speaking of listening

rapidly fading into the past, the previous entry was only up for a few minutes so if you just got here, you missed it... but don't feel bad, that's the wonder of the internet and the relativity of time here, cuz it's still there, in quasi-realtime, just below this entry... all that whining and pathos waiting to be heard...

and speaking of listening, listen to Ligion if you want to hear the current most played CD in my personal space... it's harder rock than, say, Death Cab for Cutie, but not quite heavy metal... maybe almost up there with 30 Seconds to Mars in tempo and sound, except maybe a bit more current-pop-rock, like Fall Out Boy or Say Anything, except different...

the music grabbed me first (and grabbed me well) cuz it's more melodic, more harmonies, and generally interesting (especially compared to most pop-rock groups out these days)... then the vocals jumped me and sucked me in (before the words even started to focus on the left side of my brain)... finally, enough of the words relate to me personally - where I've been, where I am, where I might be (and has that unique quality that Harry has to be appropriate for a pity party, a wake, or a rebirth, depending on perspective, which means it could be cathartic for me and that's a rare quality) - that the group lept right to the most played status and has been there for more than a week... that's a long time in my world...

from the first sounds and words of the first song to the final chorus of the final song, the CD talks to me... even more than Meg and Dia did in their first week on my personal charts, but then, they aren't quite as adorable and do nothing for libido, sigh and giggle and why doesn't anybody around me share these giggles... alas, it's been so long since...

but the memories are still alive and hopeful, which is much amazing... speaking of hopeful, returning to the online world tonight I discovered that Cali (yes, her again) painted a series of entries (starting with the one right after the memorial day one) that spoke to the little kid-romantic in me well enough to have me nodding and giggling in agreement like a bobble head... she's a really cool grown up...

meanwhile, at home... life is the same...

and at work, not the same... just yesterday we were all shocked to learn that our boss is leaving... she finally got smart and used her many skills and education (she's an ARNP as well as associate administrator for the facility, and wears several other hats as well) to land a really great job at the university medical department (which could be a stepping stone to med school for her, yay her)... we're all happy for her, but in shock cuz she's the only one in the place who really cares and has organizational skills and keeps everyone else from flipping out and is the glue that holds the place together (as much as she can as she is the chief clinical officer... the business office is falling apart at the moment and I'll probably be shifted into it as far as supervisor goes once she leaves) and we all expect the shit to hit the fan big time over the summer...

and the computer is acting up again and the IT person just seems to ignore people with computer problems... I've seen it many times with others... she can get away with it because nobody knows what anybody else is doing most of the time and nobody except my office-mate Jackson knows what I do... so I'll just send out emails explaining that the state reports will be late again this month due to computer problems and if the state agencies do their typical nothing, nobody cares... eventually it'll catch them offguard when an auditor shows up at just the wrong time and they'll try to point at me and I'll re-send them all the emails that explain the delays and ask for IT assistance and they'll have to look somewhere else for a scapegoat...

and they'll have to ponder questions like why the computers ordered last year sat in storage since they arrived in the summer of 2006 (and still they sit gathering dust while some people still use slow Windows 98 machines)... and why the new IT person they hired does not seem to know much about computers (which is one reason she tries to avoid me... she can't answer my questions) and only works part time... so goes the techie life in the backwoods of the great south... meanwhile, I'll continue slacking when the computer is down, sending out my emails explaining the delays, and collecting my checks...

and that's life these past two days...

amusing, but the jokes are getting old... I just may start bring in a book to read, which could be just what the doctor ordered (hey, that'll pun-ish them, aye?)... I hope it's been more amusing for you... and remember, the lemonade is sweeter if you don't let the lemons lay around feeling sorry for themselves for falling off the tree :)