One of those random thought days...

Work was blah. No Internet for most of the day till I.S. finally sat down and got it to work. It slowed me down as I use some websites for financial information to do some analysis. So I just did some VBA macro programing on EXCEL and played with this vlookup UDF I was fine tuning.

Yeah, you don't hear that side of me too much but I do some programming. It sucks. I hate it. But it makes life so much easier... er... faster... when you can get Excel to do things most analyst can't. I mean, I've walked into several jobs where they say it takes four days to do such and such... well, that's because former analyst were doing it the primative way. Cut that into two days, then one, and then I can spend time learning more about VBA and other nerdy things.

Anyway, I stepped into this job where there have been tons of tedious work. And some work that you'd take too many steps in order to come up with something. It's streamlined in a way. Problem is... everytime I run the task, I find something else I'd like to add to make it more streamlined and yes, more complicated for anyone who has to do my job. And that's kinda a problem. I'm the only one who understands the workflow and to put it in some job description would be like writing a very detailed manual. And I ain't gonna do it! lol Job security?

I've had two job interviews on the phone in two weeks. All I did was made my resume active on Monster again, just to see what would happen and suddenly I'm emailed and called. There's one job that is totally outside my realm with a pay cut but... it is totally interesting. An analyst for the restaurant industry. That totally made me excited. I HAVE NO EXPERIENCE IN THIS INDUSTRY so yeah, its unlikely. But man, the job description was totally up my alley and totally looked like fun.

Then there's Kasier, and this hospital and that hospital. BLECH! Why can't I just be happy with the industry I'm in? Who knows. But I hate it.

And every since Donna became a Regsitered Nurse I've been like... I don't care about work. My attitude stinks. If we move up North they are paying nurses DOUBLE. That would take care of my income right there and I can just open up a karate dojo and that would be that. Donna's classmate is getting mega bucks. MORE THAN ME (per hour)!!! And they just got out of school! WOW! I should be a nurse.

HELL NO!!!

Yawn.

Big Brother 6 sucks. I hate it. This is why I don't like watching reality TV. Because I get all drawn in and get pissed off at the stupid ass people and then I regret ever getting started. UGH! WHY?!?!?!

I have to pick and choose my reality TV. American Idol and... I'll have to leave it at that.

I made a killer dinner tonight. Spaghetti, Italian sausage, some French bread and when Donna came home around 8:00, I opened a bottle of wine.

Bella ate a lot. I love watching her eat spaghetti. I have to video tape it. Jake wasn't hungry for some reason. Poor kid is feeling sick. So he just sat at the table as Bella and I ate some serious pasta!

Donna came home and the kids were cleaned and in bed. I watched her eat, we had a glass of wine then cussed at the TV for an hour. STUPID BIG BROTHER 6!!! That friendship has got to go. Kaysar man... you're da man! Sorry to see you leave again.

I got my Tiffen 2x Telephoto in the mail. I didn't have anything to shoot but I took it outside and found the moon. So before Big Brother, I shot the moon at different speeds and aperture settings. It's not a full moon and the pictures turn out a little oval because see... THE MOON MOVES. So at a slow shutter, its moving and looks like an oval.

Here's a crop.

EXIF: Shutter 1/320, Aperture 3.0, Digital Zoom 4.1

Any tips on shooting the moon?

At any slower speed the moon started to blow out. 1/320 was the best out of the bunch.

Jessie called. She hates it in Dallas. I told her to hang in there. It's only been two days. Her dad is making her take her sidekick cell phone away at 9PM every night. According to Jessica, its because she complained about not liking school. But of course, this is Jessica's side of the story.

I told her to hang in there and do good in school. She'll eventually make friends. She won't even need to try. And once that 'boy' comes her way... she won't think about coming back to Cali... LOL

Well, off to lala land due to wine drowsiness.