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Feb. 7th, 2020 08:20 pm1. I'm so glad it's Friday, finally. And I really need to stay away from ANYTHING politically related. (I can't stay away from local or state politics completely, because of the organization that I work in. I'm considered a financial policy maker. If I said the name of it -- you'd know it immediately and think to yourself, ah, yes, that explains a lot.)
Work is killing my social life. That and my commute. And where I'm located. I don't want to go anywhere after work. And I don't want to travel on the weekends.
I'm kind of sick of NYC at the moment. It's crowded. Smelly. Noisy. And there are too many cars, too many bike riders, too many people, and too many dogs.
I may need to visit my brother again, just to be grateful for all of it.
( Sigh. I think I need to watch a really good action film this weekend where people get kicked in the ass. Preferably men get kicked in the ass )
I find work and the national news equal parts pure frustration. I just want to shake people. Or snap them out of existence. One or the other. Maybe I should take up boxing or something?
Today at work, I had a teleconference with the lawyer about a fixed unit rate contract. The lawyer, being a lawyer, doesn't speak finance. The financial language made no sense to her. She wanted to make it clear. I tried to explain along with my manager that it didn't need to be clear to the lawyer but to the vendor, who does speak finance. Also, being a lawyer, she overthinks things and makes them more convoluted then necessary and feels the need to go over everything with a fine tooth comb. It's a pre-existing contract, we used the same language. We don't need to reinvent the wheel here. I told my Manager that our problem was that our lawyers are frustrated copy-editors.
2. Saw Stumptown last night. It was better than expected and kind of surprised me. ( spoilers for latest Stumptown )
3. Got stuff done finally. Stopped procrastinating and picked up groceries from Union Market (I don't go often, it's expensive and has things I probably shouldn't buy but do, anyhow, such as Beechers World Famous Gluten Free Mac N'Cheese -- which is the best ever. And gluten free homemade pasta with almond flour.), and more importantly picked up my new glasses prescription and contacts.
Decided the CBD was causing constipation and leg cramps. So stopped. Dang it. I may take sparingly and as my doctor states with a lot of water. It's a dehydrator apparently.
4. In re-reading an old essay on Archive of Our Own -- cool site that. You can instantly find your stuff and re-read it, along with everyone else's stuff. Without all the stupid formatting problems that were on geo-cities or Voy. But I digress and in the middle of a thought no less. That's how my mind works - it kind of jumps around. Anyhow...it was an essay on the Buffy/Spike relationship and fandom. What struck me about it was a couple of things:
( Read more... )
5. I think I want to see Birds of Prey this weekend, mainly because I want to see women kick ass. Although, Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn may get on my nerves. So Terminator Dark Fate on - "on demand" -- may be the better bet. Or "Harriet". I don't think I can stomach "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" - for well reasons.
Work is killing my social life. That and my commute. And where I'm located. I don't want to go anywhere after work. And I don't want to travel on the weekends.
I'm kind of sick of NYC at the moment. It's crowded. Smelly. Noisy. And there are too many cars, too many bike riders, too many people, and too many dogs.
I may need to visit my brother again, just to be grateful for all of it.
( Sigh. I think I need to watch a really good action film this weekend where people get kicked in the ass. Preferably men get kicked in the ass )
I find work and the national news equal parts pure frustration. I just want to shake people. Or snap them out of existence. One or the other. Maybe I should take up boxing or something?
Today at work, I had a teleconference with the lawyer about a fixed unit rate contract. The lawyer, being a lawyer, doesn't speak finance. The financial language made no sense to her. She wanted to make it clear. I tried to explain along with my manager that it didn't need to be clear to the lawyer but to the vendor, who does speak finance. Also, being a lawyer, she overthinks things and makes them more convoluted then necessary and feels the need to go over everything with a fine tooth comb. It's a pre-existing contract, we used the same language. We don't need to reinvent the wheel here. I told my Manager that our problem was that our lawyers are frustrated copy-editors.
2. Saw Stumptown last night. It was better than expected and kind of surprised me. ( spoilers for latest Stumptown )
3. Got stuff done finally. Stopped procrastinating and picked up groceries from Union Market (I don't go often, it's expensive and has things I probably shouldn't buy but do, anyhow, such as Beechers World Famous Gluten Free Mac N'Cheese -- which is the best ever. And gluten free homemade pasta with almond flour.), and more importantly picked up my new glasses prescription and contacts.
Decided the CBD was causing constipation and leg cramps. So stopped. Dang it. I may take sparingly and as my doctor states with a lot of water. It's a dehydrator apparently.
4. In re-reading an old essay on Archive of Our Own -- cool site that. You can instantly find your stuff and re-read it, along with everyone else's stuff. Without all the stupid formatting problems that were on geo-cities or Voy. But I digress and in the middle of a thought no less. That's how my mind works - it kind of jumps around. Anyhow...it was an essay on the Buffy/Spike relationship and fandom. What struck me about it was a couple of things:
( Read more... )
5. I think I want to see Birds of Prey this weekend, mainly because I want to see women kick ass. Although, Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn may get on my nerves. So Terminator Dark Fate on - "on demand" -- may be the better bet. Or "Harriet". I don't think I can stomach "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" - for well reasons.