Nothing's changed much except the weather ( Read more... )

Following three months of wish-washy responses from the parent office and hem-hawing from people who continually passed the buck, it is official. Our company and office will cease to exist on May 31st, leaving me unemployed.

Had a conference call today with my boss and I here and the board of directors' mouthpiece on the phone from NE. No apologies ( Read more... )

"And when worlds collide," said George Pal to his Bride, "I'm gonna give you some terrible thrills ( Read more... )

The two thoughts that keep running through my head are "if you do what you've always done you'll get what you've always gotten" and "who dares, wins." I have hardly slept since Thursday, the worry over my present situation eating at me. For the time being, I have work, though it is a schedule that prevents me from taking most other part-time jobs ( Read more... )

I talked to my father tonight about my employment predicament. Of course, he wants me to move back to the family property and live. It's always his first idea whenever anything happens. I appreciate his offering, but as I told him tonight it's a matter of pride that I support myself. Not to mention that whenever it has come to that the plans always ( Read more... )

I get to keep my job ( Read more... )

Unable to sleep, I brood ( Read more... )

Two things I am thrilled about:

Iconoclast, an online text-based role-playing game (MU*) I have been a player/builder/administrator on for 10 years has started a revival and restructuring. Moving to a new code-base, updating the storyline, world files, and game history. Writing a fictional history and developing the political and global structure of ( Read more... )

I can no longer dance around the subject of my depression, as it has begun to affect my work. I'm unable to sleep at most times, and when I do manage to slumber I end up doing so for inordinate amounts of time (12+ hours). As of today, this has caused me to miss work twice ( Read more... )

Met with my adviser this morning. More importantly than just helping me out with getting registered for the courses I am taking, he actually took the time to talk to me about what I'd done and what I wanted to do ( Read more... )