Category: BlahBlahBabble

I’m so disappointed. I write a nice little snippy post about the fact that I think Bush is a nut case and that they lied to us all just to get our approval for the war in Iraq, and there are no trolls to play with? No one to tell me that I am completely wrong and Bush is right? Nothing?

Does everyone suddenly agree with me? I find that hard to believe. I just hope that people didn’t hold back and not comment because they were afraid I would slam them for doing so. I realize that not everyone sees things the same, and I happily welcome differing opinions. So come on – spill the beans!

I spent hours at the office yesterday getting documents together, in order, and in boxes ready for FedEx to come and pick up. I scheduled the pickup. I confirmed the pickup twice. (I get a little paranoid like that.) I checked the boxes again before I left to make sure that FedEx could get them. I talked to the guys at the security desk for the building, explaining that FedEx would be coming some time around 6:00 pm (the time FedEx gave me on the phone.) They said it was no problem at all, as long as FedEx could get to the boxes they would let them in to pick them up. “Ok, so I don’t need to sign anything or do anything?” “No, we just have FedEx sign in and they can pick them up.” I left, headed home to get ready for the baby shower, and zoomed off to the south side of town for that.

Uh, only one problem.

FedEx didn’t pick the boxes up. When I go online to track them, there isn’t any record of them. I tried again, thinking it was just a matter of time for them to get in to the system. Nope, still nothing. Finally I got my pickup confirmation information out and called.

It seems that when FedEx showed up to get the boxes, there was no answer. Not clear if that means they buzzed to get in to the loading dock and their was no answer, or they called the office number for the firm, there was no answer, and they just assumed that they couldn’t get the boxes. Either way, they didn’t pick them up.

Craptastic. What am I going to do now? All of their drop off locations are closed on Sunday, so I can’t go and get them and take them to a drop off spot. They are just … sitting there. And I can’t do a damn thing. Spectacularly craptastic.

Update! 2:10pm – My co-worker called from the office – she had gone in to work to prep for a trial that is tomorrow. The lead attorney on the case that the boxes were for is there, and pointed out to her that FedEx didn’t come to get them. They called FedEx too, filed a complaint, and FedEx will be picking them up tomorrow, sending them out for first AM delivery on Tuesday directly to the office where the deposition is at, all at their expense. She was amused that I was checking on them from home, especially when I told her that I was trying to figure out what to do about them. All is good again…

Back in the fall of 2000, I took the Political Compass test and the results were that I was right in the middle between the Economic Left/Right, leaning ever so slightly to the right, and I was Libertarian, but not by much.

Since I took the test, Bush became president, 9/11 occurred, Homeland Security came in to place, we’ve been on “alert” for over a year and a half, and the world has changed.

It’s interesting to see how I’ve changed with it. I took the test again, and I am now a definate Libertarian, on the left. Economic Left/Right: -2.25; Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.97. (You can view what the analysis means, but take the test first.) Won’t my parents be proud?

Speaking of my parents, I was talking with my Mom last weekend about an e-mail that her third cousin sent to her. He is from Austria and lives in Finland now. He asked her if we feel safer in America now – safer than we did before 9/11. I laughed. I don’t feel safer, because the government itself scares me. They won’t allow us to feel safe. If you notice, any time things seem to settle, there is something that pops up that should remind us all to be scared.

I’m sorry – I don’t feel that Iraq was a threat to us. Yes, Saddam was a horrid man, and treated the people of his country poorly with his insane tactics. I felt he should have been taken out of power years ago. I was slightly convinced that the war was “ok” because we were going to bring democracy to Iraq, but now I see what I feared coming true. Bush wants them to have freedom, as long as it’s freedom our way. I could go on and on about this, but this article says it all for me already: “Operation: Iraqi Freedom (To Do What We Tell You)” The Iraqi’s want to have a national congress this summer to select their own leaders – you know, that democratic freedom we promised and all that – and Bush & Co. are insisting that we pick their leaders first. Basically because it’s in our best interest. Uh huh, that’s what freedom is all about here in America…

It’s really not surprising to me at all that after the events of the past two years I’ve moved to the Libertarian Left. No, not a surprise at all.

I don’t believe that Iraq will ever be “free” in the sense we want it to be. Their culture is not our culture. I don’t believe that it is right for the United States to go stomping around the globe, trying to force everyone to be like us. Isn’t that what Imperialism is all about? We don’t have the money to help people in our own country who are unemployed, homeless, need medical care, and any other number of things. Our public education system is in the toilet. Why are we spending billions to run around saving the rest of the world when we can’t even save ourselves?

And just where the hell are those Weapons of Mass Destruction that Bush swore were in Iraq and we had to go and save the world from anyways?

Jason and I headed in to downtown early this afternoon so I could finish up the project that was started yesterday. I couldn’t send out the documents that I had with pages missing, and I didn’t discover that they were missing until noon, when I got the project in the first place. I didn’t find where the missing pages were at until after 3:30 when I thought to ask the secretary if she had seen them. So I had to have the copy guy bring me my documents, then I sorted them out and put them in order with the other documents he copied yesterday afternoon. Then I boxed them all up, got the FedEx info together and sent them off. It didn’t take as long as I was afraid it might, but the offices were hot because the air conditioning was off, and I didn’t know how to get it turned on. (Note to self: get A/C info on Monday!) Whew! It was like a sauna in there!

There were several of the attorneys up at the office, including the one that gave me the project in the first place. He told me several times that he was sorry that I had to come in on a Saturday, and he was there almost the whole time that I was (he left before I taped up the boxes, but he got there before I did.) That helped make it better for some reason – I guess the fact that he was working too? Because nothing bugs me more than when someone gives you a huge project that requires overtime and then goes home, leaving you working late all alone. I’m all about teamwork.

Now it’s off to a baby shower / dinner party for another legal assistant at work – she’s pregnant with twins and the firm is throwing a party for her. Catered dinner and wine … it should be fun!

It was supposed to be a good day at work today. As a matter of fact, the morning was pretty good – until 11:45 or so, when I suddenly had a ton of work dumped on me out of nowhere. Normally, not a problem – except I was already working (at a nice pace) on a project with a deadline of today – and the sudden dump one had to be done right away too. Out of nowhere, no warning, nothing. And it didn’t have to be that way. People, we must remember the Five P’s*! They are very important!

I left work a zombie. The drive home helped me unwind, and then a lovely phone call from Sydney gave me a chance to chill out even more, and then it was time for a movie. I finally – finally! – watched “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion.” I know! Can you believe it? That movie came out like the year of my ten year reunion, so it’s like so special! I mean, duh! Ok, seriously – I thought it was pretty cute. To cap off a day like today, it was perfect.

* Pre-planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. Live it, learn it, love it!