So Joe and Ashley came and talked to me the other night at Walmart, while I was unloading some freight. It was really nice to catch up on everything, hear what they've been up to. Joe's still at Papa John's; he didn't get the GM position, but he likes it over there. Ashley's still at Bennigan's, but she's reapplying at Domino's. Yeah. They're really hurting for managers, and Gina apparently had a heart attack, and had to be back at work a week later. Or something like that. So yeah, Ashley went back and applied. Gina said it up to Mike (Bernall, the head of operations). I've heard that Mike doesn't know anything about what happened between Ashley and Jenn (they had a bit of a tiff), so he'll probably just turn it back over to Gina, who will consult with Jenn. Ashley must really not like Bennigan's to go back to Domino's. Damn.
A few days later, I ran into Ernie Bueno. He was an insider, a friend of Joe's that also plays trombone. Really cool guy, smart, nice, the whole package. We talked for about as long as I thought I could get away with. He told me about Gina's heart attack, about Mike not knowing about Jenn/Ashley and likely turning it back over to Gina. He said they have a ton of drivers now, and that they're really getting after Mal to stop milking the clock and get her shit done. Sergio talks a lot more now - he said that he looks forward to closing with him, because they laugh a lot. That's a huge change; even Ambra was totally surprised. He kept getting after me to reapply - "C'mon, man, at least go in and put in your app, see what happens.", that kind of thing. That would sound reasonable, if I had been fired or something, but I quit, because I didn't like working there, between having to deal with Mal's shit and Gina/Jenn's massive hypocrisy, all that bullshit. I just got tired of it. It's nice, not having to deal with food, not having to deal with customers. I don't miss it, not really. The constant free food was pretty nice, and there are some coworkers - Ashley, Joe, Mike, Ray - that I miss working with. Other than that, though, they can have it.
On another note, I think I prefer doing a bunch of smaller posts, each a little more self-contained. It makes it much less likely I'll grow frustrated with the sheer amount of material I've decided to write about and just give up on the whole thing. That, and it makes the tagging system a lot more useful.
Fanta4 -- Die da
Showing posts with label metablog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label metablog. Show all posts
2006-12-09
Taking all my life all at once, not too bright
So, my posting has been sporadic as of late, primarily due to my new job. First and foremost, I tend to get into this mode of work-sleep-work-sleep. I have a few hours between the two, but that tends to be WoW, eating, that kind of stuff. So, I'll probably shift to long update posts on my days off.
Second, I tend to blog about work a lot, and that's not nearly as interesting at this job as it has been at previous jobs. I rarely deal with any customers stocking overnight; the few that I do interact with are just asking where stuff is; the sum total of our conversation is usually;
"Where's [random item]?"
"Aisle six."
That's not blog-worthy, except to note that it's not blog worthy. The only customers that I remember interacting with eight seconds after the conversation is over are the cute girls, and there aren't that many of those. I mean, there are, but most aren't noteworthy either. None really stand out. Of course, that's their worst nightmare, which is kind of funny.
As a tertiary point, my coworkers aren't fun, either. I mean, I'm sure they are, just not from my perspective and in regards to me. They're not really my peers, and I couldn't really see myself hanging out with very many of them outside of work, which is a big contrast from Domino's. I mean, I'll probably post the occasionally bitchy post about Brenda, or if Mindy and I have a weird conversation (we haven't talked, nor seen each other, since I started there, save twice, and both lasted a total of maybe five seconds. So not much material there.
Finally, my job isn't very intellectually stimulating. It's predominately physical. Downstack palettes, put stuff on shelves, make the shelves look pretty. Also, you tend to be on the aisle by yourself, so there's no one to talk to. No real music to listen to; there's the stuff playing on the pa, but it sucks, and it can be kind of soft at times, and it really sucks.
Also, it sucks.
Anyway, moving past how much late night radio sucks, not a lot to think about while working. Focusing on the job sure, but that doesn't occupy me entirely. So, I think about a lot of stuff. Lilie, to be sure, WoW, but I end up talking to myself a lot, about issues I'm having - stuff I'd normally be blogging about. I work through various issues, examine them in detail; I even find myself doing it in the manner in which I'd be blogging about them. So, by the time I get home, I feel like I've already had my cathartic rant about whatever issue is bothering me, and don't really need to write about it.
So, yeah.
Got my membership to SMAC. Mom's gonna buy me some rackets, Mat and I will be playing racquetball. I hope to make it there at least five times a week, we'll see how it goes.
I still need to post about the hockey game and that whole awesome day, and things about Lilie, but I'll probably post that elsewhere.
Amber G -- Passing Time
Second, I tend to blog about work a lot, and that's not nearly as interesting at this job as it has been at previous jobs. I rarely deal with any customers stocking overnight; the few that I do interact with are just asking where stuff is; the sum total of our conversation is usually;
"Where's [random item]?"
"Aisle six."
That's not blog-worthy, except to note that it's not blog worthy. The only customers that I remember interacting with eight seconds after the conversation is over are the cute girls, and there aren't that many of those. I mean, there are, but most aren't noteworthy either. None really stand out. Of course, that's their worst nightmare, which is kind of funny.
As a tertiary point, my coworkers aren't fun, either. I mean, I'm sure they are, just not from my perspective and in regards to me. They're not really my peers, and I couldn't really see myself hanging out with very many of them outside of work, which is a big contrast from Domino's. I mean, I'll probably post the occasionally bitchy post about Brenda, or if Mindy and I have a weird conversation (we haven't talked, nor seen each other, since I started there, save twice, and both lasted a total of maybe five seconds. So not much material there.
Finally, my job isn't very intellectually stimulating. It's predominately physical. Downstack palettes, put stuff on shelves, make the shelves look pretty. Also, you tend to be on the aisle by yourself, so there's no one to talk to. No real music to listen to; there's the stuff playing on the pa, but it sucks, and it can be kind of soft at times, and it really sucks.
Also, it sucks.
Anyway, moving past how much late night radio sucks, not a lot to think about while working. Focusing on the job sure, but that doesn't occupy me entirely. So, I think about a lot of stuff. Lilie, to be sure, WoW, but I end up talking to myself a lot, about issues I'm having - stuff I'd normally be blogging about. I work through various issues, examine them in detail; I even find myself doing it in the manner in which I'd be blogging about them. So, by the time I get home, I feel like I've already had my cathartic rant about whatever issue is bothering me, and don't really need to write about it.
So, yeah.
Got my membership to SMAC. Mom's gonna buy me some rackets, Mat and I will be playing racquetball. I hope to make it there at least five times a week, we'll see how it goes.
I still need to post about the hockey game and that whole awesome day, and things about Lilie, but I'll probably post that elsewhere.
Amber G -- Passing Time
2006-11-13
Undress me everywhere
So I just finished going through and tagging every one of my posts. Now, in the right-hand sidebar, you'll see a list of every tag I've used, sorted by frequency, and the number of posts I've used them on. Now, I typically don't limit my posts to one topic; I tend to range across whatever's on my mind, most usually work and girls. So you'll see work - Sonic, Domino's, and Walmart, very high on the list, as well as girls - Suzie, Lilie, Rose, you name it.
Aqua -- Barbie Girl
Aqua -- Barbie Girl
2005-05-06
My Summer Movie Review... but not quite
Wow, that's annoying. Had just written out an ultra-long post about all the movies coming out between now and December that I considered noteworthy for one reason or another... and Blogger lost it. Argh. Might do it again later.
2005-05-02
New Feature
Not much to update at the moment. On a bit of a downswing, which sucks. Saw HHGttG again on Sunday with Megan (Chris was right, and had this happened much earlier, I wouldn't have lost that bet). Dave really, really pissed me off Sunday night, and I'm now officially looking for a new job. I might stay there as well, just depending on how things go. Chelsea's in the shop right now, which is fun. Hopefully, it won't be anything too major or time-consuming. Have a lead on some furniture, including a king-size bed, but it's in Round Rock.
Oh, and now, the little quote thing at the top of the page, below 'Enter the Jackalope', changes. It's drawn randomly from a bank of 10 (right now, though that will probably grow). Most are from B5 right now, the other one being the old standby, the last part of Ulysses by Tennyson.
Oh, and now, the little quote thing at the top of the page, below 'Enter the Jackalope', changes. It's drawn randomly from a bank of 10 (right now, though that will probably grow). Most are from B5 right now, the other one being the old standby, the last part of Ulysses by Tennyson.
2005-02-05
2004-12-26
No Title
Well, she liked it.
But that's jumping ahead; we'll come back to that.
Wow. Even though the time on this post will say "2:17 am", don't be fooled. Blogger records the time on posts by when they were started, not when they were finished. Seriously. It's like 5:17 right now, and I've barely managed to get 6 1/2 sentences done (and that's counting "Wow." and "Seriously." as sentences.) Just to show you the time-lapse you're missing, it's 5:22 now.
5:27.
And now I need to restart.
But that's jumping ahead; we'll come back to that.
Wow. Even though the time on this post will say "2:17 am", don't be fooled. Blogger records the time on posts by when they were started, not when they were finished. Seriously. It's like 5:17 right now, and I've barely managed to get 6 1/2 sentences done (and that's counting "Wow." and "Seriously." as sentences.) Just to show you the time-lapse you're missing, it's 5:22 now.
5:27.
And now I need to restart.
2004-12-15
Song lyrics
More in-depth post coming later; for now, I added a new section under Post Archives, that lists all the song lyrics I've posted. Go me.
2004-10-12
New Site Feature: Winamp Playlist
I've added a link to my current winamp playlist, using Winamp's 'Genereate an HTML playlist' feature. I'll update it fairly frequently, after obtaining a significant number of new tracks.
Also, a stat update, now that the profiles are working again:
Also, a stat update, now that the profiles are working again:
User Stats
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| Posts Written | 332 |
| Words Written | 88,575 |
| Outbound Links | 554 |
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2004-09-29
New Site Feature: Post Archives
Finally got around to adding a new navigation feature: Post Archives. The link for it appears in the sidebar, after Links and Quizzes. Right now, the only category is Picture Posts, but it does provide a comprehensive listing of every post I've made with pictures, as well as direct links to that post, how many pictures are in that post, and a brief description. Have fun!
2004-08-20
New Site Feature: Links
The Link link on the sidebar works now. It's being slowly updated as I import my links and catergorize them. I've got a double handful up now, and I'll be bringing the rest up soon enough.
Work today was okay. Kristen's back, and she's hyper and loud as ever. I had to fountain with Krista, and I'm fountaining with Johnson tomorrow. That sucks. She fell carrying the ice bucket around 8:15 or so, so we got her out of there by 9. It was fairly busy, so I couldn't get anything down after that (nor before that, since she was the other fountain). She's really stupid - she doesn't listen, and she doesn't learn at all. A new girl started tonight - Lacey. She seems cool enough. No attitude, listened to everything Kristen and I told her. Freddie got real upset or sad or something 'bout 9:30 or so, and wouldn't talk to me at all. I still don't know what's up with him. I know he misses Laurin a lot, but I don't know if it was that or something specific that set him off.
Work today was okay. Kristen's back, and she's hyper and loud as ever. I had to fountain with Krista, and I'm fountaining with Johnson tomorrow. That sucks. She fell carrying the ice bucket around 8:15 or so, so we got her out of there by 9. It was fairly busy, so I couldn't get anything down after that (nor before that, since she was the other fountain). She's really stupid - she doesn't listen, and she doesn't learn at all. A new girl started tonight - Lacey. She seems cool enough. No attitude, listened to everything Kristen and I told her. Freddie got real upset or sad or something 'bout 9:30 or so, and wouldn't talk to me at all. I still don't know what's up with him. I know he misses Laurin a lot, but I don't know if it was that or something specific that set him off.
2004-08-18
I'm tired
I went over to Matt & Luke's about 11 or so to play D&D. I didn't have anything planned, though, since we had just played Saturday night and I've been ass busy with work and sleeping the rest of the time. I finally fixed the margin issue - instead of just '20', it needed to be '20px' in the padding area. The only reason I didn't catch this one earlier was because the preview button showed my blog with the margins, while publishing it immediately after didn't have them. But it's better now. David called, and it looks like we'll be hooking up for lunch or something.
Speaking of which, Michael told me that Lauren's back from California, and mentioned incidentally that Chelsea is in Lexington. Which of course meant I spent the whole session about three feet from tears, and had to get up and go outside for a few seconds to compose myself and calm down a few times. She still has that effect on me.
Speaking of which, Michael told me that Lauren's back from California, and mentioned incidentally that Chelsea is in Lexington. Which of course meant I spent the whole session about three feet from tears, and had to get up and go outside for a few seconds to compose myself and calm down a few times. She still has that effect on me.
2004-08-17
Blogger's being retarded
I'm having several issues with Blogger at the moment.
First, it's igoring my padding/margin settings. I hate having the text bump *right* up against the left side like that, so I'm trying to give it some room, but it's not. It might be IE, but I doubt it. I'm trying to track someone else down with another browser to confirm.
Secondly, it's ignoring my main page setting. I have it set to have posts from the last 7 days on my main page, but it has posts from August 1st. Argh.
First, it's igoring my padding/margin settings. I hate having the text bump *right* up against the left side like that, so I'm trying to give it some room, but it's not. It might be IE, but I doubt it. I'm trying to track someone else down with another browser to confirm.
Secondly, it's ignoring my main page setting. I have it set to have posts from the last 7 days on my main page, but it has posts from August 1st. Argh.
2004-07-28
New Site Feature: Quizzes
'Cause I'm a geek, and a bored person with insomnia who's often up at 4 am. Deal with it. See the sidebar for details.
2004-07-27
David gave me a great idea
So I'll be integrating my blog as the center of my new, redesigned website. There may be some dead links appearing on the sidebar for a while, but you'll just have to deal with them ;)
A few things to update (later):
A few things to update (later):
- D&D game
- Speech / dentist appointment
2004-07-25
New Feature
I finally got around to digging around in my Blog template and adding a small links section. It's just a few of my favorite sites. I'm still deciding whether or not they should open up in a new window or not. Currently, they don't.
It's amazing the things you accomplish when you're procrastinating on your speech that's due in approximately 21 hours.
It's amazing the things you accomplish when you're procrastinating on your speech that's due in approximately 21 hours.
2004-07-16
Heh, new features
They finally added some new features. That's... nice, I guess. Nothing too revolutionary or ground-breaking, just little buttons you can press to have it automatically bold, italicize, underline, blockquote, and some other stuff.
(But I'm having some issues with the keyboard shortcuts - I was trying to do some cut/pasting, and somehow managed to erase almost my entire post that I had written, everything after the italicized word "italicize" above). So that's fun. It does give me a chance to rewrite it and clarify things. Which is good, because there were two separate incidents that I meant to write about, but I somehow combined them into one gigantic thing.
I worked Friday day and Saturday night, so I was planning on going up to Austin to play DDR Friday night. I also talked to Rose, who was totally up on me hanging out there for a bit - even offering to let me crash there. So I took her up on it. While I was up there, I was going to give Rose a ride to work, since Katie was going to Enchanted Rock with her NEW BOYFRIEND, James "Bluebird" Bluebird. More on that later, though.
So we got back to Rose's, and hung out there for a bit. I mostly layed on the floor, 'cause I was *really* tired. A few hours of that, and it was time for Rose to go to work. I gave her a ride since I was there, then went to Blazer Tag to play DDR. It was Friday night, and there was like seven or eight people there just playing as well. Definitely different from Le Fun. There was one key similiarity - I stuck out like, well, something that really, really sticks out. All the people there were like a big group of friends. So that was fun. But I went in and, well, went for it, I guess. Put my quarter on the thing, and when they were done, i went up to play doubles, and started grabbing my tokens. Some girl came up and asked if she could lay too. I was like, "I was gonna play doubles, but sure."
"I'm Tess."
We played. I think I'm better than her, except for one key area - stamina. But I'm working on it. Stayed there for about two hours, 'til they closed at midnight. Talked to her again at one point, asking her how long they normally waited if they were up but there was a quarter up there.
"We don't."
So that was fun.
After that, I went and played at Le Fun, but only a few games, since I was already dog tired. Went back to Rose and Katie's place. I played a litle FM4 (having dragged my PS2 up there as well, for whatever reason), and eventually fell asleep in the chair. Rose got home around six or so; I was past gone. I woke up 'bout 10, and climbed up to her room and crashed at the foot of her bed for a while, then woke up again, and she was a little awake, and I climbed into bed with her. Not intimate in any way - as Rudy puts it, "[I'm] a good big sister." Slept a little more, then went home.
I ended up going back up there Sunday night. That's when stuff got fun. Gave Rose and Michael a ride back to Austin when I went up there, since they were in town. Got back to their place; went in, there were like 5 people (3 guys, 2 girls) hanging out in the living room, as well as Katie and Bluebird sitting in the two chairs. Then I was treated to something fun - Katie got up and sat in Bluebird's chait. He of course, was still occupying his chair. Then she embraced him. I mean, I wish them well, and i believe he's a good guy, because I have faith in her abilities and judgment. That doesn't mean it was a good sight, though. They eventually left, and it was just me and the girls. So I left to go play DDR at Le Fun.
I played hard.
(But I'm having some issues with the keyboard shortcuts - I was trying to do some cut/pasting, and somehow managed to erase almost my entire post that I had written, everything after the italicized word "italicize" above). So that's fun. It does give me a chance to rewrite it and clarify things. Which is good, because there were two separate incidents that I meant to write about, but I somehow combined them into one gigantic thing.
I worked Friday day and Saturday night, so I was planning on going up to Austin to play DDR Friday night. I also talked to Rose, who was totally up on me hanging out there for a bit - even offering to let me crash there. So I took her up on it. While I was up there, I was going to give Rose a ride to work, since Katie was going to Enchanted Rock with her NEW BOYFRIEND, James "Bluebird" Bluebird. More on that later, though.
So we got back to Rose's, and hung out there for a bit. I mostly layed on the floor, 'cause I was *really* tired. A few hours of that, and it was time for Rose to go to work. I gave her a ride since I was there, then went to Blazer Tag to play DDR. It was Friday night, and there was like seven or eight people there just playing as well. Definitely different from Le Fun. There was one key similiarity - I stuck out like, well, something that really, really sticks out. All the people there were like a big group of friends. So that was fun. But I went in and, well, went for it, I guess. Put my quarter on the thing, and when they were done, i went up to play doubles, and started grabbing my tokens. Some girl came up and asked if she could lay too. I was like, "I was gonna play doubles, but sure."
"I'm Tess."
We played. I think I'm better than her, except for one key area - stamina. But I'm working on it. Stayed there for about two hours, 'til they closed at midnight. Talked to her again at one point, asking her how long they normally waited if they were up but there was a quarter up there.
"We don't."
So that was fun.
After that, I went and played at Le Fun, but only a few games, since I was already dog tired. Went back to Rose and Katie's place. I played a litle FM4 (having dragged my PS2 up there as well, for whatever reason), and eventually fell asleep in the chair. Rose got home around six or so; I was past gone. I woke up 'bout 10, and climbed up to her room and crashed at the foot of her bed for a while, then woke up again, and she was a little awake, and I climbed into bed with her. Not intimate in any way - as Rudy puts it, "[I'm] a good big sister." Slept a little more, then went home.
I ended up going back up there Sunday night. That's when stuff got fun. Gave Rose and Michael a ride back to Austin when I went up there, since they were in town. Got back to their place; went in, there were like 5 people (3 guys, 2 girls) hanging out in the living room, as well as Katie and Bluebird sitting in the two chairs. Then I was treated to something fun - Katie got up and sat in Bluebird's chait. He of course, was still occupying his chair. Then she embraced him. I mean, I wish them well, and i believe he's a good guy, because I have faith in her abilities and judgment. That doesn't mean it was a good sight, though. They eventually left, and it was just me and the girls. So I left to go play DDR at Le Fun.
I played hard.
