Tuesday night..

[feren]

.. remember how I said I couldn't find the consultant, the vendor or the bar code scanner? As I was walking out the door at 8:20 PM I ran into the consultant. The scanner and the vendor arrived about 15 minutes afterwards. We started working and got done with everything at 1:40 in the morning. Yes, I worked from 11:00 AM Tuesday morning to 1:40 AM this morning. Then I went home, slept, and worked from 11:00 AM to 7:30 PM.

When I got up this morning I did a few quick exercises but pretty much avoided the treadmill -- my arms and legs were sore from the beating I've been giving them all week as well as all the heavy lifting and moving I was doing last night. That sort of set the tone for my day -- it dragged by, and I dragged along with it. I suppose digging in at the Mexican buffet for lunch didn't help matters (mmm, food coma) but I still spent most of the day in a stupor that I largely blame on late hours and insufficient rest. At least I managed to get the 27 th floor's fiber feed lit from the data center (That took an hour to troubleshoot thanks to the lousy cross-patch on the 9 th floor), and I got a barcode scanner ordered for us so we never have to depend upon the vendor again for that particular piece of hardware. I took care of a few help desk tickets and also fought some with OpenView. That's about the extent of my "accomplishments" at the office. My manager was trying to stir up trouble again but fortunately DR (my direct supervisor) put an end to that crap before it got too far out of hand.

I'm sitting at home now and looking longingly at my bed... but unfortunately I have a pair of Cisco tech manuals on the VoIP solution that I should start reading. I also haven't practiced the bass in four or five days. I really should hit the 'mill tonight since I skipped it this morning. At the very least I need to get a few chapters into the Cisco books, though. No rest for the wicked, as they say.

Oh, one more sign that the world is going to hell in a hand basket.... some of you may know that while I don't believe the English language needs to be kept "pure" (It's a bastard child of about eight other languages to begin with) I don't think it's acceptable to completely screw up the language either. Tonight masem informed me via #watertower that the Oxford dictionary now recognizes "bling-bling" as a word. Somehow it figures they couldn't even absorb some decent slang...

Music has charms they say

Comments

[space-wolf.livejournal.com]

being 45, I tend not to associate with the people creating slang terminology these days. what Is "bling x2?

[masem.livejournal.com]

Here's a link to a Wayne State student paper on what was added recently to the Oxford dictionary. "Bling-Bling" is from hip-hop/rap artists, but has come to mean "money and material possessions".

[feren.livejournal.com]

I'm vomiting in terror and rage here.

[kinkyturtle.livejournal.com]

Let's fight back by getting "scritch", "yiff" and "squick" put in the dictionary!

[feren.livejournal.com]

Now I'm trying to cut my heart out with a spoon.

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

Argh.

[feren.livejournal.com]

[being 45, I tend not to associate with the people creating slang terminology these days.]

I'm 24 and I'm doing my damnest to stay away from these same people.

[urocyon.livejournal.com]

Could be worse. Could be "E-mail?s"

[duncandahusky.livejournal.com]

I got a barcode scanner ordered for us so we never have to depend upon the vendor again for that particular piece of hardware

Hmm. I think we have some CueCats (http://www.flyingbuttmonkeys.com/foocat/) lying around here if you want some of those? {snicker}

[passaddhi.livejournal.com]

... and your vacation is scheduled for...?

[feren.livejournal.com]

CueCats can't or won't read the barcodes Cisco uses for serial numbers, MAC addresses and various other things. I know from first-hand experience because I tried with mine before we told the vendor to bring theirs. And when it did read a UPC from Cisco (a standard UPC) it dumped it into my application as crazy random-looking characters, which tells me I would have to find some way to decode it.

No, the Symbol is a much more elegant solution for this, I'm afraid. ;)

[feren.livejournal.com]

[... and your vacation is scheduled for...?]

Vay.... kay....shun? What is vay-kay-shun?

Vacation(noun)

[(Anonymous)]

Vacation (n): Time spent not at work. Sometimes spent travelling, either to visit family and friends. Time can also be spent persuing Hobbies (qv.) and Interests (also qv.)

Cluebats may also be included in further definitions.

Black Streak

[hightensile.livejournal.com]

I don't think there's a fitness guru out there that would tell you to exercise daily. Periods of rest are vital to a proper exercise regimen. If you over-do that treadmill, you may find yourself plateauing or even backsliding.

This has been a PSA...

--kit