I don't know what my problem is. Why I have this thorn in my side this morning. I should be happy it's Friday and I have a fun weekend ahead of me. Instead I am all out of wack.
A coworker has been on my last nerve for weeks now, so excuse me while I rant. Her crappy work ethic and big mouth have been permeating the entire floor. I keep my headphones on all day to drown her out, though her tacky, pointless exclamations often reach my ears like homing devices, breaking through even the loudest volume. "Yo! Yo! You trippin!" (when boss asks her to perform a task) *Excruciating giggle* "I ain't doin' that! You couldn't pay me enough to do that" (in reference to doing her job) "You're paranoid!" (to her boss when she takes more than an hour lunch to get her nails done when he is stressing about filing a stack of briefs) "I would help but I have this huge document I'm working on" (goes back to personal phone call and designing tacky screensaver plastered with pictures of her and flavor-o-the-week). Honestly, I would mind my own business if it never had any effect on my life, but her boss is always asking me to work overtime because you "couldn't pay [her] enough" to stay past her scheduled time (I work for two partners and an associate, Ms. Thang only works for this one guy) and since she rarely helps any of the first year's (and never with a smile) on the floor I am always pitching in here and there where she and her equally lazy deskmate claim to be too busy, but forever have time to be on the phone or even reading a book! It's really atrocious. Meanwhile, I have my busy times and my slow times, but I always extend myself to do whatever I can to help out. This person is just so immature and unprofessional and I honestly don't know how she keeps her job the way she walks all over her boss. I guess he likes being a doormat.
Today is Ms. Thang's birthday and I was just offered to join them for lunch in her honor. I dryly declined. I'd rather go break my ass in the gym then have to spend my lunch hour listening to her.
Something that did bring some cheer to my day was a visit to Smoking Gun this morning. I mean, truly, you have got to be kidding me! People actually taking the time to write badly spelled and gramatically butchered emails to Fox demanding that they declare Clay this season's winner and insisting that the voting process was rigged so that Ruben could win? For what purpose? And how could anyone take it this personally? Even if it was rigged, who really cares? What is the difference now? Aren't there any worthy causes left in the world or are people just so desperate for something to lobby passionately for and this is the only thing left? Puhleeeeaaaze. Either one of their records can be bought in any music store, and even if they couldn't, there's a million good artists out there! I think it's just amazing how much people care about this nonsense. (Like I should talk, I'm sitting here fucking blogging about it). Okay, that's enough of that. I am going to get something fabulous to eat and then I am going to come back here in a much better mood.
Posted by Maria at July 11, 2003 11:15 AM | TrackBackI completely agree with you Maria. There are many more important issues in the world than the dubious talent of a skinny white boy and a fat black guy. I haven't watched any of the American Idol programs and probably won't. I have much more important things to do, like weed my garden and listen to the birds serenading the setting sun. TV is really pissing me off lately. There just isn't anything to watch anymore. Most of it is stupid 1/2 hour sit-coms or junk aimed at teenagers and couch potatoes that will watch anything so that they don't have to go outside and acutally move their limbs around a little!! There. That's MY rant for the day. Thanks for listening.
Posted by: mom-type person at July 11, 2003 01:30 PMCSI Miami is fabulous!!!!!
I am a self proclaimed TV junkie but take no offense at anyone who says TV is crap, I agree, but man do I love it.
When I was 7 and my brother was 9, my father got so fed up trying to drag us away from the lure of the television that he yanked it out of the wall and threw it in a dumpster. From then on, tv was something I watched at friends houses, but never in my own house. My dad says that was the best christmas we ever had in our house because none of us complained about the presents we got or cried when we didn't get the newest thing we'd seen on tv. We eventually got another tv and were allowed to watch movies on the vcr, but the elimination of regular tv broadcasting from our lives was no great loss. We all developed talents, artistically, musically, reading, writing. I think too much time in front of the tv (especially for children) is cerebrally unhealthy and I also think that tv is pretty vulgar a lot of the time and conditions people on a frightening level. But I also really enjoy watching tv now that I'm an adult and I work all day and it's nice to veg out and be entertained. There are a lot of good shows on and I'm a food network addict (I don't know why I never get tired of watching people cook). All the same, I intend to raise my kids the same my parents raised me. On a tight leash when it comes to the tube.
Posted by: Maria at July 11, 2003 03:00 PMMaria,
where have you been ???
not the same without you!!
Sincerely,
Gordon
I've been here silly! I haven't visited Geoff's much lately, though I did go take a look after hearing from you. I see you and jon are still enjoying flaming eachother. No pun intended. LOL! I've never seen so much macho homo-eroticism...
Posted by: Maria at July 15, 2003 07:08 PM