Temperature
Dec 6th, 2007 by Edward Pollard
It has been really fucking cold in Edmonton over the past 2 weeks. I don’t like it, Jen hates it, and the dogs loathe it. To complicate matters, Rufus somehow managed to lose an ENTIRE toenail. He bled all over like crazy, refuses to stop harassing his bandage, and the antibiotics the expensive trip the vet earned us - just like loot in a video game! - made Rufus horrendously ill. The canine equivalent of projectile vomiting.
Goodbye damage deposit! Hello second trip to the vet!
So…things are awesome!
Well to be honest things ARE pretty decent. I enjoy my new job, I honestly kind of like the snow we’ve been having, and the apartment - while dated, and the cupboards smell like old particle board - is kind of quaint. I think I can categorically say I’m happier than I’ve been in a long time, even though I am stressed, exhausted, eating out every day, and totally broke.
Something has been bothering me though, and that is my old job.
Edit: …but I didn’t stand up and voice those problems enough while I was there, what sense is it to give voice to them now? I may write more about my personal outcomes at a future date, but there is no sense at all in stirring up a vipers nest of old issues and old feelings. I regret not understanding that immediately.
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Mad props.
Alright, so I couldn’t resist the urge to poke a little fun at TW after the last staffing loss. I poked fun over iChat a bit. I remarked at how such great progress has been made with the web site — there’s new headers yet again!
On well, I guess a half a million (plus all of the additional money they’re asking for this year) just doesn’t go as far as it used to. Too bad I’m not on the Board this year to raise a few questions.
Seriously, Jon, it was your blog post that put me in this funk. The U of L has now lost its THREE most senior web team members (or does Brian out senior Cody?) due to unchecked and flamboyant problems of a serious nature. Granted, I have always conceded that neither of us played the political games as well as the current management, but for the love of all that is sweet and holy is the current situation really the right path forward?
I want to feel vindicated, or at least ACKNOWLEDGED, but that is probably only because I’m too immature to just move on with my life. I’m out. I did what I needed to do.
I’m also just a little sad that what happened was what was necessary, I guess.
Yay.
Once the ship is at the bottom of the ocean, it’s too late to hop off. Trust me, I went through the same feelings, but you just have to put it behind you.
My post was mostly fueled by a “hey, neat” moment of finding that journal entry precisely one year after I made it, but also partly because I felt like outside of you guys, the truth never really got out there. I too glossed over my departure with everything is fine, just time to move on.
The U is a lost cause. I would love to be proven wrong, and have the web site turn out great, but I truly believe the folks in charge at the moment are going to fuck it up.
Well THAT added to the discourse, Jeff.
Brian out-seniors Cody slightly, but he was sort of a CRDC generalist when he started… So it’s a tough one to call. Regardless, I can’t see Brian’s patience lasting much longer anyways.
Well, Merry Christmas to you too!
Michael, I know you know none of this is directed at you in the slightest. Perhaps I should have made that clearer, but I’m trying to remain as discreet as possible while respecting my own feelings.
Bah. I did air it enough when I was there, but it fell on deaf ears. Mr. Warf, you are of course not part of the “sinking ship” metaphor — if anything I think you and the boys in 460 are the only ones bailing the water out. It’s hard when you’re using buckets and the morons on deck are using fire hoses though.
It’s one of those “support our troops/oppose the war” situations. You are all very talented individuals, but “the administration” keeps sending you in to fight dumb wars that have nothing to do with the problem at hand.
Great use of metaphor. Even if issues hadn’t been brought up (and I can confirm they have), you’d think 3 people leaving in a relatively short amount of time would raise some red flags.