What's scorching your groove today? - Page 54

Griff · 05-04-2012, 05:49 AM

Fuck cancer.

DanaC · 05-04-2012, 06:07 AM

Shit, Jim, that's rough mate. Tough times ahead, know that we're here when you need to vent. *hugs*

And Fuck Cancer.

glatt · 05-04-2012, 07:16 AM

How close are the kids to him? Would they want to do a road trip with you to go see him while he's still in good shape? Or is he a distant relative to them, and he barely registers on their radar?

We had one final summer where we got to visit my uncle who had lung cancer before he died. My son really didn't care. He was happy to play with all the cousins, but I'd have to remind him now who that uncle was. But my daughter had a few nice moments to interact with him, and I think it was good for her to see him again while he was still in good shape. In our case, there was lots of other family around, so the kids could run off and play with cousins when they got bored.

As an aside, it's kind of cold, but we use this uncle as an example when we talk with them about why you shouldn't smoke. It really personalizes it.

infinite monkey · 05-04-2012, 07:14 AM

Oh jim, I'm so sorry. Fuck fucking cancer.

We're here when you need us!

jimhelm · 05-04-2012, 07:25 AM

The latter, glatt. And their cousins on that side are completely unknown to them. I only met them last fall myself. It had been 10 years since I saw Biff and his crew for me. My cousins' kids are a couple years older.

I will have to talk it over with them. I don't know when or if I will be able to take the time to go see him. I may have to fly down.

classicman · 05-04-2012, 08:55 PM

Isn't that twice in a year for you, V?

DanaC · 05-05-2012, 06:46 AM

hehehe. Clever.

infinite monkey · 05-10-2012, 07:50 AM

I have a meeting at 10 that I'm very apprehensive about. I'm ill-prepared and frankly, what we're doing is useless, as the issues with reporting will be pretty much wiped out when we switch to semesters and summer term goes to the end of the reporting year.

I just don't want to be put on the firing line, and the Gestapo (newest manager)...well that's her style. Though she knows nothign about any of this process (and professes she doesn't NEED to understand what any of us do she just has to make us do it) and is not MY supervisor, I expect it to be uncomfortable. My boss will be there too and she generally has my back.

The office morale is at an all-time low. Most of us don't know how to goose-step, having been in careers for so long where we are actually expected to be the adults we are treated as. Micro-management has the opposite effect in this environment, folks. Grievances have been filed by many. Not by me, not yet anyway.

So wish me luck if you feel so moved. I typically get myself worked up over stuff before I need to, and I hope that this is just me doing just that. But...I don't know.

DanaC · 05-10-2012, 08:02 AM

Good luck girly-girl

You'll be fine. And it'll all be over soon :p

infinite monkey · 05-10-2012, 08:06 AM

Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll fire me.

Maybe collect unemployment and/or cash in my retirement. I'll become a park ranger, or an astronaut, or a cowboy. I think I'm too old to be a fireman. Life the life I've always dreamed of.

infinite monkey · 05-10-2012, 10:34 AM

I can't even get fired when I want.

Just kidding. I worried for nothing. It was a good meeting and I was prepared and I have some good ideas on cleaning up the process. There was no 'jumping bad' on anyone. It felt like the professional sharing of ideas that gets things done. So, yay!

But I still want to be a Park Ranger.

jimhelm · 05-10-2012, 10:41 AM

well, you could start by dressing up as one and taking pictures for us.

and by us, I mean foot and I.

infinite monkey · 05-10-2012, 10:52 AM

When you start working on the foundation of my log house. Promise.

glatt · 05-10-2012, 10:53 AM

Don't fall for it! It's a trick. Log houses don't have foundations.

infinite monkey · 05-10-2012, 10:53 AM

Do they float?

05-04-2012, 05:49 AM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Fuck cancer. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-04-2012, 07:25 AM	#5
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	The latter, glatt. And their cousins on that side are completely unknown to them. I only met them last fall myself. It had been 10 years since I saw Biff and his crew for me. My cousins' kids are a couple years older. I will have to talk it over with them. I don't know when or if I will be able to take the time to go see him. I may have to fly down. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

05-04-2012, 08:55 PM	#6
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Isn't that twice in a year for you, V? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-10-2012, 10:34 AM	#11
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I can't even get fired when I want. Just kidding. I worried for nothing. It was a good meeting and I was prepared and I have some good ideas on cleaning up the process. There was no 'jumping bad' on anyone. It felt like the professional sharing of ideas that gets things done. So, yay! But I still want to be a Park Ranger. Last edited by infinite monkey; 05-10-2012 at 10:52 AM. Reason: esss misssssing

05-10-2012, 10:41 AM	#12
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	well, you could start by dressing up as one and taking pictures for us. and by us, I mean foot and I. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

05-04-2012, 07:16 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	How close are the kids to him? Would they want to do a road trip with you to go see him while he's still in good shape? Or is he a distant relative to them, and he barely registers on their radar? We had one final summer where we got to visit my uncle who had lung cancer before he died. My son really didn't care. He was happy to play with all the cousins, but I'd have to remind him now who that uncle was. But my daughter had a few nice moments to interact with him, and I think it was good for her to see him again while he was still in good shape. In our case, there was lots of other family around, so the kids could run off and play with cousins when they got bored. As an aside, it's kind of cold, but we use this uncle as an example when we talk with them about why you shouldn't smoke. It really personalizes it.

05-04-2012, 07:14 AM	#4
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Oh jim, I'm so sorry. Fuck fucking cancer. We're here when you need us!

05-10-2012, 07:50 AM	#8
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I have a meeting at 10 that I'm very apprehensive about. I'm ill-prepared and frankly, what we're doing is useless, as the issues with reporting will be pretty much wiped out when we switch to semesters and summer term goes to the end of the reporting year. I just don't want to be put on the firing line, and the Gestapo (newest manager)...well that's her style. Though she knows nothign about any of this process (and professes she doesn't NEED to understand what any of us do she just has to make us do it) and is not MY supervisor, I expect it to be uncomfortable. My boss will be there too and she generally has my back. The office morale is at an all-time low. Most of us don't know how to goose-step, having been in careers for so long where we are actually expected to be the adults we are treated as. Micro-management has the opposite effect in this environment, folks. Grievances have been filed by many. Not by me, not yet anyway. So wish me luck if you feel so moved. I typically get myself worked up over stuff before I need to, and I hope that this is just me doing just that. But...I don't know.

05-10-2012, 08:06 AM	#10
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll fire me. Maybe collect unemployment and/or cash in my retirement. I'll become a park ranger, or an astronaut, or a cowboy. I think I'm too old to be a fireman. Life the life I've always dreamed of.

05-10-2012, 10:52 AM	#13
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	When you start working on the foundation of my log house. Promise.

05-10-2012, 10:53 AM	#14
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Don't fall for it! It's a trick. Log houses don't have foundations.

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