So Busy Today
I was so overwhelmed by my work today. I handled 50% of the total measurable work volume today and I really felt it (considering there are three of us). Not to mention the face-to-face work and the ongoing work, I’m really stressing the lack of another head on the team.
The actual work is easy, but as time stretches on I can see things getting out of hand.
That’s life in the tech industry I guess.
NiteGirl took her first driving lessons this weekend, (30 mins total) with some practice around the neighborhood and a local high school parking lot. She did really well, and only made me scared for my life once. That must be better than I did my first day out.
I did TheSpawn’s makeup yesterday (cheetah) it turned out okay, but I’ll revise it tomorrow. I also supplied her with a bloody kitten as a prop, which went over gangbusters at the Halloween party. TheSpawn won 6 contests including Best [loudest] Scream, Scariest Costume and Best Costume. She was so proud!
I was pretty proud too, she got those lungs from me and my family! She’ll have a great “Mom Voice” when she grows up.
That reminds me of a quick story I wrote on my private blog a couple years ago.
There were these ROTC kids messing around by a dumpster a fair distance from my friends and I as we waited for the bus. They were getting louder and rowdier and eventually I got tired of their noise and obvious misbehavior (ROTC KIDS!!) so I puffed up and gave them a big Authoritative “HEY!” and they scattered like confetti in the proverbial hurricane.
My Friends couldn’t believe the volume and depth of the voice that came from me; they had checked themselves when they heard it. Funny Stuff.
A similar thing happened at a Basketball game; I was yelling “Brick” and “Psyche” during layups and free throws. It was a blast.
Sore Tooth Blues
I had a bad toothache way back in June/July. The pain was relieved when a large chunk of popcorn came out from between my teeth a week later, it had been deep under my gum line all that week and driving me crazy. The dentists I reached out to told me I would have to wait “about two to three weeks” before they could see me if it wasn’t an emergency.
Oh well, the pain was gone and except for pain when I ate candy or chocolate, my teeth felt much better.
A couple weeks back the pain came back and no amount of cleansing or picking at my gums had any effect, last Sunday I was tasting “rot” in my mouth when I ate. This was it, a serious tooth problem.
I broke down on Monday and called a Dentist, and got in right away to see them, eighteen X-Rays were needed to establish a baseline for my mouth. One tooth (Number 14) was in need of a Root Canal [yikes]
An appointment was made with a specialist and I was seen yesterday at 7:30 AM. By 9:00AM i was on my way home. The whole thing was pretty painless, until the anesthetic wore off about half-way through, then it was not so nice. After it was done my jaw hurt a bit, but I felt fine. Talking sucked when I was at work and I avoided the phone as much as possible.
I felt okay at night, but my tooth hurt “a little”.
This morning my jaw was killing me and my tooth hurt ALOT.
It hurt enough to make me not want to speak.
I texted that I wasn’t coming in and went to sleep, pain killer less.
I feel better now.
Today’s Top 5
Books, movies, music; what’s in your top 5 right now?
Books
- Monster Island
- Monster Planet
- Autumn
- Autumn: The City
- Starship Troopers
Movies
- 28 Days Later
- Formula 51
- Garden State
- Return of the Jedi
- Rules of Attraction
Music
- Something I can Never Have - Nine Inch Nails [ Pretty Hate Machine ]
- Faith - “The Boy Least Likely to”
- Metal - Nine Inch Nails
- Bay Bronx Bridge (Bhongra Mix) - Masters of Illusion
- Apparitions - Matthew good Band
I went to see “employee of the month”
It was pretty funny. I laughed out loud at a couple of the jokes (really loud) I didn’t feel like it lost it’s pace; but it was pretty predictable.
I did laugh though. That’s all that matters.
This Week’s Top 25
What are your top 25 most played songs?
Submitted by Cooxie.
- Faith “The Boy Least Likely to”
- Crazy “Gnarls Barkley”
- BattleFlag “Lo-Fidelity Allstars”
- It’s No Good “Depeche Mode”
- Infinity “Guru Josh”
- I’m Not Okay “My Chemical Romance”
- Last Train to Trancentral “The KLF”
- Supermassive Black Home “Muse”
- I Ran “Flock of Seagulls”
- Don’t You Want Me? “Felix”
- Lotion “Greenskeepers”
- Something I can Never Have “Nine Inch Nails”
- Dead Souls “Nine Inch Nails”
- Otherside “Red Hot Chili Peppers”
- If you want Blood, You got it! “AC/DC”
- Killer “Adamski”
- Midnight Rider “The Allman Brothers”
- Don’t Panic “ColdPlay”
- Strict Machine “Goldfrapp”
- Enter Sandman “Metallica”
- Building a Mystery “Sarah McLachlin”
- Are You Gonna Be My Girl “Jet”
- Cold Hard Bitch “Jet”
- She’s Lost Control “Joy Division”
- Numb “Linkin Park”
LifeStream
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Full Day over, stumped by a copy/paste error in the afternoon
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New blog post: For Rememberance Sake and SSH in the Future http://tinyurl.com/6g2zbm
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HTOP is the Shizz, that is all.
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New blog post: Racist of the Week: Sad Bastard BNP Member http://tinyurl.com/5kcsdt
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I had to use a MAN page to resolve a question and consult Kernel notes to verify something, truly this is a golden nerdy age.
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Good Morning, took ages to get going today, hopefully the flywheel is up to speed now.
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On the phone praying to the Insurance Gods and listening to the same 4 songs over and over again...and again
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On the phone praying to the Insurane Gods and listening to the same 4 songs over and over again...
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My Question is: Will Jello Biafra be okay with Obama "Not" walking to his inauguration? The constant threats hove got to considered.
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Tragic and Entertaining - Tradgetaining http://tinyurl.com/5l75gl
