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Dec. 11th, 2008
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Dec. 11th, 2008 01:02 pmobviously, with ridiculous amounts of free time on my hands like it was back with say... spring break? i should totally be doing some sort of meta right now. alas, no meta here. i haven't watched enough tv lately to bother. besides, stuff's gone on winter hiatus and i just cannot stand the "hey, let's keep you in the holiday spirit with a billion christmasy shows." it's fake. stop it. stop it right now.
instead, i'm going to lecture on the evils of working next to a mcdonalds.
i have precisely no time to eat. wait, rephrase. i have hours upon hours to eat, no lunch break to speak of as i'm working alone for the next two weeks. there are days where my manager will be all like "i don't care if you leave. feel free." and days where she jets out cause these four walls will kill someone.
so. within walking distance from my job, going from nearest to farthest are: mcdonalds, city cafe, random deli, hospital food, long john silvers, fake chinese, subway, taco bell, rally's, mcdonalds, road to morrocco, 4th street live.
because i am not technically supposed to leave my desk, i can go across the street to mcdonalds or to city cafe, or starve. i have, on occasion, chosen to starve. but when i'm hungry, it's pretty much no choice. i don't have the funds to pay for city cafe. so mcdonalds it is.
*hates*
i hate every semester i spend over here because you really don't have a choice. even the days where i actually have the half an hour break i'm supposed to have? i'm so broke i can't go to the random delis nearby. rock and a hard place, people.
i really, really need to bring my lunch.
instead, i'm going to lecture on the evils of working next to a mcdonalds.
i have precisely no time to eat. wait, rephrase. i have hours upon hours to eat, no lunch break to speak of as i'm working alone for the next two weeks. there are days where my manager will be all like "i don't care if you leave. feel free." and days where she jets out cause these four walls will kill someone.
so. within walking distance from my job, going from nearest to farthest are: mcdonalds, city cafe, random deli, hospital food, long john silvers, fake chinese, subway, taco bell, rally's, mcdonalds, road to morrocco, 4th street live.
because i am not technically supposed to leave my desk, i can go across the street to mcdonalds or to city cafe, or starve. i have, on occasion, chosen to starve. but when i'm hungry, it's pretty much no choice. i don't have the funds to pay for city cafe. so mcdonalds it is.
*hates*
i hate every semester i spend over here because you really don't have a choice. even the days where i actually have the half an hour break i'm supposed to have? i'm so broke i can't go to the random delis nearby. rock and a hard place, people.
i really, really need to bring my lunch.
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Dec. 11th, 2008 02:45 pmfuck the american health care system.
i do realize that watching Sicko doesn't exactly give me reason to say that. it's very propagandized.
but there is a kernel of truth in what he says. the american health care system sucks. you go almost anywhere else and you get care that's basically free--you pay taxes, you get health care. in france? you pay for healthcare based on your means, but you get treated according to your needs. you have a work schedule and vacation time that's suitable to family life (35 hours a week, minimum 5 weeks vacation), and unlimited sick time.
in france, when you have sick time off, ordered by your doctor, you still get full pay. 65% paid by the gov't, 35% by your company.
i'm moving.
i do realize that watching Sicko doesn't exactly give me reason to say that. it's very propagandized.
but there is a kernel of truth in what he says. the american health care system sucks. you go almost anywhere else and you get care that's basically free--you pay taxes, you get health care. in france? you pay for healthcare based on your means, but you get treated according to your needs. you have a work schedule and vacation time that's suitable to family life (35 hours a week, minimum 5 weeks vacation), and unlimited sick time.
in france, when you have sick time off, ordered by your doctor, you still get full pay. 65% paid by the gov't, 35% by your company.
i'm moving.
i'm not calling this year a wash. because it wasn't. not really. i did some great things, got great news... and basically whiled away my time.
like, ok. i spent most of this year just... reading. nothing important. just... short stories. watching old tv shows that i haven't watched in a long while. and outside of that, i spent a lot of time writing. nothing's gotten done, per se. just... writing. like this whole semester was poetry, which i haven't written in ages and ages.
and that's another thing. i got back into school this fall. which was great news. except how it wasn't because it took up a bunch of my time. *is* taking up a bunch of my time, i mean. i got promoted, passed an important test... still haven't heard back about becoming an air traffic controller... i whined a lot about health issues and not having a car. got a car, gas prices went down.... so i had really good news.
and the best news was finding out that montpellier's basically in the bag. and that i get to go to poland for the international convention. i'm conflicted cause it's in the same month. but still. *wants both*
and i had the worst news too. the break-up that wasn't. which still bothers me because i thought it was something real and special and it's far from that. and when he said he wanted to be friends, i was good with that. but then he stopped talking to me at all. and i can't keep being the one initiating contact cause that makes me look desperate. i'm not. i just miss having a friend and wish i'd kept my mouth shut.
i don't know about this year. it's been ugly, except when it was beautiful. i miss having the stability i didn't have this year. it's just been... strange.
i'm hoping next year is better. it'd be killer to actually have money to spend, time away. good friends. to actually grow up for once and not have the world on my shoulders.
THIS YEAR IN REVIEW HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU BY: BOREDOM. NOTHING MAKES THE DAY DRAG AND NOSTALGIA HIT QUITE AS HARD AS BOREDOM. GET YOURS TODAY.
like, ok. i spent most of this year just... reading. nothing important. just... short stories. watching old tv shows that i haven't watched in a long while. and outside of that, i spent a lot of time writing. nothing's gotten done, per se. just... writing. like this whole semester was poetry, which i haven't written in ages and ages.
and that's another thing. i got back into school this fall. which was great news. except how it wasn't because it took up a bunch of my time. *is* taking up a bunch of my time, i mean. i got promoted, passed an important test... still haven't heard back about becoming an air traffic controller... i whined a lot about health issues and not having a car. got a car, gas prices went down.... so i had really good news.
and the best news was finding out that montpellier's basically in the bag. and that i get to go to poland for the international convention. i'm conflicted cause it's in the same month. but still. *wants both*
and i had the worst news too. the break-up that wasn't. which still bothers me because i thought it was something real and special and it's far from that. and when he said he wanted to be friends, i was good with that. but then he stopped talking to me at all. and i can't keep being the one initiating contact cause that makes me look desperate. i'm not. i just miss having a friend and wish i'd kept my mouth shut.
i don't know about this year. it's been ugly, except when it was beautiful. i miss having the stability i didn't have this year. it's just been... strange.
i'm hoping next year is better. it'd be killer to actually have money to spend, time away. good friends. to actually grow up for once and not have the world on my shoulders.
THIS YEAR IN REVIEW HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU BY: BOREDOM. NOTHING MAKES THE DAY DRAG AND NOSTALGIA HIT QUITE AS HARD AS BOREDOM. GET YOURS TODAY.
