Why I am Content Today

Wednesday, November 7, 2012
  • Last night before I went to sleep, I read a chapter of Robert Sawyer's Illegal Alien rather than technical material.

  • The 2012 election is over. I would have preferred that the political landscape had improved in favor of my own point of view, but I'm content with a continuance of the status quo as it relates to control of the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. Because the obvious alternative would make me want to set my hair on fire.

  • I'm still dreaming of subnetting and routing protocols. However, last night I did NOT dream that I was taking a certification exam but was being continuously interrupted by Noam Chomsky, who was trying to discuss the cognitive relevance of professional certification with me while my time was running out. 

  • Reality wins, proving once again that wishful thinking is no match for math.

  • Last night, the Smart Man gave me my Christmas present early - an upgrade to my smart phone from the HTC Incredible 2 to the new Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx HD. While I liked my Incredible, the battery life was woefully inadequate, and it apparently cannot acquire a GPS signal without thinking about it for at least 5 minutes. These things made it a poor choice for me now that I'm traveling so much, and so I settled on the RAZR based on the three things I care about most: GPS acquisition, battery life, and camera quality. I'm still becoming familiar with it, but for now - I like it. 

  • I am SO HAPPY my company suspended Tuition Assistance for the last quarter of the year. If I had been trying to get my technical certifications done while simultaneously studying International Trade, I suspect I would have been medicated by now, possibly as a resident in an in-patient program. 
Time to move on, Hot Chicks and Smart Men. I wonder how long I should wait before re-subscribing to my political podcasts? 

2 comments:

Matt said...

Ok, I get and am glad for nearly everything you have written on this post but . . . I'm sorry, the fact that you are dreaming about Noam Chomsky is deeply disturbing on many levels. Just sayin'

Janiece said...

Matt, who you telling? Seriously - my brain is a very strange place.