Jan 29, 2008

March 19 and May 30 mark the 1 year anniversary of Jennifer and my, respectively, hire date into the business/working world. We plan to celebrate/commemorate the day by having dinner on a date in between the two, on April 26th... the day of my twin friends' birthday! Celebrating ON their birthday, and congratulating my roommate for a year completed! Kidding.

Anyway, with the celebrations of our one years coming soon, comes news of my coworker Susan's job offer at Citco. She apparently was offered a position sometime yesterday afternoon, shortly after her interview earlier that day. She'll be in the area of fund accounting, with a base salary of 50k + overtime + bonus + 401(k) match of up to 4% annual base salary - vision plan. All sounds super better than what she is currently making at our establishment.

The irony of this news is that I was so unhappy yesterday with our relationship, and her boyfriend's relation with my own, and was so disengaged from it that I had taken it out on my significant other. I had disposed all my negative feelings, and went as far as to want to sever all ties to him, solely because of a disagreement out of his scope of control. Today, after I finally engaged in some civil conversations, she finally relents and tells me about the job offer, and her intent on accepting the offer. Ill-will, or not, I feel that despite all the negativity, I'd rather work with her than not, because the burdens she carries, or in a couple of months, carried, will fall on the rest of our already short-staffed team, and that means mine. I'm not sure exactly how much burden she carries, but I am sure it is quite a load, considering she is able to support so many various people when others do call in sick. The only way to do it is to take it all one day at a time, and start to acquire other tasks, and ask to shadow to learn as much as I can before she leaves, so that I would not be burdened when she is finally gone.

The good thing is that she'll always be my friend, and will probably continue to be until we marry, considering our significant others seem to have taken a particular liking to each other. We'll probably still try to hang out, and with that said, our first real trip together happens this Saturday, up to the snow, for a one-day trip to Northstar at Tahoe. Just so happens that it's Burton Demo day, so people can demo new boards and such for free, and even get free lessons on how to ride. Best news: there's been about 4 feet of snow in the last 7 days, and it's been raining on and off all week, so new powder when we go, so our behinds won't ache as much when we do happen to fall flat on them.

Jan 28, 2008

In the past 6-7 hours at work, I have been in a semi-dreary mood. I haven't talked to anyone really, only when I had to, and responded to emails in the same plain manner. I suppose the most irritating emails I received were from a co-worker's significant other, who is entirely tactless. I am irritable, but nonetheless, I find that the couple has gotten more and more on my bad side. It started with these comments about being "spontaneous", then getting credit/receiving acknowledgment for bright ideas, not their own. Sounds a little like I let people walk over me, huh? Well quite the contrary, it's more that people take my suggestions, and call it their own, the bright side is, I know the truth, and I know that if they were to suggest something equally random, it would be next to impossible!

This car rental business is fun, though!

Jan 28, 2008

So it seems in the past month or so, since the primaries started, the race has become especially heated, pitting senators against senators, and in recent news, pitting family dynasties against each other, with Senator Edward Kennedy and his niece, Caroline Kennedy, endorsing Senator Obama, of Illinois, while the Townsends, children of Ethel Kennedy, apparently have voiced their support of Senator Clinton, of New York. Not only has there been an onslaught of senators officially endorsing a presidential candidate, but there has been a reference to racial politics, with references to Jesse Jackson's candidacy some years ago. And with the Kennedy's public support, it seems something like a bad thing for the Clinton camp. Super Duper Tuesday comes next week, so here's to the best presidential hopeful!

Jan 9, 2008

The funny thing about this whole primary process is... I didn't use to care. Something changed though, maybe it was the political science major my last two and a half years at Davis, or maybe it was something else. I started to pick up more presidential novels, bought political propaganda type magazines, and read mostly, if not entirely, politic-related news. Maybe it was just feeling as though having majored in the area, I should just want to be around it all the time. I had even seriously considered law school, for lack of independent thinking. It just seemed like the course to take. To note, I had worked as an election poll worker my last year in high school, and had been emotionally taken aback by how naive I had been about the work-world. At the time, however, whatever my parents endorsed was something I seriously considered. I had even campaigned a bit my last year at Davis for the Davis Democratic group, for a measure that I had known nothing about prior to the campaigning. All that aside, it feels good being more knowledgeable in an area that some are only mildly aware of, because of the media.




Of course, with picking up For Love of Politics, the novel about the Clintons while Bill Clinton was in presidency, I had taken the opposing view of what seemed to be a negative aspect of the Clinton administration. Maybe the novel was meant to be a truly realistic look at how the Clintons governed, but it seemed evermore negative, and made me feel as Hilary felt. Or maybe it was a strategy, to have the book out when it really mattered, when Hilary Clinton would consider running for the presidency. With all that aside though, it seems, this presidential election should be especially exciting, considering that we not only have a woman running, but a black man, as well. Both democrats, so I feel it should be an especially groundbreaking election, this year, no matter the winner. Though, I must say I am still rooting for a Clinton, mostly because despite not having the actual experience, she has seen what it's like in the presidency, so I feel she would be better prepared for it. And it's not to say, she couldn't always use Bill as a reference, which she really could! So it'll be an interesting run.

In either case, I hope they end up on the same ticket, no matter the role.