Workin Man

Oh, hi. I didn't see you there. Come in, come in.

So I've officially been working one week and one day. I also got paid today. That, my friends, is awesome. Don't expect that kind of treatment working for the state. Private corporation, homeboy. Dig it. No wonder the private sector is so ridiculous here. State governments and publicly traded big ones need to learn how to treat their employees, shit!

But seriously. I'm an IT guy. I fix issues. It's great. I seriously am digging the best of both worlds right now. One one hand, I am troubleshooting typical corporate issues every insurance company computer geek would deal with. "Hey, I lost my printers," or "hey, my email signature doesn't have that little circle-y thingy in it anymore," etc. I also get the tougher project-based stuff from on high like "Our automated email's unsubscribe link is getting blocked by Outlook in some Windows 7 machines, figure out why..." That's awesome. Real challenges along with facetime with clients is a great blend. Oh right, and that's just 'the one hand.'

On the OTHER hand, I have 5 radio stations, their jocks, their salespeople, their managers and executives to take care of. We have a pretty basic production studio (where you record commercials for local businesses) just riddled with simple audio issues that are fun to fix and get me valuable time with the radio peeps. I secretly want to get myself on the air at the Friday night midnight spot. I'm 100% positive that all the stations are automated at that point, ESPECIALLY on the weekends. Wow do radio people know how to take a long lunch and cut out early. My favorite quirk is the 3rd floor bullpen of advertising sales "executives" that upon our entrance into their cube farm will yell "I.T. on deck! Minimize! Minimize!" It's hilarious. But they're seriously just looking at porn all day. Whatever. They get paid on commission anyway.

It's a glamorous life, I know, stop being jealous for two seconds please.

Today though - yowsers. My director interviewed a dude for the open System Administrator (guy that runs the servers) position. Probably makes around 45K a year. Seriously, the dude showed up in a polo shirt and 'khaki' cargo pants with a belt and a Bieber haircut. Alright, so the haircut isn't a big deal but still. WTF. MAYBE, and this is a hy-po-thetical (Bob from Office Space voice) but if he had worn the Mac polo shirt with a tie, just maybe it would have been permissible.

Gahh.. I was hoping this post would have turned out better. But anyway.

I got paid, I love my job, be jealous.

Lovesies

Jobbed!

Yeah, if you didn't know it by now, I appreciate you reading this blog (actually, I appreciate everyone who reads this blog) because that means I might actually be interesting enough to get real readers. Despite my blog's emo title, I try to be introspective enough to actually write something meaningful, but at the same time, I don't try to get your attention by screaming about my dad. Or skateboards. Or, well you get the point.

So yeah! I have a job. I'm - wait for it... - an I.T. guy! I work for the Guaranty Corporation (not nearly as corporately ominous as it sounds) which provides life insurance products as well as runs more than a few broadcast radio stations in lovely Baton Rouge, Louisiana. That's right - I'm a born-again societal contributor. Yeck. That sounds yuppier than ... well anyway. Don't worry though! I'm still busily raging against the awful political nonsense that governs all of our everyday transactions, from the bank to McDonald's. Yep. Even though I'm back to paying taxes, I haven't just flicked on the Republican switch.

Kaycie actually bought us Ann Coulter's "How to Talk to a Liberal (If you Must)," and let me tell you - it's a doozy. (Dusey?) Anyway, it's ridiculous.

The book's first chapter alone helped me realize what Ann Coulter's role in society is. It's not to actually know anything (although I'm sure she does) or argue valid points (which she doesn't do in her book, while I'm sure she could quite adroitly debate many issues with valid points). Her role is not to engage liberals in real arguments, it is to publish books that infuriate us to such an extent that WE write books to counter her ridiculous arguments - MEANWHILE - republicans run the country because we're too offended by her crass pulp to do anything but defend our honor. It's brilliant.

SO - "How do we respond as sentient beings," you ask? Well, I've taken the liberty of publishing my own book. Read on:

"How to talk to Ann Coulter (If you Must)"

Chapter 1:

Don't.

The end.






Stick it in your eye, Ann Coulter. I have bigger fish to fry.


That's all for now. I'll tell you people later what my new job's like, once I've been there a full week (tomorrow).

Lovesies.