And...one on one is had. I didn't get a particularly good review for last year, despite bringing in two major projects--I can deliver, she said, but the middle bits are messy.

I told her I wouldn't have rated myself either, because I've been highly frustrated in my inability to please our users. I've been jumping over steps because we don't have the right manpower to take them. And I've been leaning on resources outside our department, which infuriates my boss, because he's on the line for other people's work, but I WANT SOME RESULTS. I want stuff done. I want to fix and enhance and turn in solutions that make me want to fist pump.

I explained that I felt like I was making excuses for IT to the business, and vice versa, instead of representing. And now that the business has clear goals about excelling, and our goals seem to be about bracing the apple cart...

I also explained that the primary developer that I'm working with can't fill the hole her predecessors left (INCOMPETENT), and I can't work out how to accommodate that, but she wants instructions, and my job is requirements not instructions, and she can't tell the difference (INCOMPETENT) (and in fact is panicked by the freedom to make decisions (INCOMPETENT)). And, finally, my manager agreed.

I'd rather have had a glowing eval, but she left saying she had a lot to think about, and she left saying she doesn't doubt my zeal to produce, so that's the most important stuff taken care of.

And I left determined to work this fucking system until it begs me for mercy.

Right. Timesheets for March...

Just talked to someone with an interesting name: Ithimar. And he had an accent I couldn't place, something European. He was in Florida, though, so it could have been anything.

Ok, puzzle time. The last image here: [link] Grease, Stand By Me, or other?

Consuela, Yeah your bosses are assholes. You WILL find something better.

Sept. 14? My first guess is The Breakfast Club.

Oh, oh, what he said. It reminded me of something, but I couldn't remember what it was.

Hmmm. Maybe. Most of the icons are basically the poster (or the google image search result), once you know it.

And given that and this: [link] I and my friend entering the contest think you are right! We argued about Grease/Stand By Me for an hour.

I'd rather have had a glowing eval, but she left saying she had a lot to think about, and she left saying she doesn't doubt my zeal to produce, so that's the most important stuff taken care of.

That's something -- it's so hard to share problems with other people without "throwing them under the bus."

I just got a really nice note to the Good Stuff from someone who said it seems to have an anti-oppression viewpoint, which I wouldn't have thought of, but sure!

Ok, puzzle time. The last image here: [link]. Grease, Stand By Me, or other?

Breakfast Club? (Especially if EAT is part of the clue)

edit: I R slow