Doing what I do and having the kind of internet surfing skills that I do, y'all should know by now how much I love my funny Web sites. In the last couple of days I have stumbled across a few more, possibly even funnier sites that I just HAVE to share.
First and foremost, Regretsy. I can't even begin to tell you how much this site and its author please me. All of the "whimsicle fuckery" is just amazing. I find it amusing that some people who happen across the site are so easily offended, but I guess I ALWAYS find it amusing when people get offended so easily. And, as an aspiring crafter myself, it's nice to know that there are people out there trying desperately to sell the crafty crap they come up with and that there are people out there willing to buy such crap. That is very, very excellent news for me ;-)
Secondly, Chalkboard Manifesto. This site reminds me a lot of XKCD, what with the stick figures and sarcasm and what not. Just check it out to experience the awesomeness for yourself.
And last but not least, Srsly Sorry is just raucus, raunchy, backhanded, passive-aggressive fun. I'm seriously sorry if you don't get it.
Showing posts with label Work is Lame. Show all posts
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Here It Goes Again
It's Monday and I only have one word for it.
Wait for it....
BLAH.
Hope yours isn't as boring as mine. If it is, this will cheer you up for sure:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Enjoy!
Wait for it....
BLAH.
Hope yours isn't as boring as mine. If it is, this will cheer you up for sure:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Enjoy!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Change Never Comes Easily
So, June has been a strange month so far. First of all, I'm weirded out by the fact that it is even June in the first place. And almost halfway through it at that! Time certainly does fly. Makes me wonder where the time goes. Then I look around and realize that I am, once again, at my desk on Sunday morning, wishing fiercely that the office douche wasn't here so that I could be working with the lights off, and I no longer have to wonder.
Anyway. It's recently been prevalent in my mind that I have been employed at this company for nearly five years, and in that five years I have only changed departments and roles once--and that was just over three years ago. It occurred to me sometime recently that those facts probably don't look terribly good on my resume. Of course, my current role is pretty freaking sweet (I mean, let's face it--what other job allows me to blog as much as this one does?), but it's time for me to expand my horizons again.
So here's my dilemma: I never intended this to be a long term gig. Finance is last on my list of things to be passionate about. And what is the point of doing something one is not passionate about? Money...duh. My job is paying for my college education, and seeing as I hate being in debt, I guess I'll stick around. Plus, you know, without this job I wouldn't have been able to buy my home or my car, so I'm not really complaining about the lack of intellectual stimulation associated with it.
School goes by extremely slowly when you only take one or two classes a semester. I've been graduated from high school (Go Grizzlies!) for seven years now and I'm not done with my associates degree. That's embarrassing, to say the very least, but I'm kind of over it because no one can say that I've been completely slacking. I am a financially independent single female homeowner with zero debt, after all. And I'm not quite 25 years old. But it would be a big, fat lie for me to say that I didn't wish I had the time and energy to devote myself to getting school done so that it could be over before I'm 30.
In the mean time, I suppose, it wouldn't hurt to expand my resume within the company. Experience is experience, right? Right. So I chatted with my manager the other day about the path that needs to be taken in order for me to get into management. It's a long, convoluted path, to be sure, and it has no guarantee of paying off, but it's more or less the only direction I want to go. Well, that's not 100% true. I have always wanted to get into our Training department, but that hasn't worked out so far obviously.
To be honest I'm not particularly keen on playing the corporate game that goes along with the management path. It's the politics of it all that has kept me entrenched on the front lines for so long. Politics both in the sense that I'd have to act a certain way in order to move anywhere, and politics in that I have to deal with things like tenure even though I work in what's supposed to be a "meritocracy." So typical of the corporate world, no? That's basically why I never wanted this to be a long term gig.
I figure the transition from here to there should be about a year, maybe year and a half. I hope that's what it takes, anyway. Who knows what the timeline will really be. All I can do at this point is play the game, I guess, and get my slacker ass back in gear with school (I took yet another semester off to focus on other things, most of which ended up being men...) so that I can get onto doing what it is I want to do.
Now, if I could figure out just exactly what that is, we'll be good to go.
Anyway. It's recently been prevalent in my mind that I have been employed at this company for nearly five years, and in that five years I have only changed departments and roles once--and that was just over three years ago. It occurred to me sometime recently that those facts probably don't look terribly good on my resume. Of course, my current role is pretty freaking sweet (I mean, let's face it--what other job allows me to blog as much as this one does?), but it's time for me to expand my horizons again.
So here's my dilemma: I never intended this to be a long term gig. Finance is last on my list of things to be passionate about. And what is the point of doing something one is not passionate about? Money...duh. My job is paying for my college education, and seeing as I hate being in debt, I guess I'll stick around. Plus, you know, without this job I wouldn't have been able to buy my home or my car, so I'm not really complaining about the lack of intellectual stimulation associated with it.
School goes by extremely slowly when you only take one or two classes a semester. I've been graduated from high school (Go Grizzlies!) for seven years now and I'm not done with my associates degree. That's embarrassing, to say the very least, but I'm kind of over it because no one can say that I've been completely slacking. I am a financially independent single female homeowner with zero debt, after all. And I'm not quite 25 years old. But it would be a big, fat lie for me to say that I didn't wish I had the time and energy to devote myself to getting school done so that it could be over before I'm 30.
In the mean time, I suppose, it wouldn't hurt to expand my resume within the company. Experience is experience, right? Right. So I chatted with my manager the other day about the path that needs to be taken in order for me to get into management. It's a long, convoluted path, to be sure, and it has no guarantee of paying off, but it's more or less the only direction I want to go. Well, that's not 100% true. I have always wanted to get into our Training department, but that hasn't worked out so far obviously.
To be honest I'm not particularly keen on playing the corporate game that goes along with the management path. It's the politics of it all that has kept me entrenched on the front lines for so long. Politics both in the sense that I'd have to act a certain way in order to move anywhere, and politics in that I have to deal with things like tenure even though I work in what's supposed to be a "meritocracy." So typical of the corporate world, no? That's basically why I never wanted this to be a long term gig.
I figure the transition from here to there should be about a year, maybe year and a half. I hope that's what it takes, anyway. Who knows what the timeline will really be. All I can do at this point is play the game, I guess, and get my slacker ass back in gear with school (I took yet another semester off to focus on other things, most of which ended up being men...) so that I can get onto doing what it is I want to do.
Now, if I could figure out just exactly what that is, we'll be good to go.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Saavy?
Bad news: A Halloween store opened across the street. Why is that bad news? Because I will likely spend a good chunk of money there over the next four weeks.
So, what's the good news? Pirate get-up at work:
Grr!
I am a very scary pirate. Rawr!
Yes, I am still wearing the hat. Take that, professionalism!
So, what's the good news? Pirate get-up at work:
Grr!I am a very scary pirate. Rawr!
Yes, I am still wearing the hat. Take that, professionalism!
Thursday, August 06, 2009
This is Why my Work Rocks:
So, I complain about it a lot, but my job is actually really awesome. I get to listen to my iPod all day, I don't have to talk to anyone on the phone and I get to goof off with the people around me (who are awesome, by the way). Some days are worse than others, naturally, but then there are days like yesterday that make me thank my lucky stars that I work in such an awesome environment. Seriously, where else could ever hold a potluck as awesome as this?
Gourmet sausage sandwich? Check. Also, we find the time to arrange such beauties as the Leaning Tower of Hostess. What is that, you may ask. I'll show you:
And, when a coworker leaves and begins auctioning off his things (including brand new copies of War and Peace and Les Miserables which I totally scored), an arm wrestling match may break out over a bobble head doll from The Office:
Who do you think won? If you can't already tell, just take a look at the arms involved and note the difference in circumference. To be honest, I'm amazed we get any work done at all.
Gourmet sausage sandwich? Check. Also, we find the time to arrange such beauties as the Leaning Tower of Hostess. What is that, you may ask. I'll show you:
And, when a coworker leaves and begins auctioning off his things (including brand new copies of War and Peace and Les Miserables which I totally scored), an arm wrestling match may break out over a bobble head doll from The Office:
Who do you think won? If you can't already tell, just take a look at the arms involved and note the difference in circumference. To be honest, I'm amazed we get any work done at all.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
The Summer Doldrums
So..............................work might finally succeed in driving me crazy. I've been trying to keep myself occupied while there is no work to do, but there's really only so much internet to look at in 10 hours, and it is no where near enough! At this point I'm struggling to keep my eyes open, and I am seriously considering curling up in the Mother's Room for a nap. I hardly think that I would be missed, considering I haven't interacted with a client in 45 minutes. Even my crochet supplies aren't sufficient to keep me entertained for very long. I guess I'll just have to grin and bear it. Today is my Friday, thankfully, and I only have 1.25 hrs left. Guaranteed to be the Longest. 1.25 hours. Of. My. Life.
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