odds & ends
So I got my first taste of 'Sports Night' last night. We watched four episodes in a row and I loved it. How could I not? It was Aaron and Tommy at their best. I can't decide whether I should have a crush on Casey or Dan, so I vote 'both'.
It was kind of sad, though, because watching it made me long for 'West Wing' and all its original Sorkiny goodness. I loved the familiar aspects--the dialogue, the characters, the situations, all that--and I will find it very hard not to bore Seth by saying things like, "Lisa?! That's Sam's ex-fiancee's name!", or "He played Mark Gottfried on WW!", ad infinitum. Not being an obsessive fan, as I am, Seth is completely oblivious to all the parallels and recyclings, and he seems happy to live in said oblivion. But I did get him to agree to watch some WW with me, so I may be making progress.
Several people I work with--fellow telecom refugees from WorldCom--are fleeing back to its present incarnation of MCI. I am sorely tempted to follow them. I had lots of good reasons for leaving, despite how much I loved my disfunctional-sibling-like co-workers and how awesome the personal time benefits were, and I even managed to weasel my way out of there before the Bernie Ebbers shit hit the fan. So all in all, timing was good and I made the right decision.
But my current company bites the big one pretty hard, and their personal time is just pathetic, and don't know what you got till it's gone, etc. So MCI is looking good, and my friend who still works there says everyone is calm again and things are running as smoothly as they can. They're offering excellent money, and as an ex-employee who left in good standing, I'd be a shoo-in. I could eventually transfer out of state, even. Out of Oklahoma! Woohoo!
The only thing is that I promised myself Current Company would be my last telecom job. PROMISED. I loathe telecom, and I want. Out.
I am in a conundrum.
It was kind of sad, though, because watching it made me long for 'West Wing' and all its original Sorkiny goodness. I loved the familiar aspects--the dialogue, the characters, the situations, all that--and I will find it very hard not to bore Seth by saying things like, "Lisa?! That's Sam's ex-fiancee's name!", or "He played Mark Gottfried on WW!", ad infinitum. Not being an obsessive fan, as I am, Seth is completely oblivious to all the parallels and recyclings, and he seems happy to live in said oblivion. But I did get him to agree to watch some WW with me, so I may be making progress.
Several people I work with--fellow telecom refugees from WorldCom--are fleeing back to its present incarnation of MCI. I am sorely tempted to follow them. I had lots of good reasons for leaving, despite how much I loved my disfunctional-sibling-like co-workers and how awesome the personal time benefits were, and I even managed to weasel my way out of there before the Bernie Ebbers shit hit the fan. So all in all, timing was good and I made the right decision.
But my current company bites the big one pretty hard, and their personal time is just pathetic, and don't know what you got till it's gone, etc. So MCI is looking good, and my friend who still works there says everyone is calm again and things are running as smoothly as they can. They're offering excellent money, and as an ex-employee who left in good standing, I'd be a shoo-in. I could eventually transfer out of state, even. Out of Oklahoma! Woohoo!
The only thing is that I promised myself Current Company would be my last telecom job. PROMISED. I loathe telecom, and I want. Out.
I am in a conundrum.