TITTWIS Fall '06: If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

Is "TITTWIS" and acronym? Or are you trying to say something titillating about the Dairy State?

I think pickled would be nice. despite going out a couple of times this week the worst I got was tired. which is like a hangover with out the fun. And I can't get intrested in work to save my life.

what's good on TV right now? trashy women on flavor of love are starting to get on my nerves.

Hi Julia! watching movies sounds great. It was rainy here all morning - perfect movie weather - but now that damned sun is out.

Hi Michael! are you at work? sometimes I rest my heads in my hand in a frustrated pose while quickly nod out.

Hi Huk! where are you living now?

I'm trying to do the last bits of clean up on this system I built for one of my departments to go live tomorrow. and i just can't be bothered. I'm so sick of looking at it. why is my motivation so bad?! I have done in anything productive in ages. also, been eating too much.

The only reason I make it to work is my boyfriend inevitably pushes me out of bed.

For some reason, I think TITTWIS stands for "Tiny Irate Terrible Two-ers Wearing Icky Socks." But it could be something else.

my dullness and non-motivation is definitely depression related. I've been out of pills for a couple of weeks now but am seeing my dr next week. maybe it will pick up.

I am at work and I just couldn't keep my eyes open for a second.

Don't let your spirits get too down, Sam.

Best of luck househunting, Huck.

Hey y'all!

I've been here and there and everywhere. I'm perplexed by some things as always, but the number of those "some things" is going down finally. I'm finding therapy and release through poetry, most of which is too terrible in quality to share. Though if you'll go onto the "blog" on my MySpace profile, you can find a couple of the better ones.

I want to say more but more is not forthcoming. So hello once again.

I was dreading three meetings today although one was just cancelled so that's slightly better I guess. I think I'm going to have to start going to sleep at nine b/c I'm just too damn tired in the morning.

My cat's had an infected eye for a couple of weeks now. the ointment the vet gave us has done nothing. he's always rubbing it, maybe he should wear a collar too.

I'm hoping you all can help talk some sense into me by listing reasons why NOT to quit one's (not too awful) job before having another job lined up. I need the strength of reason in moments of weakness. So there are the obvious:

1. OH NOES NO INCOME
2. Loss of health insurance (although I think I could get onto husband's if I find myself unemployed, right?)
3. Not such a good for prospective employers to learn I just up and bailed one day (after 4+ years)

But other horror stories of unemployment/burned bridges/etc. would probably set my head straight.

Please just convince me not to do this. My bank account (and spouse) thank you.

For some reason, this is the week most of my coworkers decided to take their vacations, so it's wonderfully quiet and easy going. I'm sneaking in paragraphs of Metropolis whenever I get a chance.

wow, hmmm. I'm the wrong person to ask. I've done this quite a few times and never really regretted it. But that's usually been b/c the job was so incredibly awful and stressful my health was in danger. If it's not so bad, tough it out and get something else going before you quit. Being unemployed is also stressful and awful. . .

happy bday sarah! "birthday season" you're like my boyfriend who wants pre- and post-birthday treats. pbbt.

I somehow hope this will change as I grow older b/c I like the freedom that self-employment seems to imply. Right now I'm not discplined enough for it. (hell I'm barely discplined enough for a normal job.)

sara, how old is your child?

quincie, what's bumming you out about your job?

Random story about one of my kids: Julia woke me up this morning by shaking me and saying, "Snap out of it!" I asked her where she had heard that phrase and she told me her preschool teacher told her to say that when she was trying to wake her Mommy up.

Hi guys. Things are pretty good with me, I get a little anxious sometimes for no good reason but lately things have been fine. The kid is a lot of fun. I'm hoping I don't go batty when the weather keeps us cooped up.

so much nursing going on. . .my mom is thinking of nursing school when she gets better. good for her to look forward to something.

sara, your kid's teacher sounds k-rude.

random story - i fell asleep at my desk once and I could hear my kids saying "shh! let her sleep!" haha

Sam, I don't think Julia's teacher really told her to say that; I think it was just Julia repeating something she heard somewhere else and being silly about it.

I like the story about the desk - I wish my kids would let me sleep! (How many does everyone else have, and what are their ages?)

Sam the small employee-owned company for which I worked was recently bought out by Large Monstrous Defense Company. LM is happy to keep me and other health/medical types around because our contracts are profitable, but I hate the new corporate culture (not to mention the company itself) and am also not happy with the new middle-management job to which I have been "promoted."

many xposts

This depends on where you go next. Still leaving beofre you have something lined up is likely to be more stressful than staying on and looking.

I don't have a boring job anymore! The day job I do is very exciting and challenging and EVEN REWARDING (both emotionally and $$$ally). I'm going to have to invent new problems for myself or I run the risk of being happy with my life. Can't have that.

yes be careful Huk. Being happy with life is scary.

I started knitting a baby afghan for a friend and completely screwed it up. So badly that I am mailing it to my mother-in-law for help!

Said something in a work meeting yesterday that simultaneously outed me as a total cynic and not happy with my job... and my boss and co. VP were there. oops.

One of the parrot's nails are so sharp that my hands resemble a kitten owner's. I tried to teach her to wave last night, but she got frustrated with the hand signal and me saying "hi!" so she growled "hello" and glared at me.

someone tell an interesting ancetdote or start a good thread or something.

also, I am ready for a nap.

on the exciting/random/weird side, it occured to me that I'd have the perfect holiday gift for a couple of friends if I could knit them a penis. googling for a pattern, if it exists, is not something I should do while at work.

Sam, we'll team up to make naughty bits of all kinds available to knitters the world over. You might have to avoid working on it on the bus, however.

I have not forgotten your sock predicament--if we can't meet up over the weekend I can at least drop my booklet thing off at your place.

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yay ilx is back!

vancity=vancouver?

what is this new job?

I told someone I'd have something done by noon ( a bit of the old php/mysql stuff) and it's harder than I thought it'd be. my brain doesn't want to do it. esp. since this person spaced on the project and signed off on it months ago even though it wasn't what she needed. Now I have to fix immediately. arrrggghhh!

Yes my project was finished despite my thick mindness. Low-grade depression is a bitch for work productivity.

How's classes Sara?

Sam - I'm glad you got your project finished! Low grade depression is a bitch for just about everything in my experience.

Thanks for asking about my classes - they are pretty interesting, which is good. Tonight at lab I think we are going to dissect sheep brains. Perfect activity for the week before Halloween!

I've never been to Vancouver, but have wanted to visit since the X Files was filmed there for so long. Of course this makes no sense.

poxyfule ate my last post. :(

Glad you're back P, sorry you're sick though.

Vancouver rocks, or at least it did when I was there in 1994. There was a chili parlour with Johnny Cash on the jukebox.

Sheep's brain! Sounds wonderful. I've only had it grilled before!

My original plan was to make a living as an extra, but it doesn't really pay as well as I thought it would.

(try online poker for EZ-moneymakin', Huk)

ah it's shit! long hours, boring. I wanna go to Vancouver. :(

K, so sorry you're sick and still traveling! No worries about knit night. I've been feeling low this week so next will be better anyway.

When I worked in film locations, we used to refer to the extras (whose holding areas we had to find and rent) as 'locusts' due to their bored proclivity for grazing all day long at craft services and leaving behind a frightful mess.

We only looked at the sheep's brain, didn't even dissect it, much less eat it. I don't think formalin makes a good marinade anyway, though. The trouble with learning brain anatomy is that it is not as discrete and separate as, say, muscles. There's all these "areas."

I'm envying your knit night!

Sorry. With the constant stream of political commercials on the air, I've had that song stuck in my head. I tried breaking away from this forum community but just couldn't. Maybe if I just narrow myself to a few posts a week or a month things will be okay.

Been waking up an hour earlier because I have to go in to work earlier. I've been promoted and am earning a little more money so I can save up some. The move hasn't happened yet and probably won't until the beginning of next month at least. And, um, that's it.

Hi to my Sarahs and Honorary Sarahs.

(I don't get the "you're being illegal" comment - it's a song, you say?)

As Chingo Bling says: They can't deport us all.

could be a lot of things though.

My daughter has stomach flu today. I must get her better because my husband and I have Pet Shop Boys tickets for tomorrow night!

Knitting next week will be grand, Sam. I've got a request to make a hat in a brioche stitch, since that makes it 2 color reversable.

Sara, they should take you to a nice Italian restaurant and let you cut up the brain! Silly people thinking that looking and pointing will do the trick :)

I'm on the mend, too! Antibiotics really do help you feel better when you have an infection (news flash).