Books for days and days!
netmouse had me sift through books she no longer wanted, and I am geeked! I have a dozen books I always wanted to read, including a few nice hardcovers. I also have some books from an author friend I was planning on checking out, and one of these days I might get around to that kushiel series and see what you all keep fussing about. ;)
Meanwhile, I’m irritated at how my laptop is totally occupied with converting video files, leaving me with the work laptop for feeding my crack web addiction. For two to six hours at a time, I just tell it to look at a video segment, run a few filters, and get back to me.
One of these days I’d really like to pick up a VGA to RCA adapter – specifically, I’d like to play my NES, SNES, Genesis etc emulators on the big TV.
In other news, my tax return is going to pretty much be eaten up by my bills and the trip lucy and I are FINALLY taking to Chicago (we’ve been planning to go together for six months or more). Not being able to use it for toys or business gave me the incentive to actually write my boss last night and ask him if we could talk about changing my job title (etc) to reflect what I actually do.
That’s a big step for me.
We haven’t always gotten along well, and while I might be ‘hot shit’ right now, I really have no idea what he’s going to say. As George says, I’m “dramatically underpaid” right now, and if any professional job opened up, I’d make more. But he’s the one who suggested this salary in the first place, right?
I’m not money ambitious for its own sake, but I do covet being able to travel without worrying about bills, and take people out to dinner instead of splitting the bill. That’s always how I’ve looked at income – money doesn’t equal stuff, it equals time.
I’m really, really bad at saying that I “deserve” something for my hard work. I’m always afraid of the entitlement bug, I think, and unfortunately that means I don’t negotiate well for myself. I’ve always been this way.
However, I’m 29 years old, with a degree in my field, graduated top of my class, in a professional corporate job where I am not easily replaceable, certainly not at what I’m paid, and in which no one else in the company could step in and take my place.
On Thursday, I created new HTML and CSS templates for a new section (AN Events video). I created a graphic for the sales department so they’d have an in-house ad. I maintained the equipment I used when I flew to two cities in a row to video-tape and edit-on-scene two different shows, and I added articles into our content management system for next Monday’s online edition.
Those are five jobs that belong to five different departments. Maybe it’s time I stop selling myself short.
If you go to chicago march 9-11 by chance call me because I’ll be there. we’ll have to get together. (with abigail whos always hilarious!)
If you go to chicago march 9-11 by chance call me because I’ll be there. we’ll have to get together. (with abigail whos always hilarious!)
OMG! Is that Henry Rollins in your icon?
Yes, you need to figure out what you want and stand firm. You deserve to be compensated fairly ya big eejit.
Yeah, I did a 3-dimensional piece on him that was put up for exhibit in the art department at MU.
Yeah, I did a 3-dimensional piece on him that was put up for exhibit in the art department at MU.
OMG! Is that Henry Rollins in your icon?
Yes, you need to figure out what you want and stand firm. You deserve to be compensated fairly ya big eejit.
*basks in actually owning the consoles*
Psh, I own the consoles – heck I still own my sega master system. SNES was my gift to Lucy for our anniversary. Howeeeever, A) I don’t own every single game, and B) I like the added features (such as aliasing) in an emulator. No cartridges means no hoping the NES’s slot still works, either. ;D
Psh, I own the consoles – heck I still own my sega master system. SNES was my gift to Lucy for our anniversary. Howeeeever, A) I don’t own every single game, and B) I like the added features (such as aliasing) in an emulator. No cartridges means no hoping the NES’s slot still works, either. ;D
*basks in actually owning the consoles*