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... shit, am I at work?

Mister Six, whom all the girls

14:09 / 19.12.02

How many of you are phoning it in today (being barely doing a damned thing at yer desk)?

I've been losing more and more interest this week. It's become a race in my head to 5 PM each day, watching my brain slow down steadily in the process.

Am I alone in this?

bitchiekittie

14:13 / 19.12.02

I show up regardless of my level of apathy/lethargy/unfocused anger/illness. I try to save up every moment of my time for a real vacation (I really will take one this year, I swear!) and my kids sick time or school needs. though the envy is there, friend - Id love to be home today, nursing my weather-beaten and overfrazzled self to something akin to normalcy

w1rebaby

14:16 / 19.12.02

I do absolutely fuck all, every day. I've done practically nothing since I started here on November 4th. I've not been assigned to any projects at all and have nothing to do.

I've stopped alt-tabbing away from mail and boards when people come round, and yesterday at the christmas party I declared loudly that I had done nothing whatsoever.

It really isn't good because, when the Drinkie Demon sidles up to me in the evenings and says "why don't you get pissed again tonight?" I can't say "well, I've got to be alert and awake in the morning" cos I haven't. My only reply to the Drinkie Demon is "I'll never finish this level of Metroid Prime if I'm pissed", not so good.

Dances with Gophers

14:34 / 19.12.02

I've been developing a theory. Time slows as the week progresses. Therefore Friday afternoon is far longer than the whole of the weekend. This phenomena increases towards periods of extended leave ie Xmas, Easter and the Summer Hols. I have yet to prove this, I don't think it's a conspiracy cos I can't link it the Knights Templar! (All good conspiracy theories include the Templars!!!)

Shortfatdyke

14:58 / 19.12.02

I've been out of work for the last six or seven weeks. It's wonderful, utterly wonderful. Time is weird - daylight is important if I'm painting, but other than that, it doesn't matter what time or even day it is.

I am forever thankful to my ex for giving me such a generous divorce settlement and making the world of work (temporarily at least) seem like a distant and boring dream.

Mister Six, whom all the girls

15:13 / 19.12.02

Ugh... I spent 6 months unemployed and it was like bad lager. I got up late, made some Ramen, watched 'blind date' and surfed til the end of day. Oh, and Iwent to Italy and did promo work for Nintendo... but it mostly sucked.

The worst is that I have work to do, it's just that I've been so depressed lately that I can't do it. I wish it was a case of blowing off work, but I just cannot concentrate, y'know?

Feh. It's not like this is what I want to do with my life anyway. I should fuck off to Shays fer a burger and a beer along with some old Charlton comics.

mixmage

15:26 / 19.12.02

Wasting that Last Hour

Requirements: Time to kill and a Timepiece with a seconds hand.

When the seconds hand reaches 12, hold your breath until it gets to 3, then exhale and breathe normally until the 12 again. This time, add 15 more seconds holding, breathe until the twelve. Each time you do a circuit, increase your breath hold by 15 seconds... meaning 15 seconds less breathing.

To waste even more time for you, I will write a list for you to read.

hold 15 - breathe 45
hold 30 - breathe 30
hold 45 - breathe 15
hold 60 - breathe 60 [circuit complete]
hold 75 - breathe 45
hold 90 - breathe 30

etceterah, etceterah, etceteraaah...

Persephone

15:35 / 19.12.02

Ah sfd, that was me last year when I had a 14 week break from work. Shamefully I was mewling a bit about not getting every winter off from work, as there's nothing wrong with the job I'm in.

You know how you blow up a balloon and pinch the neck shut to keep the air in, and then you unpinch and the balloon flies all around the room? That was just me. I've been working working all morning with my boss, and she just left & flubbb-blubbb-lubbb...

Our Lady of The Two Towers

16:11 / 19.12.02

Luckily thoughts of work are far from my head today as Thursday is my day off, so after the unpleasant nastiness of having to go outside to do the shopping and sending the Barbelith Mixtape on it's way to Grant I've spent the rest of the day indoors, watching the really quite poor Burton remake of Planet of the Apes and the TATUAll the Things She Said video with a quite unhealthy fascination. If there isn't a thread for them in the Music yet there will soon be.

But tomorrow I'll be back at work. Which will suck, but it's only 7 hours, then a fortnight off!

Less searchable M0rd4nt

16:16 / 19.12.02

I have just put in yet another ten-hour shift at the Local shop and I hate you alllll.

Cherry Bomb

19:08 / 19.12.02

Heh. There's a generally sort of growly attitude amongst us teachers, mixed in with giddiness at the end of term and also more growliness because we have to come in on Monday, but a bit more giddiness because we heard a rumour we might be getting bonuses. And all of us feel like we're doing fuck all this week. I'm just hoping I can make it 'til Friday without any student complaints, and then I can start afresh in January...

Lea-side

13:32 / 20.12.02

ooops! im supposed to be at work but woke up feeling like bob dylan had slept in my mouth, (double vodkas for three quid? asking for trouble) and couldnt be arsed to phone in sick. on the plus side, i guess ive got christmas off now. (today was my third strike)....

Goodness Gracious Meme

14:26 / 20.12.02

Work?

Qu'est-ce que le 'work'?

invisible_al

14:32 / 20.12.02

Well I'm off half an hour early because the boss said 'Go Home', and I've slacked all day with brief bursts of energy. Will probably be slacking monday and tuesday as well, for I am temp boy no extra holiday for me and I intend to sleep over the holidays. Get some saved up for the new year

And Bengali *ahem* "Why don't you unemployed louts get a haircut and stop watch daytime tv"

(and where did you get that smile?)

w1rebaby

15:40 / 20.12.02

I'm on holiday, but I'm so devoted to irony that I've actually saved up some horrible "personal development" bullshit that I couldn't face yesterday, to do in my own time. Ho ho ho. Plus I have to clean my apartment and do washing before I go away for Christmas, and I drank a lot of red wine last night too.

hanabius yamamura

09:04 / 23.12.02

i am sitting in my office north of the border on a shitty monday morning watching the rain piss down in a lethargic fashion with actual things to do ( reports to type up etc. ) but no intention of doing them ... strangely this lack of energy vanishes when i , for example , surf the net or think of things to do tonight eg. drink red wine+++ and play splinter cell ...

BUT my heart has lightened having read the thread and realising that i'm in good company and my guilt re not typing reports has vanished ... YEAH!!!

The Return Of Rothkoid

13:17 / 23.12.02

At the moment, I'm sitting at home in a shave-coat, posting post-shower. It's a heady life here, I tell you. I do do a fair bit of work-based posting, though...

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