GRRRR

Blogging can not continue until my template looks the way I want it to. It's not working. so don't hold your breath.

Warning! Blogging may be contagious

So I am reading m.s's blog to catch up on the recent goings on as it is apparent to all that I have been neglecting the blog.

Aside

I feel I need to, for a moment, explain that
although I was an english major in college
all the principles of grammar that I learned
have been tossed out the proverbial window.

For some inexplicable reason I am unable
to communicate my thought in any other
form than stream of consciousness. So
while I fruitlessly attempt to verbalize in
any coherent fashion, punctuation evades
me and I am left with endless run ons and
grammatically incorrect jargon. m.s. will
have a field day with her red correction pen.
With that said I continue with "My so called
life"

So I am catching up when I realize that I am not the only cheeseball who has seen and can quote from The Pick-Up Artist. My My aren't we children of the 80's. What's next, leg warmers. Hey is it possible to have virtual leg warmers. There's a new domain name for you. virtuallegwarmers.com

Again I must reiterate the difficulty of maintaining a relationship and a blog when the two are not copacetic. My significant other and computers are like vinegar and water. No matter how often you mix them together and how vigorously you stir they just do not mix. I don't get it. I mean he has a computer that is collecting dust under a pile of rubbish in his closet. My repeated attempts to explain the benefits and usefulness of this piece of machinery are wasted. My time would be better spent banging my head against the wall. O.K. so lets review. As cablevision does not carry the yes network c. can not watch any of the yankee games and is constantly trying to catch the score on "The Bottom Line" on ESPN No matter how many times I say "Hey if you set up the computer you can check the score anytime you want, heck you can watch the whole play by play online" and yes, I actually said HECK he never learns. Be patient Grasshopper. All good things come to those who wait. Yes sensei.

So now c.h. has succumbed to the glory of the blog under the guise of education. Hah. Say what you will but no one can resist the power of the blog. "Each time I think I'm out, they pull be back in". c.h. is now the computer Guru at work. The neophytes we work with are so freaked out by our intranet so they come running over to him all day begging for his help. He says click here and hit shift F9 and he is revered a genius. The monument should be erected in the lobby by early fall. I jest. I can't wait to see what he does with his blog. He may not be an expert yet but wait and see. Prepare to be amazed.

On a similar note, while I love my job and most of the work that I do, I pisses me off that the company still can't recognize the potential of our small department. I am no computer whiz. I can hold my own and I understand concepts but I don't love it the way m.s. and c.h. do. If they gave m.s. the oportunity she would have the website redesigned and functioning like clockwork in no time. She is such a customer service oriented person and thats a great balance for me. c.h. well, what can I say excpet that he is amazing. He is going to school to become MCSE certified and could singlehandedly replace CAMPUS. I on the other hand love the organization and statistics of the job. I like the technical side to, don't get me wrong but I prefer fighting for the cause. I am a "going to the mattresses" kind of girl. As anyone will tell you I am very opinionated and am not shy about sharing those opinions with other. While this does not always make me the Fan Favorite, I don't mind because sometimes things need to be said even if they don't always want to be heard. We could do so much for the company if they would only give us the oportunity. How often do you find three people who enjoy working together, who get along well both at work and outside of work, and who compliment each other so well. We could conquer the world if we wanted to. But that would entail leaving our terminals and that just does not compute.

Damn, said non computer friendly significant other is here with nourishment. Until later...................

Blog interrupted

I am rapidly realizing that it is very difficult to maintain a blog when you are in a relationship with someone who does not own a computer. As I spend the majority of my time at his house, hence I am computer deprived and find that, once he has drifted off to sleep I lie awake and try to contrive a plan that would allow me to quickly return home, e-mail, blog and what have you and return to his side without him noticing that I have been gone. Although he is a sound sleeper he always seems to wake up the second I leave the bed. Drat, Foiled again!!

I had the unfortunate experience of attending a wake on Saturday night. J.D.'s father passed away and though I did not know him well (I had only met him once) It was apparent by the turnout at the funeral home he was a well loved man. I actually felt better seeing all of those people and I think it also helped J.D. to see that others recognized the caliber person his father was. A wake is such an awkward event. I spentmost of the evening tring to avoid eye contact with J.D. because I did't know what to say or even what expresion to show. Do I smile and seem insensitive to the situation. Looking forelorn might only add to his stress. I am impressed with how he handled himself in a very difficult situation. He maintained his composure, greeted friends, reletives and people he had never met before which I think really helped his mom. C.A. was even more uncomfortable than I was and J.D. is his roomate. He sat on the couch so rigid and expressionless. He has a difficult time with emotion. But, at least he was there to support his friend. The funeral was this morning. Unfortunately I was unable to attend. I hope J.D. had enough support to make it through the day. Things are going to be difficult for him for a long time. He was very close to his father.

What do you say to someone who has lost a parent. I can even begin to comprehend what he must be going through. I wanted so desperately to offer some great words of wisdom as I have lost people vey close to me, but there are none. It sucks, and it hurts and the hurst doesn't go away, ever. Yes in time the pain eases and you learn how to make it through each day, but how can you explain that to someone and expect it to make them feel better. It is such a helpless feeling, to see some one in pain and know there is nothing that you can do. Time. It sound cliche, but it the truth. Time heals all wounds. Sure it may heal but it still leaves scars thet never go away.

What planet are you people from????

It never ceases to amaze me that there are people in this world that can function on a daily basis without the assistance of a computer.
Mind you, I do not spend all of my spare time clacking away at the keys as anyone can see as I do not blog every day, but I do work with
computers daily as do all of my colleagues and yet, "at the end of the day" the majority of these people can find a fucking mouse or even
the power button.

HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE??? What planet are these people from and why are they invading my sanity?

My own significant other c. is a computer moron. I love him to death but, outside of his work environment and the scope of the AS-400 and the yankees , he is lost in cyberspace.

E-mail, bill pay, shopping, the information superhighway...I thrive on it. The thought of actually having to write out a check and put a stamp on an
envelope makes me shudder. Maybe I am spoiled but my free time is better spent not only experiencing the world but actually seeing it, not chained
to a desk with my quill pen and ink signing my life away.

And so I continue my plight to enlighten others of my point and click mentality and hope that some of it rubs off.

Welcome to the winter of my discontent

So..... m.s. seems to think this is the next best thing to sex so I though I would give it a go and see what happens.