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Coke
Let it be known that I have gone 24 hours without a coke. I'm not going after any personal records or anything, I just didn't have any. I got my new supply, so adios withdraw.
// posted by stacey on 2:07:00 PM // |
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Good Moments v. Good Days
During the first week after Cynthia left my goal was to have more good moments than bad. I say moments because hoping for a good day seemed as impossible as me becoming the queen of England.
This was also holding true for Monday and Tuesday of this week and I began to wonder if I would ever be able to watch a movie at work again.
Well I may not be at the point where I can actually watch a movie but I think I can officially say that I am having a good...day. There I said it. At 2:00pm I am having a good day.
I have caught up on all my email and only have a few small tasks to work on. I might add that these tasks are somewhat enjoyable. My one big task that I have to do is on hold because some organizers have to their job. But I'm not gonna let it get to me. It's on them not me. I want my good day to continue and in a little bit I'll be having a double chocolate frappacino from Starbucks to celebrate.
// posted by stacey on 2:12:00 PM // |
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Sunday, April 23, 2006
Darts
Now I know I have too many channels. I am currently watching the World Dart Championships. And you thought I was weird for getting all excited about curling.
// posted by stacey on 1:40:00 PM // |
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Friday, April 21, 2006
Influencing with Authority
This week I got to take a two day seminar on influencing without authority. If this sounds familiar, it should. I was involved with a similar seminar two years ago. You can read all about that one here.
This one was much better. The two instructors were really into it and the exercises were much better, none of that "I feel" crap. I have actually taken a few things from this seminar. I have learned how to provide better feedback, how to collaborate better and how to get out of my behavior comfort zone. I also learned that if you mix vodka with green food-colored buttermilk you can't taste the buttermilk. It doesn't make it any more pleasant to drink but we got to drink alcohol at work so that has to be a plus.
With this new knowledge I hope that I now graduate to the influencing with authority seminar.
// posted by stacey on 6:22:00 PM // |
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Monday, April 17, 2006
Life w/o CBC Sucks!
It is only the first day without Cynthia and it already sucks. Chrissy and I have already had one staff person and one volunteer try and take advantage.
To top that off someone (staff) threw out my cloth sandwich bag in the refrigerator during the cleaning that we were not told about. Basically it means that I am out 10 bucks because facilities is saying they are not responsible for that stuff. The bag also had an apple in it, so in the past two weeks I'm negative two apples.
I also almost slipped and fell in the copy room. Someone was nice enough to leave a small piece of paper on the floor that I stepped on. I'm thinking about going back in to really slip and fall so I can get worker's comp or just sue so that I can own this company.
Today Chrissy and I continued to de-personalize our cubes. This means all the magnets have been removed.
I just feel as though at any moment I could burst into tears. This place really sucks.
// posted by stacey on 12:42:00 PM // |
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Sunday, April 16, 2006
Hyacinth
Zaida, that purple flower plant thing is called a hyacinth. I wanted to post so I wouldn't forget.
// posted by stacey on 10:38:00 AM // |
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Monday, April 10, 2006
Countdown
This is Cynthia's last week. Aside from the first week when I found out she was leaving I have been handling this pretty well. Mostly because I have been in a sort of denial.
On Friday we had the unoffical going away party that was attended and a lot of fun. I even saw one of my former bosses which was really nice. Tomorrow is the official (read, no alcohol) going away party. Yuck.
I must admit that as we have all these meetings to figure out what we are going to do after her departure my heart gets a little heavier and some the anxiety returns. I really can't imagine what live at this company will be like without her. What I do know is that it won't be better.
You see my boss is one of the few people in the organization that knows how to use common sense and logic to do things. She is also caring, funny, etc. She was our buffer so that we never had to deal with a lot of the political crap that goes on. She has been a real inspiration to me to always try to continue to learn and grow as a person. Most importantly she has become a friend and with that I know she won't be too far from my life.
Yup, this week is gonna suck.
// posted by stacey on 9:35:00 AM // |
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Thursday, April 06, 2006
Record Time
Let it be known that I came in at 8:00am and finished my work for the day at 8:37am. I am so efficient it hurts.
Thankfully I have been ripping tons of dvds to watch on my ipod so I'm all set for the day!
// posted by stacey on 8:39:00 AM // |
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Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Winner Here!
I hardly ever win anything but today I rule.
A few weeks back I entered a contest on Henrik's Jodie Foster fan page. He really has the coolest Jodie Foster page ever. Anyway....He received some Inside Man stuff to give away, on a whim I thought what the hell.
I got my notice that I won an Inside Man hat.
This is way cooool.
// posted by stacey on 12:55:00 PM // |
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Spring Renewal?
This past week was actually really nice here in New York. So nice that it gave me hope that the cold weather will be gone forever. Then this week came and its gray, windy and chilly. Blech.
I am still optimistic though, after all we have destroyed our environment enough that global warming should be in full effect very soon and I will never have to worry about another winter again.
Spring has provided me with a sort of renewal in that I'm amped up to do things again. I feel into a sort of rut thanks to this and this. But this and this have made things much better.
The fourth "this" has made life a lot of fun. I have been ripping a bunch of my dvds to fit on my ipod like crazy. I have mostly been converting my Sleeper Cell dvds, which I legally own so don't go there. If you really want to get into converting some of the stuff you own on dvd to put onto your dvd check out Handbrake. This guy is fucking amazing and has made life really enjoyable for me. Ha ha, whoever thought I would say that about a man! If you have a bunch of mpeg or avi files that you would like to convert I recommend iSquint. This guy is way cool too! He's even got a feature that will automatically add the file to your iTunes library after it converts it to the proper ipod size.
Of course with the funk I was in and the distraction of the video ipod I have slacked way too much on the podcast. I did make an attempt at adding new stuff but fell short. I promise that will improve very soon.
Off to do some more ripping!
// posted by stacey on 11:25:00 AM // |
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