Interesting
I hadn't thought about it until earlier today when I encountered an LJ entry by my former beloved where she made reference to the fact that several ex's would likely be reading the entry in question.....
Then it hit me. I'm an Ex.
I've never been an ex before. That's really interesting to me (and pretty sad when you think about it).
Soon I'm going to be another ex as well: ex-husband, but I'm not particularly sad about that one.
Meanwhile, the ol' Deutsch is consuming most of my CPU cycles over the last few weeks and we have finally arrived at Mid-Term. Not that there's going to be a mid-term test (praise be to Allah.... NOT), but it's nice to know that we're halfway there anyway. There's just nothing like taking 4 months of German in 6 weeks. It's really more fun than I should be allowed to have. As we blaze through a chapter per week I'm also blazing through the previous 4 months of German 1 which I never had. My observations include the fact that our textbook SUCKS! I've had to range far afield in order to uncover the data I REALLY NEED because the text never presents it in any useful and/or logical fashion. At the very least, the goddam thing should have charts in the back listing all of the articles and personal pronouns in all cases as well as dative prepositions and verbs, accusative prepositions and finally all adjective endings. But Noooooooooo, I have to track down bunches of web pages and books in order to get all of the info I (and, presumably, LOTS of other students) really really need and put it together MYSELF.
In still other news, I appear to be in the budget for a raise of some sort. It may turn into a line. That would be sweet - for now. I'm still leaving as soon as I get this degree and then secure something more lucrative. However, I do want to stay long enough to:
A) Get a couple of checks at a better payrate, and
B) Refuse to do things which aren't my goddam job.
I know that fucking weasel is planning on coming after me to do shit that LAC presently does. However, since she's quitting in about 1.5 weeks, he's gonna have to bite the fucking bullet and PAY for those services. I also know that he thinks that he's gonna get me to do this shit because I'm getting a raise, however I will continually point out to him that I am not getting a raise (IF I'm getting one, that is) in order to have extra shit tacked on to my job. I am getting a raise in order to bring me to where I should have been YEARS AGO. I am absolutely, positively NOT gonna do one goddam thing which isn't in my job description. Before the weasel came, sure, I can be counted on to make shit happen. But now...? FUCK' EM! He used up any of that capital a long time ago and I got nothing for him but "TOO BAD! You shoulda planned for that earlier. If you want me to do it, you're gonna have to come up with some more money RIGHT NOW".
Finally, as my Thursday night project has proven to be pointless, I have decided to give up that particular experiment. Now I'm making it a Friday night thing instead - on my terms. After all, if for some reason I want to be deliberately made to feel specifically excluded week after fucking week, I can do that by myself. I don't need some goddam group for that.
Woops. Is my bitterness showing?
Bah. Back to the Deutsch.