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Working for a "living"???

No One — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:57:57 +0000

So yeah, today was my annual review at work and I’m not sure it’s worth it. What they do is they take you into a room, give you your review paperwork and leave you alone for a few minutes to read it through. Now first off them taking me into a room, in light of recent past events, is a scary proposition for me. But anyway, I start reading the review and get to the part about…can’t remember the exact wording but something to the effect of considering other workers feelings and shit. Of course I got bad marks there and the thing that was supposed to be completely over & forgotten and never referred to again was mentioned in my review. Twice. So much for letting bygones be bygones and me having a clean slate.

Well that crap was bad enough but I also got dinged for my quality being slightly lower that it should but no mention of the fact that I talked to them about that exact issue a few times saying it was because of all the bullshit going on around me. The fact that since I’ve been moved to a different seat my quality is back up above where it should be apparently holds no weight. The final result is that my raise was a paltry sum although according to them it’s not bad considering their high end of raises (for the UNbeautiful people that is) is insulting in itself.

It just angers me that the only thing I ever had which was my work reputation, is gone. I have nothing anymore. Well maybe that’s good because if you have nothing then you lose nothing when the whole fucking show is over. Makes the end easier, no?

June 2008

No One — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:42:52 +0000

Nothing! Sister dear decided to go to bingo by herself while mom and I were back east so no time for me this month.

Here we go again…

No One — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:39:56 +0000

Work is back with the mandatory overtime shit again so there goes any small amount of time I have for things. And just when I’m starting a new “give me freedom from the corporate world” venture. I am determined to break out of this mold that requires me to bow and scrape to others for a paycheck. More details on my new thing soon – like when everyone else has decided I can have a minute for me.

We're Upgraded!

No One — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:46:28 +0000

Finally got us all upgraded and current and (mostly) working right. There are a couple things left to do, but they are minor and I’ll work on them as I can.

I gotta tell you, this upgrade was not as smooth as any other WordPress upgrade I’ve done. For some reason I was (un)lucky enough to be one of the people who couldn’t get the new media uploader to work out of the box. I’ve been messing around with the stupid thing for weeks now and finally found a fix that works well enough to get us upgraded. It’s not perfect, but it works. And other than that I’m extremely pleased with 2.5 so far.

Termite Saga – The Conclusion

No One — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:36:25 +0000

I previously wrote about discovering that we had termites (read it here if you like). Well the termite guy was just here and did his thing. Total Cost = $0.00!!! Gotta love warranties!

I was pleased when he told me that our “infestation” really didn’t look too bad. He said that it takes about 8 to 12 months before real serious damage occurs and I don’t think ours has been going on more than a couple months. He said a good practice would be to just walk around the house maybe once or twice a month and make sure things stay clear.

Anyway, I am super relieved that not only didn’t it cost us anything but that it was caught soon enough that damage is absolutely minimal.