December 14
From my brain
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2008
Me 01:12, 14 December 2008 (EST)
Having just left Chrissy's Christmas wine party, I would like to announce that I am really really drunk at the moment having consumed many many portions of wine. I also had the opportunity to speak with both Phantom and Ceraun at length and further solidify our solidarity over our dislike of VCS (who, by the way was in attendance at the the party, causing all of us to drink heavily).
Having taken Roxy's advice, I kept myself at diametric opposite ends of the room and had a fabulous time. Chatted with lots people and really enjoyed myself (and the wine; everyone in attendance brought 1-3 bottles each...zomg, lots of wine!). There was enough noise that I heard none of the audible sounds of VCS's laughter and for the most part disregarded his presence.
In the end though it was only me, Wifey, Ceraun, Phantom, Chrissy, and her husband left, and for the better part of an hour or two, Chrissy tried to tell us that we needed to "find away around VCS" as he's not going to be goign anywhere. The problem with that, is that to me personally, I find that morally reprehensible. He is my manager, and therefore my supervisor and to work around him is anathema to my person. It's time for me to go.
I could go on further, but again, I'm beyond drunk right now. Wifey is driving my mother home after she's stayed to watch our kids all evening. I am now going to sleep.
2007
Me 09:54, 14 December 2007 (EST)
When you wake in the morning and the first thing that greets you (after hitting the snooze bar) is your spouse elbowing you in the eye, it's best just to stay there.
First, the clueless schmuck that is on third shift can't tell the difference between opening Outlook as an application and opening Internet Explorer and going to the remote web access. So, when he runs the report, he's pissed off -- yes, pissed off -- because my report won't work right for him. Things never work right when they're changed for everyone else. With all the people they've fired in the last couple years, I can't fathom why this moron hasn't gotten booted out too. Is it that hard to hire for third shift?
Second, the "fixes" I put into the Outlook code broke horribly. I made a tiny little mod into a helper function that caused all of the static email address tables in several databases get wiped. Then, when the email attempted to send, an error occurred because there were no valid recipients. I spent a good hour tracking down the problem, then another hour fixing the deleted tables.
On top of this all, work is having their "Christmas Dinner" for everyone, which of course is Prime Rib. Of course it's the advent fast, so I'll be eating my tuna casserole from Wednesday night's leftovers. Maybe there will be some sides I can partake of.
So world, whatcha got left for the day?
2006
Me 12:53, 14 December 2006 (EST)
I am...disconnected as of late. I've felt like this for awhile, but it really kind of hit me hard.
So, I was up far too late as usual playing WoW (11:45ish). Wifey had gone into work a bit early, so she did her five hours, and came home. Busted playing late. I walk upstairs to say hi before I headed to bed.
She was surprised at first that I was still up, but really kind of blew it off, and we just chit chatted while she got a before-bed snack. She was going to have a bowl of cereal and realized we were out of milk upstairs, and she asked me to go down and get some more from the downstairs fridge. As I started to walk down...
- Aw honey, I just realized...you're such a dear for going down and getting that. I shouldn't make you go and do that when you've been up even longer than I have.
- Eh, it's okay. I just go through the motions a lot lately. I'll do it.
As I started to walk down the stairs, a discussion started up in the back of my head that that was really kinda harsh. As if I wasn't doing it because she had a long night at work, and I was just a caring husband, but I was just doing it because I was an automaton. Another voice spoke up and said, Well, don't we feel that way most of the time lately?
I wake, I shower, I brush my teeth. I get in the car, eat breakfast if I cooked at home, or pray enroute to work if I didn't cook. Get to work (late), eat breakfast if I didn't cook at home, read work e-mail, read the Scrawl, write a blog entry. The rest of the morning I bounce back and forth between talking to guildies on AIM, reading Scrawl posts as they come in, and reading the WoW forums.
Oh yeah, and I do some work. Sure. When it comes in. It's been so friggin sporadic lately. I've literally gone days with nothing new coming in, followed by ZOMG!! we have to have this for the 4pm conference call (and it's 2pm).
Work finishes, I walk out to the car, go to the store if need be, then go home. Play WoW if the family lets me, do yard work or take care of the kids if not. We then realize, OMG, we have to eat, then we cook, and Wifey has to run out to work. Kids and I play for a bit, we watch Good Eats (Praise Alton!), and then we start winding down for bed.
Beat the children into PJs and bed. Go play WoW and stay up far too late. Collapse into bed, but at least I don't think of how monotonous things are, so I can sleep right away. Alarm goes off...
And that's it. No spice. Nothing new. I'm bored with a lot of stuff lately, but mostly because nothings happening. Sure, there's some self-help guru who'd say, "You want things to happen? Get motivated and make them happen". Blow me. I'm broke, I'm underskilled, and worse, undermotiviated.
Where was this post going? I don't have a clue either.
