Why? Well, why not? LOL! But seriously, this is strange. I’m using their browser to do this post and it just looks WEIRD! Why is that? And what is this “preview your post” button?
Anyhoo, I notice that my pictures don’t look as nice when using CS’s browser. Blah! So those of you out there using CS, use IE or NS to view my webpages. They look much better in those environments! 😉
And no one is guessing who’s going to be on JAG? I’ll write more about that later, I suppose…
just because I wish that I were still on vacation…
So, I didn’t go to work today. I woke up, fiddled online a bit to snap out of my sleepy state, then realized I wasn’t going to snap out of it. I called in sick and stayed home. I just feel so weary!
To Disgruntled Employee: I can’t believe “Florita” aka Estelle Costanza look-a-like (that’s a good one!) did such a kiss ass thing. And how CREEPY! I knew she had a crush on Sup Peanut H, but EWWW! And really, it’s totally inappropriate if you ask me. And just plain GROSS! Blah!
Darn it, I watched Joan of Arcadia. And I liked it! First off, I always get a kick out of saying, “Hey, I remember her from this or that soap opera.” Amber Tamblyn was on General Hospital as Emily Bowen Quartermaine and I actually saw her on the show. I’ve been seeing a lot of former soap folks on different things. It’s kinda neat, when you think of it. I always enjoyed the soap operas and I don’t think those actors get their proper credit. They’re just as hardworking as anyone else…
One of the good things about staying home was that I got to chat online with a couple of my friends. 🙂 Kim got the postcard I sent her from Lake Tahoe. (Woohoo, the postal service at work!) I hope she watched Joan of Arcadia tonight because her other favorite fellow (actually, she has as many as I do) was on as Vice Principal Price. Patrick Fabian, if you’re wondering. 😉
And speaking of fellows, my other friend was on his way out to get his head shaved for a gig. (Am I allowed yet to say that we’re corresponding? You can never tell.) Anyhoo, he’s going to be on a tv show where he plays a marine who gets beaned by a 95 mph fastball. Guess who’s playing the navy pitcher? Guess who had to get his hair, his beautiful brown hair cut short as a navy man would? My fellow A’s fans might know the answer if they’re keeping track of their fellows in the off season.
Anyone want to guess?
1. Name five things in your refrigerator.
Hawaiian punch, lunch meat, water, mustard
2. Name five things in your freezer.
Ice cream, filled waffles, popsicles, hamburger patties, budget gourmet lunch
3. Name five things under your kitchen sink.
Sponge, gloves, scouring pad, orange cleaner, furniture polish
4. Name five things around your computer.
PDA, printer, phone, CDs, garbage can
5. Name five things in your medicine cabinet.
Nail polish remover, deodorant, lotion, ibuprofen, hair spray
We work hard. We are understaffed. Most of us know how to do our jobs and we do our jobs well. What makes TPTB think that they know how to “fix” things when they don’t even know how we work?
My friend Kristine commented that a certain person was part of the peanut gallery. It’s an apt comparison. The peanut gallery sits back and watches, not quite understanding the process, then offers up suggestions that in their limited knowledge might work. So it is with TPTB, the peanut gallery at work. They offer solutions to problems but they don’t take any consideration into what we might have to offer. Peanut gallery indeed. Alas for us, it’s a peanut gallery with the power.
I still say that the most simple and effective solution is MORE STAFF.
Now here’s where I must vent. (Geez, baseball season is over and I get to vent about work. Gads.)
The power peanut visited us yet again during muster and gave us more details about the newest procedure, etc. Then he went on and “warned” us that the bid was coming up in January and he would be getting together with our immediate supervisors and going over all the positions in the office. If they saw any problem areas (ie employees), those people would be moved elsewhere. He also mentioned that sick leave would be a major factor.
I could not help but feel that he was threatening us. If you “abuse” your sick leave, you’re not going to stay in the office. If you’re not up to their standards (whatever those might be at the time), you’re out.
He made a very small point of saying that he didn’t mean the ones who come in, do their jobs, and basically do good work. And he was so dismissive of those people, as if most of us were not those people when in actuality, most of us are those people.
I was insulted and offended by his tone and his words. So damn condescending and yet so cool about it.
And by the end of the night, I wasn’t feeling too good. I still feel a little out of it. We’ll see how I am in the morning…
Four years ago this very day, I was in San Francisco at the Hercules/Xena 1999 convention. It would turn out to be the second to the last time I would see Kevin Smith alive and well… “In the Ghetto” played on my car stereo as I drove to work and the memory of Kevin was so strong. On this evening four years ago, he sang that very song to all of us… And twenty months ago this very day, his soul passed into the next life. Taken too soon…
I hate coming back to work after a vacation. And so far Tuesday and Wednesday have sucked, Wednesday more so. Blah!
Athletics season in review – Well, I’m still bitter about the way the season ended for my boys, but I do want to look on the bright side too. They had a FANTASTIC year and I’m still very proud of them. I hope Keith Foulke stays (PLEASE KEEP HIM!!!), but I’m pretty much resigned to the fact that Miguel Tejada will likely bid farewell. Alas.
Our muster on Wednesday annoyed me. Why do TPTB want to change things when they don’t even really know what we’re going through in the office? I totally understand that the godforsaken have the right to bail, but we should also have the opportunity to give complete and accurate information. We’re giving the information correctly (for the most part), but we don’t have enough staff to have ONE person dedicated to the phone desk. Do they understand that? I don’t know…
I’m really going to miss talking about the A’s during the next few months…
My friend Kristine has just begun her own weblog! I don’t know if she wants me linking to her, so I’ll just say that I’m glad that someone I know is blogging. Now if my other friends would only follow suit. I like reading other blogs! I’m nosy that way. 😉
On my home Wednesday night, I was caught by the misty beauty of the waning moon. It was bright, but the lightest clouds seemed to veil its glow just a bit. It made me wish I could take a picture of it. Ah well…
