Damn. Thanks for the link Perkins.

I can't remember ever having a president I was hot for. Seriously, not even JFK.

Primes do more than just hang out pretending to be cool and saying, "Just me and One, baby, that's all there is"?

I've been planning fantasy weekends. Actually only one night away... This is not helping with the taming of the house chaos. which is actual chaos...

how was everyone's day? good? yes?

I began the process of giving notice at ECN yesterday, effective in January. That seemed under control. And they needed a long offramp. So, well and good. Until today. When the general freakout began. Whoopsie.

No idea what the future holds. I hope some really cool things do happen, but I am also excited to just see the light at the end of this tunnel. I also hope I will maintain the connections that I have with people there - they are good people. Caught in a craxy world.

But yeah. Thought I should inform the bitches. Since you guys have kept me going for most of the past two years. My thanks - I truly couldn't have done it without you.

Wow, Sox. Good for you! And now you already have a resolution for 2009 that you know you'll be successful at - to improve your mental health by starting out the year not working at current job. Yay!

I discovered a new squick last night -- IV needles. Other sorts of needles, like vaccinations and blood tests, I'm not thrilled with, but I can deal with them. IV, on the other hand, I was crying, grabbing onto the side of the bed, and using pretty much everything I had to convince myself not to jump up and run away. The entire time that thing was in my arm, I was thinking "take it out take it out take it out NOW."

Primes do more than just hang out pretending to be cool and saying, "Just me and One, baby, that's all there is"?

What Connie said. I really have no idea why they matter.

Customer service pet peeve #1: Being asked "what's your first name?" and then "Okay [firstname], how can I help you?"

CSPP #2: Having the person not be able to interpret your problem, but typing it into their computer verbatim

CSPP #3: Having the person have to put you on hold several times to look up information, which makes you think that they have no technical skill at all.

ok I moved the cabinet back into place and moved the rest of the furniture/mess so that we can bring the range in from outside. Not something I should do myself

Customer service pet peeve #1: Being asked "what's your first name?" and then "Okay [firstname], how can I help you?"

We get yelled at when we don't use your name! It's supposed to make the process more friendly and empathetic! We know it's annoying and robotlike, but our bonuses demand we obey.

CSPP #3: Having the person have to put you on hold several times to look up information, which makes you think that they have no technical skill at all.

Well, if you'd just tell us the full error message, or don't take 20 minutes to say, "Oh, did I say XP? I meant Vista, does that make a difference?", or admit you said "Yes" when the system asked "Are you sure you want to change that?" . . .

We reach out to you, the customer to our support, from the depths of our rigid hell, embracing the intelligent, courteous, patient souls we live for after having dealt with the people who snap "This problem started two days ago and the file is due in four hours and it took me a week to do all the work, so fix it."

It ain't no fun on this side of the phone either.