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if i had an alternative source of income i would have quit today. today, my boss is an ass.

Ok, it’s totally been way too long since I’ve posted. Things have been all over the map. I have pictures that I need to put up but they are at the house and I am at work. I’ll get them tonight. I’ve been keeping up with everyone on my friends list…those that have found someone special to be with; I’m totally stoked and happy for you. It seems there’s a bug going around causing people to be happy…good stuff. People are moving out and up and that’s a good thing. I figured that rather than reply to people’s posts, which I’ve really been slacking about I would give a general reply.

Ok, now on to other stuff. Exhibit A) I was tasked with creating a then termed “Leadership Training Program” for one of the departments here at work. I was told that all the participants in the program would be submitting their own logo along with mine and they would vote on the one they liked the best. I was also told that it was gonna be ‘rigged’ somehow so that my logo would get picked.

I set off on this task with much enthusiasm. I made a few logos and turned them in. I received no feedback for about a week. Then the person that I turned them in to comes to me and says “We are changing the name to ‘2005 ATC Sales Leadership’ and we need a new logo created in 2 days” WTFMAN! That’s not cool. But I sucked it up, worked at home and came up with 3 more logos meeting all their stupid requirements “Can we have a ladder or something to that effect?” Sure, I’ll make one with a ladder or something. Ok, so gave them the new batch of logos and waited. Still, no feedback. Then here comes the lady again, with a completely different idea AGAIN! They want something that can be used as a pin for a shirt or something. “OK” I say and suck it up again and make their stupid logo, this time I went all out and actually made a mock up of how the pin would look. Gold styles, embossing, correct shading, etc. It looked pretty good (or at least I thought it did). Well yesterday here she comes with “the good news.”

As it turns out my logo wasn’t selected. She shows me the one that was and I about crapped (nice poo reference for ya) my pants. So I give you now all the logos that I worked on. Keep in mind that these were all done at 300dpi so they could be manipulated into pretty much any media. I’ll let you be the judge of

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So there you have it. Number 11 was the one that they picked. I did not create number 11 I did the rest of them. I gave a wide variety of choices, ranging from a 70’s style cheesy generic training logo, to a very polished technical logo. But no, my job as Creative Coordinator really doesn’t mean anything I guess.

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In other news I’ll be setting up a pay-pal account for donations to the Jones’ and I’m also going to sell all of my Simpsons and Muppets action figures to raise money for them. That’s about 200 action figures MIMB. We’ll see how well that goes.

tact* some people have it, some people don’t. some people just don’t give a rats ass and say what ever the hell they want to. those are the people that make me angry. why is it that people feel the right to comment on things they had no part of and become belligerent* towards things they have no clue about. i know that if there were some sort of gathering of people or a “party” if you will that i wasn’t any part of, didn’t attend, and didn’t really know most of the people there that i thought was unsatisfactory or a “lame” environment i would let it go. i would gain no social status, no pride, or self worth by being negative or condescending towards those in attendance. now, if i had been at said party and i was in any way offended by the people there then i would have every right to get angry. and by angry i mean, say that i was offended at the party and then go about my business. i would not make it my goal to offend or insult every one in attendance. maybe that’s just me.

i’ve been to several parties, had a few my self and to the best of my knowledge have not offended any one there. if i have then i apologize for that.

now i’m all for saying what’s on ones mind, but when someone makes a point to start a feud or burn any sort of bridge that may have been in place that’s just wrong. again, i would gain nothing by doing that myself, so what’s the point. sometimes not doing anything would be the better route and therefore a wiser plan of action.

so on that note, i’m going to get back to making money, that seems to be what i do best. plus its getting close to halloween and if my house is going to be the coolest house on the planet, i need to start the planning now.

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tact
n.
Acute sensitivity to what is proper and appropriate in dealing with others, including the ability to speak or act without offending.

bel•lig•er•ent
adj.
1. Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive.
2. Of, pertaining to, or engaged in warfare.

ok, i’m all for a slack work environment. especially on the day before a holiday weekend. but for the love GOD make them shut the music off. i do not need to hear The Heat is on at 7:45 in the morning. nor do i need to hear Holiday at 7:50 in the morning. i just want to sit here, look at new videos and stuff on ebaumsworld and eat my fattening bagel. is that too much to ask. now when 10:00 rolls around they can crank that shit up, but until then, let me enjoy my solitude.

it sounds like it has stopped, but i’m sure it will be back.

it is so f’n hot at my desk. i hate where i sit. every day it just gets hotter and hotter. grrrrrr.

so i’m not in the greatest of moods, not for any particular reason, but it seems to take less energy to just sit here than it would if i was in a good mood. oh well. shortest post in the history of my posts. i may pick this up when i get home…if i don’t fall asleep first.

Man, today is both good and shitty. Good cause I get to see some snow. That’s really about it for the good. Shitt for several different reasons.
1) I REALLY dislike my boss.
2) Work keeps piling up and the dumbasses here don’t understand that we need to do all of it and not just some of it.
3) I found out that 2 teachers from my highschool died over the weekend. Mr. Bowman and Mrs. Estes
(For those of you who knew Mr. Bowman…he was the coolest band teacher ever. I’ll see if I can get more details.)
4) I have to pay the bills
5) Just when I thing I have the policy figued out…I get it wrong and then get in trouble.
6) Stupid emails like this:

I meant to send this out earlier today, but I just wanted to say thank you for your dedication yesterday. We produced so much business that Support was able to deliver $148k yesterday. That is more than twice a very good day.

You folks continue to amaze. Keep up the outstanding service.

-XXXX

—–Original Message—–
From: XXXX, XXXX (AT – Atlanta)
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 6:52 AM
To: AT – XXXX; AT – XXXX; AT – XXXX; AT – XXXX
Subject: Last Day of Feb

All-

Please let’s stay focused on producing as much business as possible today, so we can get it to Support to deliver.

Today is the last day of Feb and I would like to end with a bang!

Thanks,
-XXXX

XXXX XXXX
Director, Dealer Operations
AutoTrader.com
XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX@XXXX.com

7) Satruday marked 3 years since Katie’s sister died. It was an untimely death and it is still hard to think about it.

I’ll probably have more later. But for now that’s it.

I would like for 1 week (a full Monday through Sunday) to go right. I would like to be able to go to the gym 4 of those days, cook dinner when I get home, work on my portfolio, and then go to bed, watch some TV and then go to bed. While at work I would like to come in, get my coffee and what ever else it is I’m eating that day, do my stack of work that I have, work on some extra projects, take a break, and finish off the day having accomplished something.

Why is it that people here at work demand so damn much from me? Is it because I offer or no matter what they ask, I do it with a smile? I don’t get it. But when I screw up…its as if the heavens are collapsing upon the earth. I wish that people would use basic judgement and put a little though into something before asking me how to fix it. USE SOME FUCKING COMMON SENSE. If X doesnt’t work when you do it, try B or perhaps J. What’s the worst thing that could happen…it still doesn’t work. By the time it gets to me it had better be a pretty fucking serious problem. Your computer better be on fire or some shit. Don’t make me get up walk over to your desk and have to click the mouse twice and then walk away with the problem solved.

Oh well, the captain just came over and told me that I better get in gear and row this boat a little faster. Heaven forbid someone do some thinking around here and see that if you have stack A and stack B, and both of them are growing and you only work on A that B will eventually fall over cause its so damn high. You have to have someone working on B or the shit storm that will come from it will make things worse.

DAMN I’M ANGRY!!!!

(sorry if i offended anyone, but i’m in a really pissy mood today. i need a drink…followed by about 10 more.)

I wish people would just shut the fuck up. I work with this guy (he’s old, crabby, and gay). No matter what, he complains. It’s a fucking job! Either do it or get the fuck out. For example (if you are reading this and have no idea what I’m talking about then that’s fine), but I guess that we were told to look at document X for a list of the products that we should be working on instead of looking into program Y. Well since I’ve worked here I always check both. I’m gonna run a little test to see how long it would take to look at them both. Oh look the test is over. By the time it took me to type that I could have looked at the document sitting in front of me AND then taken a quick glance up to look on the screen to see what was there. If there is a difference the I would have addressed it with the person who put the information in. HOW FUCKING SIMPLE IS THAT!

DAMN I’M ANGRY! I’m having a really shitty day and it’s only 7:48. I’m going to keep a running tally of my thoughts during the day and then at the end post. No one ever reads my stuff or comments so it doesn’t really matter if I put something up. But hey, now I can reflect back on things and cry alone at night. Back to MY story. I have to wear this gay ass AT.c shirt today for this lame “ribbon cutting ceremony” for a new location that we are moving to. Well, I’m gonna get back to work, until something else pisses me off.