Time flies when you're having fun....

or stuck in hell.
So, it's a new year. I got a job back in the last week of Sept. 2011. It's closer to home, it's indoors, and it's Engineering. And accounting. Ah, I'd forgotten what "professional" positions are all about.

Image. Politics. Crap.

And, while it is a regular paycheck, it doesn't pay enough. I was called upon by the contract company I work for to fill in an existing position - at that existing pay scale.

You stay out of work for a couple months and then take a 20% cut in pay. See how comfortable you are in four months.

I've been webified

Geez - I needed a file transfer program - and the add-on I find doesn't work with the version of Firefox that I use - so download a new version of firefox, then download fireftp, then figure out how to use fireftp. Then on to this damn webify thing where it says your email is OPTIONAL - and yet requires you to put in an address to get your results. So I got my results.

Now, what the hell was I doing in the first place? Oh yeah.

Weeks of a Different kind of Hell

Well, there you go....work my ass off for a few weeks only to get laid off, again. The economy is worse, the job market is worse, and the heat is on! So, I'm out looking for jobs again. Am hearing about remarkable success of independent people. AC service guys. General services guy that traces lines/pipes and repairs/resells appliances. Geez. I can do all those things.

Weeks of Hell coming

Well, not "Hell" so much as 60 hour work weeks for the next 4 weeks at least. The schedule shows that anyway. But schedules change. And rarely for the better at this job. Still the crap job I hate. Swinging 12 hour shifts. And me with a real sleep disorder. Ah well, head down, make money, and pay bills. Ain't no saving in my near future, that's for sure.

Long Time No See

Heh, was doing something else and wandered in here by accident Still alive, working a different job that I hate, but in the words of The Dude: "abiding".

Used beginnings?

It is not really a "new" beginning. Nor an "old beginning". "Twas a dark and stormy night?"

Anyway, things have changed a great deal this year. I am once again footloose and fancy-free. No, I have plenty of "fancies". But I am unemployed yet again. And better off for it, I reckon. Gained 50 lbs in a year and half of employment. Lost 12 of those in the first two weeks of freedom! Just because I am naturally more active.

Started contemplating the one-eyed monsters in my life. At least the photon emitting variety. Both of them suck up untold hours. Both can be educational. Both can be a constant deluge of advertising. Both can be sources of simple entertainment. Nowadays, both can be sources of music, as well. I've discovered that there is a huge gap in my current life, and that is the lack of music. Or a background score at least. So today I will make an effort to spend less time staring, and more time listening.

These thoughts were brought to me while listening to the Traveling Wilbury's "At the End of the Line".

Another long mustard and ketchup

Okay, Catch-up! Just needed to stop and spill some condiments on the table so Google will keep my place. Been busy. Had ideas. Couldn't remember how to log in here to record thoughts. Google/Blogger/Blogspot (Booger?, Booger Spot?) too stupid to actually reset passwords - I followed the directions several times. I always got redirected to the same damn "You wanna reset your password" page. Yes, several times. "Wait for the email that tells you what to do" several times. Followed said directions several times. Ended up back at the damn "You wanna reset your password" page.

So, finally found said password and logged in, just to be safe. Maybe over the Holidays I will remember the thoughts I had before.