So, I recently got an iPhone and have enabled two new plugins for Wordpress that allow for better viewing and administration via the iPhone. Hopefully this will be the enticement that I need to post more. As of right now there is no way to upload photos directly from the iPhone so the posts from the iPhone will be very text-y I suppose.
I think that pretty much sums up new stuff for right now. Oh, and I got a job.
Today has left me with two realizations:
On the work front, things have gotten better. I was reading through some older posts and I'm happy to say that work no longer elicits the same dread and despair that it did in those earlier posts which, I suppose, is a good thing.
If today is supposed to serve as a taste of the year to come, it might just be alright.
So far today has been very quiet. The new line of business that I was pulled into for work rolled out today and I don’t think we’ve done anything other than surf the internet today. Hopefully things will pick up because after spending three weeks going through training, the last thing that I want is to turn around and it be all for naught.
I’ve been thinking about resolutions, the New Year prompts them I suppose. First among my resolutions would be the need to lose some weight. I looked at a picture of myself from about four or five years ago earlier today and while I’ve never been a skinny guy, I was a good bit thinner then. I liked the way I looked – shaved head and all.
I think the other reason that I’ve started thinking about the whole “things I need to do†thing is that I have a birthday happening soon. I don’t know why a random number like “27†bothers me, but it does. I think that perhaps it’s because it’s like a mile marker on the path to the frightening “Big 3-0â€. It has started to fill like I’ve got this voice whispering in my ear and it is saying, “C’mon, get the lead out, get something going, get a direction, get stuff in order, get things happeningâ€. The bad part about this is I really have no idea what to get started, what order to get things in and where to go. It reminds me of when a friend of mine and I used to sit and talk about how we felt bad on the one hand that we hadn’t gotten more done in life, but, on the other hand, we were both scared as shit of whatever “more†was.
Maybe this is what “growing up†really is. Maybe it’s all about not knowing anything really and just having to wing it. Life improvisation I suppose you could call it. Either way, I really hope that a few things come together this year so maybe I won’t be so freaked out about approaching 30.
So we have visitors today in the office...higher ups, new "bosses" so to speak. I was displeased to say the least when I learned upon my arrival to the office this morning however, to find that "upper management" here sent their administrative assistant to tell a disabled co-worker that (and I'm paraphrasing), "They realized she was disabled, but they were still closing off access to the women's bathroom on our floor".
Why close the bathroom you ask? Because they don't want to hear any flushing noises in the conference room adjacent to it. I am amazed that a corporation as large as the one I work for would tolerate our management denying access to basic utilities to make a good show. I don't think that it makes a good show at all. In fact, I'm embarrassed, appalled and disappointed.
So today was lazy...
And I luxuriated in that fact. I've done nothing but swipe internet from the restaurant next to Starbucks and work on web design while relaxing in an oversized chair...
Saw Johnny this evening, which was nice. Kinda bittersweet since today was his last day as a resident of Wilmington. He said he dropped his keys off at the office. I think it's official, all of the "crew" from the Brookstone apartment are gone except for me. I miss the times as they were the last vestiges of college freedom.
After a week of work that left me feeling overwhelmed with stress, I've decided to give it one month. My ultimatum to myself. If I'm still unhappy in a month, I'm packing up shop and finding a new job.
In other "news" (lol) I'm frustrated with Ruby on Rails. i think it's the fact that there is so much that I want to do with it, and so much that can be done with it, that it's kinda overwhelming.
So.
Every have one of those days where you get to where you need to be only to realize that place you need to be is totally not where you want to be? Today is most definitely one of those days. Cubicles be damned!
I suppose my frustration has a number of causes.
Guess it's just that thing that everyone goes through though, so I suppose I shouldn't complain. At least I have a job right?
On a side note, Ruby on Rails development is going well. The one thing I've noticed is that as I'm learning, I want to go back and rewrite what I've already written, which can be a pain. Overall though, I'm progressing well. I think that there are a number of web based applications that I could see Ruby working for, so that's a good thing.
Oh, and fireworks at the house last night were neat. I'll post some pics later.
So, this week at work has been pretty light, which to some degree frightens me. The reason it frightens me is that usually a really light week is the precursor to getting slammed. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see.
The slowness at work has allowed me to devour a number of Ruby on Rails tutorials. You can click here for more information on Ruby on Rails. I'm trying to learn this language so that I can do some database development. To me, it's elegant how intuitive the language is and how rapidly the development process can go. I'm hoping to get up and running with it in the next two weeks so that I can start doing some work on a project that Jason and I have been talking about for a while.
On the web development front, Jason and I have also got to get cracking on doing some development on stewart-colbert08.com. We're half through with 2006 and my goal is to have the site up and running by the fall; in time for the beginnings of the '08 campaigns.
On another note - I watched The Ringer last night at Jason and Brooke's...
Let's just say that it was less offensive than I thought it was going to be, but it was still something I think I won't bother watching a second time. I have to say that it was funny seeing Brooke, who is by far one of the sweetest, most caring people I know, come to a realization of why that movie might not be too appealing to me. I don't hold it against her though, she's too sweet to do that.