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0. "Ok, maybe you aren't fat... but either you're fat or I'm crosseyed..." - John "The Ladies Man" Gregory

keepin it real since 1981...

Keyboard Headbanging

A funny tale concerning work, this is a lesson to anyone new in the adventures of 'getting your job on':
Be careful about volunteering your level of aptitude concerning anything, even if it's something you think you might want to do. The more people know about your abilities, the more they will try to exploit them to decrease their own work load. And of course, at any opportunity they will try to take credit for the things you accomplish.
Today I revealed to two other folks in the Business & Technology Division (my little wing of the Engineering Dept) that I had discovered the means to correct a problem in one of our humongous databases. It just happens to be a database for which I am already responsible for updating new entries. However, many of the already archived documents have errors that need to be fixed and the lead images need to be assigned new indexes. Further complicating this is that we are just extrapolating from a couple thousand already done just how many we need to fix. I can safely say that I will probably be taking over the quality control portion of this task as well. So, simply put, I get to sort through this database, containing at this point roughly 50,000 images tied to roughly 10,000 document indexes, find all the retarded errors the contracted imaging company made, and fix some dandy numbered sequences through Access. Now that I discovered a 'relatively' easy means to take care of the problems, I won't be resting until this is all done.
I guess I could be more flustered, and I should look at it as job security, but it certainly doesn't soften the blow of the other 10+ large ongoing projects I have to keep up with. Plus, you know, I'm supposed to be fooling around with maps and stuff, not making document management my consuming damnation of life.

So I've got a funny new story...

Go see Batman Begins.



Phew, bet you didn't think I was going to have a funny story. Well, you were wrong.

Seth Messaged Me Tonight

Here's what he had to say:


carminasupplicii: hey pardner
carminasupplicii: I know what you're thinking: Classic! The guy's a real bard! Wunderkind fo' sho! I mean he's amazing, really. (Who'm I talking about? Louis Armstrong)
THEwayofthesWORD: woah
carminasupplicii: Olive Garden I was stereotypically Italian: libidinous, a talker, independently wealthy. And I ate @ Olive Garden after my sister's Ph.D. graduation (Ph.D. in criminal justice: she's now doing the sample wagon for A1 'Bold and Spicy' at the Harris Teeter, for f***'s sake.
carminasupplicii: lol
THEwayofthesWORD: i'm just gonna let you keep entertaining me, how bout it?
carminasupplicii: Wait! Ooh drat the 'lol' is out of style -- so 1998 -- and I haven't been clued in. Sorry bro
carminasupplicii: 10-4, 10-4. There's a problem with the band DC Talk. I can't put my finger on it. I think the bassist is on a par with some of the best out there, though.
carminasupplicii: 'DC Talk'
carminasupplicii: so, to break the ice: "Such a pretty vase!," 1723, the Amish Sports Bar Your Son Always Talks About, ... etc.
carminasupplicii: Oh, and J.S. Bach! Someone recently discovered some long-forgotten scores he'd composed ("scores" is such a quaint word, ain't it?). Among them was the smash hit, Concerto No.1 for Tambourine and Piano
carminasupplicii: Tambourines Wow, brother, you and I were classmates at UNC-Greensboro!
carminasupplicii: I mean, heh ...
THEwayofthesWORD: :-)
carminasupplicii: I'm going to leave you with a request -- take a really indulgent bass solo at the next gig. And throw some J.S. Bach phrases in there.

Sometimes, you just gotta know when to do what is necessary.

Tomorrow John, I run a 5k.

Tomorrow John, I will be a man.



Speaking of men, uhm, I guess we should play World of Warcraft soon. The new instances sound fun, cause you know...all out brawlings just can't compete with a little CTF.