05.30.03
Posted in General at 8:11 pm by Jules
I’m not supposed to be at work, yet here I sit.
Awhile back - during our off-season - my boss decided to implement a new plant working schedule. (I work in the office.) The plant schedule went from M-F, 8am-5pm to M-Th, 7am-5pm and F, 7am-11am. So, our boss said that my co-office-worker and I could trade off Friday afternoons. She takes off one Friday; I take off the next, etc.
Today was supposed to be my Friday afternoon off, so I had planned to drive on up to Atlanta (3+ hour drive) to spend the weekend with my friends. I forgot about one tiny little thing. INVENTORY.
At the end of every month, we have to wait until we’re finished running all our product for the day, shut down, and take a physical inventory of all our raw materials and finished goods. Then we send the inventory up to the President of the company for which we co-pack. He looks it over, plugs numbers into his massive spreadsheet, then calls back down here and has us recount and recount and recount. Inventory always ends up being long and drawn out.
So, that put a damper on my leaving town shortly after lunch.
Well, then I thought, “Ok.. not so bad. They’ll finish running about 11am on Friday, we can do inventory, and I’ll still be able to get away at a decent time.”
Nope.
We had a major equipment malfunction and it set us WAY behind.
As a result of said malfunction, it is now 5:10 p.m., and they are just now wrapping up the end of the production run. Thankfully, most of the inventory has been taken already, but I still have to add everything up and send it up to Atlanta. Then wait to recount everything.
*sigh*
Gonna be a loooong night.
Edited on May 30th 2003, 21:13 by entipy
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Posted in General at 1:50 pm by Jules
… if I ever COULD truly be happy living where I am? I mean, I understand that happiness is not a place or a job or a car or any other tangible thing. I understand that true happiness comes from within. However, environment does play a large part in the happiness and contentment in one’s everyday life, doesn’t it?
I mean, as a social human being, I require some kind of social atmosphere in order to not feel isolated and depressed. If there isn’t a satisfactory social atmosphere where I live or within fairly close driving distance of where I live, how can I fulfill the need for social interaction?
As it is, the only people with whom I can truly relate and have a good time live 90 miles from here. Granted, that’s not a far drive to make once a week - on a weekend. However, if I ever wanted to just hop on over to a friend’s house one evening to watch a movie or go out to dinner with someone, I couldn’t do it. Weekends are fine and all, but I really don’t want to spend every one of them driving lots. I DO it now because I enjoy the company of my friends so much, but I would prefer it if I didn’t have to.
Next you would probably ask, “Why don’t you move to where they are?” Well, it’s not worth it, basically. I don’t particularly care for Savannah, and I have a good job here. (Annoying at times, yes, but the pay is good and the insurance benefits are very good.) Plus their schools aren’t so grand, it’s more expensive to live there without much increase in pay, and it’s just… hmm… I don’t know. It seems “dirty” to me. (Except for historical downtown. It’s cool.) So, yes, I’ve considered that option.
I feel a need for a change and not just a small change but a DRASTIC change. My two best friends (who live in Atlanta) and I have talked about moving to Seattle.. LOL Don’t know if that will ever happen or not, though.
I suppose Skip and I could always attempt the move up to Atlanta again. It kinda flopped last time, but hey.. you never know, right?
Anyway, back to the main point. I often feel as though I should be able to be happy regardless of where I am geographically.
Opinions?
Edited on Sep 18th 2003, 15:52 by entipy
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Posted in General at 1:34 am by Jules
There is this woman who is the wife of a man I work with… she has me on her email list, and she’s always forwarding things to me… sometimes there are things she sends which just strike such a chord, I want to hit REPLY ALL and set them straight. I did it once when I got the, “They’re trying to take GOD out of our Pledge of Allegiance!!!” email. It was a futile action.
I just received this in my inbox: (I apologize for the >>>>)
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> > > This one is impossible to believe. If there is only one thing you
> > forward
> > > today…..let it be this!
> > >
> > > (Embedded image moved to file: pic09514.jpg)
> > >
> > > REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of PanAm Flight 103!
> > >
> > > REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993!
> > >
> > > REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon!
> > >
> > > REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the military barracks in Saudi Arabia!
> > >
> > > REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the American Embassies in Africa!
> > >
> > > REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the USS COLE!
> > >
> > > REMEMBER the MUSLIM attack on the Twin Towers on 9/11/2001!
> > >
> > > REMEMBER all the AMERICAN lives that were lost in those vicious
>MUSLIM
> > > attacks!
> > >
> > > Now the United States Postal Service REMEMBERS and HONORS the EID
>MUSLIM
> > > holiday season with a commemorative first class holiday postage
>stamp.
> > >
> > > REMEMBER to adamantly and vocally BOYCOTT this stamp when purchasing
>your
> > > stamps at the post office. To use this stamp would be a slap in the
>face
> > > to all those AMERICANS who died at the hands of those whom this stamp
> > > honors.
> > >
> > > REMEMBER to pass this along to every patriotic AMERICAN you know.
[Quote]
Now, I’m really wanting to hit REPLY ALL and say, “Look you stupid backwards ignorant FUCKS….” and try to explain to them the difference between the Muslim faith and some of its zealots.
Is it even fucking worth wasting my energy, though??
looks for the “Redneck Stupidity” category
edit: I decided it’s definitely not worth it. These people wouldn’t even comprehend what I say.
Edited on May 30th 2003, 02:38 by entipy
Edited on Sep 18th 2003, 15:52 by entipy
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05.29.03
Posted in General at 1:41 pm by Jules
Anyone have a good suggestion for a Pop Up killer program to use with Mozilla? I had Panicware’s free version of Pop Up Stopper installed on my machine, and it worked great with IE, but when I started using Mozilla, it didn’t work with it.
Suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks 
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05.28.03
Posted in General at 7:14 pm by Jules
I hear myself say these things all the time.
I’m tired of this job.
I’m tired of my house.
I’m tired of being [insert negative personal comment here].
I’m tired of this town.
I’m tired of my boss.
I’m tired of all the bullshit.
Perhaps it’s not all of these things I’m tired of. Perhaps I’m just tired of myself.
Edited on Sep 18th 2003, 15:51 by entipy
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05.26.03
Posted in General at 6:54 pm by Jules
This morning, hubby and I woke up with smiles on our faces, got out of bed and got ready, pulled out the good ol’ BBQ and got the coals heated and ready for our Memorial Day cookout!!
NOT!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m at work. It sucks. My boss is a prick.
We don’t get a holiday between New Year’s and July 4th here. It really sucks. I hate it when people are so greedy, they just don’t like to think about their employees and what THEY might like to do… or the fact that they might like to have more than a fistful of days off per year.
OH well… You can bet your shiny metal ass I won’t be here forever!!!
Make way, Seattle.
Edited on Sep 18th 2003, 15:51 by entipy
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05.25.03
Posted in General at 4:02 pm by Jules
I’m a T.V. girl. There are several shows I watch faithfully during the television season. Now, I only have one season finale left. (Six Feet Under - which doesn’t air until next week. Assholes made us wait two weeks for it.) Soooo…. I’m trying to find something (entertaining) to do with my evenings throughout the summer until the season starts back up again.
I’ve thought about trying to find another MMORPG or something similar to occupy my time, as it’s entertaining and provides some sort of stimulus to my brain. However, I hesitate to get involved in another one because of my internet connection problem which proved fatal (often!) when I was playing JumpGate.
I thought about checking out Planetside, but I’m not sure I would like it, and I hate spending the money on something which I won’t like. Then there’s the internet connection to consider. We’re hoping to get a solution to that one soon, but no word on it yet.
There is a PS2 sitting in my living room with a nice layer of dust on it and at least one game which I haven’t finished. Perhaps it would be more worth my time to make good use of that, instead.
We’ll see, I suppose.
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05.20.03
Posted in General at 6:38 pm by Jules
I have anger issues. Yes, yes, I know. It’s hard to believe, right? LOL 
I’ve tried some of the techniques people have suggested to me - deep breathing, deep breathing with bubbles, visualization of calming things - and they help for that immediate moment (sometimes), but my fuse is so short and my reactions so sudden and violent (in thought if not in action), it really is quite scary sometimes. There is still some sort of thread of rationality holding it all together for me on these occasions. (i.e. the other night when I wanted to throw the remote control at the television - I didn’t because I knew it could break the TV and that would suck. Instead, I threw it at the wall.) However, I’m afraid that thread will eventually break.
Another thing that’s so bad about it is the fact that the triggers are usually piss-ant little insignificant things like our satellite going out so I couldn’t watch what I wanted to, dropping things repeatedly when trying to pick them up, my hair touching my skin the wrong way, clothes pulling at me the wrong way, something on me hurting physically, etc. These are all things that really should not elicit such a strong angry response. You would think that I would get this angry over things like my ex’s child support check bouncing, but I don’t. I can handle those things with the calm fortitude of a [insert appropriate word here cause I couldn't think of one]. But drop a hairbrush and LOOK OUT….
In addition to it being bad for me, I’m not setting the best example for my daughter, who has already shown some signs of dealing with things in the same manner. *SIGH*!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve been on and off anti-depressants since 1995, and this anger problem was the main reason for them, really. I recently (within the past few months) got off all my meds again because I felt I needed to detox, and I do not want to go on them again, but I worry that nothing else will work as well.
Any suggestions? (unless it costs much money… *sigh*)
Edited on Sep 18th 2003, 15:51 by entipy
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Posted in General at 2:39 pm by Jules
You know, whether it’s true or not, I hate receiving things like this in my e-mail because of the spirit that is behind it:
Edited to state that THE FOLLOWING is NOT true.
[Quote]
Something to Keep in Mind for the Future
>> If this won’t hack you off nothing will…
>>
>> Gold Star Mothers
>>
>> You really should be sitting down when you read this one.
>>
>> Gold Star Mothers is an organization made up of women whose sons were
>>killed in military combat during service in the United States armed
>>forces.
>>
>> Recently a delegation of New York State Gold Star Mothers made a trip
>>to Washington, DC, to discuss various concerns with their elected
>>representatives.
>>
>> According to published reports, there was only one
>> politician who refused to meet with these ladies.
>>
>> Can you guess which politician that might be?
>>
>> Was it New York Senator Charles Schumer? Nope, he met with them.
>>
>> Try again.
>>
>> Do you know anyone serving in the Senate who has never showed
>>anything but contempt for our military?
>> Do you happen to know the name of any politician in Washington who’s
>>husband once wrote of his loathing for the military? Now you’re getting
>>warm! You got it!
>>
>> None other than the Queen herself, Hillary Rotten Clinton. She
>>refused repeated requests to meet with the Gold Star Mothers.
>>
>> Now, please don’t tell me you’re surprised. This woman wants to be
>>President of the United States — and there is a huge percentage of
>>Voters who are eager to help her achieve that goal.
>>
>> May you sleep in peace always…and please…hug or thank a Veteran
>>for that privilege.
>>
>> Think about this one !!!
>>
>> Don’t forget, our girl, Hillary Rodham Clinton, as a New York
>>Senator, now comes under this fancy congressional Retirement and Staffing
>>Plan.
>>
>> It’s common knowledge that, in order for her to establish NYS
>>residency, they purchased a million+ dollar house in upscale Chappaqua,
>>NY.
>> Makes sense.
>>
>> Now, they are entitled to Secret Service protection for life.
>>Still makes sense.
>>
>> Here is where it becomes interesting. The mortgage payments hover at
>>about $10,000 per month. BUT, an extra residency had to be built within
>>the acreage in order to house the Secret Service agents.
>>
>> The Clinton’s now charge the Secret Service $10,000 monthly rent for
>>the use of said Secret Service residence and that rent is just about equal
>>to
>> their mortgage payment, ……..meaning that we, the tax payers, are
>>paying the Clinton’s mortgage, their transportation, their safety and
>>security, their 12 man staff, and it’s all perfectly legal.
>>
>> Sincerely, Cdr. Hamilton McWhorter USN (ret)
>>
>> PS: Please forward this to as many people as you can. We don’t
>>want this woman to even think of running for President. So, just how
>>many people can you send this to? It will take no more than 2 minutes.
>>Thanks >>
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Edited on May 20th 2003, 19:26 by entipy
Edited on May 22nd 2003, 15:44 by entipy
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05.18.03
Posted in General at 6:35 pm by Jules
It was well worth it.
However, if they don’t wrap certain things up with the next film, there will be some quite sloppy leftovers.
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05.17.03
Posted in General at 11:19 am by Jules
I was trying desperately to remember the name of that show the other day, and I just could not do it!!! It just struck me. Ever had one of those moments? Like if you’re dead asleep and suddenly sit up in the bed and scream out the name of something you’ve been trying to recall for weeks….
LOL
My husband and I were having a conversation with a young waitress at our favorite restaurant the other day, and somehow we got into talking about the movie, Drop Dead Fred. I was trying to remember the name of this old British comedy about these four guys who lived together (one of which played Fred in the aforementioned movie), and I could not remember the name of it! All I could remember was The Damned - which was a band who guest-starred on the show at least once. Well, now I’ve remembered!
Anyone else ever watch The Young Ones?
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05.16.03
Posted in General at 8:51 pm by Jules
My mom called me this afternoon right before I left work.
She chatted away about different things as if nothing had happened at all. I could tell she was trying to be ok, you know?
She didn’t say a word about the e-mail she sent or anything else pertaining to that matter.
I don’t think she’s in denial, really. My mother has never been one to do that when faced with an indisputable fact. She might be just hoping it’s a phase that will pass or something. She might very well have just said to herself, “Hey… it’s her decision,” and silently be praying to save my soul from hell. I doubt it’s the latter. If I had to guess right now, I’d say it was the hoping it will pass thing.
It will have to come up eventually, but dammit - I ain’t going out on that limb!
Edited on Sep 18th 2003, 15:41 by entipy
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Posted in General at 4:58 pm by Jules
Almost the weekend… and I’m so damn glad.
Tomorrow we’re going to go see Matrix: Reloaded and then we’ll have our lunar celebration tomorrow night. I think we’re actually going to do a flower/spell weaving in addition to our normal group meditation.
Still no word from my mother. Tonight would probably be the prime opportunity for us to have a chat, but I don’t know if she’ll call me or not. I would say I’m surprised I haven’t heard from her yet, but I’m not really. It’s difficult to have any type of reaction when you have no clue how someone is reacting to something, anyway. (That made more sense before I typed it. Damn Vicodin!)
I’m glad I only have two more hours of work up here today. I think it’s going to be long and boring!! I don’t have much work to do, and there aren’t many folks online to chat with right now. I have no books with me, and surfing the ‘net makes me sleepy.
Ah well!!!!
Everyone have a great weekend.
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05.15.03
Posted in General at 6:55 pm by Jules
Anybody gonna watch?
Info
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Posted in General at 5:05 pm by Jules
I think my mother may have finally figured out that her daughter is no longer the “fine Christian girl” she raised her to be.
*heavy sigh*
I got an email from her last night, very short and to the point.
“Visited Draaz.com –CMEO (cried my eyes out!!!!) Mama”
That’s it.
I’m waiting for the flood and the destruction of the world to follow.
Well, not really… LOL… but I’m certainly not looking forward to things to come. I just got the e-mail this morning, and she was already at school, so calling her wasn’t an option. Of course, she could’ve called me rather than writing that e-mail in the first place. I suppose it was “easier” for her to do at that point.
This doesn’t sound like the type of thing people in their 30s generally have to go through with their parents. Oh well… I guess that’s what happens when you come to realizations later in life.
Wish me the best! (and if anyone has any words of wisdom from experience, please share)
Edited on Sep 18th 2003, 15:41 by entipy
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05.13.03
Posted in General at 11:41 am by Jules
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05.12.03
Posted in General at 8:00 pm by Jules
I don’t like to think of myself as an anti-social person, but sometimes I’m afraid that I really am.
I dislike small talk. I’m not good at it. I cannot truly participate in a conversation unless there is some sort of MEANING there. As you can imagine, this excludes the majority of conversations one might have with others. Most people aren’t interested in having real conversations. I am!! However, I generally hold back.
This isn’t because I’m afraid or hesitant to share about myself or to learn about others. Quite the opposite is true, in fact. I have found, though, that most people balk and/or get offended when someone asks personal questions. I’m not talking SUPER personal questions, either. I mean “What are your likes/dislikes” type questions.
I have to try and gauge very carefully what type the person with whom I’m speaking actually is, so that I will know whether or not to even bother trying to get to know him/her. This generally leads to strange looks of, “You’re such a freak!!!” or it leads to the acquisition(*) of a new friend. Sometimes it merely leads to a pleasant one-time conversation with someone. That’s cool.
I just don’t have much to say to someone unless I know they’ll be receptive to deeper-than-a-millimeter conversations. This has often caused me to be branded a snob.
*sigh*
OH well….
Why ARE people so hesitant to share information about themselves these days?
(*) - acquisition isn’t really the right word there. I feel like a Ferengi.
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05.06.03
Posted in General at 2:31 pm by Jules
The day started fine… a bit slow perhaps… but not totally annoying.
Now, the goddamn phone won’t quit ringing, my boss is being especially egotistical today, I’m totally pissed off about something that doesn’t even really concern ME, my office chair is a piece of shit which is going to end up giving me hemmorhoids (however you spell the damn things), my eyes are blurry for some reason, and I can’t go eat what I want to eat for lunch!
deeeeeeeeep breaths….. deeeeeep…. breathe in.. hold it…. 1… 2… 3… 4… breathe out… *shhhhhhhhhhhhhh*
I’m going to my happy place.
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