Changes... Always Damn Changes
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Posted:Oct 29, 2008 4:43 am
Last Updated:Oct 31, 2008 4:58 am
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Over the last two weeks, or so, I've been wondering what the hell was going to happen to my career. I've been working at this particular company for a year and a half and was finally picked up as a full-time employee in June. In general, once you are full-time, the company will damn near never fire you.
In August, the said company made an alliance with another huge technology and we lost about 100 employees to the other said company. The good part about the whole thing was that these employees were guaranteed a position with the other company for a minimum of one year. They also got to transfer all of their benefits - including time for pension - to the other company. That was the first big shakedown of the year, but we've been bracing for the rough economy all year and many of us were speculating that we might be outsourced as well.
Yesterday, I was pulled into the VP of technology's office. She flat-out told me that she was pulling me into a different, and new, technology group. It's not a move down for me at all. I still hold an engineer title and the guy who trained me will be coming with me. This will be my third new boss that I've worked for since I started here. It's really a good thing, though, as I love this new boss. He's really tough when it comes to what he expects, but he doesn't give a shit when you come and go. Just get your shit done, and he's fine. I've been asking him to work for his group for some time now.
All of these changes are happening at a perfect time. At the end of Novemeber, my current project would've ended and I would've had nothing to do. That's not a good thing in this market. I now have my answers and I must say that it's a relief, but I must admit that for whatever reason, I'm still slightly stressed. I went to bed last night at 9 and just got up about half an hour ago - 7 - and I was up a couple of times during the night. I think the only thing that I could've changed about my sleep was to get drunk last night, but I made sure not to. I hate relying on alcohol to solve these problems.
All in all, I'm going to be fine for now. This new group will need leaders and my friend and I are in perfect positions to do just that. The others joining us are coming from a tier lower than us, so they will still have to look to us to solve most engineering problems. I just love being the hero.
~AAS (trying to calm the stress down... unless you have another way, ladies)
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Ugly Naked Guy
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Posted:Oct 27, 2008 5:15 pm
Last Updated:Oct 30, 2008 5:58 am
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Ok, I'm really not one for Halloween. I'm not going to lie, I actually flat out hate it. On the flip side, I love Halloween parties. I'm faced with a challenge. I have to create a costume by Saturday night.
My best female friend, Lex, is having a freaking Halloween party and she's insisting that everyone must wear a damn costume. I'm not the costume kind of dude being that I hate Halloween. I'm not sure where the breakdown was from when I was , but I just despise it. I think it may be that I finally grew up. I think it is also that I'm unmarried and have no . Whatever the reason is, I - as you've already read - hate it.
So the other day, Lex, asks me what I'm going to be. My first response, and the only one that I can lean on is that of Ugly Naked Guy. I'm going to the party naked and if nobody likes it, fuck em. The only other option that I have is to wear my military uniform from when I was in the Air Force. That's old. I've worn it for the last three years. It's no longer fun. Actually, it wasn't fun when I wore for three years running.
Ladies, I beg of you... what should I wear?? What could you envision me to do? If you have good enough suggestions, I'll make sure that I take pictures, but I just have no idea what to do.
~AAS (Clueless and bored)
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Graveyard
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Posted:Oct 26, 2008 6:18 pm
Last Updated:Nov 10, 2008 10:34 am
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Yesterday, my best friend, D, asked me if I would like to join a small group of people to a graveyard tour of Georgia's largest graveyard. Normally, I wouldn't be into this kind of thing, but I remember a couple of years ago, I told myself that I really need to get out around Atlanta more. I've live here my entire life and know next to nothing about it. That's pretty bad, really.
We went to Oakland cemetery. This place is absolutely huge. It's a burial site of everything from famous people to that of confederate as well as union soldiers from the civil war.
Although I really was kind of bored in their demonstration, I'm really kind of glad that I did it. It was a last second decision in which I knew that I was either going to be at my watering hole drinking and watching football, or I was to break my routine and actually get off my ass for once. It was about an hour and a half tour and it consisted of actors stating brief facts about specific dead people. lol... Again, it was kind of boring, but I'm sure that now I've been, I can pull much better information about the cemetery up online.
I'm not sure if I'm going to actually do anything else around Atlanta this year, but I think I'm going to make it a point to at least do something at least once a month. Atlanta really is a beautiful place so long as you just take the time to learn about it.
Do you really know a lot about where you live?
~AAS
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From To The Help
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Posted:Oct 25, 2008 9:51 am
Last Updated:Oct 30, 2008 5:54 am
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Ok, now I'm just a little frustrated. As you know, my father had back surgery last week. Around that same time period, I was trying my best to be the good by being mentally there for my mother and, more importantly, helping my father by cutting the grass and doing little things he just couldn't do anymore.
As it stands now, I'm getting calls all of the time. My mother asked me, last Sunday night, if I could come over and help move a table into their truck as they prepare to move to Florida for the season. I said sure and that I could do it on Thursday. On Wednesday night, she called and said that it would be easier to do on Saturday sometime. Of course it would be. Who doesn't enjoy having their weekends off?? Who doesn't enjoy watching football?? (Go Dawgs) I fianlly agreed that I could do it Saturday morning. So this morning, I got up a little earlier than expected. To kill some time, I laid on the couch and watched a movie and... fell asleep. I just got up and called my mother - who hadn't called me - to explain to her what happened and she bitched at me!! WTF?? She said that I was irresponsible. I explained that she could move the fucking table herself than and that I was just getting ready to go over there.
To me, it seems like, at this point, she's just taking me for granted. I feel as if I've gone from being the to being the unhired help. FFS!!
~AAS (Annoyed by stupid parents)
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Fuck This New Place
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Posted:Oct 23, 2008 12:24 pm
Last Updated:Oct 26, 2008 4:04 am
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I'm floating around Blogville saying hello, trying to read new people as well as catch up with old ones and shit around here is just stupid. We have everything from people hiding behind 'friends only' posts to those that are being criticized for what they say or write.
I hate to keep bringing this up, but man it's really getting tiring. This place is to dump your thoughts. This is a place to joke, vent or just plain be silly if you want to. You won't find me posting for friends only - unless of course it's to make fun of others, which I'm most likely going to do anyway.
Here is my theory. You read me because you like me. You don't read me because you don't like me. You read me because you like how I don't like others, etc... regardless people, fucking calm the fuck down.
I really don't care who started the childish nature, but understand that there are still many of us out here willing to share with you all thoughts that pop into our wittle heads. I'm not going to lighten it up for you, nor am I going to withhold my feelings just because it makes you feel better.
Blogville needs to relax and have fun. If you don't like, fine! Go away!! For those of you with blocked blogs, good luck. I'm sure that you have your reasons, but don't expect for me to beg to be part of your cool club. If you have only some posts that are blocked, fine, but I still find it odd.
I understand that I'm surely going to lose 2 of the 3 readers that I have, but I'm ok with that. I'm not here to be your best friend.
~AAS (Changing shit back to how it was before)
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Your Reason?
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Posted:Oct 23, 2008 4:57 am
Last Updated:Oct 30, 2008 5:53 am
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What exactly brought you to this site? I can't believe it's been three years for me, but time sure does fly when you're trying to get laid.
My ex fiance and I broke up after living together for four full years. I had the built in family and was actually enjoying life. I had a full-time IT job and she was a part-time dancer and college student. Together, we were able to cover all the bills. Things, obviously, didn't work out and we split. I went getting laid everyday to nothing.
After the amount of time that I spent in a relationship, I'd forgotten how to date or how to even ask for one. I started going to a local bar where I met my now current best friend. I fell into a pattern of going to the bar every night right after work. I think this is when I started drinking so much because I just didn't want to go back home. I met a lot of new friends and every night seemed to be a party. After a year or so of this, even this got to be boring and I was never successful picking women up there either, so I went home, jumped on my computer and googled something along the lines of 'No Strings Attached Sex'. I saw this site and joined for free. I really, really needed to get laid and figured this was the place, but not even this site could help me out. After about three or four months of getting zero attention from the main part of the site, I found the blogs. I sat in the back ground and just read. I found this one guy - now very long gone - but I was impressed with his writing. What was more important, I was in awe of the interaction amongst the bloggers. So, after much debating about what in the world I had to say, I ventured off to blog on my own. The rest is pretty much history.
Again, what brought you here?? Is it that you had a bad breakup? Were you unhappily married and wanted some side action?? Are you happily married and just do this together? I find these things fascinating as everybody has their own story to tell.
~AAS (always wanting to learn others)
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Give Her a Greeting
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Posted:Oct 22, 2008 2:49 pm
Last Updated:Oct 23, 2008 7:26 am
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My Princes started to finally blog... She is shy and quite nervous about the whole thing so be nice!! lol... Go on over and say hello.
[post 1644674]
~AAS
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Are You A Freak??
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Posted:Oct 22, 2008 1:57 pm
Last Updated:Oct 30, 2008 5:51 am
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Lately, I'm starting to think that I'm a sex freak... I guess in some ways, we all - on this site - are. Lately, the only thing I've been daydreaming about is anal sex.
I've put it in the booty with my ex fiance a couple of times. Back then, it really wasn't all that. I was trying to figure out the fascination of the whole experience. I mean, it made some odd noises that you don't hear during vaginal sex, it was really hard to do w/out being scared of hurting her... I just really didn't like it.
Lately, I'm fixed on it. I want to do it and I think that the only reason is because it's so... so... I dunno, naughty??
What is your latest freak fantasy?? Be honest... Let's not be shy people.
~AAS
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Good Reading
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Posted:Oct 21, 2008 7:22 am
Last Updated:Oct 22, 2008 6:20 pm
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It looks like there is a wee bit o' drama floating around here in Blogville, so I just wanted to recap on what I think was some severely fun times. Maybe this will help lighten the mood about 'round here... if not, just fek off if you don't like it.
This a very fun exchange between my friend (and funny ass blogger) bardicman and his buddy Bulge - who is no longer around here. Let me know how much you enjoy! I always giggle like a little bitch to this.
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New Trend??
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Posted:Oct 20, 2008 7:22 pm
Last Updated:Oct 21, 2008 7:06 am
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Ok, I realize it's been a while since I've been here, but I was really hoping some of you could enlighten me on a new trend that I'm seeing across Blogville...
What is it with all the blogs that are reserved for friends only? It's not that I don't mind not reading them, I'm just kind of confused. I don't want anyone to get offended either, I'm just kind of making an observation.
Could it be a way to just add more to a friend's list? What would that do other than just give them access to private albums?? Is it a super-secret club that I haven't been invited to?? I'm just confused, that's all.
Again, I love being open about my life's downs and downs - yes you read that right. I mostly don't give a damn what anyone thinks of me and I enjoy listening to others' perspectives.
~AAS (Looking for some insight)
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Affair Link, This Is Truly Getting Old
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Posted:Oct 20, 2008 5:07 pm
Last Updated:Oct 21, 2008 5:04 am
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Dear Affair Link,
I understand that I'm not a paying customer, and in fact was about to rejoin today, but it's truly a pain in the ass when your shit stays broken.
I've given you the tip that your Whose Online Now crap doesn't work. I've even given you in depth detail as to why. I suggested you roll it back to the old version until you could hire someone smart enough to fix it. I then also suggested you do more testing on it before you just roll it into a production environment. I actually felt kinda special when you did roll it back. However, just in the fashion you normally deliver you rolled the new one back in and it's doing the same thing.
When I got home, I was simply trying to read my blog and the hundreds of thousands of comments I was surly going to get for my shrikage post, but guess what?? Your site keeps timing out because your servers just can't keep up. Your graphics.pop6.com server really sucks. It just is not reading the analytic in a timely fashion and as a result gives me a network time out. Do you know how annoying it is to have to hit F5 to refresh my machine b/c yours are too slow??
Please get your shit together because I'm truly getting annoyed. I had $30 to blow this month and I guess now, I'll have to invest it in Captain Morgan again.
~AAS (annoyed when I can't blog)
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What The Hell Happened?
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Posted:Oct 20, 2008 5:22 am
Last Updated:Oct 21, 2008 5:03 am
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So yesterday was a nice day with the sun shining and the temperature in the 70's.
This morning, I roll out of bed, grab my smokes and head outside for my morning fix and what happens??? Shrinkage! I'm already small enough... this is the last damn thing I needed. I'm just not ready for cold yet!!
~AAS (begging mother nature to take it back)
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