A blog where I don't have a compalint about work? WOW! This weekend was my wonderful wife's birthday. I surprised her by taking the day off and we went to get our pictures taken at Olde Tyme Photography. The picture came out really cool and I love it. 

So today I encountered the nastiest computer virus I have ever seen. I have never seen something replicate and attach itself to everything possible! I went through many Windows re installs and it never went away! It was also hiding on my other 2 hard drive partitions and kept spreading that way. Oh, and in the process of trying to fix it I infected the laptop as well. This damn virus jumped onto anything plugged into the USB ports! So I finally had to go through and totally wipe every partition on my hard drive! I lost a TON of stuff! :(

Tomorrow I guess I get to do the laptop :(

People who create viruses should be caught and tortured for the rest of their lives!

*sigh*

That's never a good way to start a blog post is it?
I realized today that I cannot go to work and have a good day without somebody doing something to piss me off and make me despise the company more than I already do! I am so sick of actually thinking about it and blogging about it. I really want a new career! I have been applying religiously since right before the wedding in June! Why is it so hard to get an interview somewhere? I still would love to get into photography but those dreams seem to be fading and fading fast :( I was going to start small and do some side freelance stuff to get the feel for it but it doesn't look like I will be able to purchase a camera any time soon. I just created an Amazon wish list too of all the stuff I want.

I am not sad about not getting into photography right away but I am bummed that I won't have a nice camera for our trip to Washington state. I know I am going to fall in love with the scenery there, and I would love to capture our first out of state trip as a married couple. But, c'est la vie!

Another thing bothering me today is that I put in a good word for my friend at my job so that he could maybe get a steady paycheck. I did this and he decided to show up to the interview late! C'est la vie

I put up with a lot of stress and crap at work. There are many days when I don't get to take lunch until late if at all. There are days where I voluntarily stay late to help out and yet get no recognition for it. Times when I ask if I can go home a little early and am told no. There are days where I fix other peoples screw ups. I get to deal with upset customers. I am not in a position of authority. So I ask, when is it too much?

Have I already passed that point? Possibly.
Is there gonna be many more incidents? Definitely
How much longer should I deal with it? I passed that point a LONG time ago. :(

I have also found out that this city has gone to crap for finding good jobs. I don't want much. A nice office job where I get weekends off so I can spend time with my wonderful wife. Preferably 9-5 but not dead set on it. Yet, this type of job doesn't seem to exist anymore. Companies are too greedy and want to be open all the time so they don't miss that one day of sales. Employee well being is not usually considered. Sad really. How can a company expect to do well if their employees are not happy? Maybe that's why the company I work for has it's stock at 37 cents a share. Maybe that's why the competitor's parking lot is always full while we are standing around watching tumbleweeds go by. Just a though. But, what do I know?

I have come to the conclusion that computers suck! I have been trying to get my desktop up and running for hours now. I though it was a bad motherboard but after replacing it have come to the conclusion that the new motherboard I bought is probably bad too. But now the original motherboard and all original hardware is working...... at the moment. It is just after 2a.m. I am not happy. Computers stress me out and since that's what my job deals with..... I am realizing I am a pretty stressed out person! This is no good. Goos-fraba......Goos-fraba......Goos-fraba..... If you don't know what it means, go watch the movie Anger Management. Or just google it.

I need some serious de stressing and I am not sure if that is going to be possible if I have to keep dealing with computers and my job on a regular basis.

Hmmmmm....... looking over at the desktop it looks as though it has frozen! Yeay! :(

Goos-fraba......GOOS-fraba........GOOS-FRABA!!!!!!!

Oh hell, it was just taking a nap I guess! Oh, of course now it doesn't want to read part of the install disc! LOVELY! Now it's working again........ *Flips off computer*

I hope anyone reading this doesn't have to deal with this, and if you do, I feel your pain!

This is a subject that has been bothering me for sometime now. I work retail at Circuit City. Why do people think that they are buying a car when they come in? Too many people say "What can you do on the price?" To which I usually reply, "I can ring it up and charge you for the price that is on the price tag there." This is a retail electronics store! Since when do you wheel and deal for a freaking brand new computer?!! Then they say "Best Buy has a different model on sale for cheaper than this. What can you do for me?" Well, I can send you off to Best Buy to get the better deal. Threatening me isn't going to get us to lower the price. Why? Because it's not the same thing! You going to another store to get a better deal isn't going to hurt my feelings or ruin my day. I would do the same thing to save some money. In fact, if I know that you can get something cheaper somewhere else and you ask me, I will probably tell you. Can I lose my job for this? I don't know, but frankly I don't care. It's about morals I guess. I can't bring myself to rip somebody off just so the people above me can go buy ridiculously expensive things. I guess I could never be a lawyer! LOL

September 30th, 2007....... I am at a Halo game night at work. I go outside to take a smoke break, bum a cigarette from someone and decide this is the last day I am going to smoke, tomorrow I quit. 11:55p.m. I smoke what I say will be my last cigarette.

Present Day (October 1, 2008) I celebrate being smoke free for 1 Year!!! Wow, I did it!!! I feel a huge amount of accomplishment. I quit smoking cold turkey, just decided to quit. Was it hard? YES! Mentally I had no problems quitting. I went through physical withdrawal symptoms like crazy though. However, I did not let it screw up my quit!

So today I fill my lungs with clean air and scream..............

I AM NOT A SMOKER!!!!!!!!!!!