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« October 2008 | Main | December 2008 » November 26, 2008The Creepy Librarian Strikes Again!OMG! This woman seriously needs to just stop coming to my office. Lately she's been coming by to hint about things. Like the one conference room RIGHT NEXT TO HER OFFICE is dirty. This woman has been here since the hospital opened. Hell, they probably found her under a rock while breaking ground and hired her on. For some reason she thinks it's too much to simply call the environmental service herself and ask that someone come up and clean the room. Instead she comes down to my office and bitches about it to me and Mr. Nosy. When I offer the phone number to her so she can call she says it shouldn't be her responsibility to call them. Oh I see... you want ME to do it. Asshole. I shrugged my shoulders and said, "Okay then...". Yesterday she sees Mr. Nosy walking down the hall and mentions that they didn't clean the table off. He looked at her, smiled and said, "Awwwwwwww!" and walked away. Score one for the snarky people!
[keywords: Work Creepy_Librarian creepy_people] November 25, 2008Death in the MorningI woke up on time only to mess around and be late out the door. After the usual flurry of getting ready and waiting for Jake I managed to zip past few the slow spots (all two miles of it) and make it to work just in time. From there it was all put on hold. Police cruisers blocked the street and I had to walk around them. After getting upstairs Mr Nosy asked, "Did you see the body?" We looked out the window and across the street lay the body of a woman, covered by yellow tarp. Around her and on the parking garage above police walked around, surveying the area. Crime Scene tape flapped gently around the body and people walked a little slower to see if they could catch a glimpse of the deceased. I looked to the stairwell across from us and there were people standing there, coffee mugs in hand. One last show from a person who didn't want to go on. She parked her car, made some steps from boxes she found and lept to her death. Such a sad ending, regardless of the circumstances. Times are tough. The holidays always make it tougher. I remember sitting at home all alone and crying on too many occasions. My choice, but it was still a hard one. Being on the edge of the abyss is so easy. One step. One leap. One movement. One last pain and it all goes away. No more fear. No more anger. No more loneliness. No more pain. It's the easy way out and yet so many take it. I wonder if this person reached out to anyone, or had anyone to reach out to. Sometimes it's the littlest things that mean so much. A smile. A hello. Asking how someone is and then actually listening when they say it's not okay. I remember being in so much pain and reaching out. Someone said, "Don't worry, it will get better." It was as if they were saying "I didn't want to know how you felt, I just wanted to be polite while walking past you." Fair weather friends are worse than enemies at times. At least your enemy wants to know your condition. When you walk outside today remember that there are people hurting. Sometimes a simple smile and acknowledgment is what will get them through one more day. This woman probably died because there wasn't a connection strong enough to keep her going. Sadly there is a connection now.
[keywords: Life Work Society death] November 24, 2008You Did WHAT!?!So my boss forgot to turn in my monthly time sheet. They had to do a rush check and I have to pick it up at the payroll office. The good news is that the payroll office is where Jake is and since he's an awesome boyfriend he's going to pick it up for me and deposit that sucker. Now for the shitty news. My automatic deductions WON'T be taken out. Car payment, parking fees and other deductions don't get processed on rush checks. Now I have to jump through hoops to figure out how I am going to have these paid so that I don't get penalized. My boss is running herself ragged so I don't want to be too hard on her. Especially since she can always hand me off to someone else. I'd either go directly under one of the big bosses OR to Mr. Nosy. Obviously either choice is going to suck donkey balls. My job is actually back to kicking ass. I managed to impress the one doctor that complained about me and get some major points for getting some patients admitted when there weren't any free beds listed. *flexes* I really think this is going to work out. I need to get into a different mind frame. It's about the patient. I'll deal with retraining later. Also, *GRINS* I just got some great work news. I just can't say anything yet...
[keywords: Work boss] November 21, 2008Oh Yes, You Will Be MineThis weekend I am playing my Sims game... damn it! I keep saying that I'm going to and end up screwing around until it's too late. This weekend I want to have some time to just mess around, maybe start a new hood and have some fun. Jake's been having a blast with his games and it's made me really want to spend some time on mine. So far the only thing I've done is install some hack that made my sims change from sweet to slutty. I really need to read up on what I install more. *sigh* Jake enrolled in school for the next semester and it looks as if we're back to not seeing each other for three days out of the week. *grumbles* I know it's something that needs to happen in order for him to graduate but it still sucks. Hell, I miss him on the way home. Absence may make the heart grow fonder but it certainly doesn't help make you feel better about it. :/
[keywords: boyfriend jake weekends Sims2] November 20, 2008Turkey Day Approaches!My favorite holiday is one week away. I cannot WAIT! I'm sad that we aren't going to be able to spend it with his folks but it will be nice to just spend a few days wrapped around each other and munching on food. Jake is a great cook and his Thanksgiving dinner is going to rock. Turkey, homemade mac and cheese and stuffing for starters. Hopefully we'll be able to go see a movie and just do something fun. We've been laying low on the weekends, which isn't too bad. I don't want to go broke when the holidays are right around the corner. With Jake having to sign up for classes and get books I know we'll be saving up for our next one for a while. Lately he's been playing Fallout 3 and I am loving it. I can actually watch the game without getting too dizzy and the atmosphere is awesome. I am just amazed at the design. It's creepy and really gets you thinking. One spot he was walking by a raised freeway that was blown to bits. It almost made the hair on my neck stand on end. Speaking of games... sims2 has another SP that I am sooo getting. I think I might also pre-order Sims3. Not sure yet. I think I'll wait to see if it will be compatible with my computer. I'm not about to buy a game that makes me have to upgrade again.
[keywords: Life holidays games] November 19, 2008PMS and Snarky CoworkersOy joy. Oh rapture. There's nothing like someone being a total bitch to me when I have PMS and zero tolerance for said bitchiness. Take Mr. Nosy (please!). He walks in from a meeting an hour and a half later than he said he was supposed to and gets all snotty when I tell him that there are three faxes for him to do. Three. That's it. He has an hour to work and decides that it's not enough time. Meanwhile he's ready to open the email and chat. When I attempt to clarify his statement that he isn't going to do anything without a phone call he gets pissy and says that I should go down there and do it. He can kiss my ass. I was already told I would practically be living at my desk and have been. So wash my hands of it and page the doctor to clarify which patient he's sending us so I can forward the fax to the doctors. I figure he'll question that and I can let him talk to Mr. Nosy. The two of them need to work it out and not involve me. This was supposed to be a separate job entirely. As in not my problem. So far he's done everything but dump the shit in my lap. I can't wait for him to leave.
[keywords: Work pms coworkers] November 18, 2008Rocking The 8-TrackAh memories. I remember driving down Sunset boulevard while dad drove his Lincoln Continental and blasting Donna Summers' Bad Girl on the 8-track player. It seems as if today has been a walk down memory lane in my office. It started off with Mr. Nosy showing me photos of him back in high school and talking about all his wild times. Then we moved onto music. It ended up with the two of us singing old AC/DC songs as loud as we could while doctors walked by in disbelief. To him it was a song to sing... to me it was a part of my life. When I was thirteen I moved into a friend's house after my dad died. Her parents were strict Catholics. Her, notosmuch. We'd come home from Junior high and her mom would be sitting on the couch. The Bible was open and she was ready to preach. Afterwards we'd go for a walk and then go into her bedroom where we'd blast AC/DC's Back in Black album on her record player. I swear I knew the words to every song. We wore that LP out. That was the one album I got throughout the years. LP, casette, CD and MP3s. They never get old. Maybe because it helped me through a tough time. It's hard to think about death and dying when you have Hell's Bells being played loud enough to make the bed vibrate. I remember the first time I heard Oingo Boingo. I had just 'escaped' my old boyfriend's house. Three month's of abuse ended by a baseball bat. I went to a friend's house and he let me sleep in his and his brother's room. Only a Lad was playing when I entered the room. We talked about life, why his brother's girlfriend felt the urge to rip his back to shreds during sex and New Wave. I left with a new favorite band and a friend who vowed to make sure I was safe. Music has always been a part of my life. But it's more than just songs. They are wrapped around memories, like the music that reminds you of a certain scene in a movie. Just like a certain beat will make you smile and think of Jaws the start of a song will make me smile and think of where I've come from... and where it brought me. While I may not be up and all the new bands or even the top song in the weekly count down... I can tell you that AC/DC saved my life and Oingo Boingo helped me to start a new one.
[keywords: memories] November 17, 2008Come to the Dark Side...Guess who I got addicted to Facebook? Yeppers, Mr. Nosy himself. Now he's spending the day chatting with childhood friends instead of peeking over my shoulder and getting into my business. While I am still uber careful around him it's nice to be able to joke around and even the playing field. Now he's uploading pictures, chatting with friends and generally doing anything besides work. Works for me!
[keywords: Work coworkers facebook] November 13, 2008When Do I Get to Fix Things?Part of the reason that my boss said II was hired was because of my problem solving capabilities. So now that I've been actually doing my job for a while I see quite a few areas that can be fixed. Here's where I hit the wall. So far I'm being treated as if they don't want me to fix them. You know... like I'm too aggressive. Over and over I keep hearing about how this department has always been this way. They brush off incompetency as if it's just part of the territory. Instead of recognizing the issues and fixing them they simply try to find someone else to do them. yeah, that makes people really want to excel. If the attitude is 'if you don't want to do it act stupid and they'll give it to someone else' then who could blame some lazy person for falling in line with the rest of the underachievers? Okay, I still can... but that seems to be a party of one right now. Whenever I talk about fixing issues my boss thinks that I'm doing this because I don't want to work. No... It's because the system can work more efficiently. All it takes is someone who is willing to take some heat and break some balls. Someone not willing to do their job? Write their asses out of the position and find someone that will. Someone want to get meets/exceeds on their evaluation? Tell them this is something they will be evaluated on. When you put it in terms of someone's job or someone's raise you can bet dollars to donuts they'd learn the new protocol. Yesterday a doctor calls and asks for what the new protocol is. I tell her and she flies off of the handle. She didn't even give me a chance. It wasn't going to work. This is too many steps. I don't have support. Whine whine whine. Then she says she's taking it over my head. Fine. She asks who she should go to and I tell her my Big Boss... which also happens to be her boss. After she took this down I helped her patient. Then I get a call from her immediate boss. After going through the same routine (albeit a much nicer tone) he finally says they don't want to use the service. Okayfine... the issue isn't me, it's too many steps. They want to cut out the middle man (me). So basically he says my job is a waste of time and he'll be contacting my big boss. I shoot off an email to let him know and he calls me later on. He says that he agrees that they can go on their own... but he has no jurisdiction over the department that is no longer taking their info. That's between the two of them. I wait for a call the next day. And wait... and wait. The only thing I hear is when Mr. Nosy calls to check on me and says our boss is there. She shouts out, "Everything's fine. Disaster averted. I'll talk to you later." GAH! It's 4pm and I have yet to hear what the 'averted' ended up being. SOMETHING had to have been agreed upon to make them use me. The funny part is the same doctor had to call me today for another admission. She was snotty to me and I ignored it. I also got her a bed within record time. Eat shit, bitch.
[keywords: Work boss coworkers bb] November 12, 2008BrillianceHow... embarrassing. The other week I was sitting in my office and a woman walked by. She peeked in and immediately recognized me. I recognized the face but couldn't place where I had seen her from or her name. We both did the hug and chit chat for a bit before she excused herself. I sat down and Mr. Nosy looked over and asked who she was. "I have no fucking clue". Today she stopped by again for another round of guess the face. I was about to ask where we knew each other from when she says, "You know... I see your cat in the window all the time. It's so cute." *slaps head* She's my neighbor. My upstairs neighbor. I felt so stupid... and yet I was grateful for NOT asking how we knew each other. Imagine THAT little bit of embarrassment. Oy.
[keywords: clever] November 10, 2008Just BreathEveryone has been so stressed out because of elections. Then there's the after election stress. Those who voted for Obama are elated VS those who voted for someone else who... aren't. Then there's the people on both far ends of the spectrum that fuck it up for the rest of us. No, Obama is not the first or second coming. He's not the anti-christ either. He's a politician who worked his way up and after ten years made his case to the American people that he could do better. Considering Bush has the LOWEST approval rating since the rating system was created (thank you CNN) it's not that hard. In the end we should be working to get this nation back on it's feet and not sniping each other about what was done. Seriously, this shit is getting old and we as a nation can't handle much more stress. Let the healing begin.
[keywords: Politics Society obama] November 07, 2008*crosses fingers*I remember going to Benihana's as a kid. The food was good and it was always a blast to watch the chef slice and dice the food at a frantic pace. My dad buried his head in his hands as I asked the chef for butter to put on my rice. Always the picky one... *looks at Jake* Tonight we're going to eat there and I just hope that the restaurant is still as good as it was years ago. I can't imagine it still being around otherwise. It's nice to be able to check off another place that Jake and I have been wanting to go. I look forward to also going to places that I haven't been. It's amazing how many places there are that I've never visited... even though I am a California native. Some people snub their noses at touristy places... but to me it's half the fun. Solvang was filled with gift shops and people in costumes... but it didn't make it any less enjoyable. There's a whole state to conquer. Everything from cheesy to off the beaten path. I look forward to hitting them all up. *ramblerambleramble*
[keywords: jake California date-night dinner] November 06, 2008One Step Forward... Two Steps BackI am so angry right now. I was so proud of our country Tuesday night. We made progress in leaps and bounds. I went to bed feeling as if this country FINALLY was ready to join the world again. Then I woke up to Prop 8 being passed and my dear friend being crushed because his marriage may be invalid. Two people who love each other and just want to live like anyone else. What is so wrong with that? Mr. Nosy is also Mr. Fuckhead. We had a heated debate about Prop 8 yesterday. He's gay and is against gay marriage. The reason? There will be an influx of divorces. What kind of fucked up logic is that? I don't know why I expected anything else. This is the same guy who thinks that things were better when gays weren't as accepted. It made life "more edgy". Oh sure. People were beaten and killed because of their sexual preference but HE thinks it was great because he got to fuck someone while feeling naughty. Oh, and gay men adopting? Forget it. To him it's just wrong. Lesbians are A-OK, for some reason. This is a guy who grew up in a small town in Kansas. Instead of learning from the hatred and bigotry that he was forced to endure he allowed it to rub off on him. For someone who grew up in Southern California that was raised to be color blind this is a big challenge. Right now I'm losing the battle of being the bigger person. I could totally take him though...
[keywords: coworkers gays elections prop8] November 05, 2008New DawnI woke up this morning feeling better than I have in a long time. Eight years, to be exact. We've watched an Administration take a surplus and put us into debt. A President alienate the world and place American against American. Men and women who joined the military to protect and serve were sent to a country over a lie. A moment in time where we could embrace the world and stand together against terrorism was tossed away over greed and arrogance. A country that has always fought to suppress the anger and ignorance flourished in the hatred. My heart sank and the only hope that I had was "2008". Hope that the people had finally had enough. Hope that we could put our differences aside to finally move forward and rejoin the rest of the world. I knew that we had a lot of ground to cover... years of work ahead of us. We had fractured our trust with the rest of the world. Somehow we had to prove ourselves. I never dreamed it would be this. I didn't vote for Obama because he was black. Hell, I voted for Hillary in the Primaries. I wasn't sure of who Obama was or what he stood for. I knew he was better than McCain, but it was another 'lesser of two evil' vote for a long time. Then the entire economy tanked. Obama stood up to the task and spoke of what needed to be done. He had a plan. Suddenly Obama changed from the lesser evil to a pretty good choice. The more he spoke, the more I was convinced. We NEEDED him. McCain sunk deeper and deeper into the smear campaign and all I could see was Obama. The choice was clear. I had hope. Last night Jake and I bounced off of the walls. As the results came in we reminded each other that each red state was expected. When McCain got the first toss up state my heart ached. All the 'don't get cocky' reminders screamed at me and I just sat there... unable to breathe. When Obama took Ohio I was ecstatic... but it wasn't until California was called that I went completely nuts. People outside were screaming, honking their horns and yelling. We joined in and suddenly the past eight years became a horrible nightmare. We're not out of it yet... but the light at the end of the tunnel is to a new direction. Now we have to band together to make that direction work. YES WE CAN!
[keywords: obama elections usa hope] November 03, 2008Wait... YOU'RE Going to be It?I just don't get how candidates run smear campaigns and then expect the public to feel comfortable about them being in office. It's like having a blind date berate the waiter before dinner. How can you feel like the date will go well when you've already seen the worst side of the person... and it's pretty fucking bad. Lies, misleading statements, rumors, slander, vicious attacks... all in the name of getting into office. The Democrats and Republicans have a lot to learn when it comes down to showing the people what they are made of. No wonder so many people say they go for the lesser of the two evils. Considering some of the races around the country that's still a toss up. Tonight and tomorrow is going to be a nightmare for both Jake and myself. The voting is just the beginning of it. The waiting is going to kill us. *sigh* I just can't wait for the election to be over and *GAH!* the countdown til the new President goes into office. Then the fun begins. I'm curious as to how these guys can work together after slinging so much shit at each other. Don't forget to vote!
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