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The shine of the new job has worn off somewhat but I am still grateful and know how great my life is right now. I need to get my shit in gear at work too because I am not pulling my weight -- its too easy to be a slacker there. I have to actually have my own motivation to get to the point at work where I want to be. I am bothered by the fact that the only times I have gotten compliments at work on my work ethic is when I had taken dexedrine. I think that the work is just not really very interesting and feels kind of tedious sometimes -- but its really easy and its a work environment I do not want to lose. Its too perfect. I need to feel like I can ask for a raise, that's my real motivation. Work at the shop is still pretty good. I feel like I irritate the owner sometimes but I have a habit of just asking the nearest person a question that needs to go to a specific person. I think I'm finally getting to the end of the learning curve, though. I'm just not there often enough to retain everything. I feel like I do about work -- like I have to try harder. SOLAR was good. It took me some work to get into character but it was good once I got into it. I feel no real interest in any plotlines right now -- its like I'm still sorting things in my head between character and storytelling so its safer just to... not. However, my character's interests have also morphed a lot. I just feel bad for Leland cause even I used her character for the "WTF is going on, ok lets go kill stuff" method of information retrieval and use. : / My sister and Erik came into town this weekend which was nice. I hung out at my parents house and got my brakes changed -- they were making an awful noise this month and it was really concerning me. Thankfully things are fine, the rotors seem smooth, but something is a little warped, I can tell when I drive. Anyway yes my sister and Erik came and hung out and it was nice. They came and saw the shop with my mom -- my mom was a bit weird about it as expected. So funny. Of course my sister had to point out some pretty gross flash lol. THANKS JULIA I am going to be busy this month -- which is how I like it. I get depressed when I am not keeping sort of busy. Going to Rutledge to do some repair work, maybe do something for Valentine's Day, going to Macon to work of crafty things, then gotta do sewing for SOLAR and bam, SOLAR at the end of the month. Thats about it - work and play, work and play. Tags: family, larp, life, solar, tattoos, work
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Still coasting on the wave of good. This week is going to suck, though -- so much to do. I will reach "stressed" momentarily, I think. This weekend, with Stephanie's help I got a ton of crap done. She helped me reorganize my craft room so that the clutter was repressed to a level I could work in. The living room is still messy though, but its better. I really need the money to get the new part for my vacuum... as well as my brakes, they are making awful noises. Can it be February please? My roommate let me know shes moving out next month, and isn't keeping to the agreement we made when she moved in. She got fired, but I am still miffed because she made me think she had her stuff together after that. Oh well, could be worse. As long as she pays me rent for next month... I really do hate money. This month I finally figured out how not to run out of it though: eat cheese and bread almost exclusively. Things at work are going pretty good. Today is slow, but last week was a little stressful, as will this week be as well. We're launching a new product tomorrow, the same day my boss is flying to India so I will be sorta left holding the bag for a few days... I think I'll be okay, though. Everything always seems to happen the week before SOLAR. And SOLAR? I thought maybe I was looking forward to it, but I'm not, for a variety of reasons. I'll be there anyway, though. Working at the tattoo shop has been fun, I like the people there and they seem to like me still. I've actually been kind of busy most of the time I'm there, and I have work enough to do that I come in more than once a week. It would be cool to actually get paid to be there, but my tattoo currently has me in a time deficit. :B I am cool with this, and it is nice to feel like I am trusted enough to not run off now that I got my work finished. Of course, seeing that I eventually want more work eventually... I'm not really in a hurry at all either, I didn't think I'd finish my arm until months from now, but it worked out the way it did. It seems like it might be hard not to get tattoos while working at a tattoo shop... mother will be pleased. Ugh, can I just have no memory of anything I do for the next week and wake up on Monday? Tags: $, life, tattoos, work
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http://www.amptoons.com/blog/the-male-privilege-checklist/My "favorites": 4. If I fail in my job or career, I can feel sure this won’t be seen as a black mark against my entire sex’s capabilities.
6. If I do the same task as a woman, and if the measurement is at all subjective, chances are people will think I did a better job.
8. On average, I am taught to fear walking alone after dark in average public spaces much less than my female counterparts are.
17. As a child, I could choose from an almost infinite variety of children’s media featuring positive, active, non-stereotyped heroes of my own sex. I never had to look for it; male protagonists were (and are) the default.
24. Even if I sleep with a lot of women, there is no chance that I will be seriously labeled a “slut,” nor is there any male counterpart to “slut-bashing.” (More).
28. If I buy a new car, chances are I’ll be offered a better price than a woman buying the same car.
29. If I’m not conventionally attractive, the disadvantages are relatively small and easy to ignore.
30. I can be loud with no fear of being called a shrew. I can be aggressive with no fear of being called a bitch.
31. I can ask for legal protection from violence that happens mostly to men without being seen as a selfish special interest, since that kind of violence is called “crime” and is a general social concern. (Violence that happens mostly to women is usually called “domestic violence” or “acquaintance rape,” and is seen as a special interest issue.)
36. Every major religion in the world is led primarily by people of my own sex. Even God, in most major religions, is pictured as male.
38. If I have a wife or live-in girlfriend, chances are we’ll divide up household chores so that she does most of the labor, and in particular the most repetitive and unrewarding tasks.
41. Magazines, billboards, television, movies, pornography, and virtually all of media is filled with images of scantily-clad women intended to appeal to me sexually. Such images of men exist, but are rarer.
42. In general, I am under much less pressure to be thin than my female counterparts are. If I am fat, I probably suffer fewer social and economic consequences for being fat than fat women do.
---There are actually some i disagree with, such as 9, 18, 25, 27, and even 46.
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