acronyms…
Everytime I see the acronym “RIF” on other people’s blogs, I have to remind myself, especially after reading the content of their post, that in their case, they’re referring to its meaning as “Reading is Fundamental”.
Mainly because, in my world, it almost always means “Reduction in Force”. You know, because the company I work for has gone through so many of those, in that context. Around here, “RIF” is a bad word.
woohoo!
*dances*
No jury duty for me!
I don’t know why they waste the paper & postage sending summons to me. I think I’ve gotten four, maybe five summons since I first registered to vote, and every single time my group gets excused before I even have to show up.
:coolsmile:
you blink, and woah!
I was going to post about bored I was, sitting here at work, and how long the day seems to be taking to pass by… But I just realized there’s less than two hours left before we go home and start our weekend.
🐛
What happened? Did I enter a time-warp or something?
Huh.
And I also just realized, I think I need a wider range of smilies to choose from. :cheese:
sweaty betty…
And yes, for the curious, it did get to 80 degrees today in Phoenix.
We turned on the a/c in the car because it was so warm.
I just turned on my floor fan because after cleaning up those last couple of boxes, I started sweating.
It’s January, for pete’s sake. I know, I know…. I could be freezing my ass off like the folks in the northeast & midwest… So I guess I should be grateful.
Okay. Off to go pound some clay before dinner. :-D
onto more pleasing things…
On a lighter note, I got all of the supplies I ordered to try out a new way to form armatures for sculptures. The first order came yesterday, the other was on my porch when we got home today.
I know I promised a clean office before I began digging my fingers into the sculpting, but I’m about 90% done, maybe 95%. I’ve got a couple of boxes to put away, and then I’ll have like 100% more floor space than I had when I started. I tried to keep similar stuff together (like all the old bills in two or three boxes, all of my cross-stitch stuff in a box, other crafty stuff in another, etc.), and now I’m to the point where what is left really doesn’t have much in common with the rest.. I hate to just throw everything into a box without some semblance of organization, but I’m about to do that, being quite fed up with cleaning. I just want it done so I can get back to tearing apart the dragon I was about 50% done with and starting over on it with my new toys.
Yeah. Screw it. Tossing of random things into a box to commence in 5…4…3…2…1
sharpening the axe…
So today, the rumor mill starts spinning in regards to layoffs again, with a twist.
The current rumor is that our department will suffer a 50% reduction in force.
There’s nothing like having your legs cut off at your hips and still be expected to walk. 😖
I guess we’ll see how things turn out. Last time, the rumors started going around on a Friday, and we knew by the following Tuesday who fell under the axe and that they were “done for now”. I wonder if the turnaround from rumor to known fact will be as short this time, or if they’ll leave us quaking in our boots for several more weeks.
that was… disturbing.
I just remembered something I saw the other day that completely grossed me out.
I was waiting to pick up an order of hot wings at the local pizza & wing joint, watching the Suns game on the television. A trio of patrons came in, two ladies and a man. The man ordered a pitcher of beer and carried it to the booth where the ladies were sitting, off to my right hand side.
As I watched the Suns game, out of the corner of my eye, I saw the man reach for the shaker jar of parmesan cheese. Keep in mind, they only had beer at their table, no pizza or any other food yet.
I watched, from the corner of my eye, as he unscrewed the top off of the shaker jar of cheese.
And picked up a fork.
And put the fork into the shaker jar, and scooped out some cheese. And ate it.
He then screwed the cap back on the shaker jar, putting the fork down.
Not two seconds later, he unscrewed the lid again. Picked up the same fork.
Used it to scoop out another forkful of cheese. And ate it. Put the lid back on the jar, and set the fork down.
All the while, he is chatting with the ladies sitting across from him.
When I saw him do it the first time, I thought he was weird. When he went for a second scoop, I shuddered. He used the same fork! eewww!!
Then he did it, again. Unscrewed the lid, dipped the fork into the cheese, brought up a scoop full and ate it. Although this time he didn’t screw the lid back on, he just went straight for dipping the fork, AGAIN!!!.
My order of wings was ready, and I left the place hoping to all that is holy that the owners saw what he was doing and would dump the entire jar out after he left (assuming he didn’t proceed to eat the whole thing, which was about half full). And then run the jar through their dishwasher.
We’ve never dined in there, always have picked it up & taken the food home. At this rate, I don’t think I’ll ever dine in there, on the offchance that they never dumped the cheese (if he left any) out after he left.
*shudder* That deserves a whole body shudder. Yuck!!
snooze-a-roo…
I dislike having to listen to a rather boring conference call when I’m already fighting to stay awake.
Bleh.
With the exception of finishing up some weaving in-of-the-ends on the two sweaters I made for my SIL’s baby (due at the beginning of February) and attaching the buttons, my knitting frenzy has died down somewhat. I’ve started a sock, but I want to try to restrict my knitting to the commute home (since there is no daylight at 5am yet, I can only knit on the way home), and move on to other things at home.
I’m in the process of cleaning up my office (finally!). We went to IKEA on Monday and got a storage shelving unit so I could move some boxes that were in my closet (and on the floor of my office) out to the garage and be able to keep most of the stuff off the floor. We also picked up a couple of nightstands. I wanted the solid pine design, but apparently so did everyone else, because they were out of stock. So we got a reddish-toned set instead. Very easy to put together. And the store? Daayam! That place is HUGE!
Anyway, I can see most of my floor now. I still have other things to get put away & organized… and then I want to start dedicating more time to sculpting again. I’ve been visiting a couple of message boards where some pretty kick-ass sculptors post, and well, it’s started to inspire me. Especially upon learning some tips that will help make my sculpts stronger & sturdier, particularly the wings on my dragons.
I plan on starting with the dragon I was making for Josh, which means I get to pick off all the clay and re-do the armature. But that’s ok, I wasn’t too happy with its head, and the armature was weak anyway. I’m actually anxious to get started, but I have to wait for some stronger armature wire that I ordered, as well as wire mesh*, and I still need to order some epoxy mix (actually it’s Apoxy Sculpt, by Aves) to strengthen the joints on the armatures…
* the wire mesh is, what I have discovered, the secret to strong wing membranes.
But the clean room comes first, I am holding myself to that.
that’s nice, but I’m still not upgrading…
So late last night I got an email from Classmates in response to the message I had sent them about their system not working. They gave me one free week of Gold Membership to make up for it, saying they are aware of the issues their non-paying members are having, and apologize for the inconvenience.
So I just spend a few minutes looking up some of my friends and piped off about six e-mails. May as well take advantage of the freebie while I can, eh?
And thanks to TJ, who sent an email on my behalf to the friend I couldn’t reply to, since she has a Gold Membership… My friend wrote back last night, and I’m going to reply to her shortly. 😊
O.o
I’m all for recycling and everything, but… this is just… pathetic.
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