I'm up late again. I'm not really tired, but I want to go to sleep soon.
The other day, I had two job postings sent to me. One is local, another is about 45 minutes away... And not really bus-accessible at all! The one local posting sent me a link asking what I would like to get paid and I asked for $1 and change less than their max pay rate amount. I kind of asked for a lot, but nothing I'm not worth. I've done jobs similar to this, but not exclusively like this... It would be like "specializing" and I do home it's exclusive to what I think it's specialized to. The previous job (call center) I had similar to this made me twitch. I had calls from every possible category and department housed in that building. It quite literally was too much to handle at times! I was hired thinking I'd take calls within a given realm, but it wasn't so. I strive to do everything I do well, I like knowing all that I can know and the random barrage that required a knowledge of everything freaked me out. A coworker told me once to 'wing it' and that's not something I do. If someone asks or expects something of me, I give them what they need.
I'm upset because our soon departing governor purposed a plan to take a heavy ax to health care. He wants hospitals and nursing homes to close, other hospitals to 'merge' and reduce their combined beds to half, and more maniacal crap. So, we're to be happy and complacent that he wants to save the state a few hundred million dollars while compromising health care? (while supposedly bringing in a few hundred million in aid -- to aid over populated hospitals, rest homes, ect?) Come 'em! If politicians want to impress us by being savvy and cost effective, they need to start with their own take home pay! What's especially ironic is that one of the hospitals that are being asked to merge and downsize and FIRE half their staff recently broke ground of a new pediatric center. (my sister works there as a nurse and tends for 5 or more patients a day -- thats not being 'overextended' is it?) KUDOS GEORGE PATAKI! thanks for screwing New York State over ONCE AGAIN. Voxxers, pass on the word that this man is not the one to elect to run for the presidency. Sure, he acts and looks like a boy scout, but he's been great at running our state into the ground.
If you came with a warning label, what would it say?
Submitted by chris.
Something like
Warning, this acid-tongued caffeine fiend is addictive in ways you never imagined? Buy him cookies and make him yours!
That's not much a warning as it is a pg-rated personal ad is it? (Grins and waggles eyebrows)
What are your top 5 CDs/albums of 2006?
Submitted by eliz. s.
That's tough because I might have bought only 5 cds this summer! HAH!
In no particular order, we have.
What we have here are the cds released THIS year that I've taken a fondness to.
I also bought The Raconteurs' CD because Jack White was involved and the title
track was catchy. I had to run to catch a bus and trusted Jack. He's rocked my
ears in the White Stripes, what did I have to lose? LOL $10! Barring "steady as she goes" every other song was a complete and utter disappointment! Shame on you, Jack.
Now, lets go on stuff that I've been listening to endlessly through 2006.
Wait a sec! Kasabian was released this year! SHAME ON ME! Oh well, I'm tired.
I like and have listened to these CDs bunches. They all make me happy.
The end.
From, Novacaine for the Soul
"Guess who's living here, with the great undead...
This paint-by-numbers life is fucking with my head,
once again"
"Novacaine, for the soul...
You better give me something, to fill the hole.
Before I sputter out!"
When I first heard this song, years ago... I felt like they ripped the lyrics from my life. Sometimes, like now... I still feel this way.
Do you keep a journal or diary? How often do you write in it?
Submitted by Kim.
I bet you meant "on paper", didn't you?
Otherwise, this seems a bit silly.
Nope, not on paper!
Show us your pets.
Submitted by Prakash Daniel.
Didn't we do this already? Oh well... Here she is, our pup Stella... Our 14 year old pup!
Have you ever Googled your own name? How did you feel about the results?
Submitted by elen.
I have vainly Googled myself a few times over the years. A few years ago, I didn't do so bad... I would be within the first few pages of results because of some class related school pages. I think people were googling for answers? I didn't have them! Then as time moved on, algorithms were enriched and refined, I began to slip.. Faster than a piano down the side of an iceberg! I share the name of famous Canadian separatist, a chemist, an author of science fiction, and more. I learned, in part thanks to Google, that my name is the equivalent of John Smith in the states! As identity theft began to flourish, I began to ponder the benefits and deficits of having ultimate identity uniqueness and being in the first string of results of Google. I figure it may not be a great thing to have... After all, I do have my first name, last name as part of an email address, which is spammed all to hell, luckily for great spam filters, I would have given up on these accounts.
What were you afraid of as a child that seems silly to you now?
Submitted by navelgazer.
I had to deal with a lot of fear in my life. It's hard differentiate the silly things I feared from the things had a right to fear. I would say nuclear war, but that never seems silly. My parents, devoutly religious told me that rock, or any music they didn't listen to, was the music of the devil. I remember liking some of it and fearing I was indirectly aligning with satan. That was silly. If it really was the gateway to darker things, I would have been locked in solitary and counting down the days to my execution.
As the years wore on, I learned it was more my father who believed that rock and pop were satan's music, my mom had to get a job and got a walkman to accompany her on the bus. Before I knew it her and I were listening and singing the same songs. Not too long ago, my father discovered a singer with a voice he couldn't resist... Celine Dion. Seemed what was once taboo crumbled the day he let her in. He didn't even really think about some of her lyrics, some of which were pretty racy if you really listen to it. Racy for him. His addiction for her drove us all nuts.
When do you start your holiday shopping?
Submitted by Murphy.
When I have money.
I'm uneployed....
Not anytime soon... June? That is, 6 months after Christmas?
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For the record, I didn't find it. My niece's sent it around. :)
