FRIDAY FIVE
1. Last time you smiled:
I could write a whole metaphysical chapter on smiling as the story of my life, but the idea of doing that makes me smile.
2. First time you can remember being proud of yourself:
Lying on the floor in the living room of my house at about age 4 writing my ABC’s. And I could write a whole metaphysical chapter on writing, too.
3. Last time you lied:
Yesterday, when I lied by omission and told the salesgirl who sat in my living room trying to sell me windows for $9000 for my house that I’d consider it. I could buy two cars for that. Hell, 3 cars.
4. First time you felt true sadness:
What pops to mind is when my grandfather put the newborn kittens on the farm in a gunny sack and took them to the river to drown them. If I could have moved away from home that day I would have, but I was only 8.
5. Last time you you made a tough decision:
Tuesday when I realized they’re going to phase out the web pages I’ve spent 8 years on at work. I realize I’m going to have to think about transferring laterally to some other job at my huge employer. Out with the old and in with the new. Though I’ll have to be very, very careful. A job is precious in today’s economy.
Deep Thought: If you’re a circus clown, and you have a dog that you use in your act, I don’t think it’s a good idea to also dress the dog up like a clown, because people see that and they think, “Forgive me, but that’s just too much.”
Today I am grateful for: My poky old Mac that forces me to be beatific.
Guess the Movie: “It lies to her. It tells her things only a child can understand. To her, it simply is another child. To us, it is The Beast. ” Answer: Poltergeist, 1982. 
Winner: liviatasia
Polls Today: Kerry 264/Bush 264. EVP: “The seesaw keeps going up and down. Yesterday, Bush was ahead in Ohio and behind in Florida. Today he is behind in Ohio and ahead in Florida. A new Quinnipiac Univ. poll in Florida puts Bush a whisker ahead there, 45% to 43% among registered voters and 48% to 47% among Quinnipiac’s idea of likely voters, both well within the margin of error. A new Gallup poll in Ohio puts Kerry ahead there, 50% to 44 among registered voters, but only ahead 48% to 47% among those people Gallup considers likely voters. Given that the presidency is likely to be determined by a few thousand Florida and Ohio voters, it is somehow hard to imagine that vast numbers of registered voters in those two states are going to sit this one out though. The electoral college is now tied at 264 votes each, with Minnesota being an exact tie. It is going to be a real squeaker. Every vote is going to count in a large number of states this time.” And my Oregon has slipped back to being Barely Kerry again. Ouch, that smarts.
End of Day: 8:38 pm
+ = So nice to hear all your support for my job situation and luckily I don’t have to make a sudden move but can be careful about it.
- = What is this freaking Sinclair movie thing that’s supposed to be showing tonight?
Comments (14)
Good questions! Good luck with that lateral move thing. Hope it works out great for you.
Oh gosh, I hope your able to get a new position internally! THe market is better then it was 2 years ago though so there is hope if the worst should come. 8 years on the same web project! Wow, I’m a contractor and I think the longest I ever spent on one project was a little over a year, I think that it would be nice to work on something that long. I think that it will also be nice to work on something new after that long!
I wish you the best of luck, I kow what its like to be in that position.
what may swing the election are the college kids — if they come out and vote. and for the first time in my 20some years around a college campus, i’m hearing kids talk about the election and getting out to vote.
good luck with the job stuff.
So close, cripes I hope the margin widens… the prospect of the Florida y2k fracas multiplied in a few more states makes my brain hurt.
Good luck on shaping your career course!
Good luck with the career move!
(1) when I read the question. I try to smile and laugh almost all the time. It beats the alternatives.
(2) I remember being very young and for the first time swimming from the beach out to my dad beyond the breakers, and conquering the ocean.
(3) This morning. Why I was late to work.
(4) A dog getting hit by a car. I might’ve been 3.
(5) Oh, too many of those. Right now I’m struggling with one more ‘go back to school’ option that seems overwhelming.
Good luck in the job situation.
It’s Poltergeist!!!!!
Have a great Friday!
You got it! And thanks, same to you.
good luck on the job quest…that is great…
After 8 years of care -! Perhaps there is a visual part of you that loved those web pages, their information, at least I suspect so. If you move laterally, perhaps you can find another project that has that dimension to it – one for the designer in you. Alternatively, you could bring more of that focus, those skills, that enjoyment, to your website, your xanga…
Good luck with the job! My brother just got laid off after 5 years with one company on a contract. They were moving and he thought he was going to be moving, too, had a parking space assigned and everything…
It is now important to boycott all those who advertise on Sinclair stations, and tell those companies why. Do it now!
Moves within a company are almost as hard as leaving – Tough decision – either way……………..
God, that kitten drowning story makes me physically ill.