Wednesday, February 28, 2007
L@y0ff D@yz
It's officially layoff day here @ work. I knew this was going to happen I think everyone did but had no idea when it was coming.
Everyone is in a meeting ... I don't see anyone in their offices. I only know for sure that the R&D guys are going.
Well I started to write this at the beginning of my day and only now got back to it. It was an interesting day... I thankfully was not let go. I was told by the president of the company we had nothing to worry about. Whew!
Everyone is in a meeting ... I don't see anyone in their offices. I only know for sure that the R&D guys are going.
Well I started to write this at the beginning of my day and only now got back to it. It was an interesting day... I thankfully was not let go. I was told by the president of the company we had nothing to worry about. Whew!
Friday, February 23, 2007
Thursday, February 22, 2007
SAP
Great news today... Looks like I'm going to receive formal training on SAP!!
I have been killin myself reading books and everything else just to stay on top of it so when it comes time for me to get involved I would be ready.
I got this email from my boss:
Hi Jay!
Thanks for proactively getting into SAP stuff...currently the team is doing the conf room Pilot with key users, basically question and answer section related to business logic and process... we will have more formal training on SAP later in the project, you should be able to effeciently get to know SAP, and certainly welcome to join in those sections.
Thanks,
G.Y
I have been killin myself reading books and everything else just to stay on top of it so when it comes time for me to get involved I would be ready.
I got this email from my boss:
Hi Jay!
Thanks for proactively getting into SAP stuff...currently the team is doing the conf room Pilot with key users, basically question and answer section related to business logic and process... we will have more formal training on SAP later in the project, you should be able to effeciently get to know SAP, and certainly welcome to join in those sections.
Thanks,
G.Y
A Couch and a Gun??
So we have been waiting to get our defective couch replaced for about 5 weeks. I called, Jen called and all we get are promises on how they will be out to take a look at it and get it done.
Yeah I may be being a little picky but when I paid this much for a couch I kinda expect it to be perfect in condition. We got the couch awhile back and notified them about it's condition but there were pretty busy and could not really set a time to get out here... No problem I will call back in a few weeks and see how things are going.
That was 5 weeks ago... They made several appointments saying they would come out and replace it... on the 1st attempt they called Jen and said our address doesn't exist !! WTF!!
Yea so we went on with excuses for a while....
Finally they came out the other day with the couch. I was taking a nap and heard Jen talking to someone at the door. She told me that the delivery guy said he was not going to put on the legs for us.
So yeah I was pretty pissed... went outside and talked to the guy and asked why. He explained some shit to me whatever... then he called his boss back at the store...he started cussing her out and then the driver came out of the truck talking shit to me for no reason at all.
He was a little M&M rappper wanne be fuck off. Hat turned to the side... Fubu jacket on white shirt with real baggy pants talking like he was a black guy.. well trying anyways. I fuckin lost it...
"Who the fuck is talking to you??"
I can't remember what he said but he then refused to help his partner bring the couch up. His partner was trying to get him to come out of the van but he turned up his shitty rap music and rolled away.
I immidiately went upstairs ... got Jen and off I was right behind them to talk to their boss.
Jen I think was more pissed than I was.... guess you don't mess with pregnant women huh. Jen ran up to the little punk shit and started yelling at him. He said something like You betta get yo gurl nigga ... I had to laugh alittle about it but then he stepped back threw off his jacket and took off his gloves. I jumped in front of Jen and pushed him back and asked him if he was intending on fighting because I would break his neck. He stepped back and talked more shit and called someone like he had a posse on standby just in case these things go on LOL.
I once again asked him if he was feelin tough that day.. he didn't say anything. I walked into the store at that point yelling my ass of because of all this shit. The manager there kept sayin how embarrassed she was and she had no idea what was into him. She said that he has never acted like that before and that he was so mild tempered...yeah right!!
I looked outside and noticed he was walking around the parking lot with his shirt off trying to show off his little bones and tatoos. About 10 mins later I happened to look out again and he was reaching under his car seat and looking around.
I couldn't take any chances with Jen there. I called the police and asked them to check it out before I exited the store. They came but he had left already. Made the police report just in case I run into him later they know who to look for.
Damn if that wasn't enough... the Owner and the left over Delivery guy came by and delivered the new couch making sure to strip the screws for the legs and left. I was outside talking to one of my neighbors when his wife came from around the side of the building and asked why there was a couch outside?
Well.. looks like they had no need for the couch they replaced so they left it right out front. There's nothing really wrong with it unless you payed for a brand new one. So we carried it upstairs and now I have 2. Thanks fuckos!!
Yeah I may be being a little picky but when I paid this much for a couch I kinda expect it to be perfect in condition. We got the couch awhile back and notified them about it's condition but there were pretty busy and could not really set a time to get out here... No problem I will call back in a few weeks and see how things are going.
That was 5 weeks ago... They made several appointments saying they would come out and replace it... on the 1st attempt they called Jen and said our address doesn't exist !! WTF!!
Yea so we went on with excuses for a while....
Finally they came out the other day with the couch. I was taking a nap and heard Jen talking to someone at the door. She told me that the delivery guy said he was not going to put on the legs for us.
So yeah I was pretty pissed... went outside and talked to the guy and asked why. He explained some shit to me whatever... then he called his boss back at the store...he started cussing her out and then the driver came out of the truck talking shit to me for no reason at all.
He was a little M&M rappper wanne be fuck off. Hat turned to the side... Fubu jacket on white shirt with real baggy pants talking like he was a black guy.. well trying anyways. I fuckin lost it...
"Who the fuck is talking to you??"
I can't remember what he said but he then refused to help his partner bring the couch up. His partner was trying to get him to come out of the van but he turned up his shitty rap music and rolled away.
I immidiately went upstairs ... got Jen and off I was right behind them to talk to their boss.
Jen I think was more pissed than I was.... guess you don't mess with pregnant women huh. Jen ran up to the little punk shit and started yelling at him. He said something like You betta get yo gurl nigga ... I had to laugh alittle about it but then he stepped back threw off his jacket and took off his gloves. I jumped in front of Jen and pushed him back and asked him if he was intending on fighting because I would break his neck. He stepped back and talked more shit and called someone like he had a posse on standby just in case these things go on LOL.
I once again asked him if he was feelin tough that day.. he didn't say anything. I walked into the store at that point yelling my ass of because of all this shit. The manager there kept sayin how embarrassed she was and she had no idea what was into him. She said that he has never acted like that before and that he was so mild tempered...yeah right!!
I looked outside and noticed he was walking around the parking lot with his shirt off trying to show off his little bones and tatoos. About 10 mins later I happened to look out again and he was reaching under his car seat and looking around.
I couldn't take any chances with Jen there. I called the police and asked them to check it out before I exited the store. They came but he had left already. Made the police report just in case I run into him later they know who to look for.
Damn if that wasn't enough... the Owner and the left over Delivery guy came by and delivered the new couch making sure to strip the screws for the legs and left. I was outside talking to one of my neighbors when his wife came from around the side of the building and asked why there was a couch outside?
Well.. looks like they had no need for the couch they replaced so they left it right out front. There's nothing really wrong with it unless you payed for a brand new one. So we carried it upstairs and now I have 2. Thanks fuckos!!
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Friends?
I'm kinda sad today....
I hopped on myspace and noticed that none of my "real" friends never call me or anything like that anymore.
I would like to go and visit them sometime but now I don't know. I think I would feel ackward and like I should not be there.
I could just be being a baby about it all but it's just that I'm always the one calling them.. never any calls from them.
I hopped on myspace and noticed that none of my "real" friends never call me or anything like that anymore.
I would like to go and visit them sometime but now I don't know. I think I would feel ackward and like I should not be there.
I could just be being a baby about it all but it's just that I'm always the one calling them.. never any calls from them.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Chicago Sheri
God... reading shit from a year ago I have noticed my life has really changed for the better. I used to work at a place called Calltech in Fishers, Indiana. I was making 9$ an hour and had $175 taken out of every check week by week. I could of swore I was going to die or be in jail. There were a few good things that came out of it all .. I met a really cool lady called Chicago Sheri... she pulled me out of my funk online even and gave me some motivation.
I can't thank you enough Sheri! You words of encouragement gave me hope and I pulled out of that hell hole I was in. I needed help and you were there for me and you had no clue who I was! You are indeed a great friend!
Clive
I can't thank you enough Sheri! You words of encouragement gave me hope and I pulled out of that hell hole I was in. I needed help and you were there for me and you had no clue who I was! You are indeed a great friend!
Clive
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
SAP
So today they finally got up the site to site VPN from Masa. A while back Allen shad given me access to SAP so I can start learning and playing around more with it. He thought it was cool that I wanted to get involved.
So today I logged in and told Brandon that the VPN is working... well he got all kinds of pissed because he did not have access to it. He went on about how he had not even been inside it yet and how he still has not read through the docs that were given to him. He went on and on about how complicated it was with all these layers and shit like that. Basically he was pissed because I knew something he didn't. He has this ego thing I now know if out of hand. He wanted to know who gave me access and why I had it. I told him it was because I was wanting to know more about it so it was granted to me.
So he sent an email out to the Allen and CC: my boss on it asking why I would need this.. basically trying to start shit. Allen is in China workin on SAP from that end and gathering info for all the databases so they have some live data to work with when the team comes back to the US.
Allen jumped on AIM and told me all of this info. I was pissed off and so was he. We basically made a story up between us so I don't get in trouble for misuse of a server so I'm covered.. Allen is the Golden Child in IT.
He did not see a problem with what I was doing at all... All that Brandon was doing was trying to discourage me from learning something he didn't. Allen agreed.
So I got my hands on some official training lessons from SAP (can't say how ;) ) but I am already in the middle of Basis Training and kickin ass on it! I'm waiting for my chance to kick Brandons ass on this and make him look stupid for trying to make me feel like I had no clue about what was going on.
Clive
So today I logged in and told Brandon that the VPN is working... well he got all kinds of pissed because he did not have access to it. He went on about how he had not even been inside it yet and how he still has not read through the docs that were given to him. He went on and on about how complicated it was with all these layers and shit like that. Basically he was pissed because I knew something he didn't. He has this ego thing I now know if out of hand. He wanted to know who gave me access and why I had it. I told him it was because I was wanting to know more about it so it was granted to me.
So he sent an email out to the Allen and CC: my boss on it asking why I would need this.. basically trying to start shit. Allen is in China workin on SAP from that end and gathering info for all the databases so they have some live data to work with when the team comes back to the US.
Allen jumped on AIM and told me all of this info. I was pissed off and so was he. We basically made a story up between us so I don't get in trouble for misuse of a server so I'm covered.. Allen is the Golden Child in IT.
He did not see a problem with what I was doing at all... All that Brandon was doing was trying to discourage me from learning something he didn't. Allen agreed.
So I got my hands on some official training lessons from SAP (can't say how ;) ) but I am already in the middle of Basis Training and kickin ass on it! I'm waiting for my chance to kick Brandons ass on this and make him look stupid for trying to make me feel like I had no clue about what was going on.
Clive
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Shopping
We went baby shopping today, comparing prices on things were gonna need for when the baby arrives.
I have heard this before from my mother about how things have changed and how there were so many things out there for an easier life with the new one.
I'm on a stroller kick... I found one at Burlington and other stores that I love. It's "Built SUV Tough!"
I like this one a lot and so does Jen ... I would have bought it right away but that's not the way she does things. Plus her parents want to get us a bunch of things.
I can see myself strollin little Leo around in this one .... I still think it's a boy but she has other ideas plus we can't agree on a girls name for the life of us. I'm hoping it's a boy for that reason. So yeah back when I first became a father @ oh 15 .. I didn't have options like these. I had basic crappy thing to carry around that took days to put together and were not real safe.
It's nice to see we have options !!
Clive