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toastykitten) wrote2006-06-05 10:30 pm
toastykitten) wrote2006-06-05 10:30 pm
writer's block
I don't know why, but lately I've become really self-conscious about what I write in this journal. I've had this mood before - it comes and goes in waves, and it drives me fucking nuts.
Work is fine, and in fact, I'm getting pretty busy. There are two items of suckage - the company has decided to switch from LotusNotes to Outlook, and the company has also decided to comply with the California labor law for non-exempt employees requiring them to clock in and clock out on their computers.
I must be the only person who's not excited about using Outlook. I hate LotusNotes too - it's slow, it's buggy, and it does stupid shit like making all my meetings disappear. However, I'm pretty damn certain I'm going to get more spam with Outlook, more likelihood of getting viruses, and more annoyance because the interface irritates me and I have an (ir)rational hatred of all things Microsoft-related. I'm getting so annoyed that I even considered downloading OpenOffice and trying to run things on the Mozilla suite, except I realized that I probably don't have the administrative privileges to do that, and I'm not sure how I would do the Mozilla thing anyway. (I did install Firefox, though.)
The second item of suckage - supposedly the California labor law is supposed to guarantee that workers get paid the amount they work, but for my department it feels really constricting, and the fact that I'm dependent on the computer to clock in and out pisses me off. First off, I have to reboot my computer almost every morning. Second, my computer is slow. So that means that it's 8:15 before I can even log in properly. And by the end of the day I'm really tired, and I leave at 5PM sharp. If I have to log out, then I'll have to log out then, and it would look like I left 15 minutes early. Supposedly our department will work it out, but we'll see.
I made a few midyear resolutions. I broke some of them already. Why midyear? Because I'm lazy, that's why. And because I realized I need to get a grip on my finances already. I'm making a decent salary, but it seems to be disappearing as fast as I earn it.
1. Don't buy magazines or books. I broke this one already by buying the latest issue of Elle. I was really bored. Surprisingly, Elle was a bit more political than it usually is this month. I'm borrowing books from the library now, because I need to take a break from the books I have on my shelf. I'm currently reading Julie & Julia.
2. Eat out less, and eat healthier. Our biggest expense is eating out. I hit the farmer's market on Sunday. Damn, why didn't I do this every week? I got a one pound bag of salad mix for $4, a loaf of French bread, some really good tomatoes, and some great peaches and nectarines. I would have gotten more stuff, but I was afraid we wouldn't eat it all. The salad mix was excellent, and would have cost three times as much if I had bought it at Safeway. I'm going to need to figure out a plan for lunches.
Work is fine, and in fact, I'm getting pretty busy. There are two items of suckage - the company has decided to switch from LotusNotes to Outlook, and the company has also decided to comply with the California labor law for non-exempt employees requiring them to clock in and clock out on their computers.
I must be the only person who's not excited about using Outlook. I hate LotusNotes too - it's slow, it's buggy, and it does stupid shit like making all my meetings disappear. However, I'm pretty damn certain I'm going to get more spam with Outlook, more likelihood of getting viruses, and more annoyance because the interface irritates me and I have an (ir)rational hatred of all things Microsoft-related. I'm getting so annoyed that I even considered downloading OpenOffice and trying to run things on the Mozilla suite, except I realized that I probably don't have the administrative privileges to do that, and I'm not sure how I would do the Mozilla thing anyway. (I did install Firefox, though.)
The second item of suckage - supposedly the California labor law is supposed to guarantee that workers get paid the amount they work, but for my department it feels really constricting, and the fact that I'm dependent on the computer to clock in and out pisses me off. First off, I have to reboot my computer almost every morning. Second, my computer is slow. So that means that it's 8:15 before I can even log in properly. And by the end of the day I'm really tired, and I leave at 5PM sharp. If I have to log out, then I'll have to log out then, and it would look like I left 15 minutes early. Supposedly our department will work it out, but we'll see.
I made a few midyear resolutions. I broke some of them already. Why midyear? Because I'm lazy, that's why. And because I realized I need to get a grip on my finances already. I'm making a decent salary, but it seems to be disappearing as fast as I earn it.
1. Don't buy magazines or books. I broke this one already by buying the latest issue of Elle. I was really bored. Surprisingly, Elle was a bit more political than it usually is this month. I'm borrowing books from the library now, because I need to take a break from the books I have on my shelf. I'm currently reading Julie & Julia.
2. Eat out less, and eat healthier. Our biggest expense is eating out. I hit the farmer's market on Sunday. Damn, why didn't I do this every week? I got a one pound bag of salad mix for $4, a loaf of French bread, some really good tomatoes, and some great peaches and nectarines. I would have gotten more stuff, but I was afraid we wouldn't eat it all. The salad mix was excellent, and would have cost three times as much if I had bought it at Safeway. I'm going to need to figure out a plan for lunches.