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I get nothing when I click on that Zack de la Rocha link. There is a tube there with a million + views and I click play and the time elapses.

But it's just a still picture and no sound.

It's a nice sparkly picture but nope.



Also it's not really a new single as advertised. Shows as being last summer.

So like what the hell?
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At the pace he releases new stuff last summer is new

It's just audio and a still picture, muddy turn on the volume

FairWarning
Just sounds weird without a backing band.
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he's working with the Run the Jewels guys, I like their thing
 
There is a guy at work who is a management trainee working at developing his leadership yada yada. So part of that is speaking up at our two-a-day department stand-up meetings.

Those are meetings where we do a group stretch and then hear about whatever. Topics might be how-busy-we-lookin'?, safety, show-and-tell regarding products and the correct way to handle them.

That's part of the path for buddyboy as he evolves into his bossy future: show-and-tells with increasing frequency. Here's the thing though: he says, "cardin." That's how he pronounces the word carton - which comes up all the time during those talks. Like, "So this is a master cardin which contains 8 cardins - so be careful of the units of measure. It's an error just waiting to happen, sending one master cardin when the order calls for one cardin."


Dude, I need you pronounce carton with a hard "t"


That is all.
 
Gotta say, with some new information and perspectives, I am feeling much less urgency to move my residence in step with the move of the workplace. Not that it couldn't still happen, but it feels far less desperate and more a case of waiting for the perfect situation, however long it takes.
 
What is with these weirdos I work for anyway? It's kind of comical.

My start time changed. Moved from 10:30 to 10. No one said a word. I just happened to notice it when I glanced at the master schedule today, which I hardly ever do.

You kinda expect, for something like that, that someone would say something out loud.

Nope.

No idea how long that has been my shift and I have been coming in late. Like not late late. It's not like I'm going to get into a disciplinary situation regarding tardiness. But technically late.

:dunno:
 
There is a group of young guys at work that I secretly call The Bros.

They are mostly Portuguese - not that that has anything to do with anything - and they love to talk. They are mostly early 20's and their favorite topics are bars and chasing girls. Some strong opinions are expressed on Marvel movies. Sports comes into it from time to time.

They WAY overuse the words Yo and Bro.

The Bros.

I don't know why I say I secretly call them that. I guess that is true so far but I would have no problem telling them I call them the Bros and just saying, "Hey it's the Bros," when encountering some of them. "Hello Bros." They wouldn't care. They are not humorless by any means.

One guy calls them the Oompa Loompas. It's all good, as the Bros would say.

It can get annoying hearing them talk but the Bros are alright. That's just the Bros Bro-ing it up.
 
The Bros are in my novel/screenplay. A lot of it happens at a workplace and the Bros go through the whole thing as more-or-less background noise - a humorous bit here and there. The one non-Bro character is really annoyed with the way they talk but nothing really happens.

Until something happens.
 
So I am posting from my work computer. I get nervous using it for anything other than work. I don't know if we are allowed to, and they track everything. I do know some people use facebook and stuff. I guess as long as all my work is getting done it doesn't matter. I guess.
 
I'll tell you something though, this job of mine ---> it ain't just a case of strolling in and casually hanging around and collecting paycheques. It's serious stuff.

I had two wouldn't-call-them-total-nightmares-but-bad-enough-dreams this week that were clearly 100% about work. One was about making a shitload of errors - which is a constant fear - and one was a drama involving cherry picker traffic that ended in me losing my machine over a big ledge. And there it was, lying on its side, way below.

Shit is deep in my head.


This ain't no party
This ain't no disco
 
Yeah you know it's bad when that starts to happen. Stuff like that happens to me, or I can't sleep at night because I am going through the list of shit I have to do at work the next day stressing over it.

I'm done with this week....wish I could just leave now. I'm exhausted. I'm still waiting on my check runs though. I think. I took two half days off before, spent a week playing catch up and fixing mistakes others made in trying to cover for me. My mom is supposed to come visit for a week in june, will be the first time in years I have seen her, she wants me to take as much of that time off of work as possible, which I will, but I have to admit I am nervous to do so and will likely pop in a few hours a few times to make sure everything is running smoothly.

I love my job and am grateful for it, but my goodness has it been crazy and busy and overly stressful.
 
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