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servermonkey) wrote2003-08-04 03:18 pm
servermonkey) wrote2003-08-04 03:18 pm
I complain.
A lot. It's one of the reasons I've kept this LiveJournal. It's an easy shoulder to lean when I happen to need it.
It's funny, I hate to bug Rachel with some of my complaints, 'cause they seem so trivial. I'm certainly not taking it home with me. Same thing with the hospital. Not worth dragging the baggage home with me.
It's a sad week. But, there is Thanksgiving, Christmas, and at least another holiday to look forward to. It's a sad thing to work from break to break. The longest stretch is in Spring, when students and faculty get Spring Break, but staff doesn't. Someone's got to be here for inquiries, normal school operations, et cetera.
Today has, mercifully, flown by. Started the day out of the office (and away from the infernal phone) and tried troubleshooting our document scanning workstation. Then onto adding new classes, students, and purging unused e-mail accounts. All nice, normal stuff. It's the talking to people, either in person or on the phone that drives me nuts. I always feel like I'm being approached with an ulterior motive. The small talk kills me. I want to be sociable, but I've never been so. Part of being an only, I think.
I tried a long time ago to be a part of a group, and found the dynamic much too exhausting. It's a tough time dealing with my crap, let alone anyone else's. I'm a much better casual acquaintance. I'm no good with the really deep relationship friendship type thing. It's the very rare person that I can do that with--but if they move, I don't even make an effort to keep in touch. Well, I'll do the occasional e-mail, but I'm really, horribly lazy about that sort of thing.
Girl, Interrupted was on over the weekend, but I didn't get a chance to sit down and watch it. Will have to use the Blockbuster Rewards card, and get it free whenever I rent some new DVD. It's better without being edited for content. If only Blockbuster would carry something like Irreversible or Ken Park. I'm never going to get to see either of those films. The local Movie Gallery had a copy of Bully, but I never rented it, and no one is ever going to get Battle Royale, I think. I don't know, I wasn't too keen on Gummo, so maybe I should stay away from Ken Park.
God, I need some Mountain Dew, but I'm afraid of the bromide (or whatever it is that's it in it).
It's funny, I hate to bug Rachel with some of my complaints, 'cause they seem so trivial. I'm certainly not taking it home with me. Same thing with the hospital. Not worth dragging the baggage home with me.
It's a sad week. But, there is Thanksgiving, Christmas, and at least another holiday to look forward to. It's a sad thing to work from break to break. The longest stretch is in Spring, when students and faculty get Spring Break, but staff doesn't. Someone's got to be here for inquiries, normal school operations, et cetera.
Today has, mercifully, flown by. Started the day out of the office (and away from the infernal phone) and tried troubleshooting our document scanning workstation. Then onto adding new classes, students, and purging unused e-mail accounts. All nice, normal stuff. It's the talking to people, either in person or on the phone that drives me nuts. I always feel like I'm being approached with an ulterior motive. The small talk kills me. I want to be sociable, but I've never been so. Part of being an only, I think.
I tried a long time ago to be a part of a group, and found the dynamic much too exhausting. It's a tough time dealing with my crap, let alone anyone else's. I'm a much better casual acquaintance. I'm no good with the really deep relationship friendship type thing. It's the very rare person that I can do that with--but if they move, I don't even make an effort to keep in touch. Well, I'll do the occasional e-mail, but I'm really, horribly lazy about that sort of thing.
Girl, Interrupted was on over the weekend, but I didn't get a chance to sit down and watch it. Will have to use the Blockbuster Rewards card, and get it free whenever I rent some new DVD. It's better without being edited for content. If only Blockbuster would carry something like Irreversible or Ken Park. I'm never going to get to see either of those films. The local Movie Gallery had a copy of Bully, but I never rented it, and no one is ever going to get Battle Royale, I think. I don't know, I wasn't too keen on Gummo, so maybe I should stay away from Ken Park.
God, I need some Mountain Dew, but I'm afraid of the bromide (or whatever it is that's it in it).