A weekend may have restored my sanity......
I had a thing at Pearl Street tonight that ESPN was sponsoring. It was a lot of fun to go out and laugh, especially under the auspices of work. A few drinks, snacks and swag were good for the soul.
Had a brief moment of unparallelled parental coolness. My daughter accidentally added me to her my space list and sent a bulletin out bitchin about her mom and me. In a sign that I think I have my head on straight, I didn't bitch her out or raise my voice. Trusting my gut, I told her "Siobhan, you may want to delete me from your friend list." I kept it
matter of fact and said nothing else. She disappeared to my computer and reemerge with eyes reeling of guilt. To my eternal wisdom, I said nothing else.
Speaking of my space, I cleaned my own up and upon some indirect good advice of a fellow epeep, I recinded a bunch of ill-advised friend requests to peeps until I actually meet a few in person. Made me look too damn needy. Can't be having that. Next mass epeep outing, I'm in.
My charming lad of a son decided that we needed to go see "Over the Hedge" yesterday. He got two regal passes for his birthday, so he was taking me. I figured the least I could do was to chip in with popcorn. It was a big dopey hoot. I had a blast. Nothing like a few fart and cheese snot jokes in the company of other afficianados to restore one's sense of silly.
I do have to admit one thing. I am enough of damaged goods loser to have a yahoo personals site, and the responses tend to go from promising to ewww ( and I'm sure I'm somebody's ewwww, I have no delusions at my age). I'm not very active on it. I do consider it the height of my wisdom that I snuck my email address pasted the vaunted yahoo censors. This was my attempt to make sure that people are reading my well chosen verbage. I got a response today from the woman I was asking out a few journals ago, who basically gave me a non-response. I'm not sure what to make of that one.
Food for thought, that, but despite grey skies and cold today, it's getting better. Gonna go get some rest to fight the demons again.
Night peeps. Be well and warm.
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05/21/2006 23:28 #29514
Gettin my shit together.....05/19/2006 20:09 #29513
I'm an uncle!!My brother and his wife have been going through the newborn adoption process for sometime and their tenacity bore fruit. The birth mom did her part and a new baby is headed home with two nervous new parents. New Baby and petrified parents are doing fine.
The new dad forgot the chocolate cigars from Sweet Tooth on his dashboard in his haste, so he now has a chocolate square.
Nice way to end a forgettable week.
The new dad forgot the chocolate cigars from Sweet Tooth on his dashboard in his haste, so he now has a chocolate square.
Nice way to end a forgettable week.
05/17/2006 22:36 #29512
Yesterday's self-pityI did have something nice and unexpected happen this morning. My daughter called me between classes today.
"Dad, you have to be at the Sabres games next week?"
Yeah, I cleverly reply.
"Do you think one of those could be a Take your daughter to work kind of thing?"
Wow, made my day, maybe it is darkest before......
Sorry for yesterday's rants peeps, the bastards have been getting to me and I was walking around feeling like the air was getting sucked out of every room I walked through, resulting in that devastatingly handsome current user pic.
I apologize....it's gonna be alright (curtis mayfield just told me so)
Night
"Dad, you have to be at the Sabres games next week?"
Yeah, I cleverly reply.
"Do you think one of those could be a Take your daughter to work kind of thing?"
Wow, made my day, maybe it is darkest before......
Sorry for yesterday's rants peeps, the bastards have been getting to me and I was walking around feeling like the air was getting sucked out of every room I walked through, resulting in that devastatingly handsome current user pic.
I apologize....it's gonna be alright (curtis mayfield just told me so)
Night
05/16/2006 22:02 #29511
A good walk spoiled....I thought the patronizing insulting events of being undervalued and the crappy dinner at the Chophouse (courtesy Music Choice) could be soothed by an stroll through Elmwoo by night. The answer was no.
I didn't see a familar face which too sucked and was a good thing. I think if I started talking about the insanity of it all, I would have just lost it.
They're trying to find work, I try to console myself. It doesn't work, because they need to do better. I'm good at what I do and have worked so it's not arrogance to say that my group is better with me. What I do is fairly trivial in the grand scheme of things, but to get basically get offered a rotating registers is flat out fucking insulting.
I clicked on a pile of epeeps my spaces and I apologize. I guess I was looking for sympathetic cyber shoulders to lean on. There is a lot of disingenuous bullshit floating around the cable company and I guess I was trying to reach out to real people.
I've never been in this situation before. I get universal praise for my work (the full page ad in the news last sunday was me) from all the stuff shirts, but it doesn't seem to matter.
If this reads like venting, I guess that's because it is.
Bounced a check, my car cd player broke and had my intelligence insulted.
It's been a full, fucking day.
Off to go apply a tourniquet to my self-esteem
Later
I didn't see a familar face which too sucked and was a good thing. I think if I started talking about the insanity of it all, I would have just lost it.
They're trying to find work, I try to console myself. It doesn't work, because they need to do better. I'm good at what I do and have worked so it's not arrogance to say that my group is better with me. What I do is fairly trivial in the grand scheme of things, but to get basically get offered a rotating registers is flat out fucking insulting.
I clicked on a pile of epeeps my spaces and I apologize. I guess I was looking for sympathetic cyber shoulders to lean on. There is a lot of disingenuous bullshit floating around the cable company and I guess I was trying to reach out to real people.
I've never been in this situation before. I get universal praise for my work (the full page ad in the news last sunday was me) from all the stuff shirts, but it doesn't seem to matter.
If this reads like venting, I guess that's because it is.
Bounced a check, my car cd player broke and had my intelligence insulted.
It's been a full, fucking day.
Off to go apply a tourniquet to my self-esteem
Later
metalpeter - 05/17/06 18:02
If I'm understanding what I'm reading correctly your current boses sound preaty cool. They know that when warner takes over you will be jobless and they know you are a good worker so they are trying to find you way to stay. It sounds better then not having a job at all. Granted I don't know the entire situation so I may be misreading this.
I'm not sure if it will make you feal better but it might if you watch officespace. If you have never seen it you might enjoy it.
If I'm understanding what I'm reading correctly your current boses sound preaty cool. They know that when warner takes over you will be jobless and they know you are a good worker so they are trying to find you way to stay. It sounds better then not having a job at all. Granted I don't know the entire situation so I may be misreading this.
I'm not sure if it will make you feal better but it might if you watch officespace. If you have never seen it you might enjoy it.
05/16/2006 20:41 #29510
This isn't good....My current bosses hauled me into an office today, wishing to know where my head was at. I'm still not sure. I suppose I should be grateful for their trying, but they want me to think about being a roving office person in order to stay on the Adelphia pay roll when Time Warner comes to town.
I think after the all the extended day leaving me no more rewarded, doing all the commericals, doing all the ads and sundry other print crap, plus all the other stupid ass marketing crap, they want to make me a glorified counter person.
They were spinning it as seeing another side of the operations. I spin as I'm in marketing too.
Anybody hiring?
I think after the all the extended day leaving me no more rewarded, doing all the commericals, doing all the ads and sundry other print crap, plus all the other stupid ass marketing crap, they want to make me a glorified counter person.
They were spinning it as seeing another side of the operations. I spin as I'm in marketing too.
Anybody hiring?
There is nothing wrong with people who use online personals. My mother met her husband on AOL. It can be a good tool, but one must be careful, you may get a few ewwws.
An offical event would be cool, I some how always screw up meeting people out at bars. I even missed AJ's and Beast's the beast one really pissed my self off, it really did. But no sense on dewelling on that.
Nothing wrong with have a Yahoo personal. I used to but never got any responses. I was also a free member of (oh god this is embarassing but) Hot or Not (it and another company merged), Quest or something with a heart, maybe it was match. and two places I won't mention just incase my account is still up there. Free acounts don't work cause there is really no way to get in touch with someone they can contact you but you have to pay to send (e:mails).
We should have some sort of event soon. I want to have one when we get the house, but I think the ladycroft, neijefer, decoisryan gang are going to beat us to having a housewarming party.