-Lost in the woods-
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I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

   Sunday, October 30  

Some days, the grass is just greener on the other continent.

Ever wonder how your life would be different if you were born in into a completely different culture? Not a Western one mind you, but something so completely different from the one we live in now. Our priorities and cares would be so completely diverse, our life goals incomparable. Our friends and families would play different roles in our lives, and things we take for granted might be important, and the things we think are important now would just seem trivial. Society itself could be completely reworked from what we now know. I would like to someday be part of another culture, but I think I'd be too scared to leave this one behind.

   [ posted by T~ @ 10/30/2005 01:16:00 a.m. ] [ ]

Friday, October 28

Go Hump a Toilet and Die.

One of the most seriously amusing insults that I've heard in a while. When you get really bored at work, at least you can rely on the stupidity of others to keep you entertained.

Well, nother round of job applications sent off in the neverending trash basket of the job world. Seriously, they now attach notes saying that if you don't have the absolute specific qualifications to the letter, don't bother applying, you won't even be considered. Hello? Wtf?!? How the hell is anyone supposed to get any of this precious experience that they require if no one is even willing to give the opportunity to train and shape their half way there already employees the way they want them? >>No, we don't want any variety or adaptability in our future employees, we only want a robot in human proportions that will continue to do the exact same thing that the last one did until it broke and had to be retired. No creativity or fresh ideas wanted, we wouldn't want to improve our workforce, or even work to assure that we will have a capable replacement in the next 15-20 years, because we'll throw away any resumes that don't fit the cookie cutter, they aren't worth consideration! No, instead we're going to make funding for most work only available to people who are unqualified to do anything at all, and only in mind numbing positions that are open for about 3 months, so we can then lay them off and cut out their chances of achieving a meaningful position, so they're stuck in a cycle where they're dependent on the government. Oh, and by the way, you won't be eligible for any of those positions, as you're not already dependent on the System. GahhhhHHHH

Sorry, that's my rant for this evening. hmm, it was longer than I planned. I wasn't meaning it as an insult to anyone who works in those government funded positions, or are having government assistance. Maybe it's just my rage against the man. I'm not really an angry person either.

   [ posted by T~ @ 10/28/2005 01:48:00 a.m. ] [ ]

Sunday, October 16

Fabulous to see you all!
Thanks to all who came over for a visit last night, I'm glad people came, and I hope some fun was had! Kudos to everyone who was over, since the clean up took me...um... 10 minutes. Gatherings like these should happen more often folks, we're all good people.

   [ posted by T~ @ 10/16/2005 12:17:00 p.m. ] [ ]

Wednesday, October 12

I've got the cold.
That's not really worth any sort of complaining about or even remotely post worthy, the world keeps turning, I still go to work. What I'd like to bring up, is the drugs. Oooo, the drugs. Normally I would avoid taking drugs, as they're expensive, and so long as I can sleep, I'm fine, you'll find me under a pile of blankets, surrounded by empty mugs and cleanex boxes. But this is not the case as I'm needed to participate at work. So I broke out the nyquil to try and make sure I got some sleep. That shyte is crazy. You take that stuff, and you're gone for a good few hours. I took it again when I got up at 5:30 so I could sleep for the morning. Got up around 11 and I've been in a tunnel ever since. I thought I'd be ok for the evening at work, then I went to homedepo with dad. Oh dear. We were talking about a plan with measurements, and I just got totally lost. In the end, we just looked over my diagram more, made notes, checked prices, and decided to come back tomorrow with a better idea of exactly what the game plan is. Good plan Dad, let's hope I'm more coherent tomorrow. Needless to say, there's now a bottle of dayquil beside my monitor. I'm not on my a-game, but I can breathe. No hallucinations, but the oddest thoughts will pop into my head, like what kind of filling they could use in teddy bears so that childrent can use them as flotation devices should their bedrooms flood. Yep, she'll be an interesting evening.

   [ posted by T~ @ 10/12/2005 06:15:00 p.m. ] [ ]

Saturday, October 8

Thank you my old university chums, for making me feel like I'm not a failure.
For a little bit there, I almost forgot you all existed. Hanging out reminded me of Biology and Chem labs, frantic studying in lounges, study rooms, the dungon and using made up words like reticulous, redonculous, and bejoinkers. I've always told myself that I'd never be one of those people that decided their lives peaked in high school or university and all else to follow would be doom and gloomy. In that promise to myself to always think of the rest of my life as full of more exciting adventures than the ones I've had, I think I kind of forgot to reminisce as much as I should about the good times that were had. It makes me feel ok that there are people who have the same education and goals as I do who are in the exact same boat. Working at jobs that are sufficient for the time being, but not at all what we're designed to be doing, and hopefully looking for better. Or thinking about going back to school to escape the dark pit of employment in an unsatisfying job. I think mine is more satisfying than most, so I'm ok. It was good times. Good bean salad, good making fun of derick, but it's a shame I had to miss the spontaneous trip to summerstreet bars. Ah well, next time.

   [ posted by T~ @ 10/08/2005 01:43:00 p.m. ] [ ]

Friday, October 7

Some people should not be allowed to procreate.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a big supporter for eugenics, but seriously people, if we don't do it for the sake of humanity, then for the sake of the children. How can we punish innocent children by allowing them to be inflicted with such stupidity from their parents? I can't say anything about a parent's right to raise their own child in the way they see fit, but I see their sweet little faces as they look up confused and upset over the flow of stupidity that just crawled from their parent's mouths and feel a great deal of pity for their maladjusted future. There are people out there that Darwin would rescind his theories over, since they and their ancestors should have been eliminated eons ago, even if it's only for sheer annoyance. I know, it takes all kinds of people to make society function, but often I look at these people and ask, really, what is your needed position in society, and how can it be downsized? What is it that you contribute, and is it really that important? I'd even take a mean person over a sincerely ignorant, lazy and stupid person. At least they've got a goal, and I can respect that. It's not that they need to be well educated or well spoken, it's acceptable if they aren't even literate, but the virtue of common sense is immeasurably valuable.

Bah, there's my rant for the morning. Glad to get it out, it's been struggling to get out most of the summer.

   [ posted by T~ @ 10/07/2005 10:36:00 a.m. ] [ ]

Saturday, October 1

The computer is making horribly annoying almost dot matrix printer noises. It's driving me wild. I can drown out any noise at all during the day. Not at night. At night, normal computer noises are bringing me ever closer to insanity. I turned the whole thing off. It's somehow still making the noise. Not even my purple mits can save me at this point. This place looks like a sea of abandoned swivel back chairs and empty black monitors with blinking green cycloptic eyes. Who the hell are they calling? It's 6 in the morning, I don't care where they live, it's Saturday, and they need to be sleeping! I'm only up because I'm being paid to be. I think my mental awareness has been altered by 48 hours awake with two 3 hour naps. The beef jerky I brought to snack on hasn't helped. It's doing weird things to my insides. Sooo many people are closet internet poker addicts. Why don't I have real coffee? I think it's time to break out winter socks, my feet are not cozy. Did anyone else know that winter is almost started? I might have to actually make it so that heat will come on in the house. It is very nice to sleep in a big pile of blankets with a warm kitty curled up against your back though. She's better than a hot water bottle, she doesn't leak. I want to go to bed.

Another interesting thing learned: Boobs are not considered a super power. Who'd a guessed.

   [ posted by T~ @ 10/01/2005 05:56:00 a.m. ] [ ]