October 7
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2009
Me 09:06, 7 October 2009 (EDT)
The flare-up seems to be waning (finally). It was a little tender this morning, but it's not twitchy. I managed to sleep last night mostly without issue. I say it every time: it's almost more of a psychological issue than a physical impairment when they happen.
This week in kitchen, we're doing potatoes. OMG, I so don't want to eat any potatoes for dinner / breakfast this week. Steak, cottage, and shoestring fries last Friday. Potatoes Anna, home fries, and Lyonnaise, and candied sweet potatoes (brown sugar I was OK with...but the vanilla was WAY too strong) on Monday. Yesterday was mashed potatoes (yes, I made mashed potatoes in culinary school), Dutchess, Dauphinois (omg...nom!), and classic potato pancakes.
Today, we're doing tournes, "mushroom shaped potatoes", and then one stuffed with gorgonzola and something else.
I hate tournes.
2008
Me 09:51, 7 October 2008 (EDT)
You know, it's a weird thing about having a blog, you tend to post only at extremes. I'm either elated and beyond happy, or I'm completely, totally, and absolutely pissed off at the world.
Guess which one I am today? Good answer!
Yeah, AssCrack on third shift (and, if you ever worked at ThePit, you know who I'm referencing) of course is causing me headaches in the morning again. Today, he decides to have the other guy run the reports because he's going to be off the next two days. The problem? The other guy doesn't have a profile set up on the machine, so the reports crashed.
The bigger issue? AssCrack has been here for over five or six years, and knows that you can't just have anyone plop down and run reports. He knows they have to be set up first. Still, he just figured he'd run one of the more critical reports and just wing it?
I had it out with VCS this morning. He went back to the concept of creating a pull-down to draw directly off of the system to create this. I told him that is a possibility, but with the way that the Project from Hell keeps fluctuating, it's impossible. "Well...why?" he asks. Because each day there's something radically different and each day I have to reconstruct something. He then goes on to say that I need to pull the data in bigger chunks.
I've spent the better part of the last 10 years working with the IT department, building reports that minimally impact the various systems of this company. Operations system, network, and desktop PCs all are balanced with what we do to them; none of them get's beaten up any more than the other if we can help it. The thing that VCS is suggesting is going to -- as a former AVP of IT liked to say -- "bang to box" too hard. I'm not about to corrupt the working relationship I have with IT just for this project.
I'm not moving on this. Not without a severe fight. I won't alter my design principles just for one executive who's come in here with a grandiose plan to revolutionize the company, increase growth, and fix our bottom line. I've seen more "revolutions" than I can even count. The exec comes in, he makes his plan, implements it, it lasts about six months, he gets moved to a Higher Priority position in the company, and the revolution fizzles. Now, operations is stuck running a process that has no one championing it, and no one knows why they're still running it.
Eventually...we go back to doing things the way the company works well at.
I need to get out of here. Really. I talked to the guy from Brooksource again yesterday. Did the "touch base" thing; they've got a couple other candidates in mind as well, they wanted to make sure I was still "on board" (Yes, as time goes on, I'm only becoming more confident in this decision.); and wanted to let me know that the window for an interview is still going to be on the 14th.
Prayers, candles, and well wishes are all welcome my friends. Do whatever your faith / personal morals happens to count as helping a friend in need.
2006
Me 16:51, 7 October 2006 (EDT)
A week later...and I'm still not over macho grande.
