My lj writing is slipping, and I fear that it will soon discontinue again for a long stretch of time. I started with good intentions, but my standard workweek is starting to take its toll. In fact, all tasks save running, lifting and grocery shopping seem to be falling by the wayside. If at any time during the week I think of something that I ( Read more... )

I work on the fifth floor of my building. Each floor is two stories tall though, so I effectively work on the ninth story. Early on in my employment, I decided that I would walk up the stairs to my cubicle every morning as a small means of taking care of my health. I am so sick of people going out of their way to avoid even the smallest bit of ( Read more... )

I have recently re-dedicated myself to packing on the poundage. I originally started trying to gain weight by building muscle mass/strength during summer ‘02 after becoming unsatisfied with my frail body type. From some research I did on the Internet this process seemed to boil down to two steps: eating as much protein as possible and doing heavy ( Read more... )

Assuming I haven't been fired from work by mid/late march, I would definitely be willing to take some vacation time to create a spring break for myself. Would anyone be interested in taking a trip somewhere? I would be up for absolutely anything, especially since by then I will have gone three months without seeing any of my good friends. If ( Read more... )

One of the many sweet things about work is that we are on the 9/80 schedule, which means that we work 80 hours over 9 days, giving us every other Friday off. I mention this now because we have tomorrow off, giving me a tasty 3-day weekend. Sadly, I won’t spend the free day doing anything more interesting/productive than if I was at work; I do ( Read more... )

I really wanted to post this story the day after it happened, but I was in the midst of my livejournal funk at that time, so laziness got the best of me. However, I think it is a fairly interesting anecdote, so I have dredged it from the recesses of my memory to share it with you (yes, the event found its way to my brain’s recesses in only two ( Read more... )

I just found out in my last day of orientation today that the work I have been and will be doing is on ballistic missiles with nuclear payloads. Great… You would think that I would have already known this, but alas I did not ( Read more... )

The really lame part about my working situation is that I love all aspects of my job except for the actual job itself. I love living in this area, my salary is good, the benefits are phenomenal, and the best part is that my engineering group of 30 people consists of about 15 people who were hired in the last two years or so out of college. Of all ( Read more... )

I have wanted to start writing in my livejournal again for the longest time. Sadly, I haven’t been able to break through due to a sheer lack of motivation to do anything in my life other than the bare essentials: those being eating, sleeping, and killing time watching TV or surfing the web. Now, of course, I have had to add working to that list, ( Read more... )

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