Sep
30
Yes, I think I am suffering from sleep deprivation. I always wonder about it, since I only average about 4 hours a night since school started back in April. In the beginning, I was getting more like 5-6 hours a night, but the last three classes have been piling on the work. Mostly it is my own fault for watching TV while I do my homework, so it takes me twice as long usually. Anyway, I started have these odd dizzy spells on Monday, which I atributted to a lack of food… Long story short, I didn’t eat until almost 4pm that day because I missed breakfast and didn’t really have time for lunch. Today is Thursday and I am still having the dizziness… Not to mention my irrational behavior and my quick temper.
That leads me into my next thought - I was wrong. Reflecting back on my post from yesterday, I shouldn’t have ranted about that stuff publically. I also should have given it an hour and re-read what I posted before I did it, but it is a bit late for that now. Don’t get me wrong, I feel very strongly about what I posted, I just wasn’t very rational about it. I am sorry I posted such a hate filled rant, as it is not usually my style - I really should have taken those problems up privately. The post is finished and I will leave it, but I am sorry.
I have decided to commit to turning off the TV and finishing my homework early, so I can get to bed on time and get 6 hours of sleep. Hopefully that will help with my dizziness and my temper.
*HULK SMASH*
Sep
29
Solar backpack
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I found a nice backpack with solar panels builtin, it charges a battery pack. The battery back has changable tips for charging various devices such as, GPS, Ipod, Cell phones, etc… It is very similar to the IGO system.
Sep
29
Hatred is such a strong word, but I think it applies aptly to my current class. I should have known that a COMM class would get this kind of reaction from me, but after my last writing class there was hope for this one. I truly hate doing busywork and the vocabulary worksheet is just that, I had to copy it out of Adobe Acrobat and paste it into word… Has anyone ever tried that?!? It is a freaking pain in the butt, the document ended up being 18 pages total. BUSY WORK. Seriously, how many people don’t know the meaning of capital or frequently?
Now, on to the work rant :). This place is grating on my nerves, badly. A certain person here is shrugging off work, forcing the rest of us to pick up slack. The problem is no one wants to say anything to our boss because they don’t want to be a tattle-tale or a whiner. How is that for a catch 22? The raw data is there to support my claims, the helpdesk ticket count is a simple check. Man he has them snowed over big time. The other irritating thing about this place, is that whenever I request something I always get turned down - always. I have requested additional training three times, something that would benefit both the department and me greatly. The first two times I was brushed off and told they were still trying to figure out how much money they have left, so I decided to wait a month each time I ask… Now I ask this time and they say yes, if it applies to my current projects - which the training I picked out does. The only issue is the timing on the class is end of December and that is “unacceptable timing”. WTF?!? I am penalized because of their slowness? Then I found the class in both Indy and Louisville, starting next week, but they can’t authorize travel - no matter how pertinent it is to my current projects.
I have committed so much to my job this year. I have been attending college classes, which has been beneficial to my work in many ways - my biggest gain has been sharpened writing skills. I have also committed to backing up one of the lead IT Analysts in one of his capacities, another huge growth experience. The price tag on backing up the analyst is that I must come in overnight to help deploy the IVR application (for which I receive no extra pay or comp time). If that wasn’t enough dedication, when I asked to take on more project work, I was told that the work would be above and beyond my current work. Translation = You are salary and you get to work 60 hours a week to handle your normal work load and the project work load. It is pointless to mention how much this place is killing me.
I feel so bitter and dejected at the moment. It may be my lack of sleep, once I completed my homework I only slept 4 hours before coming back in to work. It could also be the two 10 hour days I put in before I went home to do said homework…
Sep
27
Beer:30 PM
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That’s right folks, time to get happy 
Well, it is a little past beer:30 here, but we will pretend it is still beer:30 so we can all get rip roarin drunk! j/k. Anyway, today was rather uneventful, unless you count our Automated Phone Ordering system going down… Then it was just irritating!
Anyway, check out this cool game from Alex, the new Screensavers co-host. Chris mentioned he also has it for his phone, courtesy of Matrixm.
Sep
26
Save me…
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I’ve done a ton of driving this weekend… I wish I could have just been a bum instead 
I type this to you from a baby shower, please Save me… Really, Please! It has been a full weekend of baby stuff - not something I like to do. Perhaps I am a selfish asshole, but I prefer to spend my time doing what I want.
We ended up staying home on Friday because we felt like crap all night, Kelley was out like a light by 9:30pm. I missed seeing Alex before he left to head back to NY, plus I let down a few friends
Saturday morning she had school, so I went to Chuck’s house for a small LANparty session. He didn’t have any games installed so we ended up watching movie trailers and surfing the net for a while. When the women finished with school, they came back to Chuck & Wendy’s house to clean for the baby shower. When that was done we went with them see their baby while it was still in the womb… Instead we saw lots of fuzzy pictures because the umbilical cord was in the way - joy. We ate some food, drank some beer (us men drank, anyway), then headed to nearby Kenwood Mall to shop for some maternity clothes. Luckily Chuck & I were buzzed and annoying so they sent us off to be annoying elsewhere :D. We somehow managed to find the Apple store, despite our slightly intoxicated wanderings. I kept wondering as I walked around, Can they sense that we are die-hard PC users, Will they string us up? I kept telling Chuck, “Be cool man, they can’t tell, be cool”, as we tried to act natural - I think the Art snobs caught on anyway….
Sunday, Kelley and I awoke late (well, I did anyway… Kelley made a very nice breakfast for me) and rushed to shower since we still had to go pick up a few things for the baby shower. After we got everything, we ended up at the baby shower. That is how I ended up in this intoxicated state, begging for mercy. Please, send the spoon assassins to give me peace.
Sep
24
So, if Don Corleone instructed his “muscle” to break the muscle’s own leg, would the muscle do it? I leave you to ponder…