Suffer the little Nose.

And once again this week, as was last week, Spring is in the air. This time though, I notice that the tree in bloom is non other that the Fruitless Mulberry. One of many that sit around my apartment complex and a ton that litter the neighborhood around my apartment complex. The part that causes discomfort to my little nose are the blooming buds in the spring. And guess what time of the year it is . . . Can't you see them?

Here's a closer look at those little fuckers.

Oh they are just getting started. There's more excitement to come. Here though is another picture of a different tree that has been blooming all around campus in the past few weeks. Looks nice with the blooms and leaves together.

I thought today would be a good day to take a look at the dictionary. I haven't done that in a long time. Here's today's word folks . . .

lame - 1 : a person not in the know : SQUARE. 2 : lacking needful or desirable substance : WEAK.

What a wonderful word.

Well yesterday was a good study day from about 9:30 to 2:00pm, then things got rolling. First it was a trip to work to do some repairs on the bicycle that I use to shuttle between work and campus. I ran into a person there that knows a lot about electromagnetics, so I asked him for a little help in some problems. I drove home and cleaned the car windows, which, in the end, became washing the car. The cleaning expedition continued with a 90 minute dish washing exercise. Followed by cleaning the bathroom! My excuse for the bicycle fix is to get back into shape. My excuse for the car is that it was just wayyyy tooooo nice outside to come inside to study. And for the rest of the cleaning . . . when I figure that out, I'll let you know.

So the folks will be over in an hour or so. Just time enough to squeeze in a little more homework. Let's see where it goes.

Cheers!

Hello There

Ah, Spring is in the air. The temperatures are getting warmer and many of the tree's are starting to bud.


Ran across this interesting way to park your forklift at the end of the day.


Another weekend is here. It's been a busy week at work. Lot's of maintenance stuff going on as well as more "intangible" work to go along with it. Oh well, what are you going to do.

Where will this weekend take me? A little more study and hopefully a little bit of play time this last weekend of Spring Break at the University. We'll see how it goes.

Short note I know, but not much rolling off the tongue tonight.

Take Care
Mighty

Remember When

It's been a long time since I heard this song. Heard it on the radio over at mom's place earlier this evening. I've always been partial to it.

Remember When by Alan Jackson

Remember when I was young so were you
time stood still love was all we knew
You were the first, so was I
made love and then you cried
Remember when
Remember when we vowed the vows walked the walk
Gave our hearts, made the start, it was hard
lived and learned, life threw curves
There was joy, there was hurt
Remember when

Remember when old ones died new were born
life was changed, disassembled, rearranged
We came together, fell apart
broke each other's hearts
Remember when

Remember when the sound of little feet was the music
We danced to week to week
Brought back the love, we found trust
Vowed we'd never give it up
Remember when

Remember when thirty seemed so old
Now lookin' back, it's just a steppin' stone
To where we are, where we've been
Said we'd do it all again
Remember when

Remember when we said when we turned gray
When the children grow up and move away
We won't be sad, we'll be glad
For all the life we've had
And we'll remember when

Remember when
Remember when

Slacker

Well, here I am. Blog Slacker at large. That's right, SLACKER! Here is the first bit of free time I've tried to take for myself in about three weeks. Well that's a lie and if you believed it, good for you.

Let's see, actually, I took last Saturday night off in a spur of the moment to see I am Legend playing at the dollar spot. It's the new one with Will Smith. I thought it was pretty good. And for you ladies out there, Mr. Smith got buff for this roll. Now I know that got you interested. Then on Sunday, after a full day of chores and a few hours of work, I hung out with the folks. Nice evening. Then it was back to the grind.

What else has been going on? Bad news on two fronts, that's what. First front: my boss is accusing me of being a slacker again. What a guy. He says that he has flat out tried to can me, but HR is saving my ass with the notion that I am unaware that my perceived work performance is not up to par. If there is one thing you do not do, it's call me a slacker. He also does not like my troubleshooting skills. OK, so I do the best I can without having ten years of Intel or Phillips behind me. So I'm now in save my job mode. My ability to change things will depend on how much other job duties lighten up. Some of which my boss just does not understand. Just how do you prove the validity of many of the intangible task that I do.

On the second front, work related again, I had a major screw up late Thursday evening. A repair that (in the end) took only about 45 minutes to find and fix, turned into a nightmare that in the end will suck about a day and a half of my time and cost around a grand to repair! It's a long story, but in short, all accounts of my fuck up can be placed on me. In hind sight, I made too many assumptions based on past experiences during the repair with out confirming. I'm not happy to say the least. For one, this comes on the heels of the above crap with my boss, and two, it put a number of people in a pretty inconvenient position. I busted my ass to try to resurrect the tool, but no luck. Now I'm waiting on a part that should be delivered Monday morning.

I analyzed my failure and I believe I've finally learned something of myself. Most of the time, I can slowly plot my path to a successful repair or maintenance procedure, but in the times that I have had either a failure or a rash of unclear thinking, what I might honestly consider borderline incompetence, I believe the root of that is that my mind begins to race with the notion of "let's do this and don't think about it." It's like I'm running all the stop signs without stopping to look both way's before I proceed. Very frustrating. I'll certainly have to make a mental note of this and try to realize / recognize the onset of this condition in the future.

On the work front again, I've got to work tomorrow. There is a new tool that is being commissioned and wouldn't you know it, we've got company reps from out of the country in town. This will be training in operation as well as some of the technical details of the tool. We did about half a day today. Interesting stuff, but a mountain of information to learn. Not only in operation of the tool, but also in practical knowledge of the process. Surely will not be learned in a one day training marathon, but we'll make the best of it.

School wise, going OK. I got a C on my first test in Fields and Waves. A miracle in my book. The Microprocessors class is still going well. It is getting rougher, but still, at the moment, feel like I'll need CPR if I don't make an A in the class.

Next week is spring break!!!! Oh yeah!

On a fun note, heard the new song from Miley Cyrus? First of all, what a little hottie. She's growing up not only physically, but vocally as well. She's voice is both deepening and maturing. Her new hew song, "See You Again," is right up my alley of favored music. Check it out here. I think I'll pick up this CD when it comes out. If the rest of the new album is as good as this single, it might actually compete with Kelly Clarkson's My December. We'll have to see.

Anyways, time to go. I'll need to be at work no later than 7:45 in the morning and last night was rather sleepless spazing over my work problem and the fact that I went in at 3:30am to check on things. Oh well. Some people wonder how I do it. That is, deal with the school and some of the work issues without (apparently) affecting me. Well first, I think it has to do with my Taurus roots. I used to read that stuff with a grain of salt. But now . . . I believe, it's who I am. Who else would continue with school despite my past failures / setbacks and for that matter, who else would slug forward at work to serve the needs of many despite the misunderstood perceptions of one. And second in this line of thought is the motto that I live by. I've said it many times, and I'll say it many more:

IBS:
Deal with it and move on.