How did it get to be 6:00 already?
Hi again.
I am trying to get in the habit of posting more often, because I miss conversing with my flist.
I'm not sure what was up, but my power went out suddenly for several hours last night. It was actually out in a swathe of my city due to "equipment failures". I was on the phone with my sister at the time and she wouldn't believe me that it was sniper terrorists. All was fine except for two things: none of my matches wanted to strike (they're very old) so lighting candles was a bit of a challenge, and once the power came back on my computer didn't want to start up. I'll admit I hyperventilated about the second one for a wee bit, but then the computer ran some sort of diagnostic (~20m) and let me system restore it although there were no restore points saved and then it finally booted. So that was a relief.
I want to close some tabs on my computer too, so have some full monty. (Do I need to add a "nsfw" warning after that?) This is a cute little German short called Hysteria. I think it is an ad for denim, but I'm not sure. (It auto-starts so don't be startled by it like I was. *^_^*)
I keep seeing people raving about True Detective. I was almost sucked in, but then I saw it stars Matthew McConaghey and Woody Harrelson. Probably my two least favorite actors on the planet. (No, I take that back. That award goes to Will Ferrell.) But I also want to give Three Musketeers a try. Plus GoT and Orphan Black are coming back next month, and I love me some Tatiana Maslany. Although, [OB spoiler] there is some new guy showing up in the Sarah gifs on tumblr and I don't like that. Where's Paul? I liked Paul.
Anyway, I have no idea what it's about, but it sure is pretty.
Work is becoming so dreary, it's not even funny. We have a new high mucky-muck who wants to change everything and make us a "huge multi-million dollar department." But not only that, he keeps denigrating us and tearing us down to defend his changes. Our offices are "miserable" so we need new paint and posters. Our software is "boring" so we need something shiny he can sell to clients, even our name isn't good enough for him. He even threw the word "metrics" at us. I'll admit we need new software and our offices are horrible, but he really doesn't have to keep telling us over and over. I mean it's not like we don't know this and haven't been making the best of it for YEARS. How about instead of tearing us down all the time, you tell us something we do well, huh? Something that you don't want to rip out and change? Also he's all about appearances and "status". Sorry, dude, you earn my respect. I don't give it just because of your job title. He's really kind of an oily snake salesman, though he puts on a good front. It makes me want to weep a little. I miss my small boutique business that actually cared about quality and not how many files we can churn out at breakneck speed with a giant fake smile on our faces. Not sure if I'll last much longer.
A friend of mine took a visit to England recently and mentioned her visit to a Chained Library. I've never even heard of these things before, but now I want to see one.
I am trying to get in the habit of posting more often, because I miss conversing with my flist.
I'm not sure what was up, but my power went out suddenly for several hours last night. It was actually out in a swathe of my city due to "equipment failures". I was on the phone with my sister at the time and she wouldn't believe me that it was sniper terrorists. All was fine except for two things: none of my matches wanted to strike (they're very old) so lighting candles was a bit of a challenge, and once the power came back on my computer didn't want to start up. I'll admit I hyperventilated about the second one for a wee bit, but then the computer ran some sort of diagnostic (~20m) and let me system restore it although there were no restore points saved and then it finally booted. So that was a relief.
I want to close some tabs on my computer too, so have some full monty. (Do I need to add a "nsfw" warning after that?) This is a cute little German short called Hysteria. I think it is an ad for denim, but I'm not sure. (It auto-starts so don't be startled by it like I was. *^_^*)
I keep seeing people raving about True Detective. I was almost sucked in, but then I saw it stars Matthew McConaghey and Woody Harrelson. Probably my two least favorite actors on the planet. (No, I take that back. That award goes to Will Ferrell.) But I also want to give Three Musketeers a try. Plus GoT and Orphan Black are coming back next month, and I love me some Tatiana Maslany. Although, [OB spoiler] there is some new guy showing up in the Sarah gifs on tumblr and I don't like that. Where's Paul? I liked Paul.
Anyway, I have no idea what it's about, but it sure is pretty.
Work is becoming so dreary, it's not even funny. We have a new high mucky-muck who wants to change everything and make us a "huge multi-million dollar department." But not only that, he keeps denigrating us and tearing us down to defend his changes. Our offices are "miserable" so we need new paint and posters. Our software is "boring" so we need something shiny he can sell to clients, even our name isn't good enough for him. He even threw the word "metrics" at us. I'll admit we need new software and our offices are horrible, but he really doesn't have to keep telling us over and over. I mean it's not like we don't know this and haven't been making the best of it for YEARS. How about instead of tearing us down all the time, you tell us something we do well, huh? Something that you don't want to rip out and change? Also he's all about appearances and "status". Sorry, dude, you earn my respect. I don't give it just because of your job title. He's really kind of an oily snake salesman, though he puts on a good front. It makes me want to weep a little. I miss my small boutique business that actually cared about quality and not how many files we can churn out at breakneck speed with a giant fake smile on our faces. Not sure if I'll last much longer.
A friend of mine took a visit to England recently and mentioned her visit to a Chained Library. I've never even heard of these things before, but now I want to see one.