i'm having a Clash moment. they were awesome you know. British rock bands, in general, kick ass. they always have and probably always will. of course, we have Motown. Motown kicked serious ass but all those groups ever got were bands ripping off their songs...we also had the Ramones..and a few other great bands.

so it goes.

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sometimes hard work doesn't pay off. take for instance my shoes. i kept a pair of sandals on my hard drive tower under my desk at work. apparently someone was having a bad day or decided that a lesson needed to be taught...lo and behold, one of my sandals found its way to the garbage. that happened about 2 weeks ago. this week, someone decided that they were not going to empty my garbage as of wednesday night. this morning, it still hadn't been emptied. i sent an email to the appropriate person, threw in a sentence about "taking this personal now" and lo and behold...someone came "Pronto" and emptied my garbage. of course, there will be hell to pay. i no longer keep items in the office fridge overnight. i lock the phone in my desk, i double check that i have my ID, keys, and password list with me before i go home...

this environment truly sucks.

meanwhile, i've got piles all around me, i've been given "admin" training for the online database and have to update about 400 titles. i've been asked to add an html tag too to each. i'm also expected to handle claiming for another person's department, as well as, for my own. and i've been waiting for another person to finish her job so that i can begin weeding records. i finished my tasks at least a month ago, after this person said they'd be done before i was. i'm still waiting...i sure as hell am not going to mention it again to the boss. why rush to add to my pile?

i'm also probably the only asshole around here that will take a vacation day to go to an interview when everyone else would have called in sick. i've got 220+ sick hours.

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i've got a 9 letter word taped to my monitor. it is a reminder to myself to stick to my beliefs, to rise above, or at least make an attempt to wade through the everpresent shit pond i seem to be surrounded by. the word is important to me.

that word is: Integrity

something the dickhead who threw my shoe out probably has no clue about.

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