Lets do math...

[wolfebyte]

I get one day off, every two weeks, that day being Monday. Weeks I get Monday off, I work 80 hours. Days I don't get the Monday off, I work 84 hours. This makes an average of 82 hours a week which I work. That's ignoring times I'm called in, stay late, have to go back to help the n00bs, etc

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[wapsie]

As our last competent US president once said, I feel your pain -- to some extent anyway. I also spend the great bulk of my waking life working, minus most Saturdays. I like my job, mostly, but still, it's work, and there's lots of things that are *human* that would be nice to do. Like have sex that isn't a quick charmless rut because we don't have time and energy for more; like trim the bushes, cook outside, go running. I can conjure more time at least for exercise, but I resent the lack of slack in the schedule.

It does tend to make one bitter and irritable. Booze, for some reason, isn't working much to alleviate this anymore. There's still Family Guy, at least.

Klein's book is on my long list of must-reads, although I've gathered her basic thesis out of an article she wrote for Harper's (check it out, if you can get it in Canada; if you want to depress yourself with more sharp analysis of how global capitalism and the global super-rich operate; though my favorite feature is the pictures of new art in every issue).

[spottypup]

I still love you

*hugs*

Is Shock Doctrine that good? You're the second person who's recommended it to me. I may pick it up.

[wolfebyte]

I'm not sure "good" is the proper way to describe it, which is why I didn't use the term. It's well-written, uses numerous citations in pretty much every paragraph, and pretty much constructs a very convincing picture of the methods developed and used to ensure some folks get very, very rich, while everyone else is left to fend for themselves within the confines of the very system that's been designed to prevent them from flourishing or even existing in a comfortable manner

[spottypup]

It's checked out at the McMaster library, so I'll have to try and snag it later. It was like 30-something bucks at the bookstore, so I think I can wait until it gets returned. ^_^

You've built it up, though, so I'll be blaming you, and not Ms. Klein, if I don't like it. ;P