Winding, Crooked Trails

Shared Expressions and Musings with a Connection to the Origin of Things and a Surly Hatred of Progress and Development along with a Churlish Resistance to all Popular Improvements (except for HDTV and Dolby 5:1 surround sound and maybe Books on CD) (thanks Ed)

Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Work Worry

I hate when work wakes me up in the middle of the night. It rarely does these days since I am no longer concerned with climbing the corporate ladder but I had to make a presentation to a customer, my main customer, this morning and I was less prepared than maybe I could have been. Not from a lack of knowledge or willingness to prepare but as good as I am at smoke and mirrors this situation didn't allow for any fluff that couldn't be supported by hard data. So essentially I told em..........."this is what we are, how we do it.........take it or leave it" Big companies are always trying to cram the latest bullshit down everyones throat; Kaizan, Kanban, 6 sigma, Lean Manufacturing, on and on. This customer just hates that we don't have MRP systems and all the computer tracking crap that goes along with it. Fuck em...........we be what we be. I did wear a suit and tie though; gives a little more credibility to a fuck you speech.
I wanna go back on vacation and I wanna see that sweetheart again that so slyly and almost innocently made sure I was aware that she must have forgotten to wear panties under that little pleated skirt she was wearing sitting next to her husband or bf or whatever he was while he was dropping quarters in a slot machine at the MGM Grand at 4 in the AM. God I love exhibitionistic women and Vegas certainly brings it out. Doofus's in NASCAR T-shirts, jeans and tennis shoes and their women who are gonna take full advantage of the opportunity to flaunt, taunt, tighten and shorten up, spill the cleavage, cross the legs and grin. God love em all, every one.
I have a date tomorrow night; bout freakin time don't you think? A blind date no less, one of those internet match deals that can be oh so wonderful or oh so fuck let me outta here. Is everyone over 30 using the internet to date these days? I have some really good internet dating stories to go along with some really bad ones. Really good..............really bad.
Wish me luck and wish her some too while you're at it. She seems kinda passive so far but I've been a touch on the aggressive side lately so maybe it'll work out just ducky. Wonder what my biggest fear is.........that it won't........or that it will??