Monday, November 26, 2007
and I think to myself...
...when is this going to end? That was roughly 5:30 Friday morning. Better known as Black Friday. No not really. That's what I thought I would be thinking. It turned out to be quite fun really. I don't think we were as prepared as we could have been, but whatever. The good part is I felt like I put in some good hard work, and it makes it seem worth it. I have never yelled at that many customers in my life. It was FUN!
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
podcasts
Years ago when the whole idea of podcast came out, I was excited. I spent some time explaining the idea to my friends and anticipated its inception. I was disappointed to say the least. The amount of junk people can generate in this online world is incredible. Even the things I thought I was interested in didn't translate fully onto this format. I gave up for a while.
I remember a long while back when my friend Lyle talked about this nifty little program on NPR that plays every Saturday night. He listened to it whenever he had the chance. It's like old-timey radio where there are sketches and stories. I put that to the back of my mind until the theatrical version of A Prairie Home Companion came about. Later on I saw a broadcast on PBS.... and I finally made the connection... I became a sort of a fan of Garrion Keillor and found the podcast version of The News from Lake Wobegon most amusing. It started from there, and I've since moved onto The Writer's Almanac.
I have recently discovered This American Life. It is smart, funny, leaning on the side of melancholy, and ordinary. I find myself anticipating a new theme and stories every week. I think I'm a sucker for documentaries.
All Songs Considered is a show I have listened to on my drives up and down the coast. I never knew what I was listening to, but it was nice. Discovering music that is real. It excites me when something like this expands my horizons. This podcast helps me wade through all the crap out there and find something pleasant and surprising.
I think Fresh Air could be interesting.... I'll let you know.
I remember a long while back when my friend Lyle talked about this nifty little program on NPR that plays every Saturday night. He listened to it whenever he had the chance. It's like old-timey radio where there are sketches and stories. I put that to the back of my mind until the theatrical version of A Prairie Home Companion came about. Later on I saw a broadcast on PBS.... and I finally made the connection... I became a sort of a fan of Garrion Keillor and found the podcast version of The News from Lake Wobegon most amusing. It started from there, and I've since moved onto The Writer's Almanac.
I have recently discovered This American Life. It is smart, funny, leaning on the side of melancholy, and ordinary. I find myself anticipating a new theme and stories every week. I think I'm a sucker for documentaries.
All Songs Considered is a show I have listened to on my drives up and down the coast. I never knew what I was listening to, but it was nice. Discovering music that is real. It excites me when something like this expands my horizons. This podcast helps me wade through all the crap out there and find something pleasant and surprising.
I think Fresh Air could be interesting.... I'll let you know.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
prayers answered....
No not the rain, I didn't pray for that anyway.
I'm talking about the new flight path in Un'Goro. I have spent I think months of my life running to and from that spot. No more!!! There's a flight path! omg.... I am seldom so very happy.
I'm talking about the new flight path in Un'Goro. I have spent I think months of my life running to and from that spot. No more!!! There's a flight path! omg.... I am seldom so very happy.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
something deeper I think...
So I saw him today. He came into my work looking for something.
A while since we had the talk. I thought I was ok with it, but I'm actually still really angry at him. I said hi, tried to help him find whatever it was, and I realize I don't want to talk to him anymore. I stood there fuming for a second and told a friend nearby the short version and got a hug. I felt a little better about it. An hour later I was still mad.
I've been struggling with this question for a while. Why not me? No he's not perfect. Resembles somewhat to what I was looking for, and distinctly not. Not exactly what I want, but frustrating not to have. It's the fact that he didn't pick me that's pissing me off.
It makes me question myself.
I have many very complicated issues. He had to go and screw up that one good thing I had.
I'm just disappointed.
A while since we had the talk. I thought I was ok with it, but I'm actually still really angry at him. I said hi, tried to help him find whatever it was, and I realize I don't want to talk to him anymore. I stood there fuming for a second and told a friend nearby the short version and got a hug. I felt a little better about it. An hour later I was still mad.
I've been struggling with this question for a while. Why not me? No he's not perfect. Resembles somewhat to what I was looking for, and distinctly not. Not exactly what I want, but frustrating not to have. It's the fact that he didn't pick me that's pissing me off.
It makes me question myself.
I have many very complicated issues. He had to go and screw up that one good thing I had.
I'm just disappointed.
Friday, November 9, 2007
forwardish
I have this really bad habit of not going to sleep until I'm totally drained. I did that last night, because I knew I can sleep in today.
I picked my classes for next semester yesterday. The only thing left is this one class I can't register for because I haven't taken one of the prereq yet. No matter, I talked to my professor and he said he'll probably be able to add me. I'm golden. So I'll have to wait for my graduation evaluation and it looks pretty good. Only thing now is the work.
I have five papers to write in the next three weeks with various drafts and revisions in between. I'm really looking forward to this winter vacation actually. I need a bit of a break. Mental break.
I finally got around to fold my laundry today. About time. It's one of those things where I just do half of it and get lazy about the rest of it. The crazy load of homework contributes to it too I suppose. There's like a month left in school and I'm thinking maybe I should actually work on homework ahead of time. I get so very impatient when people ask me how I'm doing with school. I'm doing good, leave me alone. I know what I'm doing. I do now.
My WoW account expires at 5 tonight. I have a new card. I'm thinking I'll wait until next week to punch it in. I need this week to work. Focus. Yeah that's not really going to stand, just an idea.
I picked my classes for next semester yesterday. The only thing left is this one class I can't register for because I haven't taken one of the prereq yet. No matter, I talked to my professor and he said he'll probably be able to add me. I'm golden. So I'll have to wait for my graduation evaluation and it looks pretty good. Only thing now is the work.
I have five papers to write in the next three weeks with various drafts and revisions in between. I'm really looking forward to this winter vacation actually. I need a bit of a break. Mental break.
I finally got around to fold my laundry today. About time. It's one of those things where I just do half of it and get lazy about the rest of it. The crazy load of homework contributes to it too I suppose. There's like a month left in school and I'm thinking maybe I should actually work on homework ahead of time. I get so very impatient when people ask me how I'm doing with school. I'm doing good, leave me alone. I know what I'm doing. I do now.
My WoW account expires at 5 tonight. I have a new card. I'm thinking I'll wait until next week to punch it in. I need this week to work. Focus. Yeah that's not really going to stand, just an idea.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Dogma still rocks
It was on TV, uncut. I watched it again. Still one of the best movies ever. That is all.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
odd job
I was driving to class the other day, listening to the radio, and thought to myself.... traffic reporter, what an odd job. What kind of kid wants to do that? Wake up at the crack of dawn, hop in a chopper or truck, take off and talk for like 15 seconds every 20 min every weekday morning. And another thing, does the guy in the truck coast through this traffic or is he contributing it? Think about it.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
daylight savings time
I get an extra hour tonight. Yay. Well I'm not sure if that's a good thing, I've been having a lot of trouble sleeping lately. During the night that is. I often stay up until 1:30 in the morning before I force myself to try to sleep. I did discover one thing though.... I still really like Sex and the City. That's right, I have the whole series on DVD and watched it all. Sometimes I feel like I should write like Carrie Bradshaw. Perhaps a weekly editorial that answers some mysteries of life. It would be interesting, but the problem is I won't focus enough to figure out what that weekly question would be. I can try I guess... I'll try to think of something tomorrow... haha...
Thursday, November 1, 2007
20 min
I'm in class 20 minutes early. And of course I also forgot my phone. It feels weird to not be checking my phone every other minute. Anyway.
The thing I wrote in the last post was obviously not real, but I did take different things in real life as my inspiration. You just have to figure out what those were. I honestly think I came up with a pretty good story, I just need to revise it a little. It'll be interesting to figure out what cases I can use to sort it out.
On the same token, I think I'm a lot better in my writing lately. I can come up with some ideas, free write on it, and make something coherent. I think it's a lot easier for me to write about things I'm familiar with.
My head is not really in the right place tonight I don't think. It's a little weird for me to all of a sudden think about, hey, last night was Halloween. I watched a bit of Ghost Hunters and that was about it. I didn't really dress up yesterday, other then a fuzzy headband. I am just so absorbed with school right now. Jeez it's already November.
I printed out the classes I need to take for Spring. I don't think I'll have any scheduling conflicts. I'm registering next Thursday, that means I was put into priority registration for my final semester. How weird is that. Final semester. I had one of those before, and it didn't end well. This is the first time I'm looking at that with some confidence. I have 3 paper, 3 midterms, and 1 quiz next week. I used to freak out over things like that. I don't feel too pressured now. I think I'm getting used to it. 5 more weeks left of this. Feels like such a long way aways... but it really isn't. It'll feel so weird when I'm on vacation.
The thing I wrote in the last post was obviously not real, but I did take different things in real life as my inspiration. You just have to figure out what those were. I honestly think I came up with a pretty good story, I just need to revise it a little. It'll be interesting to figure out what cases I can use to sort it out.
On the same token, I think I'm a lot better in my writing lately. I can come up with some ideas, free write on it, and make something coherent. I think it's a lot easier for me to write about things I'm familiar with.
My head is not really in the right place tonight I don't think. It's a little weird for me to all of a sudden think about, hey, last night was Halloween. I watched a bit of Ghost Hunters and that was about it. I didn't really dress up yesterday, other then a fuzzy headband. I am just so absorbed with school right now. Jeez it's already November.
I printed out the classes I need to take for Spring. I don't think I'll have any scheduling conflicts. I'm registering next Thursday, that means I was put into priority registration for my final semester. How weird is that. Final semester. I had one of those before, and it didn't end well. This is the first time I'm looking at that with some confidence. I have 3 paper, 3 midterms, and 1 quiz next week. I used to freak out over things like that. I don't feel too pressured now. I think I'm getting used to it. 5 more weeks left of this. Feels like such a long way aways... but it really isn't. It'll feel so weird when I'm on vacation.
Legal Research Paper Fact Situaion
So I have to write this two page, double-spaced, paper that contains a little story on why my company is getting sued. I had a little help with some real life situations and I think I came up with a pretty good little story... Enjoy!
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MMC Corporation hired Al Jordan as an accountant into a five-people team two years ago when he was 39. Al is obviously handicapped because he has to walk around with crutches. Nobody knows the extent of his condition because it is against company policy to ask that when they were considering his candidacy. The hiring coordinator was informed that he had to resign from his last job because of medical issues and was otherwise very competent at his job.
After a valid and reliable competency test plus three rounds of interviews, Al was selected out of the final pool of five candidates. Very little accommodation had to be made. His cubical was close to the elevator on the second floor and was slightly bigger to have enough room for him to store his crutches when he was working in his cube. His desk was equipped with a telephone, a computer with in-house email and messaging service, an adjustable chair with wheels, and filing cabinets that were very easy for him to reach without standing up. Al had consistently received good ratings on his performance appraisal from his supervisor Janis Franklin.
The other team members’ age range from 25 to 45 of both gender and various ethnic background. All is active in the company softball team. The four members tried to make Al comfortable and regularly invited him to join them for lunch. Al is the touchy feely type. He tends to put his arm around their shoulder, rub their back and arm, lean close, etc. He often violates other people’s personal bubble. Although the company has a robust policy to handle sexual harassment, the team members never reported his behavior because it wasn’t serious, he did it to everyone, and could be tolerated. Everyone were courteous to Al, but never became real friends with him because he was considered to be a little creepy. About 10 months ago during lunch, while Beatrice Landis was unawares, Al leaned in and kissed her on the cheek in front of everybody. She pulled away and the whole group was immediately uncomfortable with the situation. During a softball game that afternoon the group figured Al most likely meant well and was a great business partner aside from his creepiness. They agreed it wasn’t serious enough to report to Janis, but they should put a little distance between Al and them. The members stopped inviting him to lunch and kept their contacts with him to minimal. They only contacted him when there was a business necessity.
As it turned out, Al didn’t have any friends other then the nice people who invited him out to lunch because of the way he behaved. He didn’t understand why his friendly behavior was not welcomed by others since he had no friends to speak of that would tell him. He was upset that other people seemed to be avoiding him. His performance suffered because he was emotionally distressed. This was reflected on the most recent performance appraisal. Janis asked Al if she could help in any way to boost his performance and were there any issues or concerns regarding the team. Al was too embarrassed to tell her his performance suffered because he didn’t have friends and that the team was nicer than other people he had worked with.
Al’s performance continued to decline and he resigned two weeks ago on an at-will basis. He is now suing MMC Corporation for constructive discharge because of the way he was treated by the other team members, ADA accommodation because there were no company sponsored recreational activity he could have joined with the other team members, and age discrimination because he turned 41 and most of the other members were younger than him.
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MMC Corporation hired Al Jordan as an accountant into a five-people team two years ago when he was 39. Al is obviously handicapped because he has to walk around with crutches. Nobody knows the extent of his condition because it is against company policy to ask that when they were considering his candidacy. The hiring coordinator was informed that he had to resign from his last job because of medical issues and was otherwise very competent at his job.
After a valid and reliable competency test plus three rounds of interviews, Al was selected out of the final pool of five candidates. Very little accommodation had to be made. His cubical was close to the elevator on the second floor and was slightly bigger to have enough room for him to store his crutches when he was working in his cube. His desk was equipped with a telephone, a computer with in-house email and messaging service, an adjustable chair with wheels, and filing cabinets that were very easy for him to reach without standing up. Al had consistently received good ratings on his performance appraisal from his supervisor Janis Franklin.
The other team members’ age range from 25 to 45 of both gender and various ethnic background. All is active in the company softball team. The four members tried to make Al comfortable and regularly invited him to join them for lunch. Al is the touchy feely type. He tends to put his arm around their shoulder, rub their back and arm, lean close, etc. He often violates other people’s personal bubble. Although the company has a robust policy to handle sexual harassment, the team members never reported his behavior because it wasn’t serious, he did it to everyone, and could be tolerated. Everyone were courteous to Al, but never became real friends with him because he was considered to be a little creepy. About 10 months ago during lunch, while Beatrice Landis was unawares, Al leaned in and kissed her on the cheek in front of everybody. She pulled away and the whole group was immediately uncomfortable with the situation. During a softball game that afternoon the group figured Al most likely meant well and was a great business partner aside from his creepiness. They agreed it wasn’t serious enough to report to Janis, but they should put a little distance between Al and them. The members stopped inviting him to lunch and kept their contacts with him to minimal. They only contacted him when there was a business necessity.
As it turned out, Al didn’t have any friends other then the nice people who invited him out to lunch because of the way he behaved. He didn’t understand why his friendly behavior was not welcomed by others since he had no friends to speak of that would tell him. He was upset that other people seemed to be avoiding him. His performance suffered because he was emotionally distressed. This was reflected on the most recent performance appraisal. Janis asked Al if she could help in any way to boost his performance and were there any issues or concerns regarding the team. Al was too embarrassed to tell her his performance suffered because he didn’t have friends and that the team was nicer than other people he had worked with.
Al’s performance continued to decline and he resigned two weeks ago on an at-will basis. He is now suing MMC Corporation for constructive discharge because of the way he was treated by the other team members, ADA accommodation because there were no company sponsored recreational activity he could have joined with the other team members, and age discrimination because he turned 41 and most of the other members were younger than him.
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