wellp...
This is the last day of my current job, a job I've mostly despised for the past 2 1/2 years.
I feel good to leave, even though I will still be on Temple campus down the street. I hope the new gig is better, but I doubt it. I basically think university work is shit. I will tolerate it until I leave philly, which should be next summer.
I fear I'll never finish my BS degree here, that I've been doing using Temple's tuition remission. Partly, I can't stand wasting my time, and no class I have to take in order to finish the degree is more than a waste of time and effort--I can't imagine the payoff being anything but frustration.
I may very well abandon the BS--I do have a BA in music already--and spend my last year here working on a MBA. The Fox business school is one of the best assets Temple has, and it seems better to have a half-finished MBA from a good school (in a crappy university) than a half-finished BS from a shit-on-a-stick school (in a crappy university).
The plan is not set, but it seems that's what I favor at the moment.
I may forgo the whole thing in order to pursue Microsoft Certifications or Linux ones...
I guess, to look on the bright side, it's good to have options.
Today, we're supposed to have a "tea" for my departure. How fucking gay is that?
Can I just say, librarians are fucking worthless. Maybe I'll build some AI to replace them. It wouldn't be hard, which is why they suck in my book. Sorry you library nerds out there, you're just fooling yourself. Science, Art, Technology, even Business are all challenging roles you can play, but being in Library Science (IMHO) is the art of fading away into incompetence. Even the SG library group sucks pretty hard. I joined and immediately left when absolutely no one commented on the boards within a month. Whatev.
For me, libraries are history, besides getting the occassional book out. At least the material is worth a helluvalot, if not the people who stink the joint up.
I guess it makes me sad, I always had such high hopes for working in a library (I've worked in them for almost a decade). I guess it's not entirely their fault. The state of things in the US degrades. People are dumber than in the dark ages sometimes, even though the stupidest sub-human can still use a cellphone...that grand old art of higher learning and thinking is usually frowned upon by the small folk.
I guess I sound like an elitist, but I was driven to this conclusion and did my best to stave it off through the years.
I wonder if it's too early to collect more weapons and move to Idaho or something.
Again, whatev.
On a brigher note, my best friend is coming for a long visit in August.
He's also my tattoo artist and he's agreed to tattoo me when he's here.
Here's what I want.
I should have been a demonologist. I love this Hans Memling piece, and I'll wear it on my right forearm by summer's end.
Kind of tough, eh?
Appropriate for me, I'd say, if nothing else.
I'm glad for the weekend.
Nothing too much planned. Will see SeanieFresh and Alexis (always with teena) and eat whatever Sean might catch today on his fishing trip. Iook forward to it, very much so.
I think I'll grab a few drinks with the co-workers I like this afternoon.
I guess I should be anxious about a new job on Monday, but I'm not.
At my count, this will be almost the 50th job I've had in my relatively short life.
One day I'll make a good list to share. There's not too much I haven't done...all shit jobs of course, but I've had them all.
Our cabin trip is all filled and ready to go. Halloween will be a blast this year. Thanks to the people we invited for paying quickly and making it possible.
Have a good weekend, friends or foes.
See ya....
yah
This is the last day of my current job, a job I've mostly despised for the past 2 1/2 years.
I feel good to leave, even though I will still be on Temple campus down the street. I hope the new gig is better, but I doubt it. I basically think university work is shit. I will tolerate it until I leave philly, which should be next summer.
I fear I'll never finish my BS degree here, that I've been doing using Temple's tuition remission. Partly, I can't stand wasting my time, and no class I have to take in order to finish the degree is more than a waste of time and effort--I can't imagine the payoff being anything but frustration.
I may very well abandon the BS--I do have a BA in music already--and spend my last year here working on a MBA. The Fox business school is one of the best assets Temple has, and it seems better to have a half-finished MBA from a good school (in a crappy university) than a half-finished BS from a shit-on-a-stick school (in a crappy university).
The plan is not set, but it seems that's what I favor at the moment.
I may forgo the whole thing in order to pursue Microsoft Certifications or Linux ones...
I guess, to look on the bright side, it's good to have options.
Today, we're supposed to have a "tea" for my departure. How fucking gay is that?
Can I just say, librarians are fucking worthless. Maybe I'll build some AI to replace them. It wouldn't be hard, which is why they suck in my book. Sorry you library nerds out there, you're just fooling yourself. Science, Art, Technology, even Business are all challenging roles you can play, but being in Library Science (IMHO) is the art of fading away into incompetence. Even the SG library group sucks pretty hard. I joined and immediately left when absolutely no one commented on the boards within a month. Whatev.
For me, libraries are history, besides getting the occassional book out. At least the material is worth a helluvalot, if not the people who stink the joint up.
I guess it makes me sad, I always had such high hopes for working in a library (I've worked in them for almost a decade). I guess it's not entirely their fault. The state of things in the US degrades. People are dumber than in the dark ages sometimes, even though the stupidest sub-human can still use a cellphone...that grand old art of higher learning and thinking is usually frowned upon by the small folk.
I guess I sound like an elitist, but I was driven to this conclusion and did my best to stave it off through the years.
I wonder if it's too early to collect more weapons and move to Idaho or something.
Again, whatev.
On a brigher note, my best friend is coming for a long visit in August.
He's also my tattoo artist and he's agreed to tattoo me when he's here.
Here's what I want.
I should have been a demonologist. I love this Hans Memling piece, and I'll wear it on my right forearm by summer's end.
Kind of tough, eh?
Appropriate for me, I'd say, if nothing else.
I'm glad for the weekend.
Nothing too much planned. Will see SeanieFresh and Alexis (always with teena) and eat whatever Sean might catch today on his fishing trip. Iook forward to it, very much so.
I think I'll grab a few drinks with the co-workers I like this afternoon.
I guess I should be anxious about a new job on Monday, but I'm not.
At my count, this will be almost the 50th job I've had in my relatively short life.
One day I'll make a good list to share. There's not too much I haven't done...all shit jobs of course, but I've had them all.
Our cabin trip is all filled and ready to go. Halloween will be a blast this year. Thanks to the people we invited for paying quickly and making it possible.
Have a good weekend, friends or foes.
See ya....
yah
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i agree that librarians are pretty pointless these days. im not sure what they do exactly besides stock shelves, wear glasses, and act all smart like.
good luck with your new job.