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downloaded google chrome again for internet usage. it just seems to run better than IE. in other news: google announced that they are releasing the chrome OS for netbooks... we shall see. i will need to run it to see if it's something i want.

I got my extended battery for my Acer Netbook. Very happy about that and we're testing it out while we play pool tonight.



Pool league, last night of the season and I'm dead tired. I went to bed last night at 12am, woke up at 2am. That kind of ticked me off.



It was a rough day at work and I'm looking forward to playing and then going home.

Okay, going after an MBA is going to be a huge investment. Am sitting at the wifi cafe on my day off reading through the text book. Not a lot of fun, but necessary as there is a paper due this next week. *sigh*. So it begins.

it is one of those days. this is the last day of the week and it's going well enough i guess. i'm tired and in need of some rest. feel a little run down at the end of all things. i think i need a long weekend. i was going to take today off, but at the same time, i had a lot of work to get done... for my coworkers.



don't ask, teamwork i know is supposed to be a good thing. seriously i was stuck listening to calls for my peers out of the office and i know fully that i am not going to get any help when i am going to be out of the office next week. i'm not counting on it and i'm not going to be looking for it.

I've changed my name... again. No surprise there, right? Please tell me you're not surprised.



I admit that it's unique and it's strangely very appropriate when taken in the context of Oscar Wilde's "The Nightingale and the Rose". It was one of my old favorites and I had nearly forgotten it until this very evening. You should look it up; it's a fabulous short story.



Being a singer and a daughter of night, it does make perfect sense.

Okay, I am old enough to realize that whining does absolutely no good in real life. Nobody really cares enough to listen and in truth, if you whine, people just think you're whiny and stupid.



But seriously? i am getting tired of covering everyone else's keisters at work under the solid understanding that no one is going to cover me. I know that if I am out sick, not a one of my co-workers is going to help me stay caught up. We have already proven that theory. And yet when they're out, they whine about having people cover for them and how no one is willing to take care of their obligations to their teams when they aren't at work.



Really? I try to help others where I can, and this week is no exception to the rule. Somehow, I feel used. And if I do nothing, I know that it comes down to, "Well why couldn't you help out?" And yet some how no one else feels fit or takes it upon themselves to flex when it's my turn to need help.



I don't ever get recognized for going out of my way for others. I do it quietly. I don't trumpet when I'm filling in the gaps for someone else or covering other people's asses at work. To me it's just tacky to pitch in extra and then proclaim it from the rooftops for all to see and admire. I'm not that type of a person.



But really, for once, I would like to feel appreciated this month rather than be told my team is performing mediocre. On the plus side things are looking up for my team and yet I know I will walk into my boss' office at the beginning of next month and be told that it was not a good month overall. It doesn't matter what the results were. It doesn't matter than I went out of my way to help my peers. It doesn't matter that I'm flexible enough to handle issues for employees that aren't even a part of my division when they need it.



Underappreciated? You bet. Overworked? You know it. Well, I'm done whining and now it's time to just do what's right. I know it's the right thing to do. I just felt like whining a little. Or a lot.

I have to say, I really enjoy having this site to blog in for a few minutes during the day. It's been an interesting start to the day, things are starting to look up for certain!

So I've started taking classes again in the name of going back for my MBA. I think this is an important step for me.



I've got a 4x10 shift starting at 6am with 3 days a week off now. To that effect, I think I will also start going to the gym again. Gold's moved across from my apartment complex. No reason I shouldn't go.



I need to feel happier instead of the sluggish morbidity I've been feeling. Perhaps these other things will help. Greater distraction for greater discontent.

Recession proofing doesn't really mean that I hae stopped having fun and it doesn't mean that I'm no longer spending. It means I'm spending smarter and working to ensure that I don't spend money unnecessarily.



I wanted so bad to buy True Blood season 1 on itunes, but I staved off the need and went out and took care of a few more important things, like buying food and paying bills. As a result, I am not going to be able to buy the season 1 until later this month.



Making sure you stock up on groceries and the things that you want to eat rather than going out to buy them individually is part of recession proofing. Making sure that you take care of what you own and use (like your car) is another part of recession proofing.



I realize that those who struggle with the economy are often times those who start off having trouble controlling their spending habits. So it's time to tighten up the belt and work towards the things I need vs. what I want.

It's my last day at work and honestly am sooo tired and not in the mood to be here at all. My saving grace is my netbook with my portable mobile broadband. This at least gives me the ability to surf the net and enjoy what time I must be here... in hell.



I took my pool cue to Dr. Billiard, and it doesn't look like it can be repaired. :(( That sucks.

Am in a meeting for crisis management. Damn boring. This presenter is annoying.

I'm in a horrid mood. I think that as a manager I live in a bad episode of "employees gone wild".



Freaking deviant behaviors! All I ask is for you to do your job. Gods in heaven and earth and under the earth, I need to roll heads.