Peaches
06-27-2006, 10:07 AM
Any moment now I'm going to start clawing out my eyes, for the pure entertainment value of it.
Normally, this forum being about dancing and all, I'd be gouging out my eyes with the heel of one of my dance shoes--thanks Paso Dancer for the suggestion--but my shoes are in my car, which is not here. A crying shame, too, because I've got some stilettos which would do the job nicely. And, bonus, it's a nice metallic material--good for easy clean up!
Sorry, I digress. Must rant a bit...
It took me 2.5 hours to get to work today. Which wouldn't have been bad because I take the train and sleep anyway, but my pinched nerve has really been hurting lately. So, this was an extra hour of being stuck on the train without Advil, in excruciating pain. Fine. Whatever. It took my mind off the fact that I was getting dripped on.
Of course, I get to work, and realize that I shouldn't have even bothered. All of our servers are down, on account of all of the rain that DC has gotten. All of my work is on the server because, well, the server is the safest place for it and there's a lot of file sharing that's got to happen. In theory it's the safest place--we'll see about that when we finally get it back and get to see what's been lost.
So, I'm sitting here with almost no outside connectivity, and essentially a dumb terminal sitting on my desk as far as work is concerned. I've straightened and cleaned my desk. I've completed notes on things. I've FILED. FILED, people--you know desperation has entered the picture when voluntary filing happens!!! And now...nothing.
Oh, and another thing! When I left last week I had to let some jobs/processes keep running because they were taking so long to complete. It's a common ocurrance (sp?). Of course, what with the server being down, all of 4.5 hours of work from last week is gone. Flippin' figures.
To top it off--and I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing--I've got to leave early today. Good because I don't have to sit here quite so long with my thumb up my posterior with nothing to do. Bad because...dammit!...it was already a shortened day so why did I bother to come in at all?!?!
Oh yeah...I wanted to come in today to finish up the runs that I had started last week, and to accomplish other things that are pressing.
ARGH!!!
(OK, rant finished now.)
Normally, this forum being about dancing and all, I'd be gouging out my eyes with the heel of one of my dance shoes--thanks Paso Dancer for the suggestion--but my shoes are in my car, which is not here. A crying shame, too, because I've got some stilettos which would do the job nicely. And, bonus, it's a nice metallic material--good for easy clean up!
Sorry, I digress. Must rant a bit...
It took me 2.5 hours to get to work today. Which wouldn't have been bad because I take the train and sleep anyway, but my pinched nerve has really been hurting lately. So, this was an extra hour of being stuck on the train without Advil, in excruciating pain. Fine. Whatever. It took my mind off the fact that I was getting dripped on.
Of course, I get to work, and realize that I shouldn't have even bothered. All of our servers are down, on account of all of the rain that DC has gotten. All of my work is on the server because, well, the server is the safest place for it and there's a lot of file sharing that's got to happen. In theory it's the safest place--we'll see about that when we finally get it back and get to see what's been lost.
So, I'm sitting here with almost no outside connectivity, and essentially a dumb terminal sitting on my desk as far as work is concerned. I've straightened and cleaned my desk. I've completed notes on things. I've FILED. FILED, people--you know desperation has entered the picture when voluntary filing happens!!! And now...nothing.
Oh, and another thing! When I left last week I had to let some jobs/processes keep running because they were taking so long to complete. It's a common ocurrance (sp?). Of course, what with the server being down, all of 4.5 hours of work from last week is gone. Flippin' figures.
To top it off--and I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing--I've got to leave early today. Good because I don't have to sit here quite so long with my thumb up my posterior with nothing to do. Bad because...dammit!...it was already a shortened day so why did I bother to come in at all?!?!
Oh yeah...I wanted to come in today to finish up the runs that I had started last week, and to accomplish other things that are pressing.
ARGH!!!
(OK, rant finished now.)