Month: March 2006

We had a nice dinner last night at one of our local steakhouses with Kate and nomadicmedic and deza and tall_man and their younglings. The friends were fun and the food was good. Lots of inappropriate comments were made. I’m sorry more people couldn’t join us. Next time we’ll plan farther in advance.

“Soon we’ll be out among the cold world’s strife,
Soon we’ll be sliding down the razor blade of life.”

“Hearts full of youth,
Hearts full of truth,
Six parts gin, to one part vermouth.”

We watched “Dress to Kill” again the other night and I was reminded that I find the line about “The Gospel according to St. Bastard” to be very funny. So I Dogpiled St. Bastard and found out that there is a band called St. Bastard, more than one LiveJournal calling itself The Gospel according to St. Bastard and a few SCA events for the Feast of St. Bastard. I wonder when his feast day is, April 15? He’d make a good patron saint for some people.

“And Henry VIII, a big hairy king, went up to the Pope and said, “Mr. Pope! I’m gonna marry my first wife, then I’m gonna divorce her. Now, I know what you’re gonna say, but stick with me. My story gets better. Second wife, I’m gonna kill her! Cut her head off. Ah, not expecting that, are we? Third wife gonna shoot her. Fourth wife, put her in a bag. Fifth wife, into outer space. Sixth wife, on a rotissamat. Seventh wife, made out of jam…” and the Pope is saying, “You crazy bugger! You can’t do all this, what are you a Mormon? It’s illegal. What have you been reading? The gospel according to St. Bastard?”–Eddie Izzard

This short pithy article has shed a lot of light for me.  Geek Social Fallacies.  I’m definitely a carrier of GSF 1 and 3, I’m working my way out of 4 right now.  This is mainly through the realization that some of my friends don’t WANT to know one another and that’s all right with me.  tiernen is a big one for GFS 5, probably more than most people would realize.  I think it stems from his not liking to be alone.

Every day I come in with plans to get lots done, and every day I put stuff off for no good reason. I’m just marking time until 5:00. Why can’t I get motivated? It seems like everything I do just creates more work.

At this point, just trying to get through the week (lots of paperwork). Exercise tonight. Payday tomorrow, that will be good, also SCA meeting [potential creepy guy confrontation, not looking forward to that]. Girls lunch on Friday, also short work day *YAY*. We have (scheduled but unconfirmed) gaming Friday night, GS outdoor training on Saturday, Baronial meeting and practice in Raleigh on Sunday, then back to work on Monday. Busy busy busy.

The warm weather is nice, but tough on the wardrobe. I’m not ready to unpack the summer clothes yet, so I’m having to play “How warm will it get today?” with the closet. Sometimes I win (and am comfy) sometimes I lose (and am too hot). Bleah!

Why, why, why, or more accurately, HOW can someone reach the age of 50-something and posess precisely 0% (that’s zero) people skills?

That’s my new librarian. I suggested that she’s coming across as authoritarian and demanding [telling people what to do instead of asking, offering unsolicited suggestions on how to do things and insisting that things be done her way in despite of instructions to the contrary in the SOP], so now she’s telling the staff that I and our other librarian “want” people to do what she wants them to do (essentially lying). She vacillates bewteen chirpy and weird, hostile, crude and sullen. It’s like an evil personality slot machine.

This woman is old enough to be my mother. She’s been in the Army (WAC) in a leadership position. She went to school and got her Master’s Degree in Library Science (I KNOW they have management courses). How is it that she manages to alienate absolutely EVERYONE on our staff?

Is it me? Am I such a bad manager that I can’t get across to this woman that while she is not in charge of the library and therefore is not authorized to assign people work, she can (using tact and good communication) engage their assistance in the valuable work she is doing if she follows the established proceedures? She says she feels like she gets no respect. This is true. People are pretty much at the “politely ignoring” phase right now. What’s my place in this? Tell them to play nice with her? Tell her to earn their respect? I want the staff to work as a team, to help one another. Most people are doing this. Why is this one person such a problem?

Gah! Makes me wanna holler!

I am trying to enjoy living in the moment. I am finding myself too involved in planning lately and then I never have time to enjoy things as they come. Therefore I plan to be more spontaneous!