I love what I do. I take pride in what I do. "We can't ask for permission to do our jobs better. We have to decide to do them better and figure out how." But what do you do if the system in which you work is broken? Pack up and leave? Or do you stay and try to fix things? If you leave, who's to say you won't end up in a similar situation, and that ( Read more... )

It never ceases to amaze me that when somebody tries to return something to the store because they broke it, even when the manual gives instructions on using it so it won't break. RTFM applies to voting, too ( Read more... )

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Still wondering if there's some big adventure out there for me...then remembering that by taking that view, I miss the adventure I'm living. While not grandiose or hardly even noteworthy, it's the life I lead. The finality or resolution of that adventure seems a little unsettling at the moment, ( Read more... )

So I've been absolutely horrible about updating the flist here, not that anyone much reads this anymore. Had a great weekend with friends in downtown. Got some sun and fun without too much hassle. Work is going well. I just had an interview for a promotion, but we'll see how that turns out. Still too early to tell on that. I'm meeting with my old ( Read more... )

So I know I haven't written in a month, but I've really been doing much of the same thing everyday. The weekends have only been mildly different, but still somewhat generally the same. Oddly enough I'm not bored. Lately, I've been getting charged up about doing something creative, but I have no idea what. I've thought about getting into photography ( Read more... )

So within the span of a week, I was laid off and hired to work at the Art Institute of Chicago (the school). I'm working as a help desk specialist. I'd just like to say that the comparison between jobs is like the difference between running on a treadmill and going for a run. I love working in the city, ESPECIALLY right across the street from a ( Read more... )

So lately, I've been doing a job hunt thing, kinda. I'm trying to keep my options open at this point. There was mention of a pay evaluation at 6 months. I'm now at 8 months. I've pressed it and they said "we're in a recession and business is slower than usual." Okay, I said. I'm still debating whether this is something I can live with or not. I'm ( Read more... )

Right now I'm a mess of emotional contemplation, political idealism, and trying to figure out world peace...errr...don't take that as a hubris thing, just frustration. I was listening to an NPR broadcast - To the Best of Our Knowledge on a rapper who happens to be Muslim and after that, on two women with different views on how women should interact ( Read more... )

So the time spent at the farm for the fourth was wonderful. Cirena and I bought some fireworks on our way up and were pleasantly surprised with our (pun intended) bang for the buck. We all went tubing on Saturday and had a good time, albeit short ride, and Carolyn and Ellen were somewhat squirmy and fussy on the tubes (ages 4 and 6, respectively), ( Read more... )

So it's been 10 weeks since I last posted. Things are about the same for me, I suppose. Married life is great. Finding time to enjoy it is sometimes half the battle. I'm a little out of sorts today, a little introverted/melancholy about nothing. I find that I go through these cycles of being really great, to okay, to a slight slump. Occasionally it ( Read more... )