The undecided fate

So yesterday I decided I needed to organize my traders (as I haven't done that since before the Sept pin event) and I have ended up with a pile of pins quite frankly I don't know what to do with. They are the ones while they don't fit any of my collections  so I can't "collect" them, their trade values are so lousy Ill never trade them (one for instance has about 170 people trading and 20 people wanting) but they are "too good" to put on lanyards... Some of them are 10.95 pins (or just sparkly, pretty, shiny etc) So for now they sit on my floor in a large pile.. 

 I *know* there are worse problems in the world but I can't decide what to do with them... The last thing I need is more collections (as if Memories, Lilo, 'rails, Tarzan, Summer, Patriotic, Minnie dressed up, Dumbo, Wilderness Region, Small World (still in denial over this one), Where Dreams (and this one), Piece of History, Bear and Kennedy Space Center (and this one) weren't enough!) I do not need to add sparkly, castle, DAK and Mickey to the pile as I have no more wall space or binder space... 

Quote of the Day..

So today in between making snowflakes (YES we were that bored..) at work today,  I was reading one of the few management books I like (If Potter ran GM) and one of the quotes stuck out and I quote " Corrupt leaders tend to hire corruptible people and then mold them into their image, to the long term mutual detriment of all."  That one sentence describes this company all to well. If you can't be molded to think like they think then you have no chance. 

If you threaten to pull back the curtain and revealing that the mighty Oz is nothing more than a simple man then you will be eliminated. They don't want you to know that it is all a mere shroud of power, that there truly is nothing more than someone whose mere accomplishment was that of deceit and corruption. 

Its easier to make decisions when you aren't the one who has to answer the questions and see what and who that decision affects. Leading is more than just words its an action.

But what do I know- I'm not "good enough" for this company. 

Its the little things I tell ya

So I spent the day at DAK and had a pretty decent time- I watched the parade and had never noticed before that Terk's bag has an Adv Club logo on it :) It lives on... 

The park was pretty crowded which was nice.. and the buck turkey dinner at the cafeteria was actually decent...

Happy Turkey Day

Shellfish is not to be stolen

So the last two days (Mon and Tues if you are counting) we had the dinner for the people who had been here 10 and 15 years and while we didnt have near the fun of the 20 it was memorable in its own right. Day 1 brought very few fashion misses but it did have the drunk guy. Day 2 brought many fashion misses and the three (not one, three) people that got busted for stealing shellfish... Apparently two guys got busted for hoarding the shrimp  (and putting it in bags to take home) and then there was crab lady.. 

They put full crabs out as showpieces in the crab claw displays (which had been out since atleast 5pm- the show crabs NOT the claws) and oh 11:30 I notice a lady laying out napkins then putting the crab on and wrapping him up, then putting him in her plastic bag, she then repeated the process 2 more times.. I of course thought it was hilarious (though security did not) and went and confiscated the crabs... I think all you'd get is a really bad case of food poisoning...  It just amazes me what people think they can take home.. I haven't heard how many of the glasses and china walked out this time...

There are signs everywhere...

So I logged onto cnn to read the headlines- found an interesting story on best cities to find a job.. WHY does 3 of them have to be utah and 1 where I lived? I think its mocking me right now... What living in a city where over 800 people lost a job this week and more than 4,500 in October isnt a great place to find a job? I had no idea (insert massive sarcasm here) 

I may have to accept my fate and return to the snows of utah...  uh maybe there needs to be more thought... I like my florida just wish it paid better

Tree!

So I actually decorated my tree today (no more naked tree at my house)

It is kinda sad that I can fill a 6 ft tree with only dis ornaments.. Kinda keeps the theme in the box ;) Oh well I like it- Today I decided to do psedo thanksgiving as I realized I have to feed myself lunch every day (working 4-1) and made green beans, stuffing and tatos (out of a box) and found some frozen turkey and gravy (which looked NOTHING like the box.. Very much if you spend 2 dollars you get what you pay for..) but mixed in with the stuffing its not soo bad.. Its not near the same as home or real cooking but its not bad...

Going Home

Woot! The perk of working where Dec is dead is after 3 years I finally get to go home for the christmas party! I know its not christmas but well 230 bucks round trip is much better than 670... Beggars cant be choosers... The month is starting to look up :) 

its DONE!!!

After 3 weeks- My Adv Club scrapbook is done (okay there are still things to add and pluss) but 99% of it is never going to be touched...

Woot! Now what to do with all the time..

http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t71/DL_EM/Adv%20Scrap/

Lets see if that links to it... Technology.. Fascinating

Merry Christmas?

So yesterday I went to the local Festival of Trees.. It was smaller than I hoped but still not bad (except that most of the local seniors were there so it was slow moving..) Its technically "Christmas season" but it just doesnt feel like its worth celebrating this year... This year has been horrible- why celebrate it? I had hoped seeing pretty trees would jump start my attitude but it hasnt... 

Sigh- Another fuzzy morale building day

So the other shoe just dropped finding out two departments were outsourced to an outside company and those guys are out of a job at christmas. Merry freaking christmas. To add to the fun of all of it when they were told of the meeting it was plainly stated that "there was nothing to worry about" "it wasnt bad" yeah there goes my respect for management... Bull CRAP! My heart is breaking for them. 

God Speed Endeavour!

Once again- photo courtsey of Nasa

The brightest star in the sky tonight

was the Space Shuttle Endeavour.. Sigh I have become the biggest space geek since moving here and I absolutely *love* watching the shuttle launch and tonight's night launch was gorgeous with the full moon as a backdrop. I partly wish I wouldve gone out closer but in the fact I wont have to fight traffic for 4+ hours to get home is good too :) My window is a great view... (photo courtsey of nasa... I *wish* I could get as good of pictures...

Uh okay...

So I stopped at Mart on the way home to get a new ink cartridge (after finding out mine was apparently non refillable) and was reading the back (after seeing the bold- read warning label on the front..) and for the record- By opening that package I *know* that the cartridge is  quote "designed to stop working after delivering a fixed amount of ink" (you mean it doesn't magically refill?) and that "after use the license to use the print cartridge terminates and must be returned only to Lexmark" (uh okay so I cant give it away as a gift?) Sad part is it states it all again on the inside wrap of the cartridge... So its single use- I'm fine with that as long as they stay about the cost of a refill.. 20 bucks is okay 40 is not... and since they added the postage paid envelope Ill even save the planet and mail back the old one...

Now off to hopefully finish my 'book

So did not realize...

I have no idea why it wasn't until tonight I realized youtube had more than AC clips its has TARZAN.. I am a happy camper getting to watch Tarzan Rocks tonight (how I miss that show), Tapestry of Nations and of course the club...

You know its depressing when I spend more time watching movies of my favs that are gone then at the parks because I don't really like anything the park is offering right now... Its too mainstream for me...

Sigh I miss *my* shows...

The castle went all pretty again tonight- guess that means its Christmas

Not much to say

Just really don't have much to say- its very much s.o.s.d.d. here which I think is a bad thing... I'm so tired of this rut, I just want a better job, with better pay so I can once again be moving forward instead of treading water trying to balance out. But I think I'm screaming to an empty room now days along with everyone else in the world. 

Sad or Dedicated...

So after hearing that one of my fav AC kids had a gig tonight I decided to go..  I did NOT realize that downtown would be nuts with a concert at the arena... thank goodness my car wasn't towed.. and I don't even want to hear it how stupid an idea it was to cross Colonial- I *know* but I wasnt paying 20 bucks to park, it was bad enough I paid 21.49 for a dew (bought the dew and got 20 bucks back to pay for the show..) so once I finally got there it was amazing how many of the audience I recognized from the AC... I would wager that at least 2/3rd of the crowd was an ACer if not more.. So that leads to the question are we just sad or are we dedicated...  I think it may be a fine line- It makes me wonder how empty the place usually is :) or if they realize who brought the crowds if it'll be the new "cloob"... 

>I don't believe they care. Not at all.<

So I was reading a topic today on LP and I have never wanted to comment so bad on a topic I know I shouldn't so instead I'll post here... Somehow it seems safer. 

 >>Now is the time to get all of standards up to what they should be...>>
>They have to want to do it, buddy. I don't believe they care. Not at all.< 

They don't. Its that simple they don't. They care more about the bottom line and protecting their rears than they do about the history and heritage that built the company. If you don't fit their mold and their goals and actually attempt to think outside the box and bring the "famous" standards back into today then you will find yourself under the bus. They don't want to be threatened in their lack of ability and skills and will keep you under that bus..  Things that made this company famous are going by the wayside because they don't care. I think one word that can easily describe it is lazy- the leaders are to lazy to keep the standards themselves and to lazy to enforce the standards in their team. Reprimands take time and paperwork, its just easier to ignore the violation. 

The only goal now days it how to maximize cash while minimizing outlay and effort. They are trying to put the Mart model into everything and give everyone the exact same experience instead of providing dozens of choices and let people create their own experiences, but that costs more and may require more training and staff... 

sigh- I may love this company but I do not like it

Proposition...

For the first time I will be voting (I know shame on me) and while I honestly don't give a rats *&% about who will be president (lesser of two evils if you ask me) I will be voting simply to vote against Prop 2. I don't know why I feel so strongly against it. Prop 2 is not just out against the same sex couples, its out against anyone who isn't, cant or doesn't want to be married for whatever reason. It disallows any "bond" between people that often is needed in case of emergencies, health coverages etc.  I think everyone needs to have that ability to have that bond with whoever they need to for whatever circumstances they need it for. I don't think its something to be taken lightly and needs standards and boundaries but it needs to be an option for everyone. 

 I will have to say though if our prop 2 was written as California's is I would still be voting against it, no questions asked. I honestly think that as long as they are consenting adults they should be allowed to marry whoever they want, girl, boy, big, small, short, tall, black, white, yellow, purple it doesn't matter.  Allowing them to marry does NOT take away from my rights. I am still able to marry whoever *I* like. Its just allowing people to experience the same type of joy as others. Religions have always had "rules" on getting married in their religion, so if they want to add the whole requirement of being male/female, feel free. Just like you have to meet the qualification of worthiness for them you'll have to meet one more qualification. Its THEIR right to deny a male/female couple who doesn't belong just as easily as a male/male or female/female.. 

But where society is supposed to have the whole church/state separation who are we to make those kind of qualifications?  It seems silly that a girl can get married at 16 to a boy but two 30+ year olds who happen to be both men cant share the same experience.. Statistically who would be married in 10 years? Let's let everyone have the chance to have a wonderful (or horrible) life time together. Why just let the hetros have all "fun"? (Yes I *know* I'm going to hell for believing in it but I think I'll have more fun with my friends and their partners (whoever they be) than those who are so narrow minded their blinders are stuck shut...)

I heard somewhere that this is just another evolution of our society and it makes complete sense. 100 years ago we needed 10+ kids to survive, 50+ years ago segregation was still acceptable, 25 years ago the internet was a foreign word to most, 10 years ago cell phones were bricks. Now its all different, which is not a bad thing... 

Okay so apparently I had more to say than I thought... 

If you'd walk a mile in our shoes...

I have. If I hadn't I doubt I'd be so passionate on the subject, simple as that. It IS because I know the "rules" and "how its done" it maddens me when it is not done right. It's not rocket science... It's scheduling. sigh. But it was a decent day when my least fav kid got fired after not showing up on time (you get a schedule every week for a reason!) for at least the second time this week (not counting the week before and the week before that...) The only bad part was I had predicted 9:45 (supposed to be in at 6:30) and he showed up at 9... and someone finally had the balls to fire him (as they seem it easier to turn a blind eye to discipline..) and it means Ill get 4 hours extra out of the deal as I covered the end of shift today and all day tomorrow...  

Is work supposed to be so maddening or is it just that I am so bored (sudoku anyone?) that I am splitting hairs? I miss actually working for a living, doing something where at the end of the day you had something to show for it.. 

One day Ill find someone to want me and wants me for what I am good at and will let me excel at it.. One day