Recipe
Lunch has come and gone. I applied salt, sugar and fat to the affected situation and while no less grumpy, I am moving more slowly and am less of a threat to myself and others.
I’ve gone from feisty to apathetic. Quite a progression.
Category: work
I’m in the wrong profession
David Blaine. Why is this guy news?
And yet he is. His front-page feat was to hold his breath for a real long time. On the Oprah show.
Really?
Shoot, I could hold my breath ’til I’m blue in the face and ain’t no one paying me a freaking cent.
Oh, but “he’s an entertainer”. Yeah. I can really crack ’em up around the coffee maker at work, but that isn’t bringing me any income.
What do I do all day? I sit in a fish bowl of a veal pen cubicle and type little words on a little machine to appease bitchy clients and suppliers.
I need a change of venue. Or maybe I’m just hungry. It is almost lunchtime afterall.
I’ll check back after sustenance. Perhaps my mood will have improved.
Cha-cha-changes
2008 is ending up being an oddball year. I mean, we’re a third of the way into it and bizarre sh*t is goin’ on.
In January, The Good Man and I celebrated a year of living together, which is STILL quite a change to me (in the best possible way).
In the first part of February I up and got engaged. Hell, I was never even sure that the whole “marriage” thing was part of the plan for this crazy life of mine, and yet, here it is, all up in my grille.
At work I was up for a promotion but instead in March they hired someone else. My new boss. Who is a VAST change from my last boss, and not in a good way.
On Friday of last week, the entire department I work for up and moved buildings. We’re now in a building at the far reaches of the same town where headquarters is located. You have to drive to get there from here. We’s in the back forty, as they say where I come from.
And in this move, I had to give up my beautiful office (with a window!) and move into an 8×8 cube. As a matter of fact, I think they bought these cubes used off of a veal rancher, because I tell you, wedged in here, my rump steaks are getting mighty marbled.
The fabulous Feline got that weird spot taken off her nose…that had been with her for many years, so even my pet got caught in the winds of change.
It’s an election year = change
I filled up my car this morning and for the first time paid $4.00 for gas. Ouchie change.
And for some reason, I’ve suddenly taken up drinking wine vs the usual mixed drinks I’ve enjoyed for years. What is up with THAT?
That’s it, I’m pulling out my Ziggy Stardust gear, strapping on the platform boots, and singing….
Cha-cha-cha-changes….(Turn and face the strain)
Because you know what?
Time may change me
But I can’t trace time
Doh!
Oh Fair New Mexico, how I love, I love you so…
“A crew working on state government’s Rail Runner commuter train cut a fiber-optic cable in Santa Fe Thursday, jamming telephone lines, cutting off Internet and cell phone service and causing other problems over much of northern New Mexico outside the capital city.”
Living in the Silicon Valley, this kind of stuff is a HUGE deal. Not to under evaluate the effect on Santa Fe, just sayin’…if this happened here, lawsuits would begin flying.
Since part of what I do in my job is manage the telco requirements of my company, every time I do a contract, THIS is what I have in mind when we talk network diversity.
If someone (or many someones) isn’t fired over this, they oughta be.
Oooooohm
Once upon a time I took a meditation class. This came at the suggestion of one of my friends (and coworker) who suggested that I was wound a skosh too tight, and could benefit from some “time out”. To her credit, she at least had the decency to take the class with me. We sat on little carpet squares and tried to quiet our minds.
Ok, to be fair, it was a good and useful class, so I can hate on her too much.
Why am I telling you this? Well, as part of the class, the instructor told us to stop reading the newspaper and stop watching the television news.
At first I wasn’t sure I could do it. I’m an avid reader and I like to know what’s going on.
She reasoned that if there was something we needed to know, someone would tell us.
So I heeded that advice and over time found it was true. I was a lot calmer not knowing every little freaky thing that was going on that the media then blows up to epic proportions. There is a LOT of bad news in the world and the media thrives. “If it bleeds, it leads.”
I was content not to know the latest, and yes, folks always find a way to tell you what’s going on. It ended up being pretty good advice.
Lately I’ve been slipping back. I find myself reading the online versions of the local newspapers and scanning the Yahoo headlines frequently. And I can tell, I’m getting a bit bewildered by the world again.
I am a bit frazzled today as I have a LOT of meetings and to add to the fun, our organization is moving locations, so I have to be totally packed by end of today.
I needed a break from the insanity and I tuned in to SFGate.com to see what’s doing.
Here’s the headlines that greet me (actual cut and paste from this afternoon’s page):
Rape Suspect Phones Victim
Boy’s Skull Broken In Schoolyard
Apartment Fire Kills Boy
Europe Copes With Pump Prices
Pizza-Killing Charges Dropped
Woman clung to body to stay alive
This does not put me at ease! This does not help me be calm!
The only somewhat “good news” item is this:
Whale Wanders Into The Bay
Article says, “To the delight of onlookers, a cetacean spent the morning swimming between Fort Baker and the G.G. Bridge.”
I’m sure soon enough everyone will be freaked out that the little guy is lost and he’ll probably ground himself and we’ll get ongoing coverage of a dead and rotting whale.
Sure could use a little good news today…
Oooooooooohm!
