2003-01-13 - 11:09 a.m.
So GrammaCait has decided the Bare (Bear) Necessities is my theme music (ya know�that music that plays in the background for some folk every time they walk into a room). Hmm�it�s not really all that sexy, or particularly manly, but the more I think about it�well, the better it seems to fit. I dunno GrammaC�perhaps your right.
Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
Old Mother Nature's recipes
That brings the bare necessities of life
Wherever I wander, wherever I roam
I couldn't be fonder of my big home
The bees are buzzin' in the tree
To make some honey just for me
When you look under the rocks and plants
And take a glance at the fancy ants
Then maybe try a few
The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you!
Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
That's why a bear can rest at ease
With just the bare necessities of life
Now when you pick a pawpaw
Or a prickly pear
And you prick a raw paw
Next time beware
Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw
When you pick a pear
Try to use the claw
But you don't need to use the claw
When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw
Have I given you a clue?
The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you!
So just try and relax, yeah cool it
Fall apart in my backyard
'Cause let me tell you something little britches
If you act like that bee acts, uh uh
You're working too hard
And don't spend your time lookin' around
For something you want that can't be found
When you find out you can live without it
And go along not thinkin' about it
I'll tell you something true
The bare necessities of life will come to you
*Phil Harris, Bruce Reitherman - The Bare Necessities*
Work has gone and done it again. It has pissed me off.
I wander into my happy library this morning and notice almost immediately that something is wrong. The place has been cleaned up. The workroom has finally been de-cluttered. But in their zealous cleaning frenzy my co-workers did something close to unforgivable. The touched my shit. Now usually I am a fairly forgiving fellah. I understand that I do not have a desk of my own, and therefore no real space in this branch�but that is no excuse for throwing out or moving my crap. Unlike my co-workers, when I put something on �my� desk at work, it is cause I FUCKIN USE IT! So please leave it be. Don�t mess with it, don�t move it, and for heaven sake�don�t throw it out. So what is missing you ask? What has been moved? My stapler is gone, as well as my tape dispenser. All but one of my pens are gone�including my sharpies (you bastards�I want my sharpies back!). But worst of all�my water is no where to be seen.
And my co-workers wonder why I don�t act like I am part of the �team� here. They wonder why I really don�t care for them at all. They wonder why I would rather work down town in some little unheated closet as opposed to with their happy asses. Perhaps it is because the do things like THROW MY SHIT AWAY!
After I realized that my stuff has been so graciously re-organized for me it dawned on me that I was still the only employee in the building. Hmm�funny I thought. I had not been informed that I would be opening the branch this morning, and I had not received a call from the Children�s Specialist (which is debatable�I can almost guarantee that she has no idea what makes kids tick these days�nor does she care) letting me know that she would not be coming in. So, I wonder�what the hell is going on? I check the schedule and sure enough she was supposed to be here at 8:30 am. It is now 9:15 am. So I reckon that I had best stop what I am doing so that I can do her job for her (this is becoming a regular occurrence).
Now this is where I almost loose my fuckin mind and go home. I go to log into the system and my access is denied. I try again. Denied. Ok�WTF! How the hell am I supposed to set up the God Damn branch�or cover my slack assed co-workers when they change the logins here�and don�t bother to inform me! This is stupid�
Fortunately I am a resourceful Tech Specialist and I know that the Child Specialist is an idiot�so I �let� myself in to her computer (I swear, people use the stupidest�easiest to break passwords in the world. It took me 5 tries to figure it out)�and retrieve the e-mail that was sent to her (But tech services �accidentally� forgot to send me) which contained the new logins for the system. So 15 minutes later I was up and running, and 20 minutes later the branch is ready for the world (a process that seems to take everyone else here all morning to accomplish). I swear these folks SO don�t deserve me.
Ok enough of that!
So this weekend was 12th night. But most of ya already knew that. I have to say I had a really good time. In fact this is a list of some of the best moments of the weekend�
1. A 6 hour drive that the SHO made in 5 (hehehe). Man I swear that car is going to get me into SUCH trouble. 90mph is just too quite and smooth.
2. Acid etching a knife in the bathroom at site. The look on David�s face when the pattern suddenly lept from the blade was great!
3. Bera and her new Hair Do! Man does it look good! Oh and of course Bera and her new medallion! (She was given her pearl). Congrats kiddo!
4. Listening to Sir Corby read aloud this passage about Knights and their prowess both in bed and on the field from his new book. It was very fun.
5. Listening to the story of Butt Cookies�and then getting to try one (they were really pretty good�although a bit disturbing looking after you heard the story behind them).
6. Getting this EVIL toy thing from the SnowCat. It was kinda like a yoyo only it was made of paper on a stick. Yeah as IF I could be a good boy with a toy like that during Court.
7. Hanging out with Leofynne during Second Breakfast court or was it third? I SO lost count. She is SUCH a troublemaker! Hehehe�my kinda person! She also showed me some of the neatest looking Amber that I have ever seen in my life! It was all red with shiny flecks of �stuff� in it. Imagine rich red amber crossed with an opal and you will come close to this stuff. Granted I think she let me squirm a bit longer than she really need to when I was trying to look at it. She had this Fantastic necklace made of this amber (it wasn�t till I had squirmed a bit that she showed me that she also had a ring and a bracelet made of the same stuff�ya big bully!)�and then there was the dress that she was wearing! Wow! Well if you saw her you would understand.
8. The 11pm run for Crispy Cream doughnuts! I found that fresh hot doughnuts are SO sweet that it makes strawberry milk taste like regular milk.
9. I am a Puppet!
10. Fried Ricer!
And I tell ya the list goes on and on! But I think the best part of the event had to have been just getting to hang out with my friends and talk the day and night away�It was so worth the long drive.
As for the not so good from this event�um. The only thing I can think of was not getting my A&S project finished in time�but that was my own fault.
Well I reckon that is enough rambling for today�
Today I learned that my StepFather is going into his 7th week of having quit Drinking! I am so very excited by this! Keep it up Dan!
So what have you learned today?
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