OY... A Meme

ok ok. Fine.

So I got tagged. I haven't been tagged in a long time... way back in my Yahoo! 360° days. I do not know who I'm going to tag, so I may have bad luck for the next 8 years... as if I don't just live bad luck already.

According to Andy, the rules are:

"In this version, tagged ones are to list 8 interesting little know facts about themselves, supply return links to the those that have tagged them and then perpetuate the meme by tagging others who have not yet been tagged."

ok, here we go

Eight things you wanna know about me
1. I like to spell out numbers whenever possible. (see the title)

2. When I was twelve, my friend Diane had spent the night with me. We were bored so we snuck out the window to go to 7-11 for a microwave burrito and a Big Gulp. At 3AM. She turned 40 on Monday.

3. I own seven pair of sunglasses. Three are knock-offs of some brand... one pair I got at the dollar store, the others are just sunglasses. Oh and I don't spend more than $10 a pair. I'm frugal like that.

4. I drive fast for no reason at all. I don't listen to the radio or music in the car. I think I'm getting old like that.

5. I gave my dog away a few months ago. I almost don't miss her anymore. oh wait, now that I brought her up, I miss her.

6. I am too lazy to hit the shift key to make capitals. I use way too many ellipses... and smilies :) and haha and jk, but I never lol. That's sooo 90s AOL.

7. I prefer my desktop to my laptop. I love my ergonomic keyboard. I have a hard time using the keyboard on the laptop.

8. I have gone gnome crazy. They're all over my desk at work. on my balcony at home. and on my window sill in my bedroom. and all over my myspace page.

So now I have to tag someone else...
I may have to dip back into yahoo! 360° for this one. Sorry if I mess this one up.

1. YOU
2. whatsername
3. Her
4. Him
5. whatsisname
6. tom
7. jane
8. dick

(I'll add someone soon. hopefully)

Security, I need Security

I'm sitting here thinking about what to do next.

I think its time for next.
But I am so afraid of the unknown.
This here, its all nice and comfy.
I can almost take advantage.
Ok, well maybe I do, a little.

Other than a decent raise, I pretty much get what I want here. In the next couple of weeks I will get a whole new system and two monitors... and I get upgraded to Adobe Creative Suite 3. I'm at CS2 currently. ok, I guess I don't really get what I want, because I'm sitting here wishing I had a new chair. This one sucks. My butt hurts and so does my back. Its old and the padding in the seat has gone as flat as its going to get. so, other than a decent raise, I want a new chair... or one that was made in this century.

I hate working under the corporate title. I mean, my department -- its corporate. which means, we don't generate revenue. We're just "overhead." So every year around April, we all get our yearly reviews and a tiny, little increase. Usually about 3%. I've heard some stories of 5% raises, but the norm is 3%. (oh wait, mine was 5% last time... I forgot.) Now of course you have your managers who get stock options and an occaisional bonus. good for them, huh? But what about us little folk? We do the hard work. The dirt work. And the grunt work, too! Oh, gosh, please don't assign me the task of restroom duty. That would truly stink. I could see it though. I could see it as the company trying to save a buck here in the office so we can spend more on the Golf Tournaments and the weekend outings that our big dogs take the clients on. You know what I hate? I hate Corporate America, but yet I'm stuck here.

Its comfy. I have a decent 401K, good insurance, I get a check every two weeks. I get vacation time and holidays and sick time. and I use them up. My hours are great, Monday to Friday, 8-5, but I don't get in until sometime between 8:30 to 9:00. Hey, there's no clock to punch! What am I supposed to do??

There's no one taking names as the late one walks in way past starting time. There's no "list" that I am on... well, I wonder... because I have a list of my own... okay okay, I have a few lists.
One is the dress code list. We aren't allowed to wear shorts. But some girls 'round here wear bermuda shorts... THEY are SHORTS! hell, it even has it in its name! What does one NOT get from that?? Capris are pants and they are on the Don't portion of the dress code. So if we can't wear capris why do they think they can get away with bermudas?? Ok so I do wear capris , but their bottoms are closer to the ground than bermudas bottoms are, right? Well? answer me!
OK back to my lists...
there's the annoying laugh list, loud talker list, bathroom buddies list, too many smoke-breaks list, roaming the halls list, there's a "I think I'm all that cos I got my first job working in an office" list, there's the lunch clique list, there's the trashy girls list, there's also the skank list. I like the ones on the skank list. They're also on my friends who get the funny-ass, open only when alone forwarded email distribution list. and last but not least, there is the "I so know these people want to be like me list" cos most do want to be like me... hahaha just kidding

OMAN... where am I. I hate when I get lost like that. What was this post supposed to be about??? Ohhhh yeah, security. I need security. Right.

For some reason, I think I have it. But I don't feel it. I really dont think more money will make me feel any more secure... although, I'd take it in a heartbeat and I'll come up with yet another list.