Feeling kind of sad....just listen
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Pieces From Class
Even though it's almost time for art class again this week - I thought I would post the pieces I did last week...
All of these are watercolor, abstract (obviously) done on 300lb rough paper. I've only been using watercolors for about 6 months (I usually paint with oils) but I'm already becoming a materials snob. If you had told me that I'd be paying $14 for a sheet of paper - I would have told you that you were crazy. Let me know what you think....
All of these are watercolor, abstract (obviously) done on 300lb rough paper. I've only been using watercolors for about 6 months (I usually paint with oils) but I'm already becoming a materials snob. If you had told me that I'd be paying $14 for a sheet of paper - I would have told you that you were crazy. Let me know what you think....
Monday, October 29, 2007
Comments
Comments are the life blood of blogging. When I get a new comment I get all warm and tingly. Even if I don't agree with the comment it's great to know that someone has read what is currently falling out of my brain. I try to comment on all the blogs I read. Sometimes I can't, but I try like hell. Especially for people like Kim, ADW, George, Casdok and Victoria.
Now my friend Janedoepa that I met over on the NIN blog has a livejournal. I find it incredibly frustrating to comment on her blog. I always look anonymous...sigh. Anyone who knows me knows I HATE being anonymous!!! So Jane - if you are reading I want you to know that I read you EVERY DAY. I'll try to figure out the damn comment thing, I promise.
OK so the point of my small rant here is that according to my site meter I've got people all over the world looking at my blog - I would love it if those people would comment. I'm especially interested in how they found me. When I comment somewhere new I usually try to say "found you through....." just in case they were curious.
OK the painting I am working on is probably dry by now. Back to the art table.
Now my friend Janedoepa that I met over on the NIN blog has a livejournal. I find it incredibly frustrating to comment on her blog. I always look anonymous...sigh. Anyone who knows me knows I HATE being anonymous!!! So Jane - if you are reading I want you to know that I read you EVERY DAY. I'll try to figure out the damn comment thing, I promise.
OK so the point of my small rant here is that according to my site meter I've got people all over the world looking at my blog - I would love it if those people would comment. I'm especially interested in how they found me. When I comment somewhere new I usually try to say "found you through....." just in case they were curious.
OK the painting I am working on is probably dry by now. Back to the art table.
Champions Again
So we did it. We won the World Series again. This is the second time in 4 years. If you aren't from Boston or haven't at some point in time adopted the Red Sox as your team then you simply cannot fathom the heartbreak (unless you are a Cubs fan) that we have endured over the years. That being said - this win doesn't have the feel that 2004 win did - how could it? We weren't breaking a curse, we weren't proving the critics wrong, nor were we trying to exorcise the ghost of Billy Buckner.
I think the Rockies were a good team that were hurt by the 8 day layoff. The Sox had the momentum of just playing a 7 game series that they came back to win after being down 3 games. It's almost impossible to break that kind of momentum no matter who you are.
Now here is where my liberal, social work, democratic tendencies come screaming out. I hate the long panning shots of the dugout showing the losing team trying their best not to cry on national tv. I hate it that someone actually has to lose. Yes - I know it's a game blah blah blah but still - I can't help but feel bad.
Except for the Yankees - I never feel bad for the Yankees.
That brings me to the next thing. A-Rod opted out of his contract. There have been rumors flying around that we might try to sign him. This would be a very bad idea. Red Sox Nation would not accept Mr Rodriquez - not at all. Surprisingly this has little to do with him being a Yankee and more to do with the kind of guy he is. You could bring almost anyone over from the Yankees and I think we'd be fine with it. Hell, I think you could bring Damon back and we'd be fine with it (if not ecstatic) but A-Rod? No way.
Plus he plays third base - that's Mike Lowell's position and we need Mike Lowell (as I've said hundreds of times already).
By the way - there are a lot of happy Jordan's Furniture customers after last night. I think the only people who aren't too happy are the people at the insurance company who agreed to take on this deal.
I think the Rockies were a good team that were hurt by the 8 day layoff. The Sox had the momentum of just playing a 7 game series that they came back to win after being down 3 games. It's almost impossible to break that kind of momentum no matter who you are.
Now here is where my liberal, social work, democratic tendencies come screaming out. I hate the long panning shots of the dugout showing the losing team trying their best not to cry on national tv. I hate it that someone actually has to lose. Yes - I know it's a game blah blah blah but still - I can't help but feel bad.
Except for the Yankees - I never feel bad for the Yankees.
That brings me to the next thing. A-Rod opted out of his contract. There have been rumors flying around that we might try to sign him. This would be a very bad idea. Red Sox Nation would not accept Mr Rodriquez - not at all. Surprisingly this has little to do with him being a Yankee and more to do with the kind of guy he is. You could bring almost anyone over from the Yankees and I think we'd be fine with it. Hell, I think you could bring Damon back and we'd be fine with it (if not ecstatic) but A-Rod? No way.
Plus he plays third base - that's Mike Lowell's position and we need Mike Lowell (as I've said hundreds of times already).
By the way - there are a lot of happy Jordan's Furniture customers after last night. I think the only people who aren't too happy are the people at the insurance company who agreed to take on this deal.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
The History Of The Veterans Administration
Right now I'm digging into the history of the VA for my thesis. All I can say is WOW - what a freakin mess. At one point during the end of WWI Veterans benefits were administered by 5 different agencies within the Federal Government: Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Federal Board for Vocational Education, The Public Health Service, National Homes For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and Bureau of Pensions.
Here's a fact that will shock you - due to poor planning and mismanagement of funds the Bureau of War Risk Management that was supposed to administer payments for total disability or injuries received in military service to soldiers or monthly payments to help support their dependants fell behind in their payments. Vocational education had only rehabbed 32 soldiers and even though the Civil War introduced over 5 million new vets into the system Public Health only had 7200 beds. Does this sound familiar?
Three of these agencies - War Risk Management, Vocational Education and Public Health were finally consolidated to form the Veterans' Bureau (VB).
Here is one of the most disturbing facts I have found - President Warren G. Harding appointed Charles R. Forbes as director of the Veterans Bureau. Charles R. Forbes was a friend of Harding's and unqualified for the job. Forbes stole or squandered over 200 million dollars of VB money. He was forced to resign and spent 2 years in jail for defrauding the Federal Government.
So basically our Vets have been getting the shaft since the inception of the agency that was meant to help them.....we should all be so proud.
Last night during the game Major League Baseball starting running commercials for this organization. It seems that the only option right now is to make a monetary donation (still a good option) but it looks like there will be more ways to help in the future.
When Abraham Lincoln was president he used these words; "to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and orphan". These words are all over the VA site - I wonder if they really know what that means.
In my research I've seen a lot of different ways that the government disrespects both soldiers and families of soldiers. My family has personal experience (a story for another day) with this also. But this not taking care of our Veterans from any way - it's just disgusting. We are the richest nation in the world correct? Why can't our Federal Government (both parties) get their heads out of their collective asses and get this right? Can't they see how important this is?
Grrrrrr this shit pisses me off. I love my country but it's at times like these that I am not very proud of my country and how we handle certain important things.
Here's a fact that will shock you - due to poor planning and mismanagement of funds the Bureau of War Risk Management that was supposed to administer payments for total disability or injuries received in military service to soldiers or monthly payments to help support their dependants fell behind in their payments. Vocational education had only rehabbed 32 soldiers and even though the Civil War introduced over 5 million new vets into the system Public Health only had 7200 beds. Does this sound familiar?
Three of these agencies - War Risk Management, Vocational Education and Public Health were finally consolidated to form the Veterans' Bureau (VB).
Here is one of the most disturbing facts I have found - President Warren G. Harding appointed Charles R. Forbes as director of the Veterans Bureau. Charles R. Forbes was a friend of Harding's and unqualified for the job. Forbes stole or squandered over 200 million dollars of VB money. He was forced to resign and spent 2 years in jail for defrauding the Federal Government.
So basically our Vets have been getting the shaft since the inception of the agency that was meant to help them.....we should all be so proud.
Last night during the game Major League Baseball starting running commercials for this organization. It seems that the only option right now is to make a monetary donation (still a good option) but it looks like there will be more ways to help in the future.
When Abraham Lincoln was president he used these words; "to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and orphan". These words are all over the VA site - I wonder if they really know what that means.
In my research I've seen a lot of different ways that the government disrespects both soldiers and families of soldiers. My family has personal experience (a story for another day) with this also. But this not taking care of our Veterans from any way - it's just disgusting. We are the richest nation in the world correct? Why can't our Federal Government (both parties) get their heads out of their collective asses and get this right? Can't they see how important this is?
Grrrrrr this shit pisses me off. I love my country but it's at times like these that I am not very proud of my country and how we handle certain important things.
Postsecret
Every Sunday PostSecret updates it's "Sunday Secrets". Click on the link and check it out. If you aren't familiar with what Post Secret is - it's basically an avenue for people to confess deep dark secrets in a completely anonymous way. People send post cards and then some of them are posted. It's fascinating. They have also put out 4-5 books that have all of the post cards - even those not up on the site.
Check it out - you may find one of your secrets up there - and it may just make you feel better about it.
Check it out - you may find one of your secrets up there - and it may just make you feel better about it.
We Are Up 3 Games to Zip
The Red Sox have the chance to win the World Series tonight. I have to say I really hope that they do because these 8:30 pm starts are fucking killing me. I am going into work like a dead woman. I'm already having enough trouble with my job - the last thing I need is an excuse to fall asleep at my desk.
It got a little sketchy tonight - but they pulled it out in the end 10-5. Colorado made a great come back attempt (I mean that seriously) but in the end we just out hit them. Dice-K got the win and Papelbon got the save.
Tomorrow night's starting pitcher is Jon Lester. Lester is currently in remission from anaplastic large cell lymphoma. I think it would be fabulous if he came in a pitched his ass off and won the final game of the World Series for the Sox.
Mike Lowell stole third base tonight. I'm always amazed by that. It seems that it should be an easy out for the catcher but the Colorado catcher didn't even get a throw off.
Theo Epstein (Sox GM) was quoted as saying that signing Mike Lowell was a "priority" and he was sure that somethingw would be able to be worked out. It better be. Letting him go or worse yet going after A-Rod would be huge mistakes. Alex Rodriquez is a pompous asshole who has no place on the Red Sox. None at all. You hear me Theo? Don't be a shithead. SIGN MIKE LOWELL.
It got a little sketchy tonight - but they pulled it out in the end 10-5. Colorado made a great come back attempt (I mean that seriously) but in the end we just out hit them. Dice-K got the win and Papelbon got the save.
Tomorrow night's starting pitcher is Jon Lester. Lester is currently in remission from anaplastic large cell lymphoma. I think it would be fabulous if he came in a pitched his ass off and won the final game of the World Series for the Sox.
Mike Lowell stole third base tonight. I'm always amazed by that. It seems that it should be an easy out for the catcher but the Colorado catcher didn't even get a throw off.
Theo Epstein (Sox GM) was quoted as saying that signing Mike Lowell was a "priority" and he was sure that somethingw would be able to be worked out. It better be. Letting him go or worse yet going after A-Rod would be huge mistakes. Alex Rodriquez is a pompous asshole who has no place on the Red Sox. None at all. You hear me Theo? Don't be a shithead. SIGN MIKE LOWELL.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
This Call Is Being Recorded
So as I mentioned a trillion times I am in school finally finishing my undergraduate degree. This is my last semester and we are working on a thesis. Your thesis is a big project and you have to do tons of research. Not just regular research out of a book but interviews, experiential etc. All the kind of research that you might do if your paper was going to be published.
So with that in mind I am doing some interviews over the phone. Anyone who has done this knows how hard it is to ask questions, listen to the answers, write everything down and keep the interview moving along. So on the advice of my thesis group I went out and bought this nifty little device.
All you have to do is to hook this into your phone and then hook up a tape recorder to the other end and before you know it you are taping your phone calls. The best/worst part is the other person has no idea. I called my sister and she said that there was no way to tell on her end that she was being taped.I don't know about you but I find it creepy that for under $100 I can take everything that is said on my phone - or worse that I could be being taped without my knowledge.
Just a reminder it is absolutely illegal to tape someone's phone calls without their consent. Of course I will be telling all of my subjects in advance that they are being recorded and will immediately shut it down if they don't want to be recorded.
I mean who do you think I am? George Bush?
And let's not forget GO SOX!!!
13-1
Now one might think that after winning the first game of the world series by such a large margin that Boston fans would be happy as pigs in shit and bragging all over the Commonwealth about how we are going to take the series in 4 straight games.
A true Boston fan knows not to EVER do things like this. A true Boston fan has had their heart stomped on by the Red Sox on more than one occasion. Now, as of late, they have been fabulous ~ but I'm not going to get ahead of myself.
For now I'll just say good job Josh and the rest of the guy. Let's keep it up for tomorrow.
Oh and can someone tell me where I sign up to have Josh Beckett's babies?
A true Boston fan knows not to EVER do things like this. A true Boston fan has had their heart stomped on by the Red Sox on more than one occasion. Now, as of late, they have been fabulous ~ but I'm not going to get ahead of myself.
For now I'll just say good job Josh and the rest of the guy. Let's keep it up for tomorrow.
Oh and can someone tell me where I sign up to have Josh Beckett's babies?
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Game 1
Becketts on the mound - supposedly Colorado is pitching their "ace"
We'll see.........I can freakin WAIT!!!
I'm sure you'll hear from me during the game.
We'll see.........I can freakin WAIT!!!
I'm sure you'll hear from me during the game.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Just Some Questions
Here are some random things from my brain:
What happened to Jacob Dylan and The Wallflowers? They came out with a kick ass first record...and then nothing.
Can you fucking believe that Tom Petty was 57 on Saturday?
Does anyone else think that it is ironic that Rosanne Barr is chastising Britney Spears on her mother skills?
Does anyone really want to hear the Spice Girls song? Apparently yes - the tickets for their reunion show sold out in something like 31 seconds....unbelievable.
I have two Panera Bread cafe's within one mile of me. Why can't I get decent fucking service at either of them? They have this asinine system where the person who takes your order - then goes and fills it. So you are left standing there - usually with a huge line behind you while they meander over to get your lemon-aid or bagel. Thankfully they leave the big orders for the "kitchen" thing they have going on. Every time I go there I want to grab the manager and scream at them "don't you see how fucking inefficient this is"? But I don't. And the best was today - I was in there getting scone and the woman who was getting my lemon aid was busy talking to the girl at the register about how the great comment that got mailed in about her was put up at some company meeting. This is while she is supposed to be getting me my drink and she hands it to me while she is still talking to her and never looks at me. The kicker is this woman was well over 50 so I can't even blame it on "those damn kids". She won't be getting any fucking great comment from me. Bitch.
Is anyone else disgusted that we spent 40 million on the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky investigations but only spent 15 million on the 9/11 Commission? Good to know we have our priorities right.
This is an excellent breakdown of the World Series.
Is new TV as bad as it really seems? Literally the only show I watch now is Bones on Tuesday nights. That's a great show.
I've decided that when you get labeled a bad driver they actually make you move Rhode Island. Does anyone in that fucking state know how to drive?
Somehow this doesn't make me feel any better. Is there anyway to fast forward time?
Does anyone really care that Dumbledor is gay? Did it matter in any of the stories?
Is it wrong that I agree with ADW that using your femine "wiles' (In my case cleavage) to get things from men (and sometimes women)? No I didn't think it was wrong either.
This is one of my most favorite blogs. I read it everyday. It's an honest day to day view of what a life is like with a child who is autistic.
OK kids - that's all I got tonight. Be good.
What happened to Jacob Dylan and The Wallflowers? They came out with a kick ass first record...and then nothing.
Can you fucking believe that Tom Petty was 57 on Saturday?
Does anyone else think that it is ironic that Rosanne Barr is chastising Britney Spears on her mother skills?
Does anyone really want to hear the Spice Girls song? Apparently yes - the tickets for their reunion show sold out in something like 31 seconds....unbelievable.
I have two Panera Bread cafe's within one mile of me. Why can't I get decent fucking service at either of them? They have this asinine system where the person who takes your order - then goes and fills it. So you are left standing there - usually with a huge line behind you while they meander over to get your lemon-aid or bagel. Thankfully they leave the big orders for the "kitchen" thing they have going on. Every time I go there I want to grab the manager and scream at them "don't you see how fucking inefficient this is"? But I don't. And the best was today - I was in there getting scone and the woman who was getting my lemon aid was busy talking to the girl at the register about how the great comment that got mailed in about her was put up at some company meeting. This is while she is supposed to be getting me my drink and she hands it to me while she is still talking to her and never looks at me. The kicker is this woman was well over 50 so I can't even blame it on "those damn kids". She won't be getting any fucking great comment from me. Bitch.
Is anyone else disgusted that we spent 40 million on the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky investigations but only spent 15 million on the 9/11 Commission? Good to know we have our priorities right.
This is an excellent breakdown of the World Series.
Is new TV as bad as it really seems? Literally the only show I watch now is Bones on Tuesday nights. That's a great show.
I've decided that when you get labeled a bad driver they actually make you move Rhode Island. Does anyone in that fucking state know how to drive?
Somehow this doesn't make me feel any better. Is there anyway to fast forward time?
Does anyone really care that Dumbledor is gay? Did it matter in any of the stories?
Is it wrong that I agree with ADW that using your femine "wiles' (In my case cleavage) to get things from men (and sometimes women)? No I didn't think it was wrong either.
This is one of my most favorite blogs. I read it everyday. It's an honest day to day view of what a life is like with a child who is autistic.
OK kids - that's all I got tonight. Be good.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Bring Em' On
So it's taken me a while to post and I'm sure you've all heard but just in case you haven't the Red Sox are going to the freakin World SeriesAll photos taken from boston.com
I don't think I really have to write anything - these pictures certainly say it all.
Yup - I'm in love.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Sweet Justice
Ok so I was wrong about Gagne - he actually did a great job.
The best part is Garko or whatever his name is made the last out. Was Fenway quiet enough for you? Jackass.
The best part is Garko or whatever his name is made the last out. Was Fenway quiet enough for you? Jackass.
I'm Still Not Comfortable
Yes it's the 9th inning
Yes we are up a ridiculous amount of runs
No I am still not comfortable with them bringing Gagne in - the man shouldn't be anywhere near a pitchers mound. Why not Okajima or Papelbon?
Why Terry?? Why Why Why???
Yes we are up a ridiculous amount of runs
No I am still not comfortable with them bringing Gagne in - the man shouldn't be anywhere near a pitchers mound. Why not Okajima or Papelbon?
Why Terry?? Why Why Why???
7 Strong From Schilling
Bottom of the 7th and Schilling looks good. Let me be clear - he looks good but he is in now way the old Schilling. I would imagine this is his last inning. Maybe Francona will let him start the 8th just so he can go out in front of the fans. That might be a nice thing to do.
Have you ever tried to write a paper while you are watching baseball? It's not easy but I'm proving it can be done. Thank goodness it's only a draft.
OK so it's 10-2. Things are looking good for tomorrow night.
Take that Garko you jackass. Silence Red Sox Nation in their own house INDEED!!!
Have you ever tried to write a paper while you are watching baseball? It's not easy but I'm proving it can be done. Thank goodness it's only a draft.
OK so it's 10-2. Things are looking good for tomorrow night.
Take that Garko you jackass. Silence Red Sox Nation in their own house INDEED!!!
6-1
And the Cleveland pitcher is out of the game at the top of the third.....
Oh wait now it's 8-1!!!
Oh wait now it's 8-1!!!
Grand Slam!
First inning bases loaded and J.D. Drew hits a grand slam.......THANK GOD. At the end of the first we are up 4-0.
More to come....
More to come....
Friday, October 19, 2007
Blog Friends Are The BEST
Victoria one of my Blog Buddies (or bluddies as adw would say) gave me great advice and told me to change my browser from Safari to Firefox on my Mac and that some of the things I was bitching about would work. She was right! As you noticed I put in two links which I couldn't do with Safari.
Ok Thesis meeting on Sunday - need to get back to it. It's pouring rain here and I love that sound. I'm dog sitting for friends while they are in Miami at the Pat's game. The house is great, the dogs are great and best of all it's quiet. I also get paid pretty well - but that's neither here nor there. I can spread out my stuff get some work done - the phone doesn't ring (well if it does I don't have to answer it) and for some reason the TV is screwed up so I can't watch it (this is a very very good thing).
I do however have to go into work tomorrow morning which sucks major ass. The only good thing is that I am going in the direction anyway to a cooking class in the am.
I hope that everyone has a great weekend.
Ok Thesis meeting on Sunday - need to get back to it. It's pouring rain here and I love that sound. I'm dog sitting for friends while they are in Miami at the Pat's game. The house is great, the dogs are great and best of all it's quiet. I also get paid pretty well - but that's neither here nor there. I can spread out my stuff get some work done - the phone doesn't ring (well if it does I don't have to answer it) and for some reason the TV is screwed up so I can't watch it (this is a very very good thing).
I do however have to go into work tomorrow morning which sucks major ass. The only good thing is that I am going in the direction anyway to a cooking class in the am.
I hope that everyone has a great weekend.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
I Wasn't Going To Vote For Him Anyway
Good thing Obama wasn't at the top of my list - now that I find out he's related to Satan's father Dick Cheney there is no way I can vote for him. Yes yes I know it's something like 8th cousins once removed or something like that. I don't care! He's not getting my vote.
Who is you ask? Sigh - probably Hillary but I don't know yet. I am still undecided.
Just a quick follow up on the union meeting. It went pretty well. The one employee took his $1800 check with a smile on his face (of course he did) and out of the four other grievances only one really had any merit. The best part is we were trying to decipher one of the grievances (me, plant manager, shop steward and union business agent) and we could not figure out who he was talking about when he alluded to someone getting "his" overtime. So we brought him in to explain.
The first grievance was because when he came into work on Monday there was too much work (I'm not kidding) and he thought he should have been called in on Sunday (double time) because he had to work really hard all day to catch up. Can you believe this shit?
The second grievance (same guy) was about the "fork lift driver" getting his overtime. It made no sense and the guy he was complaining about has seniority. Which automatically negates any claim of overtime. So what does this guy do when he hears he's losing both? He threatens to go back to his "old job". Right now he is currently covering a position for someone who is out sick. In this position he makes about .60 more an hour and works anywhere from 20-30 hours of OT. In his old position he gets less money and a lot less overtime - but he's going to teach us a lesson and go back to his old position. Good job - I'm sure your family will be thrilled with the cut in pay. Even the union steward was blown away by this and finally told the guy to get out of the office. If it wasn't so sad it would be funny.
10pm and I can barely keep my eyes open....DAMN YOU RED SOX!!
And DAMN YOU BLOGGER for being so Mac unfriendly. Sometimes I can upload pictures - sometimes I can't. None of the italics, bold or underline work on my mac and you can't spell check. It's starting to piss me off.
C'mon get with the freakin program - it's not like Macs came out yesterday.
Who is you ask? Sigh - probably Hillary but I don't know yet. I am still undecided.
Just a quick follow up on the union meeting. It went pretty well. The one employee took his $1800 check with a smile on his face (of course he did) and out of the four other grievances only one really had any merit. The best part is we were trying to decipher one of the grievances (me, plant manager, shop steward and union business agent) and we could not figure out who he was talking about when he alluded to someone getting "his" overtime. So we brought him in to explain.
The first grievance was because when he came into work on Monday there was too much work (I'm not kidding) and he thought he should have been called in on Sunday (double time) because he had to work really hard all day to catch up. Can you believe this shit?
The second grievance (same guy) was about the "fork lift driver" getting his overtime. It made no sense and the guy he was complaining about has seniority. Which automatically negates any claim of overtime. So what does this guy do when he hears he's losing both? He threatens to go back to his "old job". Right now he is currently covering a position for someone who is out sick. In this position he makes about .60 more an hour and works anywhere from 20-30 hours of OT. In his old position he gets less money and a lot less overtime - but he's going to teach us a lesson and go back to his old position. Good job - I'm sure your family will be thrilled with the cut in pay. Even the union steward was blown away by this and finally told the guy to get out of the office. If it wasn't so sad it would be funny.
10pm and I can barely keep my eyes open....DAMN YOU RED SOX!!
And DAMN YOU BLOGGER for being so Mac unfriendly. Sometimes I can upload pictures - sometimes I can't. None of the italics, bold or underline work on my mac and you can't spell check. It's starting to piss me off.
C'mon get with the freakin program - it's not like Macs came out yesterday.
Brutal
Ok so last night was brutal. Yes we got three back to back to back home runs but in the end it didn't really help. Cleveland is on fire and that doesn't bode well for the sox. They cannot expect Beckett to take care of the whole series. The guy can only pitch so many games. They actually thought about pitching him last night - I'm glad they didn't it wouldn't have been enough rest.
Although I try not to blog about work I just have to mention that I have union grievance meeting this morning. Let me be clear - I'm a Democrat and am pro-union. But this union is enough to turn anyone into a Republican. I'm dealing with the Teamsters and although we have a fabulous business agent - the demands they make are ridiculous. Today we are paying off someone because it's cheaper to do that than to go to arbitration and take the chance of losing. They know it's cheaper and they know we'll eventually cave. That being said we don't get a ton of grievances but when we do they are like a dog on a bone.
I have a thesis meeting for school on Sunday. I'm feeling like I won't be ready. Maybe I need to spend more time working on my school work and less time in the clothing shops.
OK time to get to the meeting - aarrrggghhhh - I need a new job.
Although I try not to blog about work I just have to mention that I have union grievance meeting this morning. Let me be clear - I'm a Democrat and am pro-union. But this union is enough to turn anyone into a Republican. I'm dealing with the Teamsters and although we have a fabulous business agent - the demands they make are ridiculous. Today we are paying off someone because it's cheaper to do that than to go to arbitration and take the chance of losing. They know it's cheaper and they know we'll eventually cave. That being said we don't get a ton of grievances but when we do they are like a dog on a bone.
I have a thesis meeting for school on Sunday. I'm feeling like I won't be ready. Maybe I need to spend more time working on my school work and less time in the clothing shops.
OK time to get to the meeting - aarrrggghhhh - I need a new job.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Ohhhhh Shit
It's the bottom of the 5th and Wakefield is looking tired. Why have none of our starters (except for Beckett) been able to go past 5 innings without any issues? The inning started off with a home run - now there are runners at the corners with one out. Ohhhhhh boy Ukelis just juggled the ball - luckily it's foul so the runner at third has to go back.
We are using our bullpen way too much.
I think George may have been right when he said that washing my lucky Beckett shirt was a mistake.....I'm not wearing it tonight although it doesn't seem to matter. Case in point - Wakefield just got got his glove on the ball and screwed up Pedroia's play. That could have ended the inning - you can't blame Wake though it's all reaction when you see a ball coming at you.
I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to watch the rest - if I see one more freakin towel that says "It's Tribe Time" on it I'm going to lose it.
Yayyyy Wakefield just struck Travis out. 2 outs.
Oritz and Ramirez are up in the next inning.....say a little prayer.
We are using our bullpen way too much.
I think George may have been right when he said that washing my lucky Beckett shirt was a mistake.....I'm not wearing it tonight although it doesn't seem to matter. Case in point - Wakefield just got got his glove on the ball and screwed up Pedroia's play. That could have ended the inning - you can't blame Wake though it's all reaction when you see a ball coming at you.
I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to watch the rest - if I see one more freakin towel that says "It's Tribe Time" on it I'm going to lose it.
Yayyyy Wakefield just struck Travis out. 2 outs.
Oritz and Ramirez are up in the next inning.....say a little prayer.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Catch Up
Won $20 on the Pat's game yesterday from our plant manager- should the HR Manager be gambling with employees? Probably not but I seriously do not give a shit. My job is slowly killing me - I'm not going to get into it because as an HR Manager I read legal stuff daily on people getting fired for blogging about work - even if the stuff that they are writing about is true. Even though I'm unhappy at work - I do not want to be unemployed. Tonight I have to go to a business dinner with the VP of Sales and our new Outside Sales person. I like the VP and he's a huge Red Sox fan so I know the dinner will be short. I just keep thinking that I only have to hang on until May because that's when my degree is finished and it opens up a lot more opportunities for me.
I'm going to be a total girl for a minute I have new clothes on and new shoes and I love them......I'm a real casual dresser and I'm always pushing the limits at work as to what is acceptable. I figured it might be time to step it up a bit. So today I got a lot of "where are you going after work?" and the inevitable "do you have a job interview?" (Don't I wish!) It's kind of funny to watch people's reactions.
I'm incredibly stressed out about school. I have a meeting with my thesis group and our advisor on Sunday and we are supposed to have our introduction read and an outline of the rest of our work. My introduction is pretty done - but I need to get to work on my outline. I had a dream Saturday night that I had double booked my thesis presentation - it was one of those dreams where you run around and no one will help you. Lots of people smiling and saying it will be ok but no one really doing anything. I woke up so stressed out - so I did what any normal girl does when she is stressed. Went and spent $260 on clothes - this is after the $100 I spent on Saturday. It was a banner weekend in the shopping dept. The funny thing is I hate to shop - but it's in those moments of whipping through the racks and getting in and out of the store in 45 minutes that I know I am truly my mother's daughter.\
The Red Sox are 1-1 and they play tonight. C'mon Dice K we need this win.
I'm going to be a total girl for a minute I have new clothes on and new shoes and I love them......I'm a real casual dresser and I'm always pushing the limits at work as to what is acceptable. I figured it might be time to step it up a bit. So today I got a lot of "where are you going after work?" and the inevitable "do you have a job interview?" (Don't I wish!) It's kind of funny to watch people's reactions.
I'm incredibly stressed out about school. I have a meeting with my thesis group and our advisor on Sunday and we are supposed to have our introduction read and an outline of the rest of our work. My introduction is pretty done - but I need to get to work on my outline. I had a dream Saturday night that I had double booked my thesis presentation - it was one of those dreams where you run around and no one will help you. Lots of people smiling and saying it will be ok but no one really doing anything. I woke up so stressed out - so I did what any normal girl does when she is stressed. Went and spent $260 on clothes - this is after the $100 I spent on Saturday. It was a banner weekend in the shopping dept. The funny thing is I hate to shop - but it's in those moments of whipping through the racks and getting in and out of the store in 45 minutes that I know I am truly my mother's daughter.\
The Red Sox are 1-1 and they play tonight. C'mon Dice K we need this win.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Ninja - Back In The Day
Ask a Ninja is always good for some comic relief. I found this one particularly hysterical.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Arrrggggghhhh
The Red Sox lost last night in extra innings. I think it was my fault. I wasn't wearing my lucky Beckett shirt. Well that goes in the wash today so it can be worn tomorrow night.
I think Schilling is done as a pitcher. I thought he was done before last night but noooooo they move him up in the rotation because he's a "big game pitcher". Well so was the Cleveland pitcher (supposedly) and neither of them got past the 5th inning.
Schilling has put his house on the market - I think it's a big drama queen move to say to Theo "Oh boo hoo if you don't sign me I'll move." Uh buh-bye.
Eric Gagne has no business near a pitcher's mound every again. And for god's sake dude look in the freakin mirror. You have th worst facial hair and glasses I have ever seen.
Once again if Theo Epstein doesn't sign Mike Lowell he's a complete moron. (And this has nothing to do with his looks).
Why do they start these games at 8pm? Its one thing if you are home watching it safely tucked under a blanket but those poor kids who are their with their parents until 1am - can't be good.
Papelbon pitched 2 innings - his longest outing to date. He did his best - still didn't help.
Timlin pitched a great inning - didn't helpThe next three are in Cleveland but we'll be ok.
Friday, October 12, 2007
One Down!
Ok one game down in the Cleveland series. My boys Mike Lowell and Josh Beckett were fabulous.
Unfortunately for Cleveland never really had a chance.....
3 more wins and then it's on to the World Series
On a side note it has always pissed me off that we call the meeting of two American teams the "world" series. We do the same in basketball. It's typically American that we think because one of our teams beats another one of our teams then we must be the best in the world. I know Soccer hasn't really caught on here but at least the World Cup is really the World Cup.
Anyway - Manny (who is literally out in left field mentally and physically) made some great catches tonight, the bats were on fire and Beckett pitched 6 great innings.
Game #2 tomorrow night 8pm Fenway Park.
Go Red Sox !!!
Now there are many reasons to love the Red Sox but here are my top two:
My GOD these boys (or men) are smokin hot. If Theo Epstein doesn't sign Mike Lowell it'll be the biggest mistake he's ever made. The man is GOOD for baseball in Boston in so, so many ways.
My friend Kim keeps telling me that Josh Beckett looks like a chipmunk - but for me to comment on his looks that would mean I would have to be spending time looking at his face - and we all know that this isn't the case - ok well maybe just a little.
But this....this really does it for me:
Jesus Christ - Mike Lowell up against a fence....god DAMN
So anyway tonight we kick Cleveland's ass on the way to the World Series it's going to be a fun ride.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Thinking, Thinking, Thinking......
I woke up this morning thinking about my birthday. I suddenly occurred to me that I am going to be 40 years old in seven weeks. I feel like I maybe I should be freaked out by this... but I'm not. Do I wish that I finished up my degree a few years ago so I would be working in a different field right now? Yes. BUT that means I probably would still be in the wrong field. Right in line with that "no coincidences" thing that I completely believe in, Lesley University showed up in my life at the exact right time.
I also woke up thinking about Grad school. Right now I've got three schools I'm applying to. The first one is Sarah Lawrence in New York. They have the only Masters in Health Advocacy in the country. I'm planning on taking a ride up there and seeing what the campus is like. They don't have graduate housing and it sounds like the area is pretty expensive to live in - but they are still on my list. The second choice is Boston University. They have a dual degree program that is a Masters in Social Work and a Masters in Public Health that looks very interesting to me. The program is three years and you get your MSW after two and then continue on and get your MPH. The third one is Lesley but that really is my "safe" school. They say you should have a "reach" school and a "safe" school. I would love to apply to the JFK school of government for their Masters in Public Policy. It's a two year intensive program that makes you live on campus. The prospect of living in Cambridge for two years is very exciting to me. The only problem with this program is that you have to take the GRE's which are the Graduate Record Exams. I don't do well at standardized testing so am not sure how I would do with this. I'm going to take the practice test online and see how I do. If I do OK I may sit for it and give the JRK school a try.
I never in a million years thought I would be in this position where I would be worried about getting "accepted". It's a bit nerve wracking.
Anyone out there with any advice? Who am I kidding I'm just looking for someone to tell me what to do!
I also woke up thinking about Grad school. Right now I've got three schools I'm applying to. The first one is Sarah Lawrence in New York. They have the only Masters in Health Advocacy in the country. I'm planning on taking a ride up there and seeing what the campus is like. They don't have graduate housing and it sounds like the area is pretty expensive to live in - but they are still on my list. The second choice is Boston University. They have a dual degree program that is a Masters in Social Work and a Masters in Public Health that looks very interesting to me. The program is three years and you get your MSW after two and then continue on and get your MPH. The third one is Lesley but that really is my "safe" school. They say you should have a "reach" school and a "safe" school. I would love to apply to the JFK school of government for their Masters in Public Policy. It's a two year intensive program that makes you live on campus. The prospect of living in Cambridge for two years is very exciting to me. The only problem with this program is that you have to take the GRE's which are the Graduate Record Exams. I don't do well at standardized testing so am not sure how I would do with this. I'm going to take the practice test online and see how I do. If I do OK I may sit for it and give the JRK school a try.
I never in a million years thought I would be in this position where I would be worried about getting "accepted". It's a bit nerve wracking.
Anyone out there with any advice? Who am I kidding I'm just looking for someone to tell me what to do!
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Trent Love
I was looking back and I realized that there hasn't been nearly enough Trent love in the past month or so. This is a perfect example of why I love this man. He just gave the whole music business the finger. No one's getting rich off of Trent's music except Trent (the way it should be).
Even disheveled he's hot........
Not really anything more to say...just really wanted to look. yummy
And finally...
Christ - what is it about a scowling man that makes him so hot?
And that Aaron North....the blog police would arrest me if I printed what I wanted to do to him.
This entire page is dedicated to Janedoepa
I Know I Shouldn't Laugh.....
I work in the brass and copper manufacturing sector. Due to the fluctuating cost of copper we have been robbed three times. Thankfully no one has been hurt. So you can imagine my giddiness when I read something like this.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Research and the VA
I've spent all day researching for my thesis. I knew that the subject of Veterans returning from war would be a tough one to read about for hours on end. I knew I would end up pissed off (I did), I knew I would probably end up in tears (I did) and I knew that this sort of information would make me want to finish my degree faster and get out there into the world and do something to help.
Here are some facts that I learned today:
It's no surprise that the Veteran's Administration is chronically underfunded but did you know that this year both the House and the Senate want to change that? The House has set forth a bill that would give the VA a 43.2 BILLION increase and the Senate has a bill that would increase the budget by 42 BILLION. These increases are unheard of and certainly a step in the right direction. Instead of standing by his words of supporting the troops the White House has issued a statement that blasts both the House and the Senate for "excessive level of spending and other objectionable provisions" . OBJECTIONABLE PROVISIONS? What the hell are they talking about? Do they mean things like proper care for our traumatize soldiers? Do they mean proper rehab for our amputees? I'd like to know what is so objectionable about increasing the budget of the government agency that is probably being used the most heavily right now. According to statistics only 7.4 million out of 24 million Vets use the VA services. What happens is they all decide to sign up? We tell them thanks for playing but there is no money? Great - really something to be proud of.
We are spending 12 Billion a month on Iraq/Afghanistan
The man who up until recently was running the VA - Secretary Jim Nicholson was caught twice by the Government Accountability Office for "cooking the books" of the VA. First they found that he had not delivered over 50 million dollars into the VA mental health budget (where did it go??) and then he made up savings and requested less money than the VA truly needed for health care. He was cited by the GAO as misleading congress and said he based the VA budget requests on "unrealistic assumptions, error in estimation and insufficient data" which cause massive budget shortfalls.
Let's hear it for yet another STELLAR Bush appointment. I mean the guy was the ambassador to the Vatican for three years - of course he can run the Veterans Administration. What a jackass.
You will hear Bush (another jackass) say that the VA budget has increased anywhere from 77-87% in the last 6 years. This is true if you don't count things like inflation - employee pay raises and the increased number of vets seeking service. If you count those, the numbers are actually in the negatives.
VA budget funding (with the exception of the veterans disability compensation) is part of the discretionary budget. The numbers that they are using to request money are at least two years old. Think of all the things that have happened in the last two years and all of the vets that have been looking for service in those two years who are new to the system. If the VA was part of the mandatory budget system then managers or directors would have to show their budgets quarterly and an equation would be used based on those numbers. Come budget time the equation would be used and the budget would automatically be set to a number that would cover expenses.
Sounds pretty obvious doesn't it? Currently there is a bill in Congress H.R. 2514 - which would make the VA part of the mandatory budget system. But as Larry Scott from www.vawatchdog.org says "It doesn't have a snowballs chance in hell of passing". Mostly because if the VA's budget becomes mandatory then congress either has to take those funds out of something else (Star Wars anyone?) or they have to come up with "another revenue stream" that's Congress speak for raising taxes and since 2008 is an election year neither party is going to be raising taxes - even if it means saving a Veterans life. Does that sound dramatic and a little over the top? Well think about this - in the last ten years 13,700 vets have died waiting for services or waiting for their cases that had been on appeal to be heard.
The average wait right now for a decision on an initial VA claim for disability is 5.5 months. Do you know many people who can live for 5.5 months with no income? I sure as hell don't.
To rule on appeal takes on average three years (see end of above paragraph).
And finally here is a fact that blew me away: 40 million was spent for Whitewater and the Monica Lewinsky investigation, while only 15 million was spent on the 9/11 Commission. Nice huh?
Here are some facts that I learned today:
It's no surprise that the Veteran's Administration is chronically underfunded but did you know that this year both the House and the Senate want to change that? The House has set forth a bill that would give the VA a 43.2 BILLION increase and the Senate has a bill that would increase the budget by 42 BILLION. These increases are unheard of and certainly a step in the right direction. Instead of standing by his words of supporting the troops the White House has issued a statement that blasts both the House and the Senate for "excessive level of spending and other objectionable provisions" . OBJECTIONABLE PROVISIONS? What the hell are they talking about? Do they mean things like proper care for our traumatize soldiers? Do they mean proper rehab for our amputees? I'd like to know what is so objectionable about increasing the budget of the government agency that is probably being used the most heavily right now. According to statistics only 7.4 million out of 24 million Vets use the VA services. What happens is they all decide to sign up? We tell them thanks for playing but there is no money? Great - really something to be proud of.
We are spending 12 Billion a month on Iraq/Afghanistan
The man who up until recently was running the VA - Secretary Jim Nicholson was caught twice by the Government Accountability Office for "cooking the books" of the VA. First they found that he had not delivered over 50 million dollars into the VA mental health budget (where did it go??) and then he made up savings and requested less money than the VA truly needed for health care. He was cited by the GAO as misleading congress and said he based the VA budget requests on "unrealistic assumptions, error in estimation and insufficient data" which cause massive budget shortfalls.
Let's hear it for yet another STELLAR Bush appointment. I mean the guy was the ambassador to the Vatican for three years - of course he can run the Veterans Administration. What a jackass.
You will hear Bush (another jackass) say that the VA budget has increased anywhere from 77-87% in the last 6 years. This is true if you don't count things like inflation - employee pay raises and the increased number of vets seeking service. If you count those, the numbers are actually in the negatives.
VA budget funding (with the exception of the veterans disability compensation) is part of the discretionary budget. The numbers that they are using to request money are at least two years old. Think of all the things that have happened in the last two years and all of the vets that have been looking for service in those two years who are new to the system. If the VA was part of the mandatory budget system then managers or directors would have to show their budgets quarterly and an equation would be used based on those numbers. Come budget time the equation would be used and the budget would automatically be set to a number that would cover expenses.
Sounds pretty obvious doesn't it? Currently there is a bill in Congress H.R. 2514 - which would make the VA part of the mandatory budget system. But as Larry Scott from www.vawatchdog.org says "It doesn't have a snowballs chance in hell of passing". Mostly because if the VA's budget becomes mandatory then congress either has to take those funds out of something else (Star Wars anyone?) or they have to come up with "another revenue stream" that's Congress speak for raising taxes and since 2008 is an election year neither party is going to be raising taxes - even if it means saving a Veterans life. Does that sound dramatic and a little over the top? Well think about this - in the last ten years 13,700 vets have died waiting for services or waiting for their cases that had been on appeal to be heard.
The average wait right now for a decision on an initial VA claim for disability is 5.5 months. Do you know many people who can live for 5.5 months with no income? I sure as hell don't.
To rule on appeal takes on average three years (see end of above paragraph).
And finally here is a fact that blew me away: 40 million was spent for Whitewater and the Monica Lewinsky investigation, while only 15 million was spent on the 9/11 Commission. Nice huh?
Ebay
Ok so as much as I love my Mac - blogspot is not very Mac friendly, in fact it will not let you do one of those funky highlight the word and create a link.
I've just posted three paintings on ebay if you click on the title of the post it will take you to them. This is my first time listing anything - so be gentle.
Happy browsing!
I've just posted three paintings on ebay if you click on the title of the post it will take you to them. This is my first time listing anything - so be gentle.
Happy browsing!
Sunday, October 7, 2007
IPhoto
I'm a complete Mac girl ...I love all of their products (and I don't mean the makeup). I got a Macbook for school and love love love it. Last night I finally taught myself how to use iPhoto (yes instead of studying). I took a bunch of pictures of my work and edited them (cropped etc)- I really didn't do too much with the color because that really wouldn't be fair now would it. Here are some of my favorite pieces.
I love using black and blue together - it gives me the option of light and dark. If I had my druthers all of my work would be dark dark fall colors - but my art teacher keeps getting me to "stretch" and although I grumble about it I usually appreciate it more than she knows. I would say 95% of the time I am pleased with the outcome. One of the best things about watercolor is that you can just turn the paper over and use the other side - I love that!
You can't tell from this picture but this one is actually 5.5 inches wide and 15 inches long. I have to start paying more attention to the sizes. If I don't start standardizing them they are going to expensive to frame. Although you make that back if you sell them - I hate to have to pass on that cost to people. If you can just buy standard frames they are usually much less expensive and you can keep your prices low.
This one is considered "mixed-media" because the black I used is actually ink from a quill pen. I also used salt to get that effect in the blue which I think is pretty cool.
I'm so bummed that this one is a little blurry. Kim introduced me to these really cool wax like crayons and I sat down and did this one and this red and white one. I didn't crop that one fully because I like the ripped edges. Most of my work has those edges but I'm not sure if they are going to be framed to show the edges or not so I cropped them out for the most part.
Ok that's enough self promotion for tonight - I really do need to study.
I love using black and blue together - it gives me the option of light and dark. If I had my druthers all of my work would be dark dark fall colors - but my art teacher keeps getting me to "stretch" and although I grumble about it I usually appreciate it more than she knows. I would say 95% of the time I am pleased with the outcome. One of the best things about watercolor is that you can just turn the paper over and use the other side - I love that!
You can't tell from this picture but this one is actually 5.5 inches wide and 15 inches long. I have to start paying more attention to the sizes. If I don't start standardizing them they are going to expensive to frame. Although you make that back if you sell them - I hate to have to pass on that cost to people. If you can just buy standard frames they are usually much less expensive and you can keep your prices low.
This one is considered "mixed-media" because the black I used is actually ink from a quill pen. I also used salt to get that effect in the blue which I think is pretty cool.
I'm so bummed that this one is a little blurry. Kim introduced me to these really cool wax like crayons and I sat down and did this one and this red and white one. I didn't crop that one fully because I like the ripped edges. Most of my work has those edges but I'm not sure if they are going to be framed to show the edges or not so I cropped them out for the most part.
Ok that's enough self promotion for tonight - I really do need to study.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Art Class
Thursday nights are important to me. It's when I get to sit with a bunch of people that I love and make art. We have this great teacher who doesn't stand at the front of the class and "teach" as much as she wanders around and talks to us all. Sometimes commenting - sometimes questioning a choice you just made or sometimes just making that maddening sound of hmmmmmm. Which then leaves you to wonder - did she like it - did she hate it- should I change it? It's a challenging class and I have seen tremendous growth in all of the students. Our class used to be bigger but just like any situation the people who didn't really want to work that hard or be challenged that much have left. So we are left with a core group of people who really want to work hard. If you click on Art Class you get her blog - I still haven't figured out how to do the link thing with my mac.
Ever since I started painting I have worked quickly. While I watch some people in my class bring in the same piece 3-4 weeks in a row, I tend to do 2-3 pieces a night. Last Thursday was no excpetion. I created three pieces and I was really pretty happy with them all.
This is the first one that I did on Thursday night. I like it but not as much as some other work I've done. When Kim (our teacher) took a look at all three she said something like my first painting of the night is always like that first pancake that you make. It's ok but it's not great. I totally got what she meant about this. With school I hardly get to paint all week - so the first painting of the evening feels rusty and sometimes forced. Although I do have to say that this one I feel is better than most of my "first pancakes"
This is the second one I did. I really like it - but I've always been partial to green. And I love how the watercolors just kind of bleed into each other and create these soft edges. I never thought I'd be interested in anything but oil paints - now I'm not sure when I'll go back to those (although I'm sure I will)
Third and final and quite possibly the most interesting of the evening. I need to keep producing like this for the show in January which is now only something like 84 days a way. So technically I should be producing one painting a day.....oh boy. You can't tell from this picture but this one is slightly bigger. If you click on it you can really see the detail.
Ever since I started painting I have worked quickly. While I watch some people in my class bring in the same piece 3-4 weeks in a row, I tend to do 2-3 pieces a night. Last Thursday was no excpetion. I created three pieces and I was really pretty happy with them all.
This is the first one that I did on Thursday night. I like it but not as much as some other work I've done. When Kim (our teacher) took a look at all three she said something like my first painting of the night is always like that first pancake that you make. It's ok but it's not great. I totally got what she meant about this. With school I hardly get to paint all week - so the first painting of the evening feels rusty and sometimes forced. Although I do have to say that this one I feel is better than most of my "first pancakes"
This is the second one I did. I really like it - but I've always been partial to green. And I love how the watercolors just kind of bleed into each other and create these soft edges. I never thought I'd be interested in anything but oil paints - now I'm not sure when I'll go back to those (although I'm sure I will)Third and final and quite possibly the most interesting of the evening. I need to keep producing like this for the show in January which is now only something like 84 days a way. So technically I should be producing one painting a day.....oh boy. You can't tell from this picture but this one is slightly bigger. If you click on it you can really see the detail.
Friday, October 5, 2007
The Week In Review
Wow - it's been a long and strangely eventful week. I'm sure you are all just waiting to hear about it.....
* Second full week with my new boss. You can see him starting to spread his wings I think he's going to work out great. We need someone in his position with a bit of a firm hand and he's seems to be exhibiting just that. I spoke to him about staying on four days but switching my day off from Friday to Thursday and he was all for that. So I don't have to give up the four day workweek! yayyyyy
* I had my meeting at Lesley University with the Board of Trustees and it went great. I got to meet the new president who is all over the adult learning division. It really gave us an opportunity to educate people about the our program and having the president there was such a huge bonus. He is going to be great for our program.
* Josh Beckett pitched his cute little butt off on Wednesday night to take the first game of the Red Sox / Dodgers series. They play again tonight at 8:30pm with Dice-K on the mound........I'm worried about that. I'd like to see us sweep the series but I'm not sure if that will happen.
* The Yankees got CRUSHED last night 11-3. As a Boston fan you always love to see that. Although I'm not sure if I want the Yankees to lose the series entirely. If they win the series I want them to go in 5 so they are tired.
* I had an extremely productive art class last night and did a couple of pieces that I'm really proud of. I took pictures of most of the class's work and I'll post it when I get home later on.
Ok maybe the week wasn't so busy......then why the hell am I so tired.
* Second full week with my new boss. You can see him starting to spread his wings I think he's going to work out great. We need someone in his position with a bit of a firm hand and he's seems to be exhibiting just that. I spoke to him about staying on four days but switching my day off from Friday to Thursday and he was all for that. So I don't have to give up the four day workweek! yayyyyy
* I had my meeting at Lesley University with the Board of Trustees and it went great. I got to meet the new president who is all over the adult learning division. It really gave us an opportunity to educate people about the our program and having the president there was such a huge bonus. He is going to be great for our program.
* Josh Beckett pitched his cute little butt off on Wednesday night to take the first game of the Red Sox / Dodgers series. They play again tonight at 8:30pm with Dice-K on the mound........I'm worried about that. I'd like to see us sweep the series but I'm not sure if that will happen.
* The Yankees got CRUSHED last night 11-3. As a Boston fan you always love to see that. Although I'm not sure if I want the Yankees to lose the series entirely. If they win the series I want them to go in 5 so they are tired.
* I had an extremely productive art class last night and did a couple of pieces that I'm really proud of. I took pictures of most of the class's work and I'll post it when I get home later on.
Ok maybe the week wasn't so busy......then why the hell am I so tired.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Tomorrow and Settling Down
First of all....I'M HOME.....I was away this weekend but then dog sat last night. I love the dogs and the place I stay but it's nice to be at my house with my stuff. That in itself is an odd feeling for me. I used to be a complete gypsy. Sleeping different places (not like you think - ok well maybe a little) practically living out of my car while paying rent for an apartment I was hardly at. There was this complete restlessness that I just could never get rid of. I think a fear of commitment would be putting it lightly. I believe it worried my parents and made some of my friends scratch their heads - other friend's would just say "that's just Jenn". About 18 months ago I bought a cute little one bedroom condo kind of in between work and my family. Close enough that people can drop by if they are in the area but far enough away that it doens't happen all that much.
The first two months I owned this condo I was feeling like a cornered animal. I actually asked my mom at the end of the first month how long she thought I needed to hold on to this before I could sell it (she's in real estate) I thought she was going to have a small stroke. Of course now the market is down so I have to hold on to it and if I wanted to move I would probably have to just rent it out. The thought of being a landlord does absolutely nothing for me. Anyway it's kind of nice to not have to worry about repainting the walls, or not putting holes in the walls etc. I just put pergo floors in and they make the place look great. The only issue is that I'm already outgrowing the place. It helps that I am now doing mostly watercolors so I don't need the physical space that I did with oils but I know I'm going to eventutally go back to oils.
Right now I'm making decisions about Grad School. I've got three that are on my list so far. Boston University which has a great dual degree program of Masters of Social Work (Macro level) and Masters of Public Health - Sara Lawrence which has the only Masters in Health Advocacy in the country and Lesley which is an interdisciplinary degree wich I could do with a concentration in Health Advocacy. Lesley is my safe school - I'm about to graduate from there and I know the director of the program really well so I know I would get in. I never thought I'd have to deal with this whole "being accepted" thing again. It's kind of freaky.
So, speaking of school - I have been asked by the director of my current program to come to campus tomorrow and address the board of trustees about the program I'm in. I even went and bought a fancy new outfit becaue the director took one like at my clothes at residency (NIN t-shirt and long jeans shorts) and said "remember, you have to look board of trustees for this". Yeah, yeah, yeah - did she think I grew up in a barn? So these are the questions that I have to base my little speech around:
1. What brought me to LCB?
2. What is central to me about my learning experience in LCB and what was meaningful about it?
3. How did it differ from or build on my previous learning experiences?
4. What am I taking away from my experience?
I literally have no idea what I'm going to say - I'm sure something wil come to me.
ADW sent me some great questions that I will finally get to tomorrow.......
The first two months I owned this condo I was feeling like a cornered animal. I actually asked my mom at the end of the first month how long she thought I needed to hold on to this before I could sell it (she's in real estate) I thought she was going to have a small stroke. Of course now the market is down so I have to hold on to it and if I wanted to move I would probably have to just rent it out. The thought of being a landlord does absolutely nothing for me. Anyway it's kind of nice to not have to worry about repainting the walls, or not putting holes in the walls etc. I just put pergo floors in and they make the place look great. The only issue is that I'm already outgrowing the place. It helps that I am now doing mostly watercolors so I don't need the physical space that I did with oils but I know I'm going to eventutally go back to oils.
Right now I'm making decisions about Grad School. I've got three that are on my list so far. Boston University which has a great dual degree program of Masters of Social Work (Macro level) and Masters of Public Health - Sara Lawrence which has the only Masters in Health Advocacy in the country and Lesley which is an interdisciplinary degree wich I could do with a concentration in Health Advocacy. Lesley is my safe school - I'm about to graduate from there and I know the director of the program really well so I know I would get in. I never thought I'd have to deal with this whole "being accepted" thing again. It's kind of freaky.
So, speaking of school - I have been asked by the director of my current program to come to campus tomorrow and address the board of trustees about the program I'm in. I even went and bought a fancy new outfit becaue the director took one like at my clothes at residency (NIN t-shirt and long jeans shorts) and said "remember, you have to look board of trustees for this". Yeah, yeah, yeah - did she think I grew up in a barn? So these are the questions that I have to base my little speech around:
1. What brought me to LCB?
2. What is central to me about my learning experience in LCB and what was meaningful about it?
3. How did it differ from or build on my previous learning experiences?
4. What am I taking away from my experience?
I literally have no idea what I'm going to say - I'm sure something wil come to me.
ADW sent me some great questions that I will finally get to tomorrow.......
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