I feel like I’ve contracted ADD. Election-onset ADD. I’ve been obsessively checking polls and turning states different colors on various websites for the past week, and it’s stressing me out. Today I’ve been alternately reading the NY Times and unleashing a shitstorm of hate speech on the pompous jack-asses that populate this campus. Well, not […]
Read more...Tag: work
congratulations on your loss. have a great summer.
I’m not a completely cold and heartless bitch, but I hate those group-signed office cards, especially the ones expressing “sympathy.” Are people really comforted after the death of a family member when they get a tacky card signed by co-workers they don’t even know? I understand the sentiment, but the actualization just feels so canned […]
Read more...professionally polite and detached
So if I’m understanding you correctly, you’re having difficulty viewing and editing the widget TPS report? I wish I could help you with that, but unfortunately the TPS report is not one of the reports our department handles and I’m not familiar with widgets. I can hear that you’re frustrated, though, and I’m sorry that […]
Read more...Charlotte has a question about toners
I just sat through a 58 minute long webinar and teleconference about ordering office supplies. I’m not sure where in my life the turn-off towards webinars and teleconferences was, but I surely did not see this one coming. In related news, the team-building exercise retreat was canceled due to lack of interest. Honestly, my office […]
Read more...gainful employment yay
This afternoon I was finally offered a regular position in the department where I’ve been temping since February. I’ll be working with the Lauras as a “Compliance Certifications Specialist,” doing mostly data entry and a few special projects for conferences and such. The work’s not going to be terribly interesting, but the job security, health […]
Read more...eggs and bakey
I am NOT a morning person. I do love mornings—the light, the smell, the stillness—but there is something in me physiologically opposed to being alive before 10am. I like to think that if I could sit on my porch wrapped up in a heavy cotton quilt, drinking my coffee, holding but not reading a book, […]
Read more...low-end tuna porn
I get more hits when I say things like “porn” or “fuck” in the post title. My co-worker, Laura, and I decided we needed to stop spending all this money at campus restaurants, so we made a bet to see who can go the longest without going out for lunch. Whoever caves first buys the […]
Read more...just another day in the office
I’m probably in violation of some kind of confidentiality clause, but I don’t know the names of anyone involved, so I couldn’t divulge them if I wanted to. The background: a complaint was recently filed against a researcher here for unethical conduct. Not sure what the details are with that, be it mistreatment of animals […]
Read more...foiled
My apartment application was rejected. My credit is fine, so it was probably because of my temporary status at UofL. Suck. Another few weeks sleeping on the couch, living with the Queen of Darkness. I temp at life.
Read more...it’s pronounced “hiney”
Officially living in Louisville now. I’m sitting in a Heine Bros getting ready to buy some Robert Plant/Allison Krauss tickets. The first show sold out within minutes, and so they added a second. Cross your fingers for me. The move was pretty uneventful save for some very eventful weather we ran into in Illinois. God, […]
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