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I am sooo wrecked...I am KILLING myself over this 'develop a course in less than a month' shit.  I feel as if I am about to start puking blood, or something.  Well, we're launching this bitch shortly, ready or not.  I am so in over my head here; this is NOT like corporate training, no matter how many times I try to find parallels and end up feeling as if I want to puke blood.  Bwaah.  On the one hand, I am all honoured that I got picked to do this -- seriously,despite my complaining, I am -- but on the other hand...

 

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IN THE CHRIST I AM DOING!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

 

Everyone...well, *virtually* everyone...in this academic setting looks down on me to a certain extent because of my corporate background.  It's not simply that it's a corporate background, though -- it's not the *right* corporate background.  Toe-to-toe in a CV sense, I have had more exposure, more responsibility, higher earnings, and whatnot than a lot of the people who turn their nose up at me...it's just been in the 'wrong' field, doing the 'wrong' things, for the 'wrong' company.  And this despite the fact that Eviljob bestowed a grant on my academic environment not too long ago that went to build a conference room and fund some other crap, so that I have to stare at the Eviljob logo wherever I go. 

 

Eviljob, like Elvis, is everywhere. 

 

Okay, not *everyone* looks down on my Eviljob affiliation, but...it seems like it sometimes.  Especially when after EJ gave that money, I was half-wondering, or half-tempted, to wander Over That Way, to That Group...I mean, I *know* what Eviljob wants; I could do their shit in my sleep (and have!). 

 

But enough about that.  Do you know that I think the book rep is now avoiding me?  Well, if I were she, *I* would avoid me, as well; we had *such* a cock-up with the book stuffs, and I FINALLY got my shite this past Monday -- which, by the way, was WAY LATE, considering how I'm taking all this off in a totally new direction.  I am so pleased with how I just dumped everything and rebuilt, rilly; a more frightened me would have just kept everything as-was and all.  And we all know that underneath I am only a delicate, frightened flower.  No, rilly.  S'true. 

 

Butsoanyway.

 

So then I needed help with the online set-up for the class cos I am currently engaged in Holy War with a faction of our IT Department (don't ask, but it's going to be a while 'fore I blog from school or Job 2), and wanted to use the book company's website to house some of my stuff and some demos, &c. It's this really nifty website named something like hopeyougetthroughthisclass.com.  Tres inspiring.  What's funny is that Meg's university has a similar online program for faculty, and I keep calling 'hopeyougetthroughthis' by Meg's prog's name.  But whatever.  So I couldn't log in with the login I'd made, and couldn't make a new login, and I couldn't blah, blah, blah....and I'm NOT phoning Support to set it up the traditional way.  No fucking way.  So I do what any resourceful girl would do in this situation, and I phone our rep and cry. 

 

Well, I got logged in.  Whatever.

 

So I have all my pretty flash demos up (they are soooooo gorgeous) and just logged in and out a few times just cos I can.  w00t.  Now I have to head in to Eviljob, and then it's back home to keep playing with all my stuff.  I think I am going to be a totally sucky person -- nutrition-wise -- and pick up pizza on the way home. 

 

Oh, and -- omg -- I found an online casino where I can play Texas Tea for FREE.  They have all kinds of slots, but I just like the little armadillo.  Pure awesomeness.  Truth is, I am not really a 'slots person' -- I play only occasionally, and only Texas Tea, Texas Tina (armadillo again; I like Texas Tea better, though), and Hexbreaker 1 & 2 'cos they remind me of Squoosh and Cookie.  Squooshable LOVES slots -- he watches the screen and everything, even talks to it.  :-) 

 

Ok...gotta go.