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i'm logical
so i took this quiz over on cnn about how my mind works, and apparently, i’m logical. i kind of new that already, truthfully.
what really makes me unique is that i truly think with both sides of my brain. even though my chosen career path is mostly one of science and technology, i’m very artistic (and i’m very in touch with my musical side).
one of the questions asked who i’d rather have dinner with, and it was difficult for me to choose between shakespeare and einstein, because conversations with either would be enormously facinating (at least to me).
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that wife-murdering sleazebag, drew peterson, has chosen wife number five, and she’s 23!
to refresh your memory, this is the 54 y.o. bastard from illinois who’s fourth wife, stacy, has been missing for over a year now. they haven’t found her body, so technically, he’s still married to her. i guess he’ll have to petition to have her declared legally dead in order to marry this fifth one (or he’ll have to divorce what i’m certain is a dead woman).
oh, and his third wife, kathleen? she’s dead, too, and her death has been reclassified as a homicide.
don’t you think this idiot fiance would be the least bit concerned for her own welfare? or if i were completely mentally incompetent, i know my parents would think for me, and forbid me to ever see someone like drew peterson. of course, many women dated o.j. simpson after he murdered nicole brown ron goldman, too. some women are just drawn to murdering psychopaths, i guess…
so the last ten days have been, how shall we say? shit.
first, i got extremely sick, and after six days, ended up in the hospital with norovirus, and a heartrate & bloodpressure that were at stroke level. and i’m 39 y.o.
believe it or not, even after all that, i lost my brand new fucking job. how’s that for absolute crap? you call, explain that you are seriously ill. no, really, not kidding, and it’s, “sorry, work needs to get done and we can’t wait for you to get well.” i take that as a sign that the firm isn’t worth my time then, yeah?
now i’m back at home, still feeling kinda junky but getting better. i had a phone interview yesterday with a new firm’s ops manager, and i’m waiting to get scheduled for a second interview with the person who would be “my” boss. this firm has a better track record with employees, and they actually encourage telecommuting, too.
anyway, what i actually wanted to post about was a guest post over on chris brogran’s site regarding gen-y. i read a more thorough article about this on cio in january 2008, and as i’m classified a gen-x’er (born between 1961 and 1981), i found it rang very true (for me). but in many respects, because i work almost exclusively in the tech industry, i straddle the “habit line” of gen-y’ers, too.
for instance, i do believe gen-y’ers display an inordinate amount of arrogance and have a horrid sense of entitlement for things they have not yet earned and are not yet entitled to. but, gen-y’ers seems to prefer to communicate via blogs, IMs and text messages, rather than on the phone or face to face (apparently methods preferred by boomers and gen-x’ers), and here, i squarely fall on the gen-y side.
if this is our biggest concern, it’s not going to affect the business industry for long. i say that because within the next 18 months, at leaat 50% of boomers will be retired, and i think the biggest clashes in communication styles are between boomers and the rest of us.
where i think the issues lie, however, are on the entitlement side of things. i cannot seem to find the article i read where things like signing bonuses, starting salaries over $75-100k, laptops, and blackberries/iphones were addressed. these are things that, straight out of college, we never dreamed of asking for. but apprently, gen-y’ers have no issue whatsoever asking for all of the above on day 1 of job 1. and that’s where my issues lay.
**edit: found it! on the wall street journal: “trophy kids go to work”
december 1: blanch carcass from Thanksgiving turkey. spray paint gold, turn upside down and use as a sleigh to hold Christmas cards.
december 2: have Mormon Tabernacle Choir record outgoing Christmas message for answering machine.
december 3: using candlewick and hand-gilded miniature pine cones, fashion cat-o-nine-tails. flog gardener.
december 4: repaint Sistine Chapel ceiling in ecru, with mocha trim.
december 5: get new eyeglasses. grind lenses myself.
december 6: fax family Christmas newsletter to Pulitzer committee for consideration.
december 7: debug Windows Vista.
december 8: decorate homegrown Christmas tree with scented candles handmade with beeswax from my backyard bee colony.
december 9: record own Christmas album complete with four-part harmony and all instrument accompaniment performed by myself. mail to all my friends and loved ones.
december 10: align carpets to adjust for curvature of Earth.
december 11: lay Faberge egg.
december 12: erect ice skating rink in front yard using spring water i bottled myself. open for neighborhood childrens’ use. create festive mood by hand-making snow and playing my Christmas album.
december 13: collect used dentures. they make excellent pastry cutters, particularly for decorative pie crusts.
december 14: install plumbing in gingerbread house.
december 15: replace air in mini-van tires with Glade “holiday scents” in case tires are shot out at mall.
december 16: childproof the Christmas tree with garland of razor wire.
december 17: do my annual good deed.
december 18: adjust legs of chairs so each Christmas dinner guest will be same height when sitting at his or her assigned seat.
december 19: dip sheep and cows in egg whites and roll in confectioner’s sugar to add a festive sparkle to the pasture.
december 20: drain city reservoir; refill with mulled cider, orange slices and cinnamon sticks.
december 21: float votive candles in toilet tank.
december 22: seed clouds for white Christmas.
december 23: go to several stores. be seen engaged in last-minute Christmas shopping, thus making many people feel less inadequate than they really are.
december 24: bear son. swaddle. lay in color-coordinated manger scented with homemade potpourri.
december 25: Christmas Day! take day off for good behavior.
december 26: organize spice racks by genus and phylum.
december 27: build snowman in exact likeness of God.
december 28: take dogs apart. disinfect. reassemble.
december 29: hand-sew 365 quilts, each using 365 material squares i weaved myself used to represent the 365 days of the year. donate to local orphanages.
december 30: release flock of white doves, each individually decorated with olive branches, to signify desire of world peace.
december 31: New Year’s Eve! give staff their resolutions. call a friend in each time zone of the world as the clock strikes midnight in that country.