Category: tech

I hate Mondays! I really do. Add to that, I was up until 3:30am playing a new video game and you feel my pain.

The weekend was blissfully uneventful. Mostovic and I took in Star Wars on Saturday. He wanted to go to the beach as the weather was beautiful. However, I was being selfish and was having none of that. Actually, Bobby wanted to go too. I know the weather was great but I just wasn’t in a beach mood. I think mainly due to my crazy schedule the past 2 weeks. Hopefully, after this week the madness will return to it’s normal mild state. There were so many things I needed to get done this past weekend. Of which, only one actually got done.

I’ve often wondered why I get this way. Being a typical Aquarian, I tend to be very spontaneous and free-spirited. I hate schedules and rigidity. On the other hand, life has taught me that schedules and structure can be very good things at times. That doesn’t mean I have to like it. I find when I’m overly pressed for time or scheduling I tend to shut down and rebel on my free time. Any thoughts of scheduling stuff on my free time goes out the window. I don’t know if this is merely my subconscious rebelling or if it goes much deeper as a defense mechanism for the id. (Another topic we can save and crack open later when I’m desperate.)

The weekend unfurled completely unplanned and I loved every wasted minute of it. I did manage to get out Sunday and get a replacement keyboard for work. (I have carpel-tunnel syndrome in my left arm and have to use an ergonomic keyboard.) The downside is no one seemed to have any so I spent the better part of the afternoon bouncing all over town looking for a replacement.

This brings me back to the reason I’m so grumpy today. I never could set foot inside a technology store w/o buying something. And it always ends up being more than what I needed. This time was no exception. A long story cut short, I ended up w/a voucher from Best Buy so I put it to good use and picked up God of War for the PS2. I got home around 9:30 and didn’t put it down until 3:30 in the morning. I had to be at work by noon for the day’s first meeting.

I’m cranky. I wanna go home and play some more!

Lately, I’ve become sort of a computer guru for my co-workers. A lot of the women I work with use computers to work all day long. That said, most of them have little if any real computer skills beyond typing. It has become common knowledge that I’m good w/’fixing’ computers so I’m developing quite the side job.

I feel almost guilty taking money as most of the problems are just viral, spyware, and poor software maintenance. Which in themselves are usually easy to remove w/a couple of good programs. (Not always but usually). And while it may be an easy thing to do it can be very time consuming. And lets face it, not many people are willing to spend the time it takes cleaning out an infested computer. Especially, when their computer skills aren’t that great to start off with. I was telling another buddy at work this and he said I should charge more. I probably should. I mean I am spending my own time fixing their screw ups.

I’ve always had an affinity for gadgets and computers. It just comes easy for me. I’ve thought about getting into the IT field but there are already so many out of work IT people here it is not funny. (flashback a few years ago, the dot com bubble burst and all of these flashy companies went bust) A few years have passed and a huge chunk of the unemployed geeks have left for greener, less flashy pastures. So now I’m thinking I might get back into it. Of ocurse, w/no actual official certification titles that is gonna be a hard row to hoe. Getting a job w/the city isn’t very likely. My current dept. is one of the few city departments still allowed to bring on new hires. I’d rather leave city employment anyway. The benefits are good but the bureaucractic headaches just aren’t worth it.

For now, I’m content w/my little side job. I get cold hard cash and practice.