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Wow I have not updated in such a long time.
Work is very interesting to say the least. I've been working at the firm for about a little over nine months now and I am satisfied with it. Not overjoyed or exultant, but content enough with to not throw in the towel. I got used to my boss (at least one of them) and it's funny to write this, but it's developed into a strange love-hate relationship with him (OK, not LOVE-hate, but LIKE-hate). He's notorious among the office staff as the "slave-driver" who relentlessly forces his mule to work fervently. That mule would be me, by the way. He's insanely demanding so that's where the "hate" part gets its due recognition, but then there's also the "like" part which comes from him being so...spoiled. Spoiled as in he's so entirely egotistical and cocky and big-headed and funny. Some of the crap he says cracks me up. For instance, he categorizes his clients in three categories: weird, stupid, and/or confused. I have a kick out of him describing his clients to me. Little does he know that HE indeed is the weird one out of everyone in the office! Either way, our working relationship works out only because I can handle his so-called humor as he can handle my (occasional) crankiness and snappishness.
On another note, I guess journaling isn't as fun anymore, in the sense that I feel restricted about what I write because I know people (who I know) have easy access to the entries. So the sense of anonymity is gone for the most part. And I've read several other entries where the users wrote about the same exact thing: having a Live Journal with friends and the comments feature is not the most discreet or private method of journaling, and so most thoughts just stay trapped in my head until time washes them away. It's really a shame because I remember back in my first year of college I would post at least a few times a week about the most vapid of subjects (along the lines of who I ate breakfast with that day, who I ate lunch with that day, and who I ate dinner with that day), and now I hardly ever update because I feel there is nothing significant enough to document on the web and the other subjects are really meant to be for my viewing pleasure, only. The "private" feature is definitely a useful little add-on that I occasionally use, but how lame is it to have only a facade of the journal show? How lame is it that I use "friends only" features to block off unwanted guests from delving deeper into my life? Of course, with millions of web logs published these days, the casual online every-stalker will have little to no reason to stop by my journal. I just wish I weren't so paranoid, and I wish everyone else weren't so paranoid. But it is this paranoia that keeps me from updating often and at my own discretion.
Work is very interesting to say the least. I've been working at the firm for about a little over nine months now and I am satisfied with it. Not overjoyed or exultant, but content enough with to not throw in the towel. I got used to my boss (at least one of them) and it's funny to write this, but it's developed into a strange love-hate relationship with him (OK, not LOVE-hate, but LIKE-hate). He's notorious among the office staff as the "slave-driver" who relentlessly forces his mule to work fervently. That mule would be me, by the way. He's insanely demanding so that's where the "hate" part gets its due recognition, but then there's also the "like" part which comes from him being so...spoiled. Spoiled as in he's so entirely egotistical and cocky and big-headed and funny. Some of the crap he says cracks me up. For instance, he categorizes his clients in three categories: weird, stupid, and/or confused. I have a kick out of him describing his clients to me. Little does he know that HE indeed is the weird one out of everyone in the office! Either way, our working relationship works out only because I can handle his so-called humor as he can handle my (occasional) crankiness and snappishness.
On another note, I guess journaling isn't as fun anymore, in the sense that I feel restricted about what I write because I know people (who I know) have easy access to the entries. So the sense of anonymity is gone for the most part. And I've read several other entries where the users wrote about the same exact thing: having a Live Journal with friends and the comments feature is not the most discreet or private method of journaling, and so most thoughts just stay trapped in my head until time washes them away. It's really a shame because I remember back in my first year of college I would post at least a few times a week about the most vapid of subjects (along the lines of who I ate breakfast with that day, who I ate lunch with that day, and who I ate dinner with that day), and now I hardly ever update because I feel there is nothing significant enough to document on the web and the other subjects are really meant to be for my viewing pleasure, only. The "private" feature is definitely a useful little add-on that I occasionally use, but how lame is it to have only a facade of the journal show? How lame is it that I use "friends only" features to block off unwanted guests from delving deeper into my life? Of course, with millions of web logs published these days, the casual online every-stalker will have little to no reason to stop by my journal. I just wish I weren't so paranoid, and I wish everyone else weren't so paranoid. But it is this paranoia that keeps me from updating often and at my own discretion.