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| You call this an Upgrade? |
| 09.29.07 (10:52 pm) [edit] |
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A few "upgrades" around my place of business.
Everyone's uniforms have been upgraded...and segregated. Which means instead of everyone wearing the same thing, every department gets their own special look. Which means I get to wear a cheap soccer jersey that was designed by people who seem to not have shoulders. Almost makes me miss my Disney costume...almost. At least it was well-made and I never had to wash it. One truism in this world is that in any corporate environment decisions are usually made by people who do not have to live with them; when a business should open or close, what people should wear, And the system in which I can supposedly check my schedule online was "upgraded" which means it only works on Internet Exploder (which I can't stand). Which means even after doing the Exploder it still wouldn't work. And the tech support guy blamed it on Spyware. And it still doesn't work even after running AdAware. I love it when things, like computer things happen, and tech people who don't want to work, and don't have to wear shoulderless uniforms, blame the problem all on you. And what do we say after they say it's you, not us? We say thank you! Thank you for not telling me anything new! Thank you for blaming me when you are the ones who had to "upgrade." Thank you for not doing a damn thing! |
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| The Future: A multi-part series |
| 09.28.07 (12:38 am) [edit] |
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Let's say something bad happens around or shortly after November 1st.
Is it possible to live in San Jose and commute to San Francisco state, so that I don't have to uproot my happy little rut, and Mr. Rut? Christ. What if I don't get accepted there either? Would it be possible to fail at everything I try? |
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| "scandal" |
| 09.24.07 (10:06 pm) [edit] |
Now my husband's aunt has perpetuated e-mail lie about the "No 'In God We Trust'" on money. I am tempted to send this image to my mom (who was butt-hurt) and everyone else on the list:
I don't know why I just can't let it go. Maybe it's because the whole thing upsets me. First off, it's a 99% lie. (If you get a George Washington coin without the phrase on the side, put it away somewhere locked up). Why people spread lies around the internet through e-mail is beyond me. Perhaps in this case it was A. Just an idiot who didn't bother to look at the SIDE of his coin B. An idiot who was purposely trying to incite outrage. The other reason it makes me upset is, with an ever-growing list of things to be outraged about, whether or not the word God should be in the pledge or on money is one of those things that distracts people from more important issues. The guy downstairs was playing rap shit loud enough for me to hear. Now I can barely make out TNT. Why couldn't he have the music I actually like up loud? |
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| Smackdown |
| 09.21.07 (11:02 pm) [edit] |
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Nothing like hammering a person into the ground to make one feel riled up...even if that is your mom.
I got an e-mail from my mom, of all people, about the "outrage" of "In God We Trust" not being on new coins. This is the kind of crap I usually get from my Grandma. There were so many things wrong with this I just had to point it out. Starting with, it IS on new dollar coins (along the side) so the e-mail evoking the faux outrage is just plain false. And some other things most of which you can read about here. Now I'm kinda pumped up. She'll probably be all butt-hurt about it tho. |
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| 09.20.07 (9:28 am) [edit] |
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I almost literally cried myself to sleep last night worrying about things to come or not.
Apparently grad school is not the way to go if you are trying to delay the real world... But, the teacher, who never called me back, said the G-word, not me...? |
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| 09.18.07 (10:47 pm) [edit] |
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My heel pain has gone from tolerably painful to excruciating and limping. Wonderful... I have been chasing a little black cat around the Target parking lot. He seems to be there when I pick Jeremy up. It's not fair. Everyone else gets to have pet. The whole one car thing is getting old...very very old. |
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| 09.18.07 (9:13 am) [edit] |
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I don't know. Stuff sucks. Here's a rarity: I call home, trying to talk to my mom, and my dad makes me depressed.
Still no sign of the concert tickets. They must have fallen off the fridge, and one of us unwittingly picked up the envelope and threw it out without checking... probably Jeremy, he's so much neater than I am ;) kidding, sorta. |
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| 09.17.07 (10:15 pm) [edit] |
| Oh my god! Why aren't you doing anything!!!?!?!?!? |
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| Penis Envy, and Papayas |
| 09.14.07 (9:49 pm) [edit] |
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I read a blog about movie posters. Their latest post features The Brave One poster. As indirectly suggested by this post, it isn't too hard to picture Jodie Foster has a penis. The whole discussion on powerful women either being butch or bitches and therefore acting like men or whatever is a subject I don't want to get into.
What I do wonder is why are not more female reproductive areas suggested movie advertising? (Stick with me on this). The posters for Mr. Woodcock and Balls of Fury that imply male genitalia, as do Duce Bigalow, Men in Black, and even (accidentally!*)The Little Mermaid. Where are the movie posters with female reproductive whatever on them? Lisence to Wed is the only example I can find in poster art. There are a few print ads out there that imply different things. There is a container of papaya juice label out there that I think always looks just a little wrong, although it's hard to a papaya not to look  I just found out that according to Urban Dictionary, papaya is Cuban/Caribbean slang for female genitalia. But why don't women appear in a garden of weird pink flowers? Or why aren't there any oddly shaped flames on candles? Or why aren't there more papayas on movie posters or advertising in general? Time to get off my feminist high horse and paint... *I have to believe the Mermaid incident is truly accidental because the story, and main character, etc. appeals to girls. Unlike the above stories which are for and about men, or in the case of Brave One a powerful woman. There is no point in it for Little Mermaid because it's about a girl and therefore only appreciated by girls.** And she is not a strong girl at that; Little Mermaid is one of the most misogynistic fairy tales out there. **There is a very stupid mindset in our culture that to be female is only ok if you are female and sometimes not even then. For example to be a "Girly-man;" something "ballsy" people are not. It is unfortunate that most men/boys will not willingly see movies starring primarily women/girls, but the opposite is not true. If Harry Potter had been written as a female character the series would not be nearly as popular...right now (insert joke about magic wands here). I say right now because two of the most popular fantasy characters of all time, Dorothy and Alice, are female. This is why there has to be a genre called "chick flicks" and for a man to admit he went to one is to admit that he is gay or whipped (preferably the latter). And I could go on and on... |
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| Missing tickets! |
| 09.12.07 (10:01 pm) [edit] |
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OMG! Our concert tickets are missing! How can this be?! I am so sure I put them on a clip magnet on the refrigerator. It occurred to me today I hadn't noticed they were on there in awhile, but maybe I was just taking it for granted. I have an even more faded, but probably false memory of Jeremy saying, "These aren't staying on here very well. Can I put them on top of the fridge?" To which I said yes. But no, they actually are not there! Shit! Shit! Shit! Where could they be?! The desire to call my family seeking out the sympathy I never get from my mother is overwhelming. I must suppress those urges because they will only make me feel worse. (Which is why I am blogging). I need a hug! I feel stupid! I guess it's good I noticed now...and that they were $30 tickets instead of $50. It can't be all my fault. and here I was beginning to wonder what my counselor and I were going to talk about next week. |
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| 09.11.07 (10:18 am) [edit] |
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I'm ready for fall. I'm ready for big comfy sweatshirts, boots, and probably my favorite holiday, Halloween. Stores setting up for Halloween this early doesn't piss me off nearly as much as Christmas. Maybe because there isn't another holiday before Halloween that gets glossed over, Halloween isn't nearly as loaded with commercialism, and everybody doesn't decorate for Halloween like they do Christmas; you don't see stores lined with orange lights or pumpkins on display shelves, etc.
Another big thing happening today: Jeremy's POS car that has been nothing but a useless paperweight for the last 4 months is about to become some unfortunate charity's problem! This is so exciting! After not parking in the parking spot for three weeks I finally get it back! That stupid thing will be gone! No more spending AAA bailouts on it! No more having to help move it in any way! I do however have to get it off our insurance. I'm really tired of my computer being so full! I don't know what happens. I delete about several MB of stuff, and the next thing I know, even without saving anything, it's full again! I really really need to paint. If only it wasn't such a pain in the ass. Drawing is so much easier; no equipment necessary. |
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| Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: |
| 09.05.07 (11:24 pm) [edit] |
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In the interest of not being constipated for three months and having all my hair fall out: This is great. This reminds me of all the shit I get from my grandma; all her right wing propaganda, (Just deleted without reading: "The Real Barack Obama"), unquestioning support of the troops and everything their commander-in-cheif authorizes them to do, how great Jesus is, urban legends billed by the e-mail as truth, and how if I send it to 20 people all my dreams will come true, and the more people I sent it to the more dreams will come true, and other stupid crap that is probably just disguised as a virus. I don't even read stuff from her anymore. I have fantasies about sending her petitions to impeach Dick Cheney just so she'll leave me the hell alone! |
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| Firewire Drive II |
| 09.04.07 (8:42 pm) [edit] |
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After three failed delivery attempts and a holiday weekend, and sending Jeremy down to stand in a long line where they almost didn't give him my item I finally got my portable firewire drive. So I plug it in and expect to start loading all pictures and documents and things on it. And the device doesn't come up in "My Computer" but it does show up in the "Unplug/Eject Hardware" window. I figure out it is because the package didn't come with the necessary CD to make the thing work, or an instruction manual. So I go on the website, which is really difficult to navigate so it's hard to see if the thing is even available, and doesn't have the driver that you can just download, I found websites with the driver but only for Mac, and the technical support is only available 9-5.
Effing wonderful...I have a feeling I just wasted $60. I deleted 80MB, but somehow I only have 7 available. Lousy thing. Maybe I'm just silly, but wouldn't it make sense from a deliverer stand point to maybe after the 2nd attempt of coming at exactly 2:03 and finding no one home during the week that maybe that isn't the best time to try and deliver that package? Stupid holiday. Making everything late, and slow, and I can't even get triple time. Stupid union. They bash other stores like Target for being non-union but Target does better for him than the union does for us. I only got a dollar extra an hour yesterday, unlike people who have been there for 2 years or more who got triple time, and my husband who got time.5. A whole dollar! That to me is like going to a restaurant and the service being so lousy you leave a tip of a couple of cents so the waiter knows how you really feel. The union is so shitty they could only get us a dollar on holidays. Unfortunately, I think the newer people still have to pay the same union dues. I still think it should be optional. Current Mood:  frustrated.And now, I must do something... |
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| 09.01.07 (11:50 pm) [edit] |
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Painting all these stupid little rocks makes my brain hurt. The paper keeps drying up
Maybe I should give up on this painting for awhile. It's not like it's going to make that much difference, other than I can finally say, "It's done, and I never have to think about it again" and the guy in the bakery will leave me alone about it. My head aches. Jeremy wants to go to KY earlier than January to get his "new" car. Unfortunately he's going at a time when I really won't want to be alone...I don't know. He needs to do whatever he needs to do whenever he needs to do it. I can't wait until counseling on Tuesday. I'm worried about life and stuff. But I hate it when they ask, "How often do you feel that way?" I don't know. Often enough to bring it up. What if my life really and truly has no purpose? That's not true. What I mean is, what if my life doesn't have the significant purpose I want to believe it does. What if my sole purpose is to take people's groceries out to the car for the rest of my life? |
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