With it being Friday and all, the workplace becomes a very chill place to relax. Perhaps this may become a Friday thing from now on, but I want to try something where I don't talk about anything specific, but I'll leave my blog on all day during work and if I have the free time I'll jot some things down and see the weird stuff I come up with. I'll also do you guys the courtesy of time-stamping the events at work so you'll see just how much "free" time I have. (8:06AM) by the way.
(8:08AM) I've been thinking a lot about time management lately and how on the surface I seem really good at it. During work hours when I have an agenda and things to do, my time management is flawless. Outside of work, with life, including errands and other erroneous things, I'm not so great. I tend to put things off, and I suppose its mainly contributed to the full time hours knocking me out (though my body should be caught up by now). Either way, I would just come right out with a few pointers on how to manage time but theres really only a few things you need to know: prioritize, and get off your butt and do it. Technology these days allows us to organize and plan out our lives days at a time (even hours at a time for all the really busy people). So that's what it really all comes down to: plan and do.
(8:26AM) So I really wanted to get into this whole KONY 2012 thing in a nother post, but I don't feel like writing too much about it. This is because I don't like how this whole issue is being advertised. Whoever came up with the name is terrible. It sounds like we support Kony and are merely steps away from putting him in office, or something. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy the effort and the success that media awareness has made, but I just feel like theres a better way to bring the issue to light than some misleading catchphrase. I also think there are bigger issues at hand in the world right now, and I know this may only be a "baby step" in terms of awareness (becasue quite honeslty we can't fix everything at once) but as stated earlier, there are better ways. I get the feeling that people just blurt out KONY 2012 and don't even know everything behin the meaning... just the mainstream thing to do. Gosh I do hate the mainstream world... but again... that's a whole 'nother post.
(10:03AM) So I had some time to myself since the higher ups had a teleconference. I used this time to do some browsing, catch up on the news especially the odd news which I enjoy. Just a brief aside for a moment, there was an article about how a huge amount of spiders migrated up to a town in Australia to escape a flood. There were pictures of fields and trees bound together in spider web. Creepy. But the locals say that they helped down the population of mosquitos, which is always a positve. Mosquitos are terrible. End of story. Another article I found was entitled "the real reason why people quit their jobs." The reason? They're underappreciated. After some numbers and statistics I thought to myself why I enjoy what I do right now. Sure some of the information is a little over my head, but I guess the fact is I've been told a numerous amount of times that they appreciate what I've done for the group and continuously praise me even though I'm guilty (or at least I feel the most guilty) for being a somewhat lazy employee. Don't get me wrong though I am one of the best they've ever had, but like everyone we all have ou flaws. And mine is taking mid shift naps (note the plural on naps). So I guess there is some truth to the article, and I could potentially see myself staying at this company as long as they continue to treat me the way they do.
(11:30AM) So I had a quick chat with a co-worker about how yesterday was National Women Appreciation Day? Or something of that nature (it's not that I dont care I just really don't remember the exact words for it). She went on about how back in the day, during this "holiday" (I need to put it in quotes because... well... eh) the girls would get off from school and the boys would have to go to school. She joked about how she wasn't going to show up to work yesterday and we shared a laugh. We made a brief comparison as to why it doesn't happen here and we both aggreed that it was becasue of the equality you ladies fought so hard for. Not that anyone is complaining about it, but I pictured in my head a handful of women wishing for a day off becasue of this holiday. Then I revisited the whole "fighting for equality" thing. Simply put, bitch you fought for your rights and now you want to be appreciated and take the day off while the men go to work? Without getting to heated I remind myself of that double standard women carry with them all the time - especially you feminists out there How you expect to be treated like a princess or how chivalry is dead and how men are misogynous pigs? Hun, you gave those privelages away when your XX chromosed ancestors complained enough to get society to listen. Just having that holiday alone is a highlight to your hypocracy, and if soceity finally gets its head on straight, they'll rid of that "holiday" for good.
(12:58pm) I took a walk over to the cafeteria to get my lunch and I noticed that theres a distinct difference in apparel and it really distinguishes where you stand within the company. I mean it all makes sense, but it's fun to see and compare the idea firsthand. For example, I'm pretty much a lab rat, doing all the things in the lab, running instrumentation and whatnot. I don't have a problem with it at all, but since I'm doing all those things I'm not really required to abide by any dress code. I wear timbs, jeans, and a different shirt everyday, something tasteful but not at all professional. The higher ups, researchers, Senior members, are in their dress pants and shoes with a button up. I just thought it was interesting to see the more "serious" your job is, the more "serious" you become. I get that one must look presentable in terms of business meetings and the like (I dress up when I know there are meetings), but as long as you're doing your job and doing it well, it shouldn't matter what you come to work in. Also, I had sent some urgent data to a customer who requesteed a priority on his samples this morning, and he thanked me and appreciated the effort and timing on the data. Great feeling.
(2:53PM) So I just realised the first word after every timestamp is "So."
(2:54PM) Now I'm not one to talk since I don't have a facebook, but the concept of facebook friends is slowly starting to seep into my real life. Just like in facebook a conversation between 2 past aquaintences goes always has the obligatory "we should totally hang out sometime" and of course it never happens. Recently, and now that I look back at it this has been happening to me in real life. I'm not entirely sure whose fault this is or if its just anyones fault at all, but I guess I'm slowly starting to realize that maybe I did a pretty terrible job choosing my friends in life. I always thought and convinced myself that I was a great judge in character, but since the theft of items in my car, backstabbers, and a whole lot of let downs, it's really funny how people can change and go to great lengths to avoid contact. Since then, I've tried to let in a new group of friends, but my judgement in people is so skewed that it's hard to let even the kind hearted into my personal bubble. I guess that just means that all the friends I have now are the ones that are really worth keeping.
ta ta kids
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