Ah, Summer

[kardashev]

Sorry I haven't been around LJ much, you guys. But it's summertime. Rainy season is over. More stuff to do when the sun comes out. Important things like...um, I dunno...going outside. Nothing like sitting out on the porch watching my kid play and then sitting on the porch again after dinner when a couple of friends come over, drinking our beer,

Comments

[farchivist]

1) I live in GA. Going outside right now means basting in heat + humidity without even a hint of breeze. No thanks. Maybe if it were 68F out...
2) I spend upwards of 12 hours of my day sitting at work staring at a computer screen and not be allowed to do anything else. The internet is a god-send.

[kardashev]

1) It gets pretty hot and humid here in Missouri. Going outside and developing a tolerance for it helps me beat the heat. Plus, I need to get out after being couped up indoors during the cold months.

2) 12 hours? I couldn't do it. I'd never be able to spend 12 hours in front of a screen at work and then go home and do it some more. Another example? The guy who handles our portfolios complains about his Blackberry. He hates the fact that he needs it for his job. He feels like he rarely gets the chance to unplug.

What's worse is that I've even encountered people who have the ability to post from anywhere thanks to 4G networks and don't even need it. These are the true social networking addicts.

[farchivist]

1) I do the opposite. I start going outside when the cold months start. In GA, that's between November and mid-April. It's beautiful then. I should really move to Michigan or some place.

2) Required for the job. Sometimes my shifts are 10, sometimes 12. Leaving the desk not encouraged. Reading a book verboten because an exec might see it. I finish the day's work in about 4-5 hours and then, well...*shrugs* I need my paycheck. It's hourly.

I'm with you on the Blackberry. I don't have one, but if I ever get promoted higher, I won't have a choice. I'll be salaried and thus ineligible for overtime compensation. And I will get those calls at 3AM asking me to log into the system and generate a report. No thanks.

[kardashev]

You get your work done in 4-5 hours and spend the rest of the day just staring at your screen? Oh God, that must suck. Yeah, I guess it's LJ or insanity for you. some choice, eh?

And conservatives try to tell me that government bureaucracies are less efficient than corporate ones lol.

[farchivist]

I know some people who use LJ to solely practice their writing. *shrugs* Don't think there are too many of those.

And goddamn right the Internet is a distraction. If it wasn't here, I'd spend half my day staring at the ceiling tiles, trying not to go insane from boredom.

[farchivist]

Yeah, well, it's a living. *shrug* I can't really complain, I could have no job...

[dr_wrebagzhoe]

Good for you, man. Fuck wasting away in imaginary places. I'll be at The Aquarium of The Pacific tomorrow with my niece and nephew and it's going to be AWESOME. Real life rocks.

[kardashev]

Oh shit, man. I must remember to plan a family trip there myself in the future.