In keeping with my long-standing tradition of posting blog entries well after the fact, this one has been sitting on the back burner for over 3 weeks. It has its good parts and bad parts, but overall I'd say the main thrust is fairly angsty, so you should probably continue only if you enjoy the occasional cup of schadenfreude.

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Originally, I had planned to call this episode "I Can Clock Out Any Time I Like (but can I ever leave?)," and it would have been about how my new job requires me to work significantly longer hours just to pretend to keep up with the workload--twice I've stayed at work past 10:00, and once I even clocked out but kept on working, to ease the pressure ( Read more... )

Gone for over a month? Sheesh. Here's what's been happening ( Read more... )

'Tis winter, and I wish you all a Happy Whatever. Today is the Winter Solstice, so regardless of the spritiual bent to which you subscribe, at least we can all take comfort in the fact that after tonight, the days start getting a little longer again. Of course, the actual amount of time that the sun spends above the horizon means very little to us ( Read more... )

And because I have an inflated sense of self-importance, I think that all of you want to hear about it.

( blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah, It was JUST like the MOVIE!! )

Stoooopid phone company. First they turn off my Internet without notifying me, and then it takes them six days to turn it back on after they've recieved my money. I actually had to call them up & remind them. So yeah, not too many warm fuzzies going from me to them right now. And if you've been wondering why I've been so conspicuously absent from ( Read more... )

Watch This Space for important announcements of events that took place over a week ago. Yeah.

( So I says to Mabel I says . . . )

Generally, I have a mild dislike of memes, and tend not to reply to them . . . but as this list is far too long to be posted as a comment, I have to do it as my own gosh-darn entry. Don't expect this to happen again soon, though ( Read more... )

Dawn today was an extremely bright salmon pink--haven't seen one that flagrant in quite some time. The maples are starting to turn, as well, and the weather is dipping back down towards freezing at night. Yes, I think this "Fall" thing is coming along right as scheduled. Time to stuff newspaper into the cracks of my window again.

( blah money blah crazy blah blah fencing blah )

I spent most of my free time on Thursday & Friday busting around to get everything I'd need for the Warren War packed. I never have the time to follow through on my plan of bopping down to REI and buying a sleeping pad, but I figured that with three blankets & my sleeping bag, I should be ok. Which, indeed, I was: The weather at Warren War was much ( Read more... )