"Logic: noun - reason or sound judgment, as in utterances or actions"

Situation:
You have been left with the task of assigning a project to certain employees.  This project is one that requires certain skills related to the industry and can only be truly understood with time.  It is also a time-sensitive project and must be started and completed early in the work day, as time zones are a major hindrance.  You have a pool of 20 employees to choose from, 10 of which are "veterans"; 10 of which are "newbies". 

The question:
Which employee(s) do you assign to this task?  When do you start them on it?

The correct answer:
One or two of the experienced, seasoned employees should be assigned this task as soon as their shift begins.  One factor in choosing such an employee should be that their shift is in the morning.

What actually happened:
Two "n00bs", whose first day was the day the task was assigned, were chosen to complete it.  However, as they were new, it was necessary for them to go through training, not for the task, but simple retail training.  This training resulted in the employees not beginning the task until 3/4 of the work day was done.

Needless to say, when I returned to work today, I had to re-do the entire project, as well as my usual (though heightened because of the time of year) work load.

Stupidity.Should.Be.Painful.

"He sat, lazily fingering the item in his hands, contemplating how his life had been reduced to this…

 

He no longer enjoyed the company of those around him and, in fact, grew to despise their very being more and more every day…

 

He’d experienced these feelings of failure and defeat before, but never to this all consuming degree…

 

He was done with it all…

 

As he stared once more at them, twirling over and over in his palms, a sense of calm came over him…

 

It was all over – he could rest now…"

 

 

And this is why my co-workers and I should never be given written off toys!!!!  My god we're sick and twisted!!!

Living in a society that seems more and more driven by the "real" lives of celebrities, it is beyond impossible to not become exposed to the goings-on of today's "elite":

I could care less about all the hype surrounding the Beckham's move to Hollywood...

My world will not change if Tom and Katie procreate again...

Seeing the pictures of another celebrity wedding will not suddenly make me want to fly to the altar...

And yet...for some sick and demented reason which speaks volumes to my truly sadistic nature...I love love LOVE it when Celebu-Brats end up either having a complete breakdown or are finally slap with the cruel stick of the real world.

During the comedy that was the Paris Hilton prison stint I was captivated.  On the day she was sent back to jail I spent most of my day glued to CNN.com for constant updates on whether or not she was going back in...

When Britney started to exhibit signs of a mental breakdown, I laughed giddily as she began her downward spiral.  Recent news says she's had a complete breakdown while being interviewed by OK!, which comes out this Friday...can't wait for that story...

And, as I'm sure everyone not living under a rock is aware of (the 24 hour news stations devoted their entire segments at midnight last night to this story): Lindsay Lohan has been arrested...again.  She's been indicted on a bevy of charges ranging from DUI to possession...all this before even having her hearing for her DUI/Hit and Run on Memorial Day...

And while I've been gleefully reading anything and everything I can find on these stories, my pleasure stems from two different places.  The cynical side of me just wishes that we could find something better to talk about than what these people had to eat (or lack thereof).  "But Courtney, you've devoted this entire post to talk of them..."  Yes, it may seem hypocritical but my point is one of complaint, rather than glorifying what has been happening.   While I've enjoyed watching these celebs fall from grace, There are better things the news needs to be reporting!!

The other reason I garner such pleasure from these arrests is the fact that celebrities are finally being forced to live by the rules of our common society.  I'm sick and tired of hearing of these people being arrested for drugs or DUI's or rape etc. and NEVER seeing the inside of a jail.  Yes, you have been gifted with a skill...Yes, this skill has put you in the limelight (why, I don't know, but it has)...But that doesn't give you a license to live in your own world with your own set of rules.  Plus, how any Celebu-Brat gets a DUI in the first place is beyond me...you have enough money that when you're blitzed out of your mind you can hire a whole army of flipping cars to take you wherever you desire...call a limo, I'm sure they're on your speed dial next to your dealer...

I don't wish these people harm...I hope they can fight whatever demons they may be facing and use this experience to better themselves...but I just wish that they could be held accountable for their actions like ever other person...

**Backstory: Jack London is a pretty important figure for the area because he was born here/died here/gave money to the town.  One of his stories is also the inspiration for our new (as of 2002) mascot - the Seawolf (no, not the submarine cause that would be cool).  We switched our mascot because people felt Cossacks were just a little too "un-PC" for this day and age (since when was raping and pillaging an entire culture a bad thing...).  As part of some festival/conference/orgy to Mr. London, we've temporarily been carrying several of his titles.**


Wednesday morning a man comes into the store looking for the Jack London books.  As we had not yet put them on display, I went into the back to retrieve them.  He peruses the books and then proceeds to leave them (all ten of them) on my text shelves - obviously, not where they go...whatever...I've moved on.  The books are the properly displayed, complete with so much signage that as long as you (to quote Cameron Diaz/Penelope Cruz in "Vanilla Sky") "Open your eyes" , you can easily find them.


Thursday morning, same man comes back into the store and walks directly to where he had left the books before.  As they are no longer there he flies into a complete tizzy questioning their whereabouts.  "Oh, I'm sorry sir.  We've moved those books into their display at the front of the store.  Here, follow me."  I point them out...I walk away...happy, happy...


Friday morning, same man comes into the store.  He seems far more frantic than Thursday (kinda rushed and twitchy).  He starts wandering the text shelves (mind you, NOT on the same text shelves they were left on Wednesday and definitely no where near the display, which I showed him THE DAY BEFORE) looking for the books.  Once again, said man wanders to my desk and acts like I've personally hid the books from him.  When I walk him over to THE SAME DISPLAY as Thursday, he pretty much blows me off and looks through the books again.


Not only do I not believe that he purchased a single one of the books that he was so frantically looking for, but he gave me attitude for the fact that he couldn't find the same books he was looking for the day before...WHEN THEY HADN'T MOVED...common sense people, common sense...

So, last post Sept…2005…

A lot’s happened since then…

I’m not gonna post about it here because that would just be really annoying…

Anything you wanna know, just ask…I’m a talker!

Now, why am I back: Short (Meh) and Sweet (haha, yeah right) version –

A lot of things I see make me want to learn how to hone the fine art of social Darwinism (ie - Death by Stupidity). Since I’ve yet to discover a way to accomplish this without getting caught (hiding bodies is harder than one might think…), I figured the next avenue open to me would be semi-mindless rantings. Not horribly cheery, I know (there may be a few posts like that intermixed).

But don’t worry – I’m not seriously homicidal, just cynical.

And a fun little bonus…well, fun for me at least – for others it remains to be seen…a “behind the cut” posting of the songs that played while I made each post (The list may seem long at times but remember, more than likely I’m doing this at work and will be interrupted to well, actually work…). ”But why do that?” you may ask…because music is my life. It calms me...

 

So, there is a very distinct possibility that they are going to make me a manager at my work after the end of the year. The head of the book department is retiring and his second in command (Marcia) is taking over and everyone in the store wants me to take her job. The only thing that seems to be standing in my way is that they're not sure if they're actually going to replace her. Yet, Marcia keeps talking as if it's already for sure, making plans and such about how it's gonna to be once I start working there. So, not wanting to jinx myself or be disappointed I'm tryig to not get my hopes up too much, but I really really want this job. And, since this seemed fun, I filled it out as well:

(x) smoked a cigarette
(x) smoked a cigar
(x) smoked anything else
(x) made out with a member of the same sex
( ) crashed a friend's car

(x) been in love
(x) been dumped
(x) shoplifted
( ) been fired

(x) snuck out of parent's house
(x) had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
( ) been arrested
( ) made out with a stranger
( ) gone on a blind date

(x) lied to a friend
(x) had a crush on a teacher
(x) skipped school
(x) slept with a co-worker
( ) seen someone die

( ) have a crush on one of your MYSPACE friends
( ) been to Canada
( ) been to Mexico
(x) been on a plane

(x) eaten Sushi
( ) been snowboarding
( ) met someone BECAUSE of myspace
( ) been moshing at a concert
( ) been in an abusive relationship
( ) taken painkillers.
( ) love someone right now.
(x) laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by
(x) made a snow angel

(x) had a tea party
(x) flown a kite
(x) built a sand castle
(x) gone puddle jumping
(x) played dress up

(x) jumped into a pile of leaves
(x) gone sledding
(x) cheated while playing a game
(x) been lonely
( ) fallen asleep at work/school/church

( ) own a fake ID
(x) watched the sun set
(x) felt an earthquake
(x) touched a snake

(x) been tickled
( ) been robbed
( ) robbed someone
(x) been misunderstood
(x) pet a reindeer/goat

(x) won a contest
( ) been suspended from school
(x) had detention
(x) been in a car accident

( ) had/have braces
( ) eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night
(x) danced in the moonlight

(x) hated the way you look
(x) witnessed a crime
(x) pole danced

(x) squished barefoot through the mud
(x) been lost
( ) been to the opposite side of the country
(x) swam in the ocean
( ) felt like dying

(x) cried yourself to sleep
( ) played cops and robbers
( ) recently colored with crayons/colored pencils/markers
(x) sung karaoke
( ) paid for a meal with only coins

(x) done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(x) made prank phone calls
( ) laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(x) caught a snowflake on your tongue

( ) been kissed under a mistletoe
(x) blown bubbles
(x) made a bonfire on the beach

(x) crashed a party
( ) have traveled more than 5 days with a car full of people
(x) gone rollerskating/blading
(x) had a wish come true

(x) worn pearls
( ) jumped off a bridge
( ) screamed "penis" randomly with other people around u
( ) ate dog food
( ) told a complete stranger you loved them
(x) sang in the shower
(x) have a little black dress
(x) had naughty thoughts
( ) had a dream that you married someone
( ) glued your hand to something

( ) got your tongue stuck to a pole
( ) kissed a fish
(x) worn the opposite sexes clothes
(x) sat on a roof top
(x) screamed at the top of your lungs
( ) done a one-handed cartwheel
(x) talked on the phone for more than 6 hours
(x) stayed up all night

( ) didnt take a shower for a week
(x) pick and ate an apple right off the tree
( ) climbed a tree
( ) had a tree house
( ) are scared to watch scary movies alone

(x) believe in ghosts
( ) have more then 50 pairs of shoes
( ) worn a really ugly outfit to school
( ) gone streaking
(x) played ding-dong-ditch

( ) played chicken fight
(x) been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on
(x) been told you're hot by a complete stranger
(x) broken a bone
(x) been easily amused

(x) caught a fish then ate it
( ) made porn--who would do this?
(x) caught a butterfly
(x) laughed so hard you cried
( ) cried so hard you laughed

(x) mooned/flashed someone
(x) had someone moon/flash you
(x) cheated on a test
(x) forgotten someone's name

(x) slept naked
(x) French braided someones hair
(x) gone skinny dippin in a pool
( ) been kicked out of your house

Though my reason for not cheating would have nothing to do with society. I needed a study break from the inane questions that my women writers class have asked me to answer. This prof. is retarded and she already hates me 'cause i questioned her teaching style - wtf? so once i actually decide to express an opinion about a class to te prof. and she can't even have the courtesy to pretend like she was listening to me. Oy.

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free.

In love, you feel the most alive when your lover is creative and never lets you feel bored.

You'd like to your lover to think you are optimistic and happy.

You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please.

Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with.

Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.

You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred.

In this moment, you think of love as something you don't need. You just feel like flirting around and playing right now.

My friend Crystal did say that I'd get the best seat in hell 'cause I'd be screwing Satan :)

Your Deadly Sins

Lust: 100%

Envy: 40%

Sloth: 40%

Greed: 20%

Wrath: 20%

Gluttony: 0%

Pride: 0%

Chance You'll Go to Hell: 31%

You'll die while in the throws of passion - the best way to go.

In other news, I went to a bar called Rita's on Saturday and I got so fricking drunk that I decided Karaoke was the best idea ever!! I kid you not - I got up there with my friend Mike and we proceeded to sing "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Two reasons why this was funny: 1) singing a break-up song with your gay friend always inspires ironic moments and 2) I don't fricking know the words nor the tune except for the chorus - let's just say I belted it out but i wasn't necessarily on cue!! sweet!!! But I had a blast and while we weren't up there singing we were dancing to other's songs and this nice picture was taken of me - I'm not sure what kinda face I'm making and I swear I have on more clothes than it looks like - which is odd 'cause usually i don't when i go out - but for once I was trying to be...shall we say, less whorish than usual. I also like how the guy on the left is leering at me - that is so classic!! ( Gotta love Alcohol )

Or, if the picture doesn't work (which for some reason it keeps doing) just go here: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hippie_frog42/my_photos

So I just received this e-mail through the list serve for my pirate class and it made me smile so I decided to share. Gotta love Sonoma, where the kooks are free to be themselves!!

Subject: ENGL-448-001-SP -- Ahoy thar, literARRRy students
Captain Williams here, with a challenge for the crew! Next week I'm
orderin' a Pirate Round-Up for Thursday's class. Dress in your most
pirate-y (or courtesan-y, if ye prefer) garb, so we can make for a day
of gabbin' and hilARRRity!

If ye be a lubber and don't know what to wear for pirate gear, email me
at [omitted for privacy] and ask about it. We'll just pierce ONE ear for
it, hey? Got questions about what would be piratey? Ye be doin' the same
thing, hear?

I'll be seein' ye on Thursday the 12th! Lookin' forwARRRd to
th'dressing-up (and I'll be keel-haulin' anyone who says different,
hear?).

Capt. Williams

I lover having my opwn house - it's soooo muh fun - and drinking on cinco de mayo in your own house is even better...but naked hot tubing is always fun...but now he'd yelling at me to get off the computet...his idea sounds more fun...hmmmm...yeh, and i'm done...night all

I love it when the topic of conversation during a game of spades is my sex life :)

In other news, I'm getting tired of High School - thought i already lived through that. I'm seriously starting to consider moving into the house a month earlier just so i can get away from it. Short recap on my opinions on the situation:
~Notes should be banned - grow some balls and tell us if you have a problem
~the difference between 1130 and 1200 is not big enough to cause a problem like this
~hypocrisy is...well, i think i've stated my opinion on hypocrisy enough in the past
God I'm so over this - I need my house now!!! I'm really close to forgetting that I like to keep the peace and just start some fun fights!! :) Sounds like a plan to me! tee hee

So, my friends and I have been looking at houses to move into next year and we called up this one place that we absolutly LOVED on like monday or tuesday and the guy seemed to really like Tom and it sounded like we were good to go - whichw as amazing because we were also told that 30 other people had called before us about the house. Our spirits were a little low 'cause a lot of places were going fast and it seemed like we weren't gonna get a nice place. So, we're driving by it tonight to show another friend when Tom gets a call - WE GOT THE HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's four bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, huuuugggeee rooms with beautiful tile in the kitchen, a fireplace (sweet!!!), a pool and spa (oh god yeah!!!!!) and, get this: A FUCKING ATRIUM!!!!!!!!!!! How much does that fucking rock!!!!!!!! Its only like 3 miles from school, in a beautiful neighborhood, a hop, skip, and a jump from a park. It's perfect!!!! I just can't beleive how lucky we got!!!!!!! So, now I'm gonna have to go out and celebrate!!!!!!!!

( 3 different conversations )

I wonder how much i'm gonna crack myself up tomrrow when i read these!!! gotta klove yachti, thats all i gotta say!!!!!!!!!!! well, i may have more to say tomorrow about a completly different subject though it semi-involves tonight - wait, that didn't nake sense - though who knows what tomorrow's smoke party will bring...he came to my work today, it was interesting...let's see what tomorrow brings...though, i hav this sudden urge to clal up an old "friend" - thats bad cause it hasn't been four months yet and its always better when we keep to the four month schedule - weird, i know...so maybe i need to call a different "friend" - many to choose from...that would probably go over better...but the first "friend" wouod be far more intersting...but then there's always new guy....hmmmmm....decisions, decisions, decisions...

by the by,....ralph, you better call me cause i left you sooo mnay messages tonight so i better hear from you tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"If I look more like Carmen Electra I'm sure Dallas will be very happy with me." ~Brandi from I Want a Famous Face

OK, what the fuck? This is about the saddest thing that I have ever heard!!! I can't beleive a person would actually have plastic surgery to make someone else happy!! It's just so sad...

I don't know how much I trust the results 'cause I'm 99% sure I didn't get any wrong in the second section...oh well.

English Genius You scored 100% Beginner, 92% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 82% Expert!

You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go! Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it! For the complete Answer Key, visit my blog: http://shortredhead78.blogspot.com/.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 73% on Beginner You scored higher than 34% on Intermediate You scored higher than 89% on Advanced You scored higher than 86% on Expert

Link: The Commonly Confused Words Test written by shortredhead78 on OkCupid Online Dating

Got back from Vegas late wed/early thursday - God, I had such an incredible time!!!!! Too much happened to go into it but it was a great way to spend spring break!! I'm glad that the cold that seems to continue to be passed back and forth between the book department waited until thursday to hit me very hard. Then again, maybe it was just masked by all the alcohol, hmmm...

So last night I went all the way back to when i first started this thing and i was reading the entries and i couldn't help but laugh!! I can't beleive how different I've become since then. I knew that I had changed and all of that over the years but reading about the way i handled situations and just what was important in my life back then just really made it that much more apparent that I have grown over the years. Freshman year if you had asked me if I would be living my life the way I am now, I would've told you you were full of shit - but I'm having the time of my life and I couldn't be happier!!!

A lot of things have happened when it comes to my crazy roommate Barbara, too many in fact to recap, but, from the looks of things, she's about 98% gone from the house!! SWEET!!!! Wouldn't it be nice if the school actually let us know what was going on in our own house, but I guess that's just too much to ask for. Bye all...

Have you ever just wanted to go up to someone, take them by the shoulders and shake them while you tell them that we are not 12 years old anymore, this childish bullshit needs to stop, and to fucking GROW UP!!!!!!! God, I'm so fucking sick of all this girl drama that is revolving around me!!! Stop talking shit about my friends and assume it's not gonna get back to me and act like all is well and good between us!! Also, if you are completely incapable of acting like an adult, at least complain about shit that MAKES SENSE!!!!!! People are misreading situations in what would be a completely laughable way if it weren't for the fact that it's hurting people - people who don't deserve it!!!!!! I'm about 2 seconds from causing a scene and it's merely because a) technically it's not my business and b) it would just make things far worse for the parties involved that I continue to hold my tongue. I think what really makes me wanna do something about it the most (well, besides the obvious) is most of the things that are being said would make far more sense if they were being said about me, but for some reason they are being attached to my friend!!! It's gonna happen and it's gonna happen soon and I'm really not looking forward to the aftermath...

Oh, and by the by, STOP BEING HYPOCRITICAL!!!!!!!! The minute you enter into the realm of hypocrisy is the minute you lose all right to complain about the situation!!!!!!!! Jesus Fucking Christ in a handbasket people!!!! Jesus. Fucking. Christ.

I am in completely new and unknown territory in my life and while I should be scared or nervous or confused or overannalytical...the list goes on, all I am is happy. I don't know what tomorrow will bring nor do I really want to and that is strange for me. I always seem to want to have everything mapped out or put in a neat little package (tied with a bow and everything) and while sometimes my package isn't conventional, per se, I usally want/need/seek the clear answer. But with this it seems like it would be different and not as wonderful if it were all laid out for me...and I'm loving every minute of it... *contented sigh*

In other non-philosophical, innuendo-filled vernacular, I went and saw "Les Mis" tonight with some friends over at the Santa Rosa high school. While they did lose points for cutting out parts of songs (usually my fav parts at that), re-arranging the order of songs (WTF mate?), and making the prostitutes look like they would be more at home in 19th century Old West rather than Paris (Can-Can anyone?), overall it was a very good show. The kids could sing surprisingly well though it was funny to hear which boys hadn't had the pleasure of their balls dropping yet - gotta love high notes with cracked voices!! But the real interesting part of the evening was the fact that it just made me feel really old. I never feel old!!! I'm one of the youngest people among my group of friends and yet, being around all those high schoolers and their petty dramas just made me feel old (oh, wait, that's right, even people at 22 and 23 still act like retarded 12 years olds - god, hypocrisy pisses me off!! random tangent, sorry). Then, I started thinking about it - in 4 months, I'm gonna be 22 - that's a scary thought!!! Sure, 25 is a big one for women, but 22!!! I don't wanna be 22, 21 is quite fine with me thank you very much!! God, did I need a Guinness when I got outta there!!! And then, to just add insult to injury, we walk outta the theater and I reach for a cigarette, quite second nature. Well, then my friends start yelling at me (playfully) about how we're on a H.S. campus and role model and influential and blah blah blah...I explained how I'm not their parents, it's not my job to teach them those "values", not to mention that if this children decide to start smoking it's not gonna be b/c they saw me light up. But, I had the decency to wait until we were on the sidewalk and technically off school grounds (but that was only cause it too me that long to open the damn pack!!!).

If the night had ended there it would have been a fun evening...but it didn't...so instead, it was a fantastic evening...

So, I've discovered something terribly interesting over the past few days (well, interesting to me at least) - apparently, my writing style on aim is so damn distinct that people can tell when they aren't talking to me. The other day Crystal was sitting at my computer and talking to Taylor and even though I was dictating to her exactly what she should type, Taylor knew that either something was wrong or it wasn't me talking. The same thing keeps happening over and over again and I just find it so strange!! I never knew I had a distinctive aim speak!!

I know that was boring to you all but I felt like sharing! :)

Hippie2pto: ooh, smitten - I love those old fashioned words - makes my english major heart happy!!!
El B Hombre: haha
Hippie2pto: thats why i'm gonna bring back whoreson into the vernacular!!!!
El B Hombre: lol just got a funny image of an englishman fucking you, talking dirty but not really dirty stuff just weird vernacular bits and pieces
El B Hombre: thought I would share