One reason why, in spite of all my bitching, I truly love my job: because sometimes you get a call from someone who genuinely needs help, and you're actually able to help them. That's an awesome feeling, and worth putting up with a thousand nasty drills and annoying clients ( Read more... )

OMG HELLO INTERNETS!!!

Yeah, I disappeared for two weeks. Again. But this time, I actually have good reason: my mom underwent surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome, and I had to be her hands for a while while she recovered. She's doing just fine, and her hand's healing well, and now she's back to work, so the weight off my shoulders is lessened. ( Read more... )

Y'ALL, I FEEL LIKE BUTT :( *sniffles and groans* I've spent the last week playing tug-of-war with a spring cold. One day, I'm fine! The next day, I'm comatose. FUN, but not NEARLY as fun as having nothing but internet problems both at work AND at home (and I had to eventually swap out my cable modem for a new one, YAY FUN), which means I only got ( Read more... )

FUCK I LOVE AMERICAN IDOL SO MUCH

*is glued to television omg omg omg omg*

GAH MORNING FROM HELL GAH *runs away from work through the intarwebs*

++Isaac Hayes quits voicing Chef on 'South Park,' citing the show's 'inappropriate ridicule of religion.' Or, as Matt Stone explains in the article, Hayes is a big old Scientologist who got pissed when they mocked his religion (in the notorious "Trapped in the Closet" episode, ( Read more... )

I love hlynna and popefelix SO MUCH right now. Why, do you ask? Because thanks to the help of their CD burner, I am currently sitting in my living room, watching Doctor Who on my television set. EEEEEEEE OMG SHINY!!!! YAY! I have all these files on my computer that are DivX files, and my DVD player plays DivX files (and the model only costs $75 and you can find ( Read more... )