Raise

So! HEU (my union) has reached a tentative agreement that must be voted on by all members.

big raise plus $3700-$4200 signing bonus.

I vote yes.

http://www.heu.org

Radiant thoughts

A silent front, wind wistles in the sun bathed grass, soothing the tense nerves and steading breath. The heat of the mid-day soaks into bones and thickens eyelids, promising to never end. Time stands still, unyielding, unwilling to lend a hand. Deafening silence.

And then, movement! Adrenaline surging through the viens, sharpening vision and mind. Hold still! Stay hidden from probing eyes and menacing intentions.

The moment passes, relief dries up what strength is left, knees weak and brow sweaty.
How long?

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So.. A new position came up that I interviewed for... perhaps there is.. dah dah daahhhh.. change in my immediate future!!

P.

Settled.. .for now

So I've started my new job over at the hospital here, its quite the change from the humdrum world of phones...


Mostly I spend my time imaging pc's (installing windows) and installing them at client sites ( different desks in and around the hospital).. There is the odd software issue I attend to, although my primary role at the moment is to clean up all the old work orders.. oh wait.. I;m done them already :)
So for now I have time to quickly update my blog.. a luxury that cant be afforded to often here in the field. You gotta fight tooth and nail for a leg up here.. you can't turn your back or you might find your whole desk upside down.. literally.. and sticky notes all over it with smart-aleck remarks dispersed among the yellow blanket of squares... Ok but really its not all fun and games.. no more just hangin out at the desk sippin on gin and juice.. here its all about client interaction and actually moving your bottom... which is actually nice for a change!

So.. for now.. I'm settled.. but don't be surprised if something changes..
Thats what this is all about isnt it?

Change.

Change

VS










Why do we all still live here?

Boring.

So the Invitations are out.. mostly anyway.. still need to send out the paper ones to old people who dont have internet.
Don't feel bad if you weren't invited.. if you feel you should be but weren't drop us a line at ptweddingbells@gmail.com and we'll consider it.. or apologize for forgetting about you!

The new word of the day is 'rident' (RYD-uhnt) adjective
Laughing; cheerful.

How fun is that? Super fun! thats right. super fun!

So I was gonna do a DoMeStIc DiSpUtEs section today but it seemed really lame.. lamer than most of my blog.. which really is quite an accomplishment if you think about it.. whats really funny is you are reading this and its lame! HAh! What are you doing? hit alt+f4! do it! Pff. You have no life. Read the news or something.. just look away.. doooo it...

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hehe.. you are still reading.
*sigh*


Well.. what else to update on? I;m working on a family website with all sorts of pics and whatnot so that should be up soon... Well.. I;m as bored as you are so... peece owt.

P.

It has begun

Change.

Change is good!

I was just offered a change in job in fact. I start at the end of the month over at the hospital doing onsite support! (Ie.. fix computers, printers.. anything that powers on...) So this is good news!
Wedding invitations to go out in the next week or so, so you'll know if you are invited or not pretty quick here!


Bout all I got to say about that!

P.

It's not Unusual

Best New Year's eve ever.

Not that the others were horribly bad.. last year had an 'early new years' around 11pm before the 'party' was over (although it was really nice you hung out with me danielle!) and Years previous to that weren't particularly memorable... or else I would probably remember them. But this year I really had fun and I'm pretty sure most the people that came out had fun too!

Started with a nice little dinner party that started out tame...












But may have gotten a little out of control.....













But all in all it was quite a fun evening.

A pose just before hitting Fyre...






Fyre was actually pretty fun! I've been there a few times before and the atmosphere was dreary.. noone dancing.. knobbish DJ sitting up near the roof smoking.... But this night was different. They had the whole place decorated with an Arabian nights theme, the place was packed.. everyone dancing and having a good time! All our friends were there (well most of them.. no Binder) and there wasn't too much embarrasing behavior.. well except for Glen of course..but I believe the general concensus is we still love him.
At midnight, just before kissing m'lady I looked around at the 7-8 couples that were with us.. all kissing in New Year fashion and all obviously very much in love, quite the spectical indeed.

After fyre ( around 1:30am or so) we headed up to College Heights to a little house party there.. lasted about half an hour and got dropped off at home to end a memorable..enjoyable.. and perfectly satiable evening.


P.

Same..Same but different.

So I got a new job!
Well.. a new term anyway! My term was to run out on Feb 1st but I was offered another year on the phones as someone got put on a different project, openening up a position for me!
So this is good. Lose job bad. Keep job good.

Basically what it means is I'll still have time to drop by the ol blogger once in a while and treat you all to a spandacular display of pseudohomophones like 'barc dahgi barc' or 'tern off tha mewsic its herting my brane.'

(pseudohomophones are non-words that sound like words eg. Bloo... in case you missed that..)

And now, for my first time ever..

The sewdohomofone stori.

Once Upon a time... Thare was mylz and mylz of hawt swhis peeple eeting nyse cleen toona. They were so braiv that the boans soked in a droar for munths before they were aten. Wun dey, a hyer klass swhis man swoar he cood pwn the noobs and bern the hedj thay lived in. So he took a stroal and seaked out the tule hoo challenged him. He made it to the foart and getting in was a breaz! He jsut walked rite in! In a phlash noobs were on him like mawths, it was all he cood do to hoald on! Then lyke a wyld coalt he swung the ehj of his sword as he backed into a feeld. He was nocked to the flore and hurt his pryd.. but one more phlash and my Jimminy he was fyne! His sword swung to teh toon of hapi dayz and his gaim was on! dryv after dryv he punished the noobs until he could swing no mohr. A small dawt formed in his eye as teh last noob phell. He was in a precarious stait, he coold barley gyde himself to terhn the door handel and he helled on for a wyle.. resting on that spawt..
Man, I think I'll gawlf tomoro... he thot in his mynd. Then fell doun and hert his sholder.
Teh nects dai... his wyfe was a bit angry and mayd him stai and play hoest for teh wyne and chease party on their bote! He was layt and to say the leest his wyfe was not nyse when she spawted him. He maid it better wen he helled her hand.

So teh moral of the stori is if u hold yore wyfe's hand. Everything will be ok.

Teh end

HOWYFM Update

Http://howyfm.blogspot.com

6 days

Till christmas..
yay!

I was thinking of posting everything that I got for people on here.. then everyone's presents wouldn't be a surprise anymore and that would be funny..
Like my blog entry was the 'unwrapping' of your present. hehe

But then I didn't.

So I'm all ready for christmas.. well pretty much. A few loose ends that need tying up. .the whole rest of the work week.. few presents.. gotta put the lights up outside still.. But for the most Part I'm done.. like.. um.. nothing I guess.
But I started lots!

Its gonna be a busy week, guess I better get started!

Wait, That post would be pretty pointless if I stopped there.

There.. thats better...

P.

Updated Helpdesk How-To

HELLO

H - Hold phone away from your ear while client screams, cries and blames you and only you for all there problems
E - Examine the issue as she blabbers on about every problem she has ever had with her computer
L - Look at your phone and make sure you are Muted
L - Laugh until your gut hurts
O - Open Outlook and sort email by "Received"

So ho ho,
A little update.

One of the main guys at the helpdesk got a job in the "CIS" project. Its like CIS but better.

Better because now I have a good opportunity to move into a 'permanent' position here at our beloved Authority of the Health of the North. Probably be on the phones for a while, which is ok as it gets more tolerable as the months progress. It's all relative really. Related to something I'm sure. Really. Relationship between it and something esle.

Christmas is coming!

Christmas IS coming. whether you like it or not.. before too long itll be time to start shopping and finding the cheapest bestest looking POC in the mall to buy for your loved ones. This year ought to be lots of fun though, Gonna have ona T's best friends in town on the 14th-19th, her parents shortly after (yay!) And then it'll be christmas! And that means drinking. Lots and lots of drinking. Different drinks! like tea and coffee! and milk and juice and rum and eggnog and stuff!

Easy Breezy as Bryan just said. Easy Breezy.

That pretty much explains the frame of mind we have here at the helpdesk.
I've decided to FS it up.

GULP HAW

Greet
Understand
Laugh at the client
Pee your Pants

Hang up
Almost die giggling.
Wait for the next call.

That pretty much sums up the helpdesk training.

I guess I should get back to it.

See you on the flip side.

P.

Hang out with friends!

Check this site I found!
It's all about hanging out with friends!!!

www.howyfm.blogspot.com

You should check it out.. everyone is doing it!!

お金

The bright sunlight filters in above my head through the slits in the drapes. A golden ocean surrounds me as the covers shimmer in the morning sun, softly nudging me to consciousness. My eyes rest on the shadows that dance on the wall next to me, gently attempting to lull me back to sleep.
Reality clouds my thoughts, the events of the past few weeks replaying in my head like those black and white movies that won't go away. Images at first, flitting in and out with no real start or end and then, time categorizes all memories effortlessly before I can stop it.


I was having a pleasant evening out, enjoying the fresh spring air and the chatter of passerby's when a middle-aged man bumped me aside, rushing along for one important reason or another. An important business meeting or late dinner plans perhaps. Regardless, the force of his nudge caused me to catch a smartly dressed Japanese business man's briefcase on the knee, spilling the contents on the wharf deck. As I bent down to help him collect the documents I noticed they weren;t documents at all. All $1000 bills. So... I grabbed 6 stacks and shot down the closest side street, weaving my way throught the city until I was surely alone. Noone followed as it would be more costly to leave the bundles lying on the deck than to recover the 60g I had collected for the knee injury.

Night after night of carefree spending and nonsensical whatnotishism blur together painting a rough picture of what it may be like to make it bigtime.
Is this what the 'high-life' is like? Or does it get better? I guess I have another month or so to figure it out although it doesn't seem as fun as originally planned.
Well.. its off to the carribean! I'll keep in touch.

Typical Thursday.

Today.. Client with lisp calls helpdesk

Client "Hi, get me on the thystem pleath"

PSA "Could we start with your first and last name"

Client "Blah, Blahhlah"

PSA "thank you, one moment"

Client " Ok, tho I need on the Thystem"

PSA "Yes maam, ok. Could you tell me what system you need to get on"

Client " I don't know. Your the computer guy, get me on the thystem"

PSA "OK, I just need to know what system you are referring to so I can help"

Client " I already told you I dont know! Get me on the damn thystem!!"

PSA "There are a number of systems, what is it you need to do on the system"

Client "Am I a computer god? Do I look like a charlie gates? All I need to do is GET ON THE DAMN THYSTEM!@!"

PSA " Oh, that thystem. I'll let the administrator know ASAP. Thanks for calling"


Some peoples kids.

Phaselhiensk

Cranberry juice.
The stuff wreaks Havoc on the insides but for some reason I can't stay away from it. mmmm. Cranberry Juice.







So on saturday we went wedding ceremony shopping around the pg area and happened upon a bird.







I'm pretty sure its a new species, I'll name it Phaselhiensk. In honour of the cheap linen in munsk.
People say I'm strange but thats cuz I'm a stranger.






DoMeStiC DiSpUtEs



Close the door! where you born in a barn?
No.. Just forgot! Sheesh.
Well, we're not heating the neighborhood you know
Just drop it
NO. I'm not dropping it, every freaking time you come in the door you leave it open.
*sigh*
Its a waste of energy!
look. grow up, you're a waste of energy.
Oh Me grow up? I'm not the one being a name callerer.
Right.. name callerer.. good one.
I can't take this right now.
FINE!

This has been DoMeStiC DiSpUtEs our new addition to the program!

Thanks for tuning in, we'll see you next time and have a GREAT day!!!

Freaking Hang.

So this was the 5th weekend I was sick.. what the freaking hang eh? Sat night I had some random stomach flu.. Sunday a 'minor' migrane.. or 'major' headache.. whatever you prefer.. I prefer neither...


There was some fun to be had though!




M visited an aunt and seemed to have fun! We went wedding reception shopping and are |----| <- that much closer to getting something accomplished! JUST kidding. T is quite organized as the other T does this for a job.. got the whole thing catagorized,organized and prioretized in a spandacular spreadsheet setup on saturday or something...Sorry for being so silly, sometimes s's simply slip out sporadically.


On a side note. well If I knew how to make it on the side I wouldn't have to say that would I? Fine. On a normal note.. centred but labled side note.. darnit.. forgot what the note was. Oh yes. I feel the ship starting to shift, interviews.. emails.. talk in the office.. something big is about to happen.. Wait for it.. I will update you as soon as possible as I know there are many of you waiting with abated breath, crossing fingers and eyes, yearning for another glimpse into my life, searching for any glimmering mention of my future, praying for a chance to be a part of it. Fear not! for I will not follow in the footsteps of those before me! I will not be like Bilbo Bagginson and just 'dissapear' leaving the responsibilities to the next generation. I will stand firm! And maybe sit sometimes if I get tired.. but I will not leave you helpless, stranded and alone. Unless I get a REALLY high paying job.. or even just slightly higher.. or even something with benefits.. perhaps a free lunch once a month? It wouldnt take much really.. anything.. please? Well.. anyway.. wait for it.

It's Comin.

A walk in the park

Literally.





If only the wee one could take pics...

Decorations

Is it too early to start decorating? - The question I asked myself when my house started turning white, red and green this weekend. The question was answered early this morning when a coworker revealed what his weekend consisted of.. setting up christmas trees and decorating the house! So... for people that really have nothing better to do, decorating at the beginning of November for Christmas is OK.



Here are a few things on my Gimme-Gimme List this year. Feel free to get ideas when buying my gift.

A sailboat.
A 4-wheeler
Set of Golf Clubs
Seasons tickets to Canucks w/acc and travel expenses
New Truck
New nerf guns.


A free holiday would work as well.. somewhere tropical or something.. use your imagination!
Just Kidding.. But seriously.
Tropical.

Pretty much says it all!