But then you know you have bad days when you snap at even your mild-mannered, gracious supervisor, who now appears to be irritated with you just about every day. How she can stand me anymore is beyond me. I get a chip on my shoulder so frickin easily, as anyone who might…or more than likely might NOT…read this blog can attest.
Prozac used to smooth all this stuff right out…but then again it also smoothed out my sense of urgency about ANYTHING, my libido, and my sense of humor. I can carry on conversations now with groups of people…and that's something that I won't give up. If the price of being able to do that is being a little snappy, oh well. :)
He who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
- Arabian Proverb.
So true…I don't have health, and I don't have a whole lot of hope, honestly.
MELANIA TRUMP...is pregnant
Well the Donald has proved himself a man-ish type person once again! His newest trophy wife is preggers. Hip hip hooray!
Monday, September 26, 2005
SANDRA BULLOCK...Baby Got Back!
Twiggy is gaining a wee bit of weight…not that that'll hurt lol but it sure is interesting. She is so evergreen in that regard.
PARIS HILTON...I am so Charitable...
Poor Twiggy has the cough from hell…triggered by sinus drainage.
I put a bag of cough drops up on the cabinet so she can get some whenever she wants.
This serves two purposes:
1. I appear charitable and friendly.
2. I don't have to answer her phone because she is 'sick'.
:o)
NICOLE RICHIE...BF's Baby Has Been Mauled by her Mom's Cat
Pretty seriously. So seriously in fact, that the psycho's dad felt compelled to take the baby to the hospital which then!!!!!!!! THEN!!!!!! AMBULANCED!!!! The child over to Children's hospital!
Jesus Christ!!!!!!
The hospital filed a police report and the humane society came out and put the cat in a locked cage and the cat WILL be destroyed in 10 days.
If this doesn't get BF custody of his daughter, then I don't know what will.
Her maternal grandfather said that the child was 'covered in blood', as was her blanket, and so that's why he drove her to the ER at Immanuel…BF has been denied his visit this week so that these people can take care of Gnat.
It just makes me want to cry and also lash out at that WITCH!!!!! That child was upstairs, alone, on the floor, which is where she sleeps! And the cat just laid into her. And apparently, the cat did it in two sessions -- did it once and then went away and came back later for some more.
I think we've all been scratched by a cat before…you know how much it hurts when a cat lays into you. Some of the gouges on that child's back were really deep. Now think about how much that would hurt you, as an adult. Think about the cat repeatedly, repeatedly clawing you, deeply, on your back and face and eyelid. That's what happened to this 13-month-old child, who can't even walk yet. Think about how much she was crying, how hard and how loudly, and no one heard her.
BF is playing it cool. He saw his daughter today. He's not calling the police to enforce his visit…rather he is taking the long view of this, on advice of his attorney, to file complaints and try to get custody of his daughter using this incident as one piece of ammunition. I don't know how he can do it…I am so upset just KNOWING what happened to that baby.
It's like watching Phrecklette's neglect happen all over again.
DEMI MOORE and ASHTON KUTCHER...My Secret Santa Project is Being Taken Over by the EAs
Whoa they actually got married. Groovy.
Everyone knows that I do secret santa every phrickin year.
Well this year it's going to change. And I talked to MJ and my sup about it and figured we should start talking about what we're going to do instead. And they just phrickin took over! Goddamnit! Thanks ladies, I feel so glad that I VOLUNTEER for this crap every year!
Man I think I need to change jobs! I can't stand being treated like I don't matter anymore. Well…yes I can. Lol.
DEMI MOORE...Today's Horoscope
La Phreckle (why do I bother? My first name appears in this blog from these horoscopes more times than I can shake a stick at…oh well…),
You may not want to say much now and you probably have good reasons to keep your ideas to yourself. Still, your high ideals tempt you to share your truth with those around you, whether they need to know or not. Think twice before revealing more than you must, especially if you think the information might be hurtful.
ASHTON KUTCHER
I just figured something out…maybe if I start each one of my blog entries with the name of a celebrity, lol, I'll get more traffic. I'm not sure that more traffic is all that desirable, but hey why not experiment and see what happens? :o)
It's Been a 3 or 4 Day Binge...
Let's see….
FRIDAY - got home. Deirdre played outside. I made something for dinner, don't remember what. May have gone to Taco Smell…actually, we definitely did that. I ate way too much food. Umm…gee, we must not have done anything remotely important. LOL.
SATURDAY - got up. Got $13.00 haircut that took 2 hours from Adminzilla's daughter. She did an awesome job. Too bad it took 2 and a half hours. Check it: arrived at 10:14, left at about 12:30.
Pawned wedding ring from failed marriage for a whopping $75.00. Definitely not SELLING my ring for that much. BF doesn't get it. Getting tired of lending BF money. It does not grow on trees after all. Went to DQ (really good for me…not), was going to go to sister's house but changed mind when BF went and woke up. So then we went and had a McDonald's/Taco Bell dinner.
Funny, BF only complains about me eating ice cream but never questions McD's even though that is far worse. I mean think about it! You eat a McD's Big n Tasty…470 calories. Then you eat their medium-size fries…that's 350 calories. God knows how many from fat. Thank God I drink diet soft drinks, otherwise that would be an extra god knows how many calories.
The only good thing about being fat is that you have to consume more calories than a thin person in order to gain weight. Your body burns about 12 calories per pound that you weight…so if I weight 300 pounds, then I have to eat about 3600 calories per day to MAINTAIN my weight and not lose any. To lose weight, I have to eat less than 3600 calories. Should be easy, right? Mhmmm…next topic.
Rented The Day After Tomorrow and Sin City from Blockbuster…and acquired two pints of Ben n Jerry's…Mint Chocolate Cookie (lately my favorite) and Oatmeal Cookie Chunk. Annnnnnnnnd, consumed them during first hour of The Day After Tomorrow. Now I understand what the big deal about Jake Gyllenhall is. I pray he is not gay. Sin City sucked. Maybe that was because I am a girl and therefore am not impressed by hookers in dominatrix outfits and beautiful women and big guns and stuff like that.
Stayed up until 5am which brings us to….
SUNDAY - got up around noon. Man I was tired. God I am such a bad mother. Thank God Phrecklette is old enough to entertain herself and can't open the balcony door anymore.
Sooooo I get up and take Phrecklette over to her little brother's house so I can get a break (I'm sure anyone reading this would probably wonder why the hell one would be needed at this point…) and then I go see this movie, Lord of War, about freelance gun running. It was fairly depressing and just sad all around. I don't recommend it…it just doesn't make any bones about what's going on in Africa, and the fact that those guns are being used by children to kill children. Honestly, life just doesn't seem to be too sacred in Africa and it just really did not paint a pretty picture of Africans at all. Nor did it paint a pretty picture of gun runners, who now appear to be total scum…but then that's not a surprise is it? I mean, what did I expect? A saintly gun runner?
Then I went to Michael's, where everything is over-priced, and bought a 'how to knit' kit. This should be interesting. I was reading an article this morning that made me thirst to grab my crochet hook and my Martha poncho. No, I did not finish it this weekend.
When one is on a binge, one does not pay attention to one's goals…one pays attention to one's food and where it is coming from next. Pretty sad. But I was definitely on a binge…Taco Bell for dinner on Friday and Saturday night, and copious amounts of it no less. Way too much food. And the Ben n Jerry's…what's freaky about that is I felt so tired and didn't want it but I felt compelled to do it. I felt like I HAD to do it! With the Taco Bell thing, there was a faint bit of appropriateness to that because it was dinner time and I needed to have something for dinner…even though I wasn't hungry. But there again, I felt like I HAD to eat dinner. I need to free myself from the idea of HAVING to have regular meals and just eat when I am actually hungry. With this band, I am not actually hungry when everyone else is, quite a lot of the time. But I still have to deal with everyone's assigned meal times.
Adminzilla did manage to tick me off this morning. Someone put the wrong paper in the Fiery and instead of just removing it and then putting the right paper in, she had to come and ask me to do it. She's too good to mess with the Fiery or any other copier. Sometimes I just want to ask her, "_____, why don't you just put the right paper in? Even the COO's EA does that without complaining, and you're no better than she is." Actually, I'd probably just end it with, "_____, why don't you just put the paper in?" And wait for her response…or just walk away since I wouldn't really want to chat about it or watch her go ballistic on me.
Friday, September 23, 2005
Holy Schnikies!!!!!
If you type in La Phreckle in a Google search engine, it will take you straight to my blog!!! Whoa!!!!
So Here's What I've Gleaned From Checking My Blog's Site Meter
1. No one purposely visits this blog.
2. People who stumble across it visit for less than 1 minute and view only 1 page, and usually leave from the same page.
3. That's about it.
Whoa, I just found the weirdest thing...
Someone visited my blog through something called Technorati after doing a search for Ashton Kutcher…far out.
Check it out...http://www.technorati.com/search/ASHTON%20KUTCHER?start=60
The link to my blog is on page 4.
Crochet Project List
Well, I have many crochet projects brewing, of course!!!! Loverly!
First off, we have the Martha Poncho about 65% done. I am dedicated to getting this finished this weekend! It's been plaguing me long enough!
THEN, we have the scarf that I promised BF I would knit for his lawyer, whom he idolizes. Why do men always idolize quirky, ballsy lawyers?
I also promised my mom a doily…this one will have pansies on the outside of it.
Annnnnd…I think I'll make my sister one…honestly, the ones that don't have many flowers go pretty darn quickly.
After I finish the Christmas gift doilies, I will then finish my cala lily doily. It's just that making the lilies is such a pain in the arse…especially the pistils…You have to actually SEW those things….YUCK!
Damnit, where did Twiggy run off to? You know, quite honestly, that woman is such a demon. Although Adminzilla gets on my nerves sometimes, at least she is not EVIL like Twiggy. I think I'm going to start asking God for the courage to just tell Twiggy that I don't want to hear any more gossip, but then that of course would cause a serious problem for me in terms of dealing with Twiggy…
Oh well! Nothing to do this afternoon really, so I think I will look for crochet patterns and dream of finishing that infernal poncho.
I Did Not Sleep Well Last Night
And boy do I feel it.
Phrecklette was totally trying to walk all over me this morning because she knew BF wasn't there and I am obviously not a threat. Crikey! Who knew 4 1/2 year olds were so dang commanding!
Oh wait.
I know who knew that.
Every parent since the beginning of time...
Hurricane Rita is Weakening...
Thank God for those Texans…but on the other hand, you know what the effect of this is going to be? Basically, people are going to be lulled into a false sense of security again and eventually, we're going to have another Katrina situation.
That New Yorker with the endless chewing and saliva called again. She needs her diaper changed on how to schedule a frickin meeting and she's starting to get on my nerves. She even left me a nasty-toned little message this morning asked me to call her ASAP because she NEEDS to get this meeting scheduled today…Well, then, SCHEDULE IT!!! It's easier than easy to do that in Outlook!
I should stop complaining. At least I have a job to complain about.
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Today, I Wish I Could Keep Phrecklette Forever...
Because she's become my heart. What am I going to do when October 22 comes and goes?
I've got to face it; I'm not burnt out. I'm not tired of having her. I love her so much. I don't want to do this. But sooner or later, I will have to. If I do it now, maybe it'll be easier for me to keep tabs on her once she goes back to her stupid mother...
Recurring Dreams are So Much Fun...
I have a recurring dream (which recurred last night) that BF is going to leave me for his ex GF, who has the face of a poodle.
Sleeping Well Definitely Improves One's Disposition
I feel so good today, even with all my people back in the office.
Last night I made curried Lentil soup…yum…although BF said it visually resembled a certain human waste product. But Phrecklette DEFINITELY dug it…she had 2 bowls. :o)
Despite having a bag of about 10 Yoplait yogurts sitting on my desk this morning, I elected to snag a cinnamon roll. Yeah, that'll help me lose weight, definitely. :) Well I should probably put those in the fridge. Oh God, that damn gum-smacking New Yorker is on the phone, needing me to change her diaper. See ya later. :)
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Awww...this is so SWEET!
Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards appear to be getting back together. Well, that's definitely good for their kids, unless of course, their father is a drunk or an abuser….
I Slept SO WELL Last Night
But I can't quite figure out why I'm still tired this morning. UGH. I haven't been sleeping well lately so last night was groovy.
October 22 is only one month and one day away and I am already dreading it! BF didn't quite get that last night. I made a comment as to why is my apartment so messy and he goes, "Well in 33 days, it won't be." Now that was insensitive to say the least. And I called him on it. He cannot figure out that he should not be saying that crap! He finally figured it out after I spelled it out for him, but hopefully he will not forget as he usually does. Loverly.
I just texted him that don't forget that Phrecklette's appt for her psych eval is this morning. Of course, he's calling me right back. I have no doubt it's him. I will be super surprised if it's not. Well, whoever was calling is now calling RIGHT back, so now I KNOW it's him lol. I'm not answering that call!
I need to go make some oatmeal and snag some caffeine. Laters y'all.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Guess What Welfare Momma No Call-No Showed for her Family Therapy Appointment Last Night?
Could it be my dear sister????
Correct!
I gave her a verbal spanking and told her, Listen!!!! As of October 22nd, I am DONE, so you better get your sh&t together!
gNat is visiting with her daddy today and yesterday. I am falling in love with that child and that is not a good idea. But she is getting more used to me though. It's creep how smart that child is. She looks at you and you can see the wheels turning. It will NOT be long before she's talking. It ought to be interesting to see her little personality coming out. Man she is going to be spoiled.
Yesterday's horoscope
Holy Moly!!!!!!
This fits PERFECTLY with what's going on in my life!
Horoscope for: Sunday, September 18, 2005
Sheila,
It feels as if someone is pushing you into a situation against your will. It's all moving too fast and you really don't like being coerced. Although you seem willing to go along with the plan, you are cooking up your own resistance and will plant your feet willfully when the time is right. Don't react too quickly; your position will get stronger if you can delay your response.
Today's Horoscope
Horoscope for: Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Sheila,
You might believe that life would be easier if your feelings weren't so intense, but this isn't necessarily true. Anyway, you cannot change the depth of your passions. You are, however, receiving new information from your subconscious mind that can transform your perspective on what's happening. Don't fight this flow of awareness, for soon you will be able to see what you've previously only been intuiting.
Hmmmmm…wonder what that means??!! Maybe BF IS cheating!
Monday, September 19, 2005
October 22nd is Coming and I Can't Change My Mind This Time
I don't want to give Phrecklette up, really I don't, but now that I think about it, it's not fair that the State mismanaged this case and now they want to take another 4 months to get it where it needs to go.
I think about the fact that reunification was not going to happen until after December 29th and I realize how much my generosity has been abused. I love Phrecklette so much, but BF is right: I was being taken advantage of.
I saw light at the end of the tunnel and all, but I was pretty stunned when I saw that this caseworker, although managing the case effectively, was going to plod so slowly toward reunification, which is plainly the correct next step! I mean, my sister's complied with everything she was supposed to do. There's only one way to see if she can do it and do it halfway right, and that's to reunify instead of having everyone put their lives on hold some more while the system just sits and messes around.
BF has stated repeatedly that if I had not taken Phrecklette into my home, that they would have moved much more quickly to either terminate rights or reunify. Now I am thinking he is right, because what happened immediately after I told that social worker that I am done as of October 22? She said she wanted to move to get the hearing moved up. Why couldn't that have been done before?
It just rankles me to no end.
Weekend Experiences: Sunday: Finished Reading "The Da Vinci Code"
I finished reading the Da Vinci code on Sunday and man that book was awesome. www.davincicode.com if you want more info.
Now, having said that, many theologians and stuff have come out saying that every assertion made in the book (why people are trying to disprove a work of FICTION is beyond me…it's not SUPPOSED to be true) is false. But I don't know that I trust these theologians…and keep in mind that I say that from an uninformed standpoint. I haven't researched. I mean, it's the Christians theologians and whatnot that are coming out and saying all of that. I'm going to research it a bit and see what I find.
After all, my peeps are at a tradeshow today, so there's not too much going on here (keep your fingers crossed!).
Monday Morning and a Flat Tire
Well, the passenger side rear tire went flat today. Now BF and I are going to have to try and fix it during lunch. Oh how fun! Maybe I can just get the money for him and he can take care of it. That would be good. : ) We'll see.
Weekend Experiences: Saturday: Batman Begins...at the Dollar Theater
Two things about this experience:
1. Batman Begins
2. The Dollar Theater
BF and I saw this together. It was an awesome movie. Christian Bale was as hot as ever. Katie Holmes is still not a very good actress. She looks like she's 15. You just feel like she's someone who needs to grow up or something. Maybe I feel more contempt for her because of her involvement as Tom Cruise's beard…if that's even true.
Anyway! Moving on…the dollar theater is the real standout of this experience. The tickets are cheaper and guess what! Although concessions used to be super expensive at the dollar theater, that has now changed. They are either the same price or cheaper than concessions at the regular theater. Now, since BF and I spent close to $40 last time we went to the regular theater, we are definitely not going there again unless we KNOW the movie's good and hopefully we'll be going to a matinee as opposed to an evening show. But I was really surprised at how much affordable concessions enriched the experience of going to the dollar theater. No wonder why regular moviehouses are seeing smaller ticket sales and shrinking audiences…they have reached that point where their customers see going to the theater as a major expense on par with going to the opera. Seriously! I could spend less than $40 and go to the opera. No, I wouldn't have super great seats, but I'd still be at the Opera, nonetheless. I'm glad that BF and I will be able to go out more often now.
Weekend Experiences: Friday: Indigo Girls Concert!
My first concert ever!
But let me tell you, I have never seen so many lesbians in my entire life as I saw at this concert. Well, that's not exactly true. There was the time that me and my best friend accidentally ran into Gay Pride Day in that park in downtown St. Paul…
Anyway…the Indigo Girls are a fabulously talented duo (http://www.indigogirls.com/) and their music is awesome. It is mostly accoustic and they do lots of harmony. Their lyrics mean something and they are deeper than most that you see out there. They also tend to be clever…like their song "Galileo" (see below)...
Galileo's head was on the block
The crime was looking up truth
And as the bombshells of my daily fears explode,
I try to trace them to my youthAnd then you had to bring up reincarnation
Over a couple of beers the other night
And now I'm serving time for mistakes
Made by another in another lifetimeHow long 'til my soul gets it right?
Could any human being ever reach that kind of light?
I call on the resting soul of Galileo
King of night vision, king of insightAnd then I think about my fear of motion
Which I never could explain
Some other fool across the ocean years ago
Must have crashed his little airplane!How long 'til my soul gets it right?
Could any human being ever reach that kind of light?
I call on the resting soul of Galileo
King of night vision, king of insightI'm not making a joke, you know me,
I take everything so seriously
If we wait for the time 'til all souls get it right
Then at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation
In my lifetime I'm still not righti offer thanks to those before me
that's all i've got to say
'cause maybe you squandered big bucks in your lifetime
now i have to pay!
but then again, it feels like some sort of inspiration
to let the next life off the hook
but she'll say "look what i had to overcome from my last life
i think i'll write a book!"How long 'til my soul gets it right?
Could any human being ever reach the highest light?
Except for Galileo, God rest his soul
King of night vision, king of insightHow long
('til my soul gets it right)
How long
('til my soul gets it right)
[til we reach the highest light]
How long
See what I mean? It's really clever and funny. Then there's their song, "Airplane" and a few others. There's also songs about personal growth, introspection, relationships, etc.
Anyway, that was my first concert ever for an act that I've got tracks from, that I've bought albums from, etc. Know what I mean? I've never gone to a concert featuring someone that I actually listen to. I've never initiated that. And the surprising thing…BF was up for it. Yes, that homophobic bigot that I love was there and he enjoyed it right alongside me. Sometimes you have to understand that there's more to a person than you see on the surface…there's more there than what they want to project.
Great experience!
OK, I checked Snopes.com
The Sid Bourgeois/SO I VOLUNTEERED email…
This is an email that's circulating right now that is calling the Katrina victims ungrateful welfare rats, basically. At first, I had posted it, but then I decided to remove it after reading the content found at the link below.
I especially felt bad about what they said at the end of the article…that this is what people need to believe in order for them to be OK with abandoning/distancing from the Katrina victims. That makes more sense.
here is what I found…
Friday, September 16, 2005
Talked to an Old Friend Today
Well, I talked to an old friend today…you might remember this person…the Burger King guy. Anyhoo, I told him all about the 'Smackdown' and I said that I was ticked at Adminzilla for asking me to shred her CRAP. I told him she almost singlehandedly makes me want to leave and he said, well, you know where to apply if you decide to!!!! LOL
But that's all on the QT of course!
WHAT THE FUCK
What the fuck?
I'm now the goddamned office shredding girl????? JAYSUS CHRIST. This is
becoming a weekly fuckin' thing and I am getting so tired of it.
Just when I was starting to actually be ok with Adminzilla, she has to
pull this shit. She even put a fuckin deadline on it...before the end
of the day...
And I can't think of any way to get out of it. I mean, it's not like I
don't have the fuckin' time. After all, what am I doing right now?
Writing in my blog. But not from work email...hence the cusswords.
Renee and Kenny
Are divorcing, annulling, whatever they call it. The gossip blogs had this pegged months ago. They also pegged that he is a control freak and that's a large part of the problem.
Considering how quickly he wooed her, I don't doubt that he is/was a control freak. That is one of their hallmarks. They pressure for quick commitment.
Today's Horoscope
Horoscope for: Friday, September 16, 2005
Sheila,
Don't fall into the enticing trap of believing your own thoughts today. It's not that they are necessarily untrue. It's just that wordy Mercury is squaring your key planet Pluto, so your rational mind is working overtime justifying your point of view. You might not be able to tell the difference between what is real and what is not. Just watch your ideas unfold without necessarily taking action.
Now check out my horoscope from yesterday...
It was absolutely RIGHT!
Horoscope for: Thursday, September 15, 2005
Sheila,
Tensions may arise from your own lack of focus about your feelings, but this won't stop you from being effective today. You normally are certain about your point of view, but now your perspective could be clouded by your own fears. Move past your uncertainty by heading directly into the mists of your own illusions.
Major Family Drama
I would've wrote in yesterday, but I was super busy because my Directors are getting ready for a trade show.
Anyway, my sister called yesterday to tell me that when Mom comes home from Chicago, where she's visiting her friend Pat, she will not be going home to Dad…she is going to go home to my sister and stay there for a couple of months!!!!!! Mom is leaving Dad!
I immediately told my sister that that is a bad idea! It could interfere with Phrecklette being reunified with her mom, and it will definitely interfere with my sister becoming a fully-realized adult! I told her that if she went through with it, I would tell the State.
Anyway, my sister implored me to call my mom in Chicago, so I did. Her friend answered the phone. She immediately laid into me about how I was going to let Phrecklette go into the foster care system, and a whole bunch of other stuff. I respectfully said to her, "I don't mean to be rude, but you don't know what you're talking about. I'm here, with my family, with everything that's going on, and I see it every day…you're going to to have to trust me here." She just was up on her high horse and, well, she can bloody well stay here. She's not here with this family and she doesn't know what our daily lives are like, nor does she know how my mom is on a day to day basis. She hears what she hears from my mom, not the entire truth. And my mom has lived with an alcoholic for almost 40 years now…that does some nasty things to your psyche. It messes with your perceptions, believe me. So whatever my mom's friend said, I am throwing out the window. She doesn't know how my mother has done this to herself, and we, her children, are not to blame for this at all!
I can't even COUNT how many times I've told my mom to move out, how many times I've told her what to do and exactly how to do it, and if she'd have opted to go for it, I would have helped her! Heck, if I didn't have Deirdre and I had the room in my apartment, I would let her stay with me, but what can I do??? Ha ha, BF says I'd have put up with her for 3 days and then told her to go to Francis House LOL.
Mom called me back and told me how she had thought this through (yeah right) and she was going to keep her car (good luck), and move into an apartment, but it would take about 1-2 months to get the money up to do it. At first I was like, wow, my mom is calling me and it's cool. But then I quickly figured out that she wanted something from me. She wants me to not call the state and tell them what's up. She was just being nice in order to get what she wants. And that is pretty much how she is toward me…there's no real relationship. Nice.
So I'm thinking about it….and I realize, this might be my mom's only chance to make this change for herself. Maybe I shouldn't call the State. Maybe I should just leave it alone and let things play out without my guiding hand and just distance myself from it all. And, I've decided, that's what I'm going to do. I'm not going to touch it. I'm putting it in God's hands, and I'm leaving it there. And what a load off my mind that is.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Twiggy's a North Side of Chicago Girl...So Don't Piss Her Off...
You would not BELIEVE how many people have stopped by her desk to find out what happened.
Poor twerpy Adminzilla walked by while Twiggy and I were discussing something else and looked Twiggy up and down like "What is your problem? Get a life." Now, VPs are asking Twiggy how it went, did you get everything straightened out back there? And one of them was like, "Good for you!" Crikey! Office supplies are that important? No, I guess we all know that territory is that important!!!
I think Twiggy might have actually made Adminzilla cry. Poor Adminzilla went into the bathroom and didn't come out for a while. Her makeup looked ok though. Honestly, I can't blame Adminzilla for not wanting to go through Twiggy. She forgets the stuff you order, she's hard to approach, and if you spend more than what she believes you ought to, she tells everyone she can.
I think what is even crazier is that the bad blood between these two is so obvious and well-known because of Twiggy's big mouth that even the head of our department knows about it, which is insane! And check this out…he will NOT get in the middle of those two cats. He has my sup do it LOL.
I saw Adminzilla go into the bathroom and she was in there for about 10 minutes, and then she came out. Now, Adminzilla, although passive aggressive, is a sensitive person who doesn't do confrontation very well if she thinks you'll stand up to her. So I'm sure that what Twiggy did humiliated and infuriated her at the same time.
"I think you made her cry. I saw her go into the bathroom and she didn't come out for a while. I think she's a little afraid of you."
Twiggy: "Well she oughta be afraid!!!!! That's the North side of Chicago coming out!"
And more came out during the meeting…Twiggy has suggested numerous times that perhaps Adminzilla doesn't have enough to do and maybe that's why she was butting into everyone else's business. I guess she mentioned this during the meeting with Napoleon. So he popped off with, "Well if she's bored, maybe she should get a different job. I don't know why she's coming in on Saturdays then…" Honestly, Twiggy is really being a twit if she's trying to get Adminzilla fired. Does she really want to have to do the work of two people? Every time they go through an EA back there (always Napoleon's EA), Twiggy ends up having to fill in AND do her own job until they find a new one. But I think that the take away message from that is that Napoleon was in there dissing his own assistant, who works her butt off for him, to Twiggy. That seems more than a little messed up to me, but then again, everyone complains about how Napoleon manages things anyway.
Do Not Mess with Twiggy
Well, Adminzilla went a little too far. Apparently, she stepped on Twiggy's toes by getting set up to order her own office supplies…so guess what?
Twiggy's meeting with the EVP of our department!
Can you believe that?
Well, I guess the take home message from that is do not mess with Twiggy. Or there might be a meeting about YOU with the department head.
Man, I cannot WAIT to hear how this went. I swear, I couldn't MAKE this stuff up!!
LOL
My Baby's Clutch Broke...
Well, looks like I am getting a new blender. The clutch on my KitchenAid blender broke, damnit.
BF and I took it to my favorite appliance repair shop to get it fixed and they said it would cost $29.00 for a new clutch. I know it's a KitchenAid and all, but, ummm, I can get a whole new blender at Wal-Mart for that price, which is exactly what BF advised me to do. Hence, I am on the hunt for a new blender. :) Yippy skippy…I love new kitchen appliances. :)
Speaking of spending money…Christmas is coming baby!!!! And that means it's time to get my stuff together and get my Christmas shopping done in, yes, September and October! I'm not going to be one of those people lugging around packages in the freezing frickin cold and snow. Forget that noise!!! I'm going to be so organized this year, yes I am!!! And Christmas cards; yup, them too. I'm doing them WAY ahead!!!
Oh and more spending money news…I need to buy some fall clothes, including pants and the occasional super long skirt. I should make a list of what I'll need…and let's not forget some winter shoes.
Gosh changes of seasons and holidays and broken appliances are so expensive, aren't they? Well, maybe it'll be kinda fun. We'll see!
My Horoscope is Just Crazy!
Horoscope for: Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Sheila,
You of all people can accept a challenge when you know that you are doing what is right. Now, however, as the Sun squares your key planet, Pluto, make sure that you aren't being used as a pawn in someone else's game. If you sense that you are being manipulated, it may be best to step back from the struggle.
It's so right on!!!! OMG!!!
Emma Roberts...
Looks very much like her Auntie Julia, practically guaranteeing her success in Hollywood if she wants it…
Heidi Klum and Seal and...their SECOND child together...
Ok, this is so fabulous. This is a wonderful story.
When Heidi Klum gave birth to their son Henry, Seal's statement on the birth said…
"Heidi and I are proud to announce the arrival of our second child together. HENRY GÜNTHER ADEMOLA DASHTU SAMUEL, arrived on Monday September 12th 2005 at 7:20 p.m. Weight on arrival was 8.9 lbs. He measures 21 inches long," said Seal in a statement. "Our most treasured moment so far was watching big sister Leni kissing Henry repeatedly on the head. She had been preparing for his arrival for quite some time, pointing to Heidi's stomach every morning, saying the words 'Baby, baby.'"
Isn't that sweet? He loves Leni like she's his own!!!! OMG that guy just totally increased in respect and all around everything for me!!!! No wonder he was able to get a woman like Heidi Klum! I hope they have more kids together!
Good News...
I explained to the caseworker that I'm still feeling burnt out and my goals are slipping away. She emailed me back and said she would try to get a faster hearing date. Reunification can't happen until the court approves it.
Now get this.
The next hearing date wasn't going to be until December 29th!!!!!!
Ok, I hate to say it, but BF WAS RIGHT.
He TOLD me it was going to be another 2-3 months or longer. That it wasn't 'just around the corner'. And guess what! He was right. What's more…he was EXACTLY right. December 29 is just about 4 months to the day that I met that caseworker originally.
I'm so tired of him being right!!!
OMG, I'm feeling like such a POS
BF finally got to me. I emailed Phrecklette's caseworker and told her I need to be done by October 22. She emailed me back asking why. And I realized, I don't really want to do this, but I feel forced to because of the way BF is acting about it. I don't even feel like this is the right thing to do.
I don't care if it's unhealthy…YES I feel like I am that child's mother! I've raised her for going on more than half of her life and I love her like she's my own. And now she's starting to call me mommy more and more which is making me fall in love with her more and more. Even thinking about it right now, I just want to lay down and bawl my eyes out.
Aren't I going to resent BF for making me do this eventually? When the day comes and she leaves, I know that I'm not going to feel like this is right…I'm not going to feel like this is what I want to do. I should communicate this to him so we can get this out in the open.
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Trouble in Paradise...again...
Well, BF and I are at the breaking point…again…because I won't put Phrecklette in foster care.
And this time, I signed some stupid contract under duress…that if I was 'hurting' myself (read:overeating) then I would finally do it. But now that it comes to it, I can't do that. I just can't. Am I crazy?
He says I'm not healthy and I shouldn't be parenting Phrecklette when I'm not healthy enough to do it. But I disagree. All parents have their problems.
After reading about the 11 children in cages (http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=54&u_sid=2015473), it just affirmed for me that there's no way I'm putting Phrecklette in foster care over something so paltry as my eating disorder. I think I really need some help dealing with this.
Today's Horoscope
Hmmmmmmmm….
Horoscope for: Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Sheila,
You may be pretty darned sure that your perceptions are right on. And it is your ability to keep things real that is now your greatest strength. You aren't likely to go flying off into the clouds. Yet, at the same time, you are being pushed or pulled into something that is expanding your sense of who you are. Don't be afraid to grow beyond yourself.
Who Says Horoscopes Are a Bunch of Hooey?
This is my horoscope for YESTERDAY:
Horoscope for: Monday, September 12, 2005
Sheila,
Although insignificant things can cause you great annoyance today, you might do well to hold your feelings inside. Others may be rather obstinate and if you share your frustration, it might just make them even more rigid. The way to ease the circumstantial tensions now is be more flexible within yourself.
Whoa. It couldn't have been more correct!!!!!
Monday, September 12, 2005
A Heartbreaking Tragedy
I just checked out AOL's news and discovered that Susan Anne Catherine Torres has died. I am so sad for her family…I almost cried. That baby was the symbol of a family's effort to rebuild their life after a tragic loss…I can't imagine what that father must be suffering right now.
This situation had the potential to cause a lot of debate. If the father hadn't come out and said exactly what would please feminists, they would have raised Cain about him keeping her body alive to provide a chance of survival to their child.
Sometimes, it seems like feminists want to divorce the value of a woman from her ability to carry a child. It's like that's, at bottom, the point of feminism. It seems like they're saying, look, a woman is worth something even if she has no children…I mean, we don't value men based on whether they can father children or whatever, do we? But how can you divorce a woman's value from something so intrinsic to her? You can't. The fact that a woman has the ability to carry children is, of course, valuable. But I think that their point is that that ability should not completely define her value. If she doesn't have that ability or chooses not to utilize it, that should not detract from her. I think they're saying, that should be considered optional…let's turn away from this idea that if you are a woman and you don't have kids, there must be something wrong with you either mentally or physically.
Maybe that's why they shove abortion down society's throat so much.
The day has improved...
Thank God. It couldn't have gotten worse.
Oh wait.
Yeah it could have…
I could've been fired.
LOL
Or maybe not LOL...
Waiting Until the Last Minute
Well, at least I'm not the only procrastinator in this department…Twiggy procrastinates too. She doesn't answer the phone until the last second of the last ring…probably because she knows I might pick up. It's kinda fun to tick her off…by not picking up at the beginning of the 3rd ring. Oh look, here's another one. You know she's gettin pissy. Oh well. Payback is a…ummm…you know...
It was much easier not to take things personally when I was on Prozac.
That's my thought on this. It was much easier to just let it slide and deal with it when I was on Prozac. It was a lot easier to deal with the peaks and valleys of my personality when I was on Prozac. Can't I just survive without those dang pills? It's almost like I have to have them to function.
Or maybe I just need a new job with a new perspective.
It's Just Business
I should mention this also, I suppose. My sup basically was like, 'it's just business, don't take it personally'. Maybe that is something to think about. I don't know how she always keeps her cool…I wish I could be more like her.
That Didn't Go Well
I tried to talk to my sup about SeaBee and her memory problems…she didn't seem receptive. I said I didn't understand why she felt it necessary to bring my supervisor into this and she said, "Because she wanted it to go out on Thursday." She basically acted like, well you did screw up, and you need to figure it out, and stop whining. Thanks supervisor!
This job is atrophying my brain, I swear. Maybe it is time to move on.
Work Irritations
Irritation No. 1: Lazy Executive Assistants….more on these office phenoms...
Got an email today from one of the L.A.E.s on the 2nd floor…she's EA to the president of one of our divisions. She's never set up in the downstairs conference rooms before so she wanted either I or my supervisor to set up her 20-person meeting on Friday FOR HER. Entirely. Completely. What a load of crap. Of course, my supervisor was all like, oh sure! We'll take care it. Happy to help! Slap me across the other cheek now!
Thank God she decided to take advantage of another 'servant' admin in her own department rather than deputizing my supervisor and I as her servants.
You may get the impression from reading this (like anyone reads this) that I am generally an irritable person at work, or one of those people that wouldn't throw water on a burning person's flesh if it isn't in my job description. Wrong-o. I just detest people who simply don't wish to do something so they delegate it onto other people…like the EA in question. She wants someone else, who has their own job to do, to set up a TWENTY PERSON MEETING for her only because she's never worked in those conference rooms before? PLEASE. All you do is make coffee, put out the ice, water, and pop, mugs and glasses, cream and sugar and let the guests have at it. It's not anywhere near being difficult. That's it. My God, it's just a conference room lady! Face your fear!!!!!
Anyway, I just politely said yes, of course we'll do it, and you might want to tag along so you can learn about that conference room and how everything works…but then I discovered she had deputized another poor schlep in her own department to do her work for her. : )
Irritation No. 2: People I Support Who Act Like Jerks…
So one of the Directors I support…we'll call her SeaBee…is in a snit today.
Because she is a flake, I recently set up rules in Outlook to collect her emails and put copies of them in a folder with her name on it so that when she's being flaky (ie…she can't remember if she sent me an email to do something for her or not and she wants me to instantaneously know whether I did it or not).
She sent me an email on Thursday to have me send out a couple of ABXs. I had set the rule in Outlook up wrong, so instead of it moving a COPY, it just moved the whole thing and I didn't see it until today. Oh dear. So I had to do damage control. I told her I didn't get the email until today. True, but not entirely true.
Yes, I did screw up, but I hardly ever screw this person's work up, and do you know why? Because her personality is incredibly volatile. If you screw up her work, she might flip on you OR give you that look…the one that says…"You are an idiot and I'm going to try to get you fired asap because I act without thinking about these things because secretaries are an easy target for me to sh*t on."
Anyway, she emailed me back and copied my supervisor…as though I am someone who constantly screws up…"Seeeeeeee? She screws up all the time!" And she said, "how can that be? Can't have this". Ok, can I scream at you now???????? Not the first time she's done this. I'm going to have to talk to my supervisor.
Well, regardless of these irritations, I will survive. :)
Friday, September 09, 2005
Should New Orleans Be Rebuilt?
This is a question?
Surely you jest.
Of course it should.
Ok, yes, building a bowl-shaped city that's surrounded on 3 sides by water was dumb. Yes. But it's too late now -- the place is there and it's historical, and you can't just not rebuild.
I think there are definitely questions as to whether they should rebuild in the places that got the worst of the flooding...the places that are even more than 6 feet below sea level. But for the most part, that city should be rebuilt.
Now, if and when they do rebuild, they need to make sure they learn from this. They must upgrade their levees to category 5 strength, stop developing and start restoring their wetlands. They need a better plan for how they're going to deal with this level of strength of hurricanes. Because with global warming an actual, factual thing that's happening, you know these storms are going to get worse, not better.
The people who run these things can fix this, I'm sure. Their mayor seems to be a go-getter.
Did you notice that there is definitely a South v North thing developing? One of the chicks on my pro-life list ranted about Yankees and stuff on Thursday or Wednesday. And now you hear comments here and there about "Who's talking about not rebuilding our city? Some dumbass in Minnesota???" Stuff like that. And if you see a few quotes about it in the media, you know that that is just a teensy, tiny sampling...there have to be a few thousand available quotes and those 2 or 3 are just the ones that made it. It's just a symptom, and now we're going to see a whole new level of feeling about the North v the South.
But I think the South never really got over the Civil War. Because for this to rear its ugly head now, it had to have been a festering wound...they've felt neglected and ignored by the rest of America long before this happened...
We Can All Rest Easy; Mike Brown's Been Fired
Good thing. That dude waited 2 whole days after the bowl-shaped city of New Orleans began filling with Lake Pontchartrain's waters. Dumbass.
Laura Bush came out today and said that Kanye West's claim that Bush doesn't care about black people is disgusting. She's right. I know I said that I was proud of West for saying what he thought, but I didn't say I agreed with everything that came out of his mouth. Did I mention that I like Laura Bush too? :)
I used to think that living in Omaha was like the end of the world. Now I'm glad I live here...tornadoes are nothing compared to earthquakes and hurricanes. I'll take my tornadoes. I guess the Midwest is just plain. Plain landscape, plain weather. But I think I like plain weather a lot more than 'interesting' weather.
Well I got a nice little letter from the IRS stating that they intend to 'levy' on certain assets. What assets? I don't own a house or anything. The biggest thing I own is my car lol. Well, anyway, I am calling them right now...I'm on hold and have been for about 17 minutes and 47 seconds. I wish I had speaker phone on my cell phone, dangit. Oh check it out...some chick named Mrs. Jefferson is now speaking with me. Let's see what kind of payment plan I can get. :)
I think I'm going to have to go to the doctor to verify that what I have is allergies.
Oh and speaking of doctors, I screwed up Phrecklette's psych eval, part 2. The appt was yesterday. Weird, they didn't call me...not like that's their job though.
Well, on with the day today :) Bye :)
Thursday, September 08, 2005
I have the day off tomorrow...
And I get to have it for free...I don't have to use vacation time because they're giving me a day off for staying back yesterday. Awesome.
Anyway, so my usual weekend silence will start on Friday instead of Saturday. :) Not that anyone reads this blog anyway lol.
I Think That My Depression Might be Cycling
Because right now I think I am in the bottom of a depression, while last week I was manic.
Last week I was all happy and smiling and stuff…this week, no.
But that might also have to do with the fact that I've been sick for a week now with this dang cold or whatever it is. Last week I was relieved and proud that I had crawled out from under the collapse of the financial house of cards' ruin. Now the relief is over and it's back to normal life again. And I'm sick on top of it.
I'm almost well, but the cough is still there. I keep coughing up mucous. Yuck with a capital Y.
Wow, I am Pretty Ashamed at Our Government
I don't know if that timeline is a propaganda piece, but it sure looks factual. And after having read it, I'm a little ashamed at how this has been handled. FEMA really DID screw up, although I hadn't wanted to believe it. But after reading this, there's no doubt that they did, and that they caused thousands more people to die than should have.
Katrina Timeline
Wow, this sort of makes you think…and makes you question everything, including the President's response to the hurricane.
Welcome to Thursday
One more day, just one more day. :)
Well, my sister's caseworker emailed yesterday and she's going to go to the family therapy session on Monday. Then she'll do a walk through of my sister's place and transition shall begin. I'm not looking forward to that.
Phrecklette saw her mom yesterday and let's just say that her behavior showed it. Man she is such a screamer. And when BF is the one doing timeout or whatever, she will try to come and get me and she will hold her arms out to me and stuff. It's pretty freaky to see.
And believe me, timeout is no big deal. All she does is go in her room and stand in the corner for 4 minutes. That's all. But getting her into the corner? Hell, getting her into her room? Holy Lord. She will fight and scream and the worst part is she always scream OWIE!!!! As though someone is hurting her physically, which you can be sure NO ONE is doing that. Anyone listening would be sure that we're beating the living daylights out of her when in fact no one is even touching her! Sometimes it's a little scary. Sometimes I think the police are going to show up at my door. I guess that's one thing that I won't miss about Phrecklette. But everything else…I will be crying over.
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Oh.My.God.
These people have a free pass to go home for the day after their little golfing exercise today and they are choosing to come back to the office?????
What????
Good Lord.
Ok.
I have an idea.
Can one of THEM take the Geico and People calls?
No? Oh well.
So much work, So much time, So much anger...
Today is the sales and marketing golf outing. I got to go last year and
Twiggy gets to go this year (actually, she's not really twiggy, she's
more like a J. Lo).
Really, that's no big deal. I detest golfing and didn't have a very
good time last year. In fact, I got the usual skin affliction -- a
loverly sunburn. I found a way to sneak off and go home early last
year, in fact, because I was so bored.
So this year it's my turn to stay back because the head of our
department, whom I cannot call by his pet name in work email, has
decided that at least 1 person from our department MUST stay back to
answer phones. Yes, I'm sure the Geico and People Magazine callers very
much appreciate that and would thank you from the bottom of the cockles
of their little hearts if they only knew how you were pulling for them,
you short meglomaniac. Oh dear, that's a slip.
Anyhoo, it's just a little galling when the smug and short-yet-wide
executive assistant comes up to you and tells you that, oh lucky you!
you're going to have assignments to keep your little self busy while
they're all out getting snockerd on the golf course. Yippy skippy!!!
And it's even more galling when the workaholics start returning to the
office and asking you to do their stupid little tasks. Even though you
are supposed to be chained to the phones. Add more gall when you
realize that you really do have work to do!!! Dangit!!!
It sure does suck when your job becomes more and more meaningless by
the day, but you can't imagine leaving it because you love those
workaholics, you love working for a supervisor that actually
appreciates that value of treating people with dignity, even if she
does report to the height-challenged meglomaniac, and you actually like
your job. You like the job, it's just that it's become about as
challenging as sleeping. You can't even fathom people who throw their
whole selves into whatever they do to earn their paychecks. I mean, you
still take a certain pride in your work, but you definitely aren't as
dedicated as Adminzilla, who's still infected with those perfectionist
germs. You used to be quite the little innovator, but then you were
here so long that you ran out of things to innovate.
And subconsciously, you probably email these subversive blog posts from
work email because you want to get fired. Actually, I just realized
just how subversive this little email is, so I switched over to my
webmail service, not like that's any real improvement when it comes to
privacy, but what the heck. Might as well make an attempt.
More on Kanye West and People Who Speak Their Minds
I love people like Kanye West.
I love it that he spoke his mind without apology! And honestly, don't you think that he just said what most people were thinking? That's no crime. At least he didn't cuss.
What Kanye West ACTUALLY Said...the Full Monty
Kanye: [abandons teleprompter] "I hate the way they portray us in the media. You see a black family and they say we are looting, you see a white family and they say they are looking for food. And, you know, its been five days because most of the people ARE black. And even for me to complain, I would be a hypocrite because I would turn away from the TV because it's too hard to watch. I've even been shopping before even giving a donation, so now I'm calling my business manager right to see what is the biggest amount I can give. And just to imagine, if I was down there and those are my people down there. If there is anybody out there that wants to do anything that we can help about the way America is set up the help the poor, the black people, the less well off as slow as possible. Red cross is doing as much as they can. We already realize a lot of the people that could help are at war right now, fighting another way. And now they've given them permission to go down and shoot us.
WHOA.
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
FW: An Unnatural Disaster: A Hurricane Exposes the Man-Made Disaster of the Welfare State
I received this from an old friend of my dad's...it has a ring of truth to it, but I don't think people should get the idea that people on welfare have no morals. I think the part that stands out is probably the part about how they unleashed a pack of wolves...the prisoners from Louisiana prisons...on normal, decent people. But this definitely touches on what I had already said about the mentality of poverty, about how you feel that you are not in control of your own life, etc.
Hmmm...and I came up with that WITHOUT a college degree of any kind...just my high school education...hmmmmmmmm...me the non-travelled midwesterner. : )
Go figure.
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