2009 was a year that divided my life, cut it cleanly in two.  Although I know that all along the years there have many phases, twists, turns and transitions, 2009 is the year that’s the invisible yet clear demarcation between black and white. Or fuchsia and chartreuse; then and now.

2010 was in some ways more frightening. Reentry, debriefing, ( Read more... )

I'm so pissed off ( Read more... )

I'm not sleepy yet, a good sign since I've been mostly awake all night; I probably got 4 hours.

I start a new job some time next week. Thank you very much!

I'm waiting on a computer, probably accesses and all that.  It's downtown, I can walk, which is awesome since gas is almost $4 a gallon and rising. It's a long-term temp job that may turn ( Read more... )

1. After I made up the schedule and emailed and faxed everyone, things quieted down promptly at 8am ( Read more... )

Well, if we let it, the twinkle is off the tinsel.

The tree is either good humoredly wearing it's festive glitz for another few days although its branches may be drooping or it has already been stripped bare and abandoned by the side of the road. The irresistible warmth of the collective conscious is waning or gone and now we're in it. 2011, the ( Read more... )

My week at "the office" finally ended yesterday after I gave an extra 15 minutes which I'll take next week. Three days of being in the center of a paper matching sphere came to an abrupt halt on Thursday when I was asked to help audit the counts they were doing in the plant for yearly inventory ( Read more... )

Hi Ho! Hi Ho! I go to work t'morrow, I hope sitting for eight doesn't bring zombie state, Hi Ho! Hi Ho!

I'm a little nervous and excited. I'm really glad I liked the people and the office and the location. I like that it's small, but they're part of a larger corporation.

I can wear jeans which is awesome, they dress up only when clients are coming in ( Read more... )

I haven't wanted much to write about the holidays and how it all worked out for me.  I still believe telling my parents what happened to me was pointless except for my sister's threats.  My dad is unable to talk about it to me and I have no idea what he is thinking about it.  His behaviour to me was pretty much the way it always has been.  In turns ( Read more... )

Work unpredictablility continues.  A really good friend got promoted, I'm super happy for her.  A woman who has been here a long long time and has consistently received yearly feedback that she is hard to work with and has anger issues, got promoted.  A guy who's been here about 8 years, who receives a promotion about every 2 or 3 years (seems ( Read more... )

Yesterday I started decorating a bit for the holidays. I love lights. I put white lights on my A-frame book-tv stand, they look charming. I'll put multi-colored lights around the 2 big windows-they only face another building, but it will look nice from the inside. There is a very slim chance I could get new blinds, so I'm waiting on putting them ( Read more... )