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Stacy's Journal  I've already put in over 6 hours today and am aiming for another 2.5 or so. But I'm soooooooo bored. My job is two parts - making the calls to talk to people about an issue and if they are agreeable I then will draft a letter on their behalf to go to their representative on the issue. Well, obviously you have to get people on the phone if you are ever going to get any letters to write. I went nearly FOUR straight hours without getting a person willing or available to have a letter done. So obviously I'm not getting far with that. Of my 5.5 hours of calling (non-stop by the way) I've gotten only two letters. Blegh. It's been a frustrating week. I've been so unmotivated or feeling blegh. And man that seems to bring out the most annoying people. If I do actually speak to someone they are annoying/rude/what have you (though usually I get no answers or voicemails which sometimes is a nice break from the pain in the ass people). The software we use to make the calls allows us to put in notes. What has been really irritating lately is people who do not read the notes. Or the ones who put in the note of what happened on the call but don't file the record right. Like if someone says they are not interested we set that record a certain way so it doesn't pop up again. But people just file it so it keeps showing up. Or if a number is disconnected - they say it's disconnected but instaed of filing it that way so it doesn't keep coming up - they put it in the call back file. Growl. While this job can be tedious it is NOT difficult - one does not need some killer IQ to do this. Alrighty - I just managed to get another letter and I've put in the notes and it's now been six hours straight that I've been at it (plus i got in about 45 minutes this morning) so it is time for a much needed break. My butt is very numb. Hi, I'm Stacy and I'm a tv-aholic. Seriously I freakin' love tv. That may be very sophisticated to admit but I really do. I don't worry about my tv habit too much as I also love to read so I feel I get the balance of being a zombie in front of the tube and using my brain with reading. While visiting, my stepmom and I were discussing shows, books and movies we were into. She was raving about True Blood and Weeds and some other shows. I don't get any premium channels so unless I've seen it elsewhere or netflixed them I haven't really seen any of the shows that are on HBO or Showtime that are so popular. I did already have True Blood Season 1 netflixed as I have been getting sucked (ha!) into this whole vampire frenzy that's popped up again in popular culture. I got the first disc of the show yesterday. I watched it last night (which I was a bit annoyed with how they packaged the dvd set - 5 discs for 12 shows. Really? What's with the spreading it out like that?) Other than that minor annoyance I did watch the first two shows (and then went back and watched them again with the commentary. Yeah, I'm a freak and love the commentaries for tv shows and movies). So now I'm hooked on that. (And I am about to start reading the books too - I have reserved the books from the library. It may be a bit of a wait before I get the first one but hopefully it won't take toooooo long. Though oddly enough there seems that none of the libraries in the system have the 3rd book - even though they have all the others - so I'm going to have to find that one after I've read the first two. Hopefuly I can find someone to borrow it from as I'm doing the broke chick thing and not buying stuff like that for now.) And it may be a bit sad to admit but I'm psyched that all the shows I like are about to start new seasons since it's the start of the fall season!!! I also just got hooked on a Fox show called "Til Death" with Brad Garrett and Joley Fisher. I've seen Seasons 1 & 2 of that show on dvd but I think there was a Season 3 that has aired but isn't yet available on DVD. But I did see the commercial and sometime in October the new season premiers! Woot! What else am I looking forward to? Let's see - Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives and especially How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory! I believe HIMYM and TBBT are premiering on the 21st! Not too long away now! And apparently I'm still part teenager because I was happy to watch the premier of season 2 of the new 90210. Although, I have to say it's a bit offputting on how harsh some of the story lines are. It's like woah - how much crap can one person go through? Not sure if I'm going to dig this constant pouring down of shit thing as it's a bummer. We shall see. (On a side note - the chick who plays Adriana - wow, I think she looks so much prettier this seaons. She was always pretty but I guess the way her hair is now she just looks gorgeous. Also the girl who plays silver had a tiny bit role in the first episode of True Blood. I thought it was her but she looked so different. In 90210 she usually looks way too thin but she didn't look overly thin in True Blood. Not by any stretch did she look fat or heavy she just didn't look so boney/scary thin. And her hair was longer and blonde.) Hoping that brain candy show Priviledged comes back too. Oh, and I tivo'd but haven't watched yet the Vampire Diaries or whatever it's called. And yes, I'm in eager anticipation of when the next Twilight saga movie comes out. November, baby! Squeee! There are probably some other shows I'll be eager to see but can't think of them at the moment. This evening, now that I'm pretty much all done with work (though I need to do one minor thing that should take 30 minutes or less and then I'm officially done for the week) my treat to myself is to watch disc one of Season 3 of Dexter. Oh, and at my stepmom's suggestion I did put Weeds on my netflix queue - but the good news is that they have Seasons 1 & 2 where I can watch instantly. So I may check that out this weekend. Happy Birthday, tbrents!!!! Hope you have a great one!
tk0667 had a great idea - comment with a picture of something that makes you happy! It's cool all the different things that floats a person's boat. It can be anything - person, place, thing, etc.Ok, I've posted it before and in tk0667's post but I can't resist a piglet one! This goofy mutt - especially pics with her tongue out!  The Eiffel Tower! Just being in Paris, actually. 
No matter how you feel about who just became President - THIS shit is just funny. Yeah, it's from at least a year ago but it still cracks me up. Alanis Morissette - My Humps Priceless. Seriously. That was this years theme for the Elvis Candlelight Vigil. And it's so true. R.I.P. Elvis. Wow, 31 years ago today he died. Sigh. (More on Elvis week later) Current music: Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream. One of my very best friends was recently adopted by an abused and neglected cat. As she went several months between employment and is still not in a place to afford on her own all of Ferris' treatment, I wanted to send this link out to anyone who might be able to help. Please visit the link to learn about Ferris and his condition and to help Carolyn with his medical treatment! And if you are so inclined, please pass along this link to others who may want to help. http://www.saveferris.vpweb.com/def Every little bit helps! Thanks in advance! (x-posted) Does anyone here know how to "borrow" Pagenation and Quark? A friend of mine needs these programs (freebies if possible due to her unemployed status) to brush up for a job that will be hers as a staff writer once a job becomes available. Thanks in advance! I've been in major movie watching mode in the last couple of days and weeks. I tired to watch 300 but couldn't get it to play right on a couple players so I gave up. I watched Epic Movie - one of those spoof movies. Don't get me wrong, I LIKE dumb movies but this one was just horrible. I couldn't really watch it - it was on and I was doing other things like working on my computer or reading. Blegh. Waitress - liked it but found it a bit depressing. Mainly it solidified my fears of marriage. The Illusionist - really liked this one though not sure I am not sure how somethings were "pulled off". But it was a cool movie, I really liked it. Employee of the Month - goofy but I like 'em that way. Kinda made me want to be a box boy at Sam's. lol Good Luck Chuck - I'd already seen this in the theatre. Still fun to watch. Lucky You - I can't help but wonder if I were a man how much I'd look like Eric Bana. I think I heard him described as the male equivalent of Geena Davis and since I've been told a million times I look like her - if I'd look similar to Eric Bana if I were a dude. Reno 911 Miami! - I don't watch the show itself that much but so many of the folks on Reno were in The State. Makes me miss The State. I think EVERY SINGLE person from that show made a cameo. One or two were missing but it seemed like they got most everyone else. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry - what can I say - I do like me some comedies. Silly but had a nice message. The Heartbreak Kid - Again, reinforces my fears on marriage - ie. you marry someone and they completely change (or they start showing their true colors when before they were putting on a great seeming facade. I know people it's happened to in real life. It's just scary.) John Tucker Must Die - I was surprised by how much I liked it. But one thing - yeah, whatever like Brittany Snow would be invisible. I think that's it for lately. I will probably pop something else in here in a bit. If I haven't said it before I will say it now - one of the best things I've ever done for myself was to get Sirius Satellite Radio. Now that I drive so much it's just stupid it really helps pass the time. Of course my favorite station is Hair Nation. Non-stop hair metal - just doesn't get any better. But some close runners up to Hair Nation are the comedy channels. On my drive home yesterday I got to hear some of my favorites including Mitch Fatel and Jim Gaffigan. But just hearing them and not seeing them makes me REALLY damn curious as to what they look like. I'd get a mental picture but wasn't sure how close I was just going by their voices. So I get home last night and googled them both. Mitch Fatel was not exactly like what I pictured. I didn't picture him being anything but seriously white boy, but he is not. otherwise, the dress and age was about right on. Jim Gaffigan - holy crap I didn't realize he was the brother of the main character from that TBS show I really like called My Boys. Ahh, the beauty of googling these guys was that it lead me to You Tube clips. So I got quite the chuckle on last night. I find Jim Gaffigan really funny (and since I didn't realize I already knew what he looked like he wasn't exactly as I pictured but in a way I wasn't that far off. I think who I'm picturing may be an actual comedian or actor just different guy). Turns out though that both guys use a comic tool that apparently I find just hysterical. And it is the whispered aside. When they basically comment on their own stuff but in a slightly different voice. Holy shit, I don't know why, but that cracks my ass up. Jim Gaffigan in particular cracks me up with it. I saw one of his bits last night about Hot Pockets and thought i was going to choke from laughing. I re listened to a bit that had me howling in my car a while back about cake. Ahhhh, good times. Anyhoo, both have their own websites: www.mitchfatel.com www.jimgaffigan.com And of course plenty of stuff you can You Tube. I highly recommend it. |
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