Changes do happen
Since the last angst-ridden post:
-- I gave out my first serious reprimand at work.
I think I will have to gain the respect (and not just the comradeship) of some my little slave-lings by the rod and not the spoil. Being nice to everyone all the time has only gotten them to like me. Not to listen to or do what I request of them (that being simply their jobs).
-- I bitched at my boss about my schedule and personal treatment by other management.
She cowed a great deal more than I expected, and in fact, more than I really think she should have. My schedule is now updated so that I don't close every night this week, but I think I see a strong passive-defensive streak in my boss which is contributing to a large portion of the problems in our workplace. Do not cower and beg excuses when problems come up. Instead, take them as they come, accept the reprimand or the damage, then find the solution.
-- I said screw wireless, and paid $50 for a regular router.
Easier to set up, less equipment, already had the cables, and about $120-$250 cheaper than we could find in wireless around town. Tomorrow, I'm going to yank a spare NIC out of one of my rescued systems and use it to connect up my old mainline machine. I'll just transfer all my files via yer standard CAT5e. Maybe I'll check out how to make a LAN out of my extra computers, or maybe I'll just be dumb and lazy and do some FTP or something via the interweb. All those gigabytes of music, pictures, games, movies, and programs (and porn) are sitting not 12 inches from me, all unreachable at this moment.
-- I talked to my dad again this morning.
I think all I can do at this point is just let him know, clearly, how I feel about him and his crap. I'm not going to yell at him, or cuss at him, or accuse him of scheming. Wether or not he ever admits it, he's got to know what he's done, to me and to everyone. All I have to do is calm down, buckle my belt, and let him know how it's all affected me. He might not understand that, since I've always been the quiet one in the family. I figure that if I am to get any semblance of family between the two of us, I had better take that first step up to the table, because he won't... or can't...
-- I went major clothes shopping today.
The flexibility of our combined budgets allowed Danielle and I to do some real clothes-gettin'. I bought enough for an additional three work outfits, plus a couple more shirts, some socks and underwear, and a couple of t-shirts to boot. We're still looking for me to get a new pair of more up-to-date jeans, but Danielle says I won't look like a walking discount bin so much now.
Wait, what am I doing typing stuff up here? I have to get computers linked up so's I can have a little group gaming goin' on... Well, maybe after I get some sleep...
-- I gave out my first serious reprimand at work.
I think I will have to gain the respect (and not just the comradeship) of some my little slave-lings by the rod and not the spoil. Being nice to everyone all the time has only gotten them to like me. Not to listen to or do what I request of them (that being simply their jobs).
-- I bitched at my boss about my schedule and personal treatment by other management.
She cowed a great deal more than I expected, and in fact, more than I really think she should have. My schedule is now updated so that I don't close every night this week, but I think I see a strong passive-defensive streak in my boss which is contributing to a large portion of the problems in our workplace. Do not cower and beg excuses when problems come up. Instead, take them as they come, accept the reprimand or the damage, then find the solution.
-- I said screw wireless, and paid $50 for a regular router.
Easier to set up, less equipment, already had the cables, and about $120-$250 cheaper than we could find in wireless around town. Tomorrow, I'm going to yank a spare NIC out of one of my rescued systems and use it to connect up my old mainline machine. I'll just transfer all my files via yer standard CAT5e. Maybe I'll check out how to make a LAN out of my extra computers, or maybe I'll just be dumb and lazy and do some FTP or something via the interweb. All those gigabytes of music, pictures, games, movies, and programs (and porn) are sitting not 12 inches from me, all unreachable at this moment.
-- I talked to my dad again this morning.
I think all I can do at this point is just let him know, clearly, how I feel about him and his crap. I'm not going to yell at him, or cuss at him, or accuse him of scheming. Wether or not he ever admits it, he's got to know what he's done, to me and to everyone. All I have to do is calm down, buckle my belt, and let him know how it's all affected me. He might not understand that, since I've always been the quiet one in the family. I figure that if I am to get any semblance of family between the two of us, I had better take that first step up to the table, because he won't... or can't...
-- I went major clothes shopping today.
The flexibility of our combined budgets allowed Danielle and I to do some real clothes-gettin'. I bought enough for an additional three work outfits, plus a couple more shirts, some socks and underwear, and a couple of t-shirts to boot. We're still looking for me to get a new pair of more up-to-date jeans, but Danielle says I won't look like a walking discount bin so much now.
Wait, what am I doing typing stuff up here? I have to get computers linked up so's I can have a little group gaming goin' on... Well, maybe after I get some sleep...