Somehow, someway, tomorrow I am going to use the following sentence on someone:
"As Abraham Lincoln said, upon issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, "Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke."
I, being a nosy and self-centered sort, just realized that I can see how many people subscribe to my blog via Google reader. I know I should be more weirded out about total strangers having access to what is essentially my diary, but for some reason I'm not. Why don't y'all drop a comment and say "Hey." ?
After the recent events in my life and after watching "Recount", I have to believe that the old adage is true: Nice guys do finish last.
Good thing I only *look* nice.
Thought for the day: There is a fine line between "being low maintenance" and "being taken for granted." I can't seem to manage to get the right balance, in either my personal or my professional life.
No, I am not talking about any of you. Geez, Gentle Reader, you are freaking paranoid!
I seem to be on a bit of a blog hiatus. For awhile there I had the depression blahs, and then the shit hit the fan at work and it was a lot of stuff that I couldn't blog about, and now....I dunno. Whatever it is, I think it's contagious because almost all of the blogs I read are in the same boat.
After a really shitty week last week, I actually had a pretty good weekend. I hung out with the folks. Did some gardening. Hung out with the dog. Made some awesome ribs on the grill, a skill which heretofore has eluded me. Around Sunday afternoon I got over my work issues. Only to be quickly replaced by my annoyance with cunts on Facebook issues, but you know what, Gentle Reader? I ain't perfect.
I do have some good work related stuff that I can talk about. Okay, I've been looking for a decent topic to do in-depth research on. I spend a lot of time covering Web 2.0 type stuff, but that's not the type of topic I feel like I can get a meaty paper out of - it''s more newsletter/blog type material. I mean, I'll still cover it and I'm becoming somewhat of a "known person" in my field when it comes to this type of stuff, it's just that I really need something more serious to put on my CV. This quest was intensified after the shitty events of last week and I started to really feel intense pressure to find something because I finally realized that I got to start looking out for #1.
Okay, so that sets the scene for you.
So Saturday I get an e-mail from Tiger. Yes, TIGER. That Tiger. He's recently buttoned up his Ph.D. and has an idea for his post-doc research. One problem: the topic has significant legal issues involved and he needs a lawyer-type person to co-author the planned series of papers. So, as I am a lawyer-type person, he has asked me. I don't want to go too much into the topic, just because it's sort of unique and I'm pretty sure if I typed the major identifying term for it here it would end up in a google search. And that would be...awkward. BUT, suffice it to say that it is pretty much the perfect topic for me and my educational background, interests and strengths. Like, it's so perfect that I'm sort of surprised that I didn't think of it myself. Okay, I'll give you a hint: the movie Adaptation sort of touches upon this topic. And another: Tiger is a botanist. And finally: Besides law, my educational background is anthropology. Between those three hints, you should be able to figure it out, Gentle Reader. And if not, just know that I am SO! EXCITED!
Who woulda thunk that salvation could come from Tiger?
I can't really talk about what happened to me at work today. Suffice it to say that after everyone left, I and a co-worker had a bitch session that lasted 1.25 hours and I used the words fuck, fucking, motherfucker and variations thereof easily 1000 times. EASILY.
In related news, I am going to do a long weekend in Las Vegas the weekend before Father's Day. I think. I want to see how I feel tomorrow.
In also related news, I got a travel grant for the big conference in July, so that means the budget can stand a little fun.
than Sad Trombone or Instant Rimshot?" you may ask. Well I'll tell you...
I have discovered what my life has been missing lo these past 32 years and the answer is SOUND EFFECTS.
I was really happy about the California Supreme Court legalizing gay marriage...until I remembered that this was a presidential election year and the far right now has their "get out the vote" issue. Damn.
