This is *so* not in my job description

Great post from Evil HR Lady I commented on today, on "Additional Duties as assigned" or adhoc duties.

I left a comment, as below on some I've encountered, anyone else want to add theirs?

Ad hoc duties, the bane of Admin staff everywhere!



My (least) favourites to date


- Having to organise and work the Sunday before Christmas, for the company Kids Christmas Party. This still irritates me. I was “compensated” with one weekday in lieu. Giving up my Sunday, is NOT the same as a weekday, not when I have no choice to decline your “offer” of managing the horrid munchkins high on sugar. My predecessor’s grandchildren had attended in previous years, so she enjoyed the event. I had no such ties.


-This same company also had us (receptionists) serve pizza and beer the last Friday night of every month. Only two beers per person, we had to hand each beer to each individual, it was worse than the cricket. We got time in lieu again, for stuffing up my Friday night.


-Going with my boss to buy nailpolish. She wore a very particular colour from Christian Dior and I had to help find it, based on the chipped remnants on her nails.


-Going with that same boss to choose an evening outfit, including having to pass comment on whether she “looked fat in this”.


-Re : Cake cutting. I am in two minds. In one job it annoyed the hell out of me. In my current job, if I didn’t do it they would either hack it to pieces or cut it badly so they not everyone got a piece. It’s surely a skill, and not everyone has it.

Gargh! I am adrift in this technological world

Our laptop has kind of shit itself, in a black screen of death kind of way. Which has severely hindered my ability to blog and upload my flickr photos, as the work computers have restrictions (on the photos particularly)

Of course, since we live so far from so-very-many-things not sure when we will have an opportunity for someone to look at the lappy either.

Stay tuned :(

{Carefully neutral post title unrelated to nudity}

Flickr can be really interesting.

This is my most viewed photo (497 views).

Key words that brought people to the photo, were mostly searches for a combination of "nude, beach, sydney, nudist."

Because I made a quip about how frequently I accidentally look like I'm not wearing any clothes in photos.

My next viewed photo has held the top spot for most of its Flickr life (until it was overtaken by the above). Its a full frontal shot from Puppetry of the Penis, and I even **'rd the rude word!

Other popular hits I get are searches for places we went in Europe, and image searches for "posh bob". Hehe

My kingdom for a book

I'd love to write a book. I don't know what topic I could know enough about to be an authority on the subject. And have no story in my head that would make a good novel.

Why is it always "the great American novel"? Isn't it more inclusive to say "the Great Novel"???

I apologise in advance for my next comment, to anyone that has ever written a book, for I am sure I trivialise it. (here it is) I always sort of assumed if I ever tried to write something of substance, it would just sort of flow out of my and onto the page. An incorrect assumption, I'm certain.

And thats just really sad.

So while I see the obvious advantages in this style of SMS conversation, I also find it highlights how infrequently you keep in contact with some people. I texted a friend over the weekend, who had come down to visit. In the course of the conversation I saw that the last message I got from him was on my birthday, 4 months ago. 

While I would have suspected this, knowing it for sure is just sad.

Mini oreos are the best.....

Mini oreos are the best....., originally uploaded by dataceptionist.

Just part of my (mostly healthy) cache of food I keep at work. I got so addicted to these while we were in Europe, and then sister in Canada brought me back this huge packet when she came home.

Happily they're now available at our tiny local Safeway supermarket!

Patriotism at its best?

Australia Day 2010 Toga house (41), originally uploaded by dataceptionist.

well the best its been in my life so far anyway.

Realisation

I made a very over-ambitious stab last year to read all the back catalogue of Questionable Content; this totally great comic I found online. It started back in 2003 and I’m currently up to #1254. Yeoaw. So I have had two huge hiatus’ (ses?) from reading it. And now, after finally getting to 2008, (only ONE year behind) I’ve just realised its 2010 now, and I’m that much further away again. *Sigh*.



Check it out here if you’re interested http://questionablecontent.net/  and I’m sure there are Crib notes or something on the net that will help you with the backstory (I know they have a Wikipedia page!). Or just ask meeeee!

Our new house!

Our new house, originally uploaded by dataceptionist.

We are officially property moguls with our second property under our belt!
While we won't be able to move in until we move back to Sydney, its still very exciting. Though it also means we're now the official owners of an incredible debt. Thank god I'm not the breadwinner! Hahaha

Its good though, we're very happy. It only took us a year to find a property in our price range and area...

Who comes up with this stuff????

Lingerie football, originally uploaded by dataceptionist.

Ummm, while I can see the entertainment value in this, doesn't it seem more like some guys wet dream rather than an actual sport? A throw away joke in a bad teen move?

Can anybody say; completely unneccessary?

WTF is a Jegging?????

Ummmmm......
Miss Selfridge online has things called Jeggings, which appear to be Jean Leggings.

(Flash picture,  go visit the website to see the Fugitude)

Who comes up with this crap!?!?!? And by giving it a name, don't we give it permission to stay?

Hello!

Happy New Year!

Post currently in draft. Internets at home on the fritz

stay tuned!

x

Gosh, Four months, How did that happen.

Feeling an unholy amount of guilt about my lack of blogittude.


Sorry dudes.


Some recent developments -


Got my motorbike learners.

Bought a helmet. Naturally it is pink.


Tried to go to the snow to go skiing on the weekend. But it was too foggy :(


New job is good. Extremely busy, so have been super slack at internets.


We haven't hooked up the internet at home yet, so haven't had time to sit and blog at home either.


We're getting a housemate! Haven't lived with anyone other than M of course since we got married, and its a good opportunity to have some fun. Keep rationalising to myself that we'll be unlikely to live with anyone else ever now, and M has never had the pleasure of sharing.
Should be interesting.


We've just had our second lot of visitors in our new town. Unfortunatley they were sick as dogs, but we still really enjoyed having them down.


My sisters are coming to visit in two weeks, and thats exciting.
Sister that was in Canada came home with a bang, We went to Sydney to see Chicago, and it was awesome. Having organised to catch up with some friends and the Domestic Sister after the show, turned the corner and there is Canadian sister home for good. I was so shocked I started crying in the middle of the concourse at Star City Casino while people streamed around us.


It was such an incredible moment.


Country living is working better for us that expected. We're really enjoying the slower pace to our lifestyle and have both taken us squash. Neither or us is terribly good at it, but I'm getting my own racquet. Of course, it is pink.


Ciao lovelies, and I will be back more regularly, I promise.

Whoa

I am spending an unholy amount of my time at work reading this webcomic I found through Sadistic Manager. (of which SM, I don't know whether to tip my hat to you or beat you over the head with a blunt instrument) 

After reading through the several most recent, I went right back to the beginning of the strip and started from the beginning. Unlike Cyanide and Happiness, a comic which I also read every day, it has story and character development. 

Gosh but its time consuming. Even reading 100's of strips a day I don't think I'm making any headway. I think I may only be in 2005....

I'm quite scared to go back and check how many he's up to, cos I've been reading for days and I'm up to 600.

So thats me for now. Comic-y goodness.

If you would also like to read - check out Marten, Dora and Faye @ Questionable Content

Because I know you care

K, you didn't ask me to, but I did it on you anyway. Now I'm sorry I don't know you better!

Three words to describe me: Loud, vivacious,content

Three words to describe you: funny, upfront, busy

Three words to describe somebody I love: gentle, supportive, amazing

Three words to describe my blog: eclectic, entertaining (i hope?), fluff

Three words to describe my past: incriminating, middle-class, unremarkable

Three words to describe my home town: city, conservative, encompassing

Three words to describe my bedroom: white, crammed, airy

Three words to describe my face: round, expressive, kissable

Three words to describe my goals:non-existant, mundane, suburban

And Re, I'm tagging YOU

M thinks we need one of these

I wonder where you buy these, originally uploaded by dataceptionist.

Yes, and I think he should get nicked.

Ok no not really.

I can't remember if I told this story, but one night as he was getting into bed, he seriously ran and got the tape measure to prove I was on his side. (I wasn't)
BUT, admittedly, I was RIGHT ON THE LINE. Hahahaha

M has begun the journey of our move. He flew out yesterday morning for the rest of the working week. He'll be living in the hotel down there, which is quite nice apparently. He flies home Friday night for the weekend, and will go back down Monday.

And so begins, yet more nights alone. I hate it hate it hate it. I slept badly last night, and ended up having this weird and freaky dream that an ex-workmate was suddenly the daughter of the people that ran the tennis centre up the road where I got lessons when I was 15.

Hmm. Odd. I don't even want to imagine what this all means for my psyche.

Out unit is on the rental market, another step carrying us away from Sydney. Its starting to all feel very much in motion! The removalists are coming on Friday morning to quote us on packing and shipping all our belongings (paid for by the company yippeee!)

So, yes, its eventful.

Sunrise at our place today

Sunrise, originally uploaded by dataceptionist.

I'm going to be really sad to leave our apartment, I totally love it and views like these will be sorely missed.

We're leaving the big smoke!

Well, we're moving out of Sydney. Why, do you ask?

So M can have an enormous shed!

Um. No.

So we can enjoy the peace and serenity?

Sort of.

Mostly its so I can enjoy the convenience of the shops NOT being open on Sundays 

(seriously, I didn't think anywhere did that anymore)

So. yes. Moving. To a country town.

With a pretty lake. 

 And an awesome weir. I love weirs. I have no idea why. 

I think its about the amazing engineering required to control water like that. 

And the idea of all that water being released.

So, thats our news. Please vote in the poll!

Erm. A face a mother could love?

Somehow this is apparently what our future child will look like. Hmmm.....

oops

I fell asleep at Yoga last night.
Kind of embarrassing to wake up and realise everyone else is sitting up and the class is about to end.
I heard her saying "hands to your breastbone.....namaste" and thought
"what? she normally says that at the very end"....
....."oh wait. shit."

And I sat up and everyone else was already sitting with their legs crossed, finished.