Life Is Not Purgatory

New Stuff
So i have this new template... I am not certain how much I like it, but at least it's not crap like the ones blogger has on it's site now. Although i need to find a blogger link to put on the site that doesn't clash horribly.

Whats New?
Not a whole lot... work is starting mellow out a bit... which is a good thing. I finally found an MP3 that I was looking for, which also is a good thing. I am heading to my parents for dinner and to browse through some furniture that clashed at my sisters place and that she wants to get rid of... that too is a good thing (given I have /no/ furniture to speak of). Apparently Starlin' is looking into playing matchmaker for 'some of her bachelor friends', and that may or may not be a good thing. Anyways I have stuff to do and I'm done being Martha Stewart... and thats a good thing.
Mood: Pleased
Music: Walk Away - Barlow

Comments
Working on it.

Sigh!
Looks like I'm stuck with a broken template... unless I have an archived copy of my template at work.... shit.

Oh Crap!
I broke the blogger template. @#&*@#^T*&@^%#&*^%@^&#

Mockery
Something Positive today was very good. Apparently Randy (the cartoonist) had been getting some flak from his readers about a recent string of mockery that he had unleashed at the most underpriveleged of minorities.... gamer geeks.

The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

Okay, now that Chicken Little has said his bit, isn't it our right as gamers to mock ourselves? I mean, I know that my hobby isn't mainstream and we as a social group have an amazing talent at 'freaking the mundanes' and threfore reinforcing their negative stereotype of our hobby, so if others can mock us for our stupidity... why can't we mock ourselves? Anyways I fired off an email to Randy, directing him to:
http://www.drunkdwarves.com/pages/guystufflarp.html
http://www.drunkdwarves.com/pages/guystufflarp2.html

I think he would be amused by those... I am. Anyways... back to Purgatory turns! (I am such a devoted geek).
Mood: Mediocre
Music: Braveheart Soundtrack

Arrrrgh!
So... several 14-plus hour days and sleep deprivation is getting me down.... very down in fact. However, I crawled into bed nice an early tonight and had a nap... and I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.. but now I am off to game for a bit with Gerald and Catherine will then go to bed around midnight (which is good cuz I get to sleep in tommorow.. I have an office day which starts at 10:00am instead of 7:00am). Yay!
Mood: Refreshed
Music: The Flag - Barenaked Ladies

Inbox
Tommorow is my first (and only) actual day in the office all week. I can feel the weight of my Inbox bearing down upon my desk... I have 7 absolute priority items that must be addressed first thing.. and about 12 more that cannot wait until Monday... so... I have a busy, busy... (Did I say Busy?) day tommorow. Yay! I am going to bed... I have a long day ahead of me.
Mood: Stressed
Music: Are You Happy Now - Michelle Branch

Warlocks
So I am playing Warlocks on RavenBlack's server again... it's really fun so if you wanna join click here, that way I can get half-registered status again. :)

All Good Things
Today has been exhausting... my body clock is completely fouled up, and I am so looking forwards to actually being able to for a full eight hours after work tonight... oh wait... nope I am going to a movie tonight... full eight hours after the movie tonight!

Good things that have happened to me today:
- Got double-matched on Hot or Not.
- Contacted an old friend via Classmates and got a response and an invite for drinks/coffee.
Mood: Exhausted but Content
Music: Closing Time - Semisonic
Suggested Reading: I Am A Front Desk Clerk

Seventh Sea
I also got a call from someone I haven't spoken to in a long time... wh invited me to play his Seventh Sea game with him on Monday evenings! Given that Mondays are traditionally game-free for me I accepted the invite and I look forward to gaming with a bunch of my old friends (including Raven) that I haven't hung out with in ages.
Mood: Sleepy... but I'm stuck at work.
Music: Radio Station (96X)

Bottom of the Barrel
Finding good staff is like scraping the bottom of a bucket in the hopes that you might find something valuable in the muck that congeals there. So, it's 1:00am and I am at work, doing an audit, because the person who I hired looked like a gem in the muck that was present, but turned out to be unreliable. Two more audits for me, and I have a training seminar after each so I wont be getting any sleep... YAY!
Mood: Irked
Music: Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down

Enjoyment
It was a good day. I got to do the things I enjoy most about my job today: talking to guests and making their stay that much more enjoyable and memorable. Two sets of American’s enjoying the sights of Edmonton, each of whom I had at least a twenty minute conversation with while sitting on the sofas in the lobby. I like reasonable, personable people whom are capable of relaxing and enjoying themselves.

I even got complimented, that in all their stays through Canada and the United States – I was the first hotel manager to take time out of his schedule to initiate conversation with them. And given that one was a retired Presbyterian minister, and the other was a retired Marine officer… I think I can take that at face value.

I want to talk a walk through the Legislature grounds sometime soon. It’s very serene and romantic… especially at dusk or under moonlight… sigh.
Mood: Content
Music: Freshman – Verve Pipe

Decompression
I yakked with Dave online for awhile about Purgatory... I think I'm gonna go watch the fireworks.

Canada Day
I had planned on going to watch the fireworks from the roof of work tonight, but I think I am going to cancel those plans... not in the mood.

Tone
I am in a positvely foul mood. I was just fine twenty minutes ago before I received a phonecall regarding LRPS stuff that really, really set me off. Why is it that everything I do turns to shit? I see an opportunity and take it and everyone else takes it as a threat... DAMMIT! Why do people have to assume the worst, can't people actually read the text of a letter before jumping to conclusions? I mean there is no point calling someone to discuss a matter and have them issue an explanation if you are going to do it in a confrontational tone and if you have already made your decision that the other party is in the wrong.

If you are laying into somebody and they do not wish to discuss it, don't hold them on the phone. More importantly, don't lay into them again for trying to get out of the situation by ending the call. Saying 'Goodbye' generally signifies that one party is going to hang up now, and talking over them to score another volley of points in a verbal exchange is simply rude.

If conversations resume, and yet again get inflamed and one person tries five times to end the call without being labled as 'hanging up on them', LET THEM! I will deal with situation that have inflammed me after I have calmed down... do not inflame matters with 'No we won't' after the other says 'We will talk about this after I've calmed down'

The problem is that even by posting this, I am going to make the situation worse, but what the hell! However, keep in mind that I am still angry while writing this (if you are reading this).
Mood: Furious
Music: None!