Well the day is just about done and nothing really exciting going on here. Looks like some of the migration projects are beginnning to start. Rumor mill has a certain federal dept coming in to start looking over stuff. I've been added to the "move" on-call list. This means that every thursday, they take turns helping customers with moves. Wheeeee! Disconnect & reconnect, disconnect & reconnect. Can't wait, next thursday is all mine!
My buddy Howie strikes again! He fell over and out of his chair! It was hilarious! I heard the crash and stood up and 20 people all did the same thing. All the heads poking over the cubicles like little prarie dogs, so I did the first thing that came to mind. I started clapping and Howie got a standing ovation! He got a little red-faced but he was smiling the whole time.
The family is arriving today for a weekend here. We are gonna cruise DC and then go check out the Baltimore aquarium, it's supposed to be pretty cool.
That's all for now! Have a great weekend!
Friday, April 26, 2002
****note this should have been posted on 4/25 but BLOGGER was having problems****
First and foremost! I've started the "bitch board" so any of you that feel like talking back about what is going on at work, that is the place to do it. You should be able to join the board by finding it and go from there. If you can't get in, then e-mail me and I'll send you the invite, which is the easy way to go too!
Wasssup here? Not much, over the past 2 days I built 4 workstations, 3 SQL servers, and 1 (regular) server. Mind you I did them all from an image and installed the SQl server software extra. That was fun. Now I'm rebuilding a web-server which is pretty easy. Then I had to deliver all of those bastards, needless to say, I'm pretty sore right now from "totin' and liftin' "! Although I did do a lot today, I also helped out our local asset manager by organizing his room and cleaning up (tying up cables) mice and keyboards. Loads of fun, but at least I feel like I'm being used to my full extent.
Today, I made a new friend, Howie. Howie is my new victim, I love playing with his head. He's alot like Mr. ScubaT (you know who I'm talking about), he came from a helpdesk and he's so shiny new he squeaks when he walks. The perfect toy! He was rolling the cart down the hall and I hear CRASH and then he comes around the corner all nervous looking. He was bringing a computer back and it tipped over. I had to pick on him a little about that. THEN he tried to cover it up (he broke the NIC somehow) when he asked the tech lead for help. Too funny!
Besides that, nothing much going on, just getting set for the weekend. I'm staying here and my family is coming up for my birthday. Hopefully we'll here something tomorrow about the whole Dejuan caper!
Later!
First and foremost! I've started the "bitch board" so any of you that feel like talking back about what is going on at work, that is the place to do it. You should be able to join the board by finding it and go from there. If you can't get in, then e-mail me and I'll send you the invite, which is the easy way to go too!
Wasssup here? Not much, over the past 2 days I built 4 workstations, 3 SQL servers, and 1 (regular) server. Mind you I did them all from an image and installed the SQl server software extra. That was fun. Now I'm rebuilding a web-server which is pretty easy. Then I had to deliver all of those bastards, needless to say, I'm pretty sore right now from "totin' and liftin' "! Although I did do a lot today, I also helped out our local asset manager by organizing his room and cleaning up (tying up cables) mice and keyboards. Loads of fun, but at least I feel like I'm being used to my full extent.
Today, I made a new friend, Howie. Howie is my new victim, I love playing with his head. He's alot like Mr. ScubaT (you know who I'm talking about), he came from a helpdesk and he's so shiny new he squeaks when he walks. The perfect toy! He was rolling the cart down the hall and I hear CRASH and then he comes around the corner all nervous looking. He was bringing a computer back and it tipped over. I had to pick on him a little about that. THEN he tried to cover it up (he broke the NIC somehow) when he asked the tech lead for help. Too funny!
Besides that, nothing much going on, just getting set for the weekend. I'm staying here and my family is coming up for my birthday. Hopefully we'll here something tomorrow about the whole Dejuan caper!
Later!
Wednesday, April 24, 2002
Well, not much today. Yesterday they had a bomb scare here, so everyone got a half day since it happened at 11am and they didn't re-open the building until 6pm.
Speaking of bombs, I opened up a board on Yahoo where we can discuss the impending shaft "they" are calling the transition. Go here or send me an e-mail and I'll send you an invite to make it easier!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transitionvictims
So Mr Steve came by and explained how we have to start doing our finaces for a week or two while "they" get their collective heads out of their collective asses and get us some credit cards and expense reports. You know, the novelty has quickly worn off of this whole thing. I don't feel like I'm being utilized correctly, The workload (IMHO) doesn't merit having us here (unless something big is going to happen really soon), and I miss the family. Now I'm going to have to jump through hoops and depend on someone else, which leaves me feeling like I'm bad because I won't carry $650 of debt for a week at a time so I can help the company. People knew we were out here on this TDY and still no one has answers about when we are getting our stuff. All I can do is count on other people to make sure it is being followed up on. As if they don't have enough to do, the 4 of use on this TDY are a blip on the screen and then it's not even a big blip. I think we 4 should just say screw it and come home until we get it all straightened out. Something tells me it would happen a lot faster that way. Either that or they would "find" some EDS people who aren't getting dinked to come and fill our spots.
This whole transistion thing is such a clusterfuck that I'm amazed they are even trying it. I think it would be better if it wasn't rushed, but they are and it is going to be bad. Trust me on this one! Maybe not the whole thing, but there are going to be major pitfalls. Anyone want to make book on how many will NOT sign? I'm saying 5 minimum. I've got a feeling about that number!
I'm done. I wanna go home, I wanna go back to the tower and relax at my desk. Later!
Speaking of bombs, I opened up a board on Yahoo where we can discuss the impending shaft "they" are calling the transition. Go here or send me an e-mail and I'll send you an invite to make it easier!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transitionvictims
So Mr Steve came by and explained how we have to start doing our finaces for a week or two while "they" get their collective heads out of their collective asses and get us some credit cards and expense reports. You know, the novelty has quickly worn off of this whole thing. I don't feel like I'm being utilized correctly, The workload (IMHO) doesn't merit having us here (unless something big is going to happen really soon), and I miss the family. Now I'm going to have to jump through hoops and depend on someone else, which leaves me feeling like I'm bad because I won't carry $650 of debt for a week at a time so I can help the company. People knew we were out here on this TDY and still no one has answers about when we are getting our stuff. All I can do is count on other people to make sure it is being followed up on. As if they don't have enough to do, the 4 of use on this TDY are a blip on the screen and then it's not even a big blip. I think we 4 should just say screw it and come home until we get it all straightened out. Something tells me it would happen a lot faster that way. Either that or they would "find" some EDS people who aren't getting dinked to come and fill our spots.
This whole transistion thing is such a clusterfuck that I'm amazed they are even trying it. I think it would be better if it wasn't rushed, but they are and it is going to be bad. Trust me on this one! Maybe not the whole thing, but there are going to be major pitfalls. Anyone want to make book on how many will NOT sign? I'm saying 5 minimum. I've got a feeling about that number!
I'm done. I wanna go home, I wanna go back to the tower and relax at my desk. Later!
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