I got nothin'
I've realized of late that my comedic influence du jour is Jon Stewart, and I think that's where I got today's subject line. And I've realized, too, that that subject line is a bit of a mis-nomer, as I feel, in fact, that I do 'got somethin'. As has been the case of late in any emails I write, I think my somethings to say will be presented in a list. Think of it as a list of action items, or talking points. Also, think of it as proof that my work has finally gotten to me; after all, what do I do all day but flip through memo after memo, and outline after outline, all of which manage to talk about Action Items for this, and Talking Points for that. Couple that with the fact that I use "re" in my general correspondence and maybe part of my heart weeps just a little bit more.
Moving on.
I. New Year's Resolutions
In case we've forgotten - and I think I have, actually - my new year's resolutions are coming along nicely. Sort of. My biggest one, or at least the one that I felt had the best chance of going forward successfully, was my flossing venture. My goal was to floss Sunday through Thursday nights (let's be honest, nothing can slow down the nightly festitives faster than, "hold that thought, honey, let me floss first"; though, "hold that thought honey, let me take out my contacts b/c my eyes are screaming" doesn't seem to dampen the spirts any...). In general, I am able to actually floss 4 out of these 5 nights. Considering my previous track record has been to floss once a year, I'm pretty happy with that.
My other goal of getting my Illinois ID card has been stagnant, I guess. But, really, how hard can that be? And I still have all week to do it, too. I jsut have to get up earlier, and then... oh, wait, now I know what I haven't done it yet.
My project of learning how to drive hasn't exactly taken off yet. I'm not that surprised since driving is scary/hard enough when there isn't snow/ice/slush/rain on the roads in addition the crazy drivers that manage to be there year round.
My other resolution was to do something besides working, where I sit all day, and being at home, where i sit some more, as well as lie down. More precisely, this meant going to the gym, or even doing something less, I don't know mainstream. Mike would love for me to take up Yoga, but I don't know, that just hasn't really ignited my passions. Then there was this flier distributed through work about an area Tai Chi class. That ignited something. But still, what holds me back from all of this, at least partially, is the fear that work will soon creep on my ability to go to a class regularly, or what have you. I am a man of routine, and I don't want to start something, only to have it taken out of my hands. Work, then, provides a nice backdoor escape clause from this resolution. I'll be happy enough if I decide to do any of these non-work, non-home activities by teh end of the month, and not so much worry about actually getting started going.
II. Best Link from a State Motor Vehicle Association
This site is notable for a host of reasons. Foremost among them, of course, is that it must be the most exhaustive presentation of the history of the Illinois license plate ever collected. Secondly, I would imagine that it's the most complicated and involved web site that covers the history of any state's license plate ever to have existed in any state, not just Illinois. Thirdly, this is a prime example of how powerful the Web Design lobby must be in Illinois. I mean, did we need a fancy, flash or java or whatever presentation on the past 100 years of Illinois license plate history? Wouldn't a meer list have sufficed? I mean, it's a fuckin' license plate chronology. Nothing in this god-forsaken world will ever make that more exciting. But no, someone had to go out of their way, and spend a great deal of tax payer's money along the way, to make this fancy-shmancy web site. Christ.
I will quickly follow that up, based on a conversation with Kyle (too lazy to link, sorry dude) that there was probably no lobbying involved with this, and no real pork-barrell politics, either. It was just the staff web designer, hoping to inject a little bit of life into his other wise boring daily activities. And in the end, too, if you're willing to take this license plate history seriously enough and make a complicated web site all about it, then maybe you're a better man (or woman, though, c'mon, let's be honest) than I.
***
So I was thinking that I'd have more talking points that these. Work today has been brutal on me. Don't know why, it's been slow as usual. Maybe that's what the deal is - the daily grind of doing data entry for, more or less, 8 hours has a day for the past 6 months has at last caught up to me. Maybe since I got my six-month evaluation last week, it's only reminded me of where I was a year ago (job-wise, I mean) - just starting at my first real, full-time job (remember, the one that would end in total suckfest 2003 5 or so months later). Or... who can really even say. I only have but 45 minutes to go now, before I go home. And, well, that's something I guess. Not quite something enough to warrant a talking point, and it can hardly be called an action item since action will be taken on said item regardless.
you know, at this rate, i'll just keep going and going. already, my ability to capitalize words has run away. who knows what'll happen next. maybe commas or periods or -- damnit commas have gone away too. before this downward spiral of poor writing takes me past the realm of near-incomprehensibility into the full blownout arena of insensible writing i had better leave it at that.
ciao, dan
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I've realized of late that my comedic influence du jour is Jon Stewart, and I think that's where I got today's subject line. And I've realized, too, that that subject line is a bit of a mis-nomer, as I feel, in fact, that I do 'got somethin'. As has been the case of late in any emails I write, I think my somethings to say will be presented in a list. Think of it as a list of action items, or talking points. Also, think of it as proof that my work has finally gotten to me; after all, what do I do all day but flip through memo after memo, and outline after outline, all of which manage to talk about Action Items for this, and Talking Points for that. Couple that with the fact that I use "re" in my general correspondence and maybe part of my heart weeps just a little bit more.
Moving on.
I. New Year's Resolutions
In case we've forgotten - and I think I have, actually - my new year's resolutions are coming along nicely. Sort of. My biggest one, or at least the one that I felt had the best chance of going forward successfully, was my flossing venture. My goal was to floss Sunday through Thursday nights (let's be honest, nothing can slow down the nightly festitives faster than, "hold that thought, honey, let me floss first"; though, "hold that thought honey, let me take out my contacts b/c my eyes are screaming" doesn't seem to dampen the spirts any...). In general, I am able to actually floss 4 out of these 5 nights. Considering my previous track record has been to floss once a year, I'm pretty happy with that.
My other goal of getting my Illinois ID card has been stagnant, I guess. But, really, how hard can that be? And I still have all week to do it, too. I jsut have to get up earlier, and then... oh, wait, now I know what I haven't done it yet.
My project of learning how to drive hasn't exactly taken off yet. I'm not that surprised since driving is scary/hard enough when there isn't snow/ice/slush/rain on the roads in addition the crazy drivers that manage to be there year round.
My other resolution was to do something besides working, where I sit all day, and being at home, where i sit some more, as well as lie down. More precisely, this meant going to the gym, or even doing something less, I don't know mainstream. Mike would love for me to take up Yoga, but I don't know, that just hasn't really ignited my passions. Then there was this flier distributed through work about an area Tai Chi class. That ignited something. But still, what holds me back from all of this, at least partially, is the fear that work will soon creep on my ability to go to a class regularly, or what have you. I am a man of routine, and I don't want to start something, only to have it taken out of my hands. Work, then, provides a nice backdoor escape clause from this resolution. I'll be happy enough if I decide to do any of these non-work, non-home activities by teh end of the month, and not so much worry about actually getting started going.
II. Best Link from a State Motor Vehicle Association
This site is notable for a host of reasons. Foremost among them, of course, is that it must be the most exhaustive presentation of the history of the Illinois license plate ever collected. Secondly, I would imagine that it's the most complicated and involved web site that covers the history of any state's license plate ever to have existed in any state, not just Illinois. Thirdly, this is a prime example of how powerful the Web Design lobby must be in Illinois. I mean, did we need a fancy, flash or java or whatever presentation on the past 100 years of Illinois license plate history? Wouldn't a meer list have sufficed? I mean, it's a fuckin' license plate chronology. Nothing in this god-forsaken world will ever make that more exciting. But no, someone had to go out of their way, and spend a great deal of tax payer's money along the way, to make this fancy-shmancy web site. Christ.
I will quickly follow that up, based on a conversation with Kyle (too lazy to link, sorry dude) that there was probably no lobbying involved with this, and no real pork-barrell politics, either. It was just the staff web designer, hoping to inject a little bit of life into his other wise boring daily activities. And in the end, too, if you're willing to take this license plate history seriously enough and make a complicated web site all about it, then maybe you're a better man (or woman, though, c'mon, let's be honest) than I.
***
So I was thinking that I'd have more talking points that these. Work today has been brutal on me. Don't know why, it's been slow as usual. Maybe that's what the deal is - the daily grind of doing data entry for, more or less, 8 hours has a day for the past 6 months has at last caught up to me. Maybe since I got my six-month evaluation last week, it's only reminded me of where I was a year ago (job-wise, I mean) - just starting at my first real, full-time job (remember, the one that would end in total suckfest 2003 5 or so months later). Or... who can really even say. I only have but 45 minutes to go now, before I go home. And, well, that's something I guess. Not quite something enough to warrant a talking point, and it can hardly be called an action item since action will be taken on said item regardless.
you know, at this rate, i'll just keep going and going. already, my ability to capitalize words has run away. who knows what'll happen next. maybe commas or periods or -- damnit commas have gone away too. before this downward spiral of poor writing takes me past the realm of near-incomprehensibility into the full blownout arena of insensible writing i had better leave it at that.
ciao, dan
email me
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