I thought Portland was one of those cities where everyone lives on the dole
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i was showering and thought, thank god itās saturday, iām not ready for it to be monday in the morning. but itās sunday. this is how i feel:
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Me, deleting a word from memory: āWhat drug has become so popular in Portland that it was named after 1996 presidential candidate Bob Dole?ā
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i would love to be gone off that dole
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I occasionally do editing work. One of the biggest things I have to fix is people who try to work against the affordances of a program and get something that looks almost right but finicky.
For example, when researchers create tables, often they manually jigger the format with line breaks (hitting enter) or spaces, rather than using the tools in the program (usually Word) to create that spacing. The result is a slight misalignment or some other tell that I must fix. I have to go in, delete lots of spaces (often 50+ per table), and then select all and adjust the paragraph or cell properties to do what they want. The last step is 5% of the work; most of the work is deformatting the overformatting.
Iāve also learned that doing that deformatting saves work over trying to make things work around the formatting. Occasionally I think, āOh, this is minor stuff I can work around.ā No. Like building on someone elseās foundation of sand, something always fails to meet my fastidious standards, and I end up dredging out the extra spacing anyway.
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work is slow for obvious reasons but we did get a call about Nintendo/SEGA licensing the Santa Monica Pier for the next Sonic & Mario at the Olympics Games Game
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Say hi to my uncle for me
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Was Sega Uncle ever a thing?
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Sega ādad that stepped upā
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work just laid off two of my coworkers who I thought were doing a pretty good job so now everyone is extra motivated for the new year and not afraid of anything.
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Turbografx-16 neighbor kid was real in my experience
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I played Sega CD in my dadās good friendās oldest sonās room.
also facing really scary decision if I want to leave behind my current life and job to move to the PNW
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Similar experience, except Turbografx-16 kid was always a kid that a friend knew, but who went to a different school. No one in the 1990s ever actually saw or touched a Turbograx-16.
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Tomorrow Iāll hold my last lecture of this semester and my former customer contacted me about a new project this morning. We just talked about it and Iāll start working on Feb 3rd.
The colleagues I worked with during the last project specifically asked for me instead of other freelance support. Itās good to see that being a caring human even under stressful circumstances still seems to pay off sometimes.
A big purchase last year as well as having lent substantial amounts of money to family members in a tight spot means I can definitely use the money. The teaching gig was fun and a great experience but definitely doesnāt pay enough to relieve the financial pressure right now.
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of course one of my last localās night shifts is gonna be hot as balls in january, surrounded by days I consider to be really nice.
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turned in my resignation at my job; my last day is this coming monday.
the last straw for me was my last day working before the holidays; every other front of house person was late, including the manager who was supposed to come in. (it was this manager. lmao) as a result, i had to work at the coffee shop while also trying to open the burger restaurant next door (this place is three restaurants run as one unit). i felt so disrespected and pissed off. i understand the other baristas/servers being late; for a manager to be late feels like an insult. her excuse was that she had a āreally bad stomachacheā lol
since i turned in my two weeks, iāve just been noticing again and again how shitty the environment is. communication is poor across the board, thereās no accountability structure to keep the front of house staff on task, management is always infighting, thereās so much bureaucracy to implement new policies and procedures, etc. i donāt like the one manager but i also think sheās experienced the brunt of this place beinig really unfriendly and sort of cliquey; it shouldnāt have to be my problem, but her being frustrating to work with is not entirely her fault. hilariously, this concept is run by a pretty well-known and successful bay area restaurant group. i wonder how their other restaurants function behind the scenes!!!
iām really really nervous about not having a job - iāve got money saved up so iām in a good position, and i have freelance work to fall back on, but it feels a little bit scary. but alsoā¦ i couldnāt do it anymore lol
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Good decision! You shouldnāt have to deal with all that. Hopefully having a bit of time off lets you refresh and get ready for whateverās next. Best of luck!!
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Iām sitting with a lot of fear and nervousness this week because I applied to a job and will likely hear back this week. I just keep reminding myself that Iāve done the hard part, and now none of it is in my control. Itās not the end of the world if I donāt get the job, too, which is a good position to be in. But I notice I feel like I really want it.
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I didnāt get it :(
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