A Black Feather, A poison pen... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- raising arizona Another reprieve this week from the ghosts of my old house, although i reached a numb point where i no longer minded going. I must resume the budgeting process once again, as the summer will be marked by an onslaught of birthdays in the family (plus someone whose wish-list i am still shooting to try and fill a few items for whenever and wherever i can and the customary b-day gift for the Mermaid, especially after the cool audio-backpack thing she got me this past spring today was an interesting day at the office, in my help-desk/information capacity i had to help some people from the various agencies prepare a report that they must turn in by next friday, which wouldn't be so interesting if they weren't waiting til the last minute. I always want to tell people who pull shit like this that poor planning does not constitute an emergency, but i suppose being a Grade 13 employee and telling that to any number of Grade 21 through 24 Managers and Admininstrative Services Officers would likely result in career suicide, especially since the dumbest of the bunch seem to be the loudest and most political of the bunch as well. On a side note, the longer they let the deposed OpsAdmin stick around after making it known that she is outbound, the more politicking she will do to try and stay on. I don't know whose apples on the staff she's been polishing, but a number of the people who until recently wouldn't hesitate to tell you what a pain she was are suddenly oozing sympathy for the woman. It was all i could do not to cackle openly as i heard an episode of this at the front desk a couple of days ago. The Grey Lady and i have been commenting on this subject to no end, and of course between riffing on the office politics and some of the lunatics for whom the Grey Lady and i handle certain projects, we've been having quite the laugh. The project that threatened to drive us insane back in december and january appears to be unraveling under the care and tutelage of the queen of catastrophe across the hall... it will be nothing short of miraculous if she doesn't get the state sued by just about every party involved on every side Enough of my deciding to bore you all with details from my strange professional life. 9:31 p.m. - 2003-05-23 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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