I get to go to the MySQL Conference happening next month in April. I went 3 years ago but after that I worked somewhere where they wouldn’t pay for me to go, and then last year I was too broke from lack of full-time employment. But yay, I get to go now! I’d be more [...]
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It can’t be that hard to not like me, despite my title
So my boss had us do this work personality test the other week, some quick online quiz that was on the intranet. I hate those things, because they always suggest that I should be a nurse or counsellor or something because I’m so damn empathic and nurturing. Yeah, fuck that shit, I hate people. If [...]
Best cat-sitter ever
And I’m not even biased, because I’m talking about my mom.
If my cat hadn’t been fed, I’d have wondered if Mom had misheard me when I handed her my spare keys. This is because her full service included
Giving me $100.
Driving me to, and picking me up from, the airport.
Mopping my kitchen floor.
Replacing my microwave with [...]
Jeans shopping getting scarier every year
I have problems buying jeans. I’ve blogged about this before: here, here, here, and here. Jeans that fit well are hard to find when you’re shaped weird.
And I’m shaped weird, with thighs bigger than my hips. Honestly, it doesn’t look that bad, and no guy has ever commented on my thighs being large or [...]
No rest for the wicked
I’m supposed to be in Maui right now, but I’m not.
Strangely I am okay with this; the truth is, in my line of work (sole DBA in a big organization) there’s no point being on break when some of the databases have the same idea as you; it is better to go away at [...]
The only thing worse than working on the weekend
is working on the weekend and having to change rooms because you can hear your neighbours having sex and it’s quite obvious that they’re having much more fun than you are.
Can someone remind me what a day off feels like? Also sex?
6 months
Today marks 6 months at my current job. I celebrated this by baking cookies for my workmates; I was hoping this would bribe them into celebrating along with me, but really they were just cheering about the cookies. They even admitted it. At least they’re honest.
I did manage to guilt someone into a ride home, [...]
Beat the night
I pulled an all-nighter last night, for work. It’s pretty rare for me these days, since as I get older, the more it really fucking sucks to recover from it. I think it’s been years since I stopped working when it got light outside.
Disregarding eating, going to the bathroom, and commuting, I was working [...]
The mention about moisturizer is not a joke
I’m referring to the current tagline on my blog, ending “now in the temperate desert of the Okanagan where moisturizer is much more important”. A few people have commented on it without realizing that, actually, keeping my skin moisturized has become a really big deal for me, far more so than when I lived in [...]
Happy New Year
Since most of the people I know in Kelowna are spending New Year’s Eve night at home, it’s a good thing I made plans weeks ago to fly to Vancouver today. I’ve got a party to go to tonight, whose title includes the words “orgy”, “drunken” and “Gastown”; and upon RSVPing to the event’s page [...]