meh...

Aug. 29th, 2016 09:56 am
illusion_is_mine: (NGE: Misato)
 This week has been an emotional rollercoaster of sorts.  I didn't get that promotion that I applied for.  I had an interview, and everything but it simply came down to them choosing a candidate that had actual experience with that particular position.  That's what he told me anyway.  I was pretty bummed about it, but I also think it's a sign that I need to look for another job.  I don't see any growth in my current job, and I need to be somewhere that I can see myself moving forward rather than staying stagnant.   Needless to say I'm going to be looking for another job.  Preferably one that pays me more money than my current job.  The person that interviewed me did say he would pass on my resume to a graphic design friend of his because he was really impressed with it.  Hopefully that works out.  I'm not putting too much stock into it though.  

In other news the AC in our house went out Saturday evening.  My dad called a guy he knows that fixes AC units to come and look at ours, and it ended up my parents had to buy a whole new unit.  It made sense because the AC unit we had was actually 30 years old.  The guy was surprised that it lasted as long as it did.  We finally got it fixed today.  I was so glad because it's no fun sitting in a hot house.  We were somewhat lucky that it wasn't the hottest day of the year so it was bearable.  Sleeping was a bit harder, and my mom didn't get any sleep last night.  I slept okay, but It was incredibly uncomfortable sleeping without any AC.  I'm so glad it's fixed today because Texas heat is no joke at all.  

One good thing that happened is that I trained this guy in my department, and we ended up having a lot in common as far as music tastes goes.  He's sort of the nerdy type, and people at the job don't really like him that much.  I don't get it though because he's not that bad.  People at my job are so judgmental to be honest.  That's another reason I want to look for another job.  They hired all these new people, and I'm just not feeling it at all.  Everyone forms their own little cliques, and if you're even a little outside what's considered "normal" they don't want anything to do with you.  Honestly that's fine by me because I don't care for them anyway.  I just mostly stay to myself.  

My mom, and I had a civil discussion about religion last week.  My mom is very religious, but I'm glad that she finally see's that I don't have the same perspective on things and doesn't hate me for it.  It made me realize how lucky I am to have parents that accept me fully for who I am.  I especially realized that when I came out to my mom.  I know a lot of people (esp LGBT people) don't always have parents that are that accepting.  It makes me feel very grateful for my parents. 
illusion_is_mine: (Robert Smith)
     This weekend was somewhat stressful.  My new lead at work really pissed me off yesterday after she accused me of purposely locking up one of the passwords we use to log into one of our client accounts.  I tried to explain to her what happened, but she just gave me an accusatory look of disapproval or whatever.  When I realized that she was implying I did it on purpose I was pissed off for the rest of the day.  All I wanted was for her to leave me the hell alone, and of course she wouldn't.  I really hate it when people are horrible to you, and they're completely oblivious to it.  I also wanted to yell at her "Why don't you try doing some work for once!!!!@!@#!#" ,but I want to keep my job so...  She really doesn't do anything, but talk all day and complain about wanting to go home.  Plus she hasn't been our lead for that long, but she refuses to help us in any way.  In fact my old work lead usually has to come to our area, and help with resetting passwords, and things like that.  I cannot stand my new work lead, and I predicted it would turn out like this when she assigned to our area.  She has a bit of a reputation at our job for being generally unpleasant.


     That aside it seems many of my electronic devices started to malfunction all at once.  My main computer has been broken for about a month. I plan on calling a computer repair shop today and getting an estimate on what it would cost to fix it.  Right now I'm using my old Sony Vaio notebook.  Saturday I tried to use the internet and it wouldn't connect which was weird.  So Sunday when I came home from work it was working for again for some reason.  I did a virus scan on it to make sure that wasn't the case and sure enough that was indeed the problem.  I finally managed to remove the damn thing after an hour of fighting with it.  I need to get my other computer fixed because this one seems to be susceptible to viruses.  Probably because it's an older computer.  Also my CD player (that was pretty cheap anyway), just stopped working on me Friday at work.  It was one of those times when everything started failing all at once fml.

     I heard about the passing of Nintendo President Satoru Iwata yesterday while I was browsing tumblr.  It's pretty sad.  I was a kid who grew up on Nintendo games, and even though I'm not huge gamer now I was sad to hear such terrible news. 



     As far as music goes I've been listening to a lot of Chelsea Wolfe lately.  Her upcoming album "Abyss" comes out in 3 weeks, and she released a music video for "Carrion Flowers."  I love the video!  I read it was supposed to be about the drought going on in California right now.  I've been listening to other music as well.  Mostly stuff like Type O Negative, Slipknot, AFI, The Chameleons, Killing Joke, Lost Tribe, Envy, DespairsRay, Lostage, Draconian, Alcest, Kate Bush, Peter Murphy, Bauhaus, and Siouxsie and the Banshees. 
illusion_is_mine: (Gurren Lagann: Kamina)
 This week was actually rather eventful, and I had a little bit of family drama, but it ended up turning out to be a good weekend.  

My coworker is leaving Dallas next Friday, and yesterday was the last day I was able to see her at work until she leaves.  I'm not usually good with goodbyes, and farewells, but we decided to keep in touch with each other.  She's moving to Houston to be with her mother, and the rest of her family.  The main reason she's leaving is because she's trying to get away from her verbally abusive boyfriend.  I'm glad that she's finally getting away from him judging from the things she's told me about him.  She's a really good person, and doesn't deserve to be treated so badly by an asshole like him.  I told her that I would miss her, and good luck with everything.  She told me she feels like it's a whole new start, and that it's slightly scary but she's going to enjoy being with her family.  I'm really happy for her, but I'm sad that she's leaving.  She was always one of the few people I could talk to at work, and feel comfortable with. 



I finally got a few vinyl records to play on my turntable last week.  I ended up getting Joan Jett And The Blackheart's "Album", and Black Sabbath's "Master of Reality."  Both of which are original pressings from the 80's, and in great condition which is awesome.  My best friend told me she was going to buy me Joy Division's "Unknown Pleasures" on vinyl for my birthday.  I'm already looking forward to it!  
Music stuff under the cut... )

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I'm a 32 year old woman. I'm an artist, and I'm into the Gothic subculture. Things that I enjoy include but are not limited to 80's Music, Reading, Drawing, Animation, Playing bass guitar, Gothic rock, indie music, horror films, anime, comics, video games, and sci-fi novels. I don't know what I'd do without music, and art. I listen to Siouxsie and the Banshees way more than I should.