New Dog

My fiance and I got a new dog. The dog was her mother's, the only problem was that her mother's 4 other dogs were beating him up. He's cute, he's skittish, and he's the devil. Jack peed on me last night!! The little rat, I was gonna toss him across the backyard. I didn't but I wanted to. He isn't fixed....yet, so he marks everything. help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows (revisited)

After two days of reflection I have come up with the following:

JK Rowling rushed the end, whether for deadline reasons, or she was getting tired of the story.

Point 1-The death's of Lupin and Tonks were completely unnecessary, but if they had to die it should have been written. This book wasn't the longest, so it could have had a few more pages. If not more pages, some of the glut in the middle should have been cut.
Point 2-She could have had a chapter about the aftermath of the battle.
Point 3-The Epilogue should have touched on some other characters that so many have come to love.

Hopefully at some point JK Rowling will revisit this tale and fill in some of the gaps, explain some of the deaths.

Harry Potter

I have finished the final installment of Rowling's Harry Potter series. I must say I am disappointed. I think that she wanted to kill Harry and she couldn't because the fans would have rebelled and threw fits. My girlfriend threatened to have a bonfire with the books if any of the three died. So my theory is that Rowling caved, and she didn't kill Harry. But she must have been angry and went on a rampage killing every other major character. It started with Sirius and Dumbledore and ended with Snape, George, Lupin, and Tonks. This was unnecessary, way to much death for a children's book.

I think she over compensated for her unwillingness/inability to kill Harry. She made this book much to dark. These characters were supposed to be the best of the best, The Order of the Phoenix.

As a fan of the fantasy genre in general I was disappointed. I saw more death of major characters in this children's series than I have seen in uncountable adult fantasy series.

I for one hope that she decides to go back to this series and right some wrongs.

Get me out of this place!!

Please get me out of here, I can't take my job anymore. This place is driving me batty!!!

Why my job sucks

For the nearly 2 years I have been here, we worked our asses off on a conversion project. While I didn't work nearly as many hours as some of my colleagues, I busted my ass during the hours that I was here. We spent the last few weeks in the last throws of data scrubbing, reconciling the new system with the old system, etc. Then, last week, just as Xenos is about to go live, we were ready, we couldn't have been more ready, they cancelled the project. This was such a dissappointment, after all our hard work, upper management spit on it and tossed it aside. They "may" reconsider the decision in September. This is corporate speak for we have decided it's too expensive, but we don't want to completely tear you guys down. I am so frustrated and bored with this job. Up until now I have kept busy with spreadsheets, data cleanup, etc, now I have nothing!

Work

For quite some time now, I have been very unhappy with my job. It's funny, I convinced myself that this job was a 'Real' job and that my last one wasn't. I worked in an operations department for a large bank. My manager was really good, he would let us take long lunches, relax, leave early if we were slow. Days off were no problem as long as we had coverage. If you had to take care of something, he let you.

My new job which I have been at for almost 2 years has been a lot different. It's a lot more strict and controlled. The final straw was last week when I was forced to take a Vacation day for a funeral. This wasn't a random funeral, it was my mother's sister. I was told "she isn't immediate family", well that's bullshit. In my old company, my boss would have simply put me in for a sick day, or not reported it at all. He was very good and it made it enjoyable to work there. I honestly think my current direct supervisor would be a great person to work for, if our director wasn't sitting across from her breathing down her neck. But then again, my old director sat across the office from us and never interferred in day to day operations as long as there were no problems.
Not for nothing, but my current company does not pay overtime, which we are expected to work. My old company paid overtime, but if they couldn't they would give us Comp days. No such policy here, we don't give comp days, nor do we give any slack in the sick days.

George Bush has betrayed us

Most pundits and pollsters indicate that America is unhappy with the George Bush Presidency. I agree, however, I disagree that this is due to unpopularity over the war. I believe that most people who were in favor of the war in 2003 are still in favor of it.

George Bush has betrayed his base on every front with the exceptions of the War and Abortion. He has betrayed us on Tax Reform, Border Security, Immigration Reform, and Social Security Reform. He continues to spit on the very people who elected him to office. He spits on us every day.