In medias res

We were only at happy hour for three hours, and it was for a good cause, arguing about immigration and racism with a drunk guy. Always a good idea. :-)
And having played guitar, wandered the city in pursuit of beer for home, and chattered for another hour, I head to bed.

Training my replacement at my old job this week. Looking forward to two weeks of training at the new job, starting next Monday. Then, the day that’s done, the GRE literature test? Who am I kidding.
Fer gone. I miscalculated how he handles depression. I do turn outward a bit and reach for people I trust, [...]

 Whatever. If this holiday were crossed with Groundhog Day, Christ would stick his head out of the ground today and say, whoa, rainy. See you in six weeks, motherfuckers.
In the process of tagging songs in iTunes that make me want to play guitar, I found that apparently last year, I started tagging songs “breakup” that [...]

Wow. This is one of the more absurd things I have ever read.
In the interview Wednesday, Ferraro said she had “no clue” why Obama referenced her in the speech [his speech on race relations]. She also expressed surprise the Illinois senator said he had heard his white grandmother utter racist remarks.
“I could not believe that,” [...]

My notice has been given. I have started looking for my replacement. I have let my staff know. They all cried! :(
One last call to the people we contract with for tech support. Ah, escalation. Choice statements:

Of course I have written detailed installation instructions! It’s just that, since you guys cost $150 an hour and [...]

I was offered the position I applied for and will be starting there in two weeks. The sense of relief at knowing for sure that I will be out of this life-sucking environment soon is enormous. Ah, happy day! Technology stuff! Web projects! No one saying they want to kill all of us!

From MSNBC: Junk-food dieters fake their way to skinny: Diet soda, sugar-free gum keep calories down, but at what cost?
The cost of being “Pringle thin” is apparently limited to nutritional impact, and–horrors–the fact that “trailer” food may contain hidden calories that make people fatter! Jesus, what about the cost of a culture that makes everything [...]

Yesterday, a person I presume is an employee of Scofield & Scofield, PC in Austin, Texas spent about a half hour reading my blog. The person then commented on this post under the name “Jill Scania.” I did not post the comment itself, which contained a pointless story and ended with a threat to excerpt [...]

Melancholy has been my tendency for as long as I remember. By melancholy, I mean a way of seeing the world that is introspective, that experiences feelings, and especially sadness, very fully, and that feels misunderstood. These are the main points, as I know them.
Crises of separation tend to cause depression for me. The first [...]

Maybe I’m a step closer to getting out of this horrible atmosphere at work. My stress level right now reminds me of last summer, when the coworker first made death threats. I couldn’t sleep then, either, but I was more afraid to do what needed to be done–leave.
A follow-up on my Monday interview today let [...]