I am a chess board with only 4 pawns...
Let me let my thoughts out first before all I do is get mad all over again...
The peculiarity of language....
It's reallly funny how one can hear something and totally take it into the wrong context. And I'm not even talking like taking it in a dirty way....I'm talking when it totally sounds weird and it makes you laugh...ummm...anyway, so I was listening to the radio this morning(yes, I listen to AM radio...what a geek) and they were describing the two girls that either ran away or got kidnapped from...shoot, the place is slipping my mind at the moment, anyhow...they were describing the girls. The newslady said that one of the girls was about 4'11", weighed about 120lbs(Man, I can't believe I remembered all this), and had brown hair and eyes. When I first heard it, I immediately thought to myself, "...Brown hair, and eyes?" He he he, it sounds like she said that the girl had brown hair and had eyes also... Well, I would think that we would naturally assume that she had eyes, but it just sounded funny the way she said it. Now, of course, it would be different if she only had one eye, cuz then it would've been, "....had brown hair and only 1 eye..." or something along those lines. Of course, she meant brown hair AND brown eyes, but it just sounded funny right off the bat... Yet another example of the enigma that is the English Language.
Speaking of the English language...another pet peeve. Why is it that people assume that just because one speaks broken English, he or she can only understand broken english? It's kind of an insult, in my personal opinion, to that person, and by "that person," I am referencing the person being spoken to. I heard someone talking like that on the phone this morning...let's just say it was someone between the hours of 8-5. First of all, I would think that the person being spoken to in broken english might(not for sure...but MIGHT) be offended, and second of all, the speaker just sounds ridiculous...I don't know why that bothered me so much, but it did...
Whistle while you work....
I found out recently that there are several FT openings at work and I don't know how internal applications work, but that's pretty much how it goes around here. One is a full-time position of what I am doing now...so I declared my interest in the position and am working towards completing the necessary steps to make myself a candidate for said opening. I had to submit an even more recent version of my resume, which includes my current position with the company. I am really hoping that things work out, so that my occupational dilemnas can finally be put to rest and no longer blogged about so incessantly. The other position I saw was a position that was in my field, but in Michigan. I have been thinking about this all day, about applying for the position and whetheror not I am ready, and willing, to make such a major move at this point in my life. When I look at my present situation with complete objectivity, I find that I should just give it a go and go out on my own. But as always, it's the non-objective part of me that's reluctant. I've already asked for some opinions and so far, it's pretty much split between going and not going. I mean, I like the company here, and it seems like a great opp...I think I may just apply for it, and THEN figure out things. I'm planning things that haven't yet come to be...but me? moving? that far? Hmmm.....
On a brighter note, I love the feeling of "Getting it" at work. I actually feel valuable. Today, I totally understood what one of our lead engineers were talking about when describing a certain specification we were all talking about. I even got the opportunity to try to make sense out of it to the others and man, it gave me such a natural high. I, Jay, actually understood what they were talking about and everyone else didn't. I mean there were only 4 of us, but still, that's a big step for me... Now I know what my other friends feel like when they're in command...
And now, the bad news...
It's not thaaaaat bad, but we freakin lost the championship game tonight. And in the worst way, a blowout because we only had 4 people. I was sooooo tired, and the loss made me even more exhausted. Matter of fact, I can't even believe I'm still up writing in this damn thing...but everyone needs their therapy...so I write. It eats me up more than I really let on, I guess that's the competitive side of me...I just hate that after all season we've played to get to this position and, BAM, it's as lopsided as pitting a kitten against Mike Tyson. ARGH...I'm getting mad again...write dammit write!
Appreciations for the day...
-Having support
-exercise
-being reminded that I have what it takes
-donuts
-6 piece chicken mcnugget tuesdays(Finally got me some...mcnuggets that is)
-Zankou chicken
"Open your mind, and all things are possible"
Let me let my thoughts out first before all I do is get mad all over again...
The peculiarity of language....
It's reallly funny how one can hear something and totally take it into the wrong context. And I'm not even talking like taking it in a dirty way....I'm talking when it totally sounds weird and it makes you laugh...ummm...anyway, so I was listening to the radio this morning(yes, I listen to AM radio...what a geek) and they were describing the two girls that either ran away or got kidnapped from...shoot, the place is slipping my mind at the moment, anyhow...they were describing the girls. The newslady said that one of the girls was about 4'11", weighed about 120lbs(Man, I can't believe I remembered all this), and had brown hair and eyes. When I first heard it, I immediately thought to myself, "...Brown hair, and eyes?" He he he, it sounds like she said that the girl had brown hair and had eyes also... Well, I would think that we would naturally assume that she had eyes, but it just sounded funny the way she said it. Now, of course, it would be different if she only had one eye, cuz then it would've been, "....had brown hair and only 1 eye..." or something along those lines. Of course, she meant brown hair AND brown eyes, but it just sounded funny right off the bat... Yet another example of the enigma that is the English Language.
Speaking of the English language...another pet peeve. Why is it that people assume that just because one speaks broken English, he or she can only understand broken english? It's kind of an insult, in my personal opinion, to that person, and by "that person," I am referencing the person being spoken to. I heard someone talking like that on the phone this morning...let's just say it was someone between the hours of 8-5. First of all, I would think that the person being spoken to in broken english might(not for sure...but MIGHT) be offended, and second of all, the speaker just sounds ridiculous...I don't know why that bothered me so much, but it did...
Whistle while you work....
I found out recently that there are several FT openings at work and I don't know how internal applications work, but that's pretty much how it goes around here. One is a full-time position of what I am doing now...so I declared my interest in the position and am working towards completing the necessary steps to make myself a candidate for said opening. I had to submit an even more recent version of my resume, which includes my current position with the company. I am really hoping that things work out, so that my occupational dilemnas can finally be put to rest and no longer blogged about so incessantly. The other position I saw was a position that was in my field, but in Michigan. I have been thinking about this all day, about applying for the position and whetheror not I am ready, and willing, to make such a major move at this point in my life. When I look at my present situation with complete objectivity, I find that I should just give it a go and go out on my own. But as always, it's the non-objective part of me that's reluctant. I've already asked for some opinions and so far, it's pretty much split between going and not going. I mean, I like the company here, and it seems like a great opp...I think I may just apply for it, and THEN figure out things. I'm planning things that haven't yet come to be...but me? moving? that far? Hmmm.....
On a brighter note, I love the feeling of "Getting it" at work. I actually feel valuable. Today, I totally understood what one of our lead engineers were talking about when describing a certain specification we were all talking about. I even got the opportunity to try to make sense out of it to the others and man, it gave me such a natural high. I, Jay, actually understood what they were talking about and everyone else didn't. I mean there were only 4 of us, but still, that's a big step for me... Now I know what my other friends feel like when they're in command...
And now, the bad news...
It's not thaaaaat bad, but we freakin lost the championship game tonight. And in the worst way, a blowout because we only had 4 people. I was sooooo tired, and the loss made me even more exhausted. Matter of fact, I can't even believe I'm still up writing in this damn thing...but everyone needs their therapy...so I write. It eats me up more than I really let on, I guess that's the competitive side of me...I just hate that after all season we've played to get to this position and, BAM, it's as lopsided as pitting a kitten against Mike Tyson. ARGH...I'm getting mad again...write dammit write!
Appreciations for the day...
-Having support
-exercise
-being reminded that I have what it takes
-donuts
-6 piece chicken mcnugget tuesdays(Finally got me some...mcnuggets that is)
-Zankou chicken
"Open your mind, and all things are possible"
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