You Lose!!

Michael Jackson. We know what happened. But today, I decided to play a little game. I was the only one in on it, but everyone I worked with were contestants.

 

After being at work for 3 hours, my co-worker asked "Did you know about Michael?"

 

With a smile, I jokingly replied, "You Lose!"

 

"What you mean?"

 

"I was here for nearly 4 hours and did not bring it up to anyone ONCE. You were the first to menion it to me. You lose."

 

We shared a laugh... It'd be funny if I went a full shift, and the hottest topic of the day did not pass anyone's lips.

 

Another one I do with myself is a game called Bus Cord Chicken. The first one to pull the cord to a popular bus stop loses. If it's just your stop,  then it's fine. I need to get others involved.

 

Another popular game, is " Elevator  Door Close". First to touch the door close button, well, loses. If you push it repeatedly, like it's going to make it go faster, goes into negative point. My games have no winners. We're all losers here.

Far from Original, It's Queen Lyrics!!

Mm ba ba de
Um bum ba de
Um bu bu bum da de
Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you no man ask for
Under pressure - that burns a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets
Um ba ba be
Um ba ba be
De day da
Ee day da - that's o.k.
It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming 'Let me out'
Pray tomorrow - gets me higher
Pressure on people - people on streets
Day day de mm hm
Da da da ba ba
O.k.
Chippin' around - kick my brains around the floor
These are the days it never rains but it pours
Ee do ba be
Ee da ba ba ba
Um bo bo
Be lap
People on streets - ee da de da de
People on streets - ee da de da de da de da
It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming 'Let me out'
Pray tomorrow - gets me higher high high
Pressure on people - people on streets
Turned away from it all like a blind man
Sat on a fence but it don't work
Keep coming up with love
but it's so slashed and torn
Why - why - why ?
Love love love love love
Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking
Can't we give ourselves one more chance
Why can't we give love that one more chance
Why can't we give love give love give love give love
give love give love give love give love give love
'Cause love's such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves
Under pressure
Under pressure
Pressure

 

Check out the news/current events from all over the world, read, read again. You're on the internet, find the song. Listen to it. Again and again. Be inspired.

Mama Don't Take My Kodachrome Away

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31486343/ns/business-us_business/

 

I sang the song "Kodachrome" a couple of times.  People nowdays don't even know what it is.  Alas, the first color film by Kodak is being retired.

 

I like film. Really. Sure, you can take a ditital print and photshop it however you like.. But film, you can play with light, focus, exposure time... and in the end process, chemistry  to get different effects. But, I never took a photo-lab class. 

 

 And, it's not reliant on pixel quality. It sees what you see. It captures light like your eye captures light.

 

When you get the roll developed, every mistake and crappy picture costs you the same as any 1 of a million good pictures you take. Isn't that what life is about? Mistakes? 

 

 I wish we can just delete imperfections and look at just what we want to see, but we can't.

 

 

 

 

Don't Congratulate Yourself Too Much.

Your choices are half chance. So are everyone else's.

It's a good feeling, to know you're alive. It's a happy feeling, feeling inside. You wake up ready to say, I think I'll make a snappy today.

to apply myself. So, I got by in school well enough. But sometimes, I don't feel smart.

As a child, I was pegged as a very bright person. I read well, new maths . But, I let myself take my talents for granted. I was lazy when I actually had

Hang On, as if it's Your Life!

I contacted someone on Facebook who was an older sister of a friend from way back.

I cling to this missed opportunity. It was only 10th grade. I went to a school play alone, she happened to be there too. There was a sign with the name "Justin" around her neck... but I think it was meant for a different Justin I didn't know. So, she said. She always seemed a bit aloof since I knew her in 8th grade...yet so intriguing. This night, she had a big furry coat. We spent time catching up. I felt bad when she said someone attempted to sexually assault her the previous summer. We were talking like were chums again. Then, "Raisin in the Sun" started.

I tried to enjoy the play, but she was tickling me onmy side at random intervals. It was sort of fun. That night she and our friend, who did lights for the play, wanted me to stay later for the Sadie Hawkins dance that night. I didn't feel comfortable at dances, and I didn't want to be out too late to worry mom. Remember when nobody had cell phones?

Were there clues I missed? Why was I so dense? Why didn't I jump on opportunities? Invitations were meant to be taken up on. Whatever deep connections I could've established, were lost.

So, I messaged her sis the other day. I was told she was alright and working for the U. I don't need to worry any more. She was sort of a person you would feel concerned about. I passed my number along. I doubt any reconnections will occur.

Breaking in Some New Shoes..

We can all admit that we are human and that we make mistakes. I've made a few as I have been trying to learn new desk procedures. I can attribute a good part of it to a gap in training. Another good part of it, I can say, is my tendancy to be hasty and work in a hurry. I miss things, or maybe I forget it's the year 2009 and not 2008. It ends up being a really big deal.

 

But say I followed a procedure I was trained on that has me be reactionary as opposed to proactive on something. Because we want to make sure we get the correct funds before following through with the next step.

 

The supervisor of that person sets me aside and contradicts procedures that were agreed to months ago and tells me to be more proactive and just do the transaction. This turns out to be the incorrect advice...but still in giving this advice, I was complimented that I was hired as an accountant because I was intelligent and expected to take time to think and be proactive. And that they could have just as easily hired a 17 year old kid if they wanted someone to just react to everything that comes through. Way to knock me back 10 years. BTW, they do not hire "kids" here, it was just the example I was given.

 

I swallow my pride way too much.

 

VERY intriguing

This morning, I'm off the bus. Notice from behind a woman in black pinstriped business attire, skirt that went above the knees, and.... green and white striped golashes.

 

Oh my god... for some reason that looked good.