Cough, hack

[wraithfodder]

Ugh, sick, so am staying home from work today. Not deathly sick but the miserable kind that will drive me to bed shortly cuz I was going to lie on couch and watch TV until I realized just how dreadful daytime TV is. How do people watch it all day? I mean, half the cable channels seem infested with infomercials (which, come to think of it, could put me to sleep as long as that dead guy who talks really loud isn't doing the infomercial... oh, Billy Mays... yup, still doing ads).

I could watch a DVD but the DVR died. well, it's stuck in an eternal loop. I went to divide a title and that's what did it in. Apparently this Panasonic DVR has a software hitch. I googled it. I was dismayed to find the word "hosed" in terms of fixing it, although some people have fixed it using a hex fix, something to do with zeros and such. Of course, it means wiping the hard drive, so... those Stargate Atlantis ads are toast (luckily I burned and finalized disks on those) but Human Target is gone, as is all of Stargate Universe, but oddly enough, no bummer there. It'll repeat and I haven't really watched them again. I think it's gonna take a while to get it fixed. I am so glad I have held onto my antiquated VCRs... but to watch DVDs... hmm, guess I'll have to see what's out there. Not buying Blu-ray player unless it plays all DVDs and can work with 15 year old tv...

Anyway, I had on the news to check the weather, even though I'm not going out (drenching rain and high winds, ugh), and had on CBS, which I turned off after they went to Perez Hilton for news. I mean, really... the guy's a leech on society, a gossip monger (gah, check out his twitter, yech!) and I really don't care about 'Brangelina' or their ilk. If they split or stay together, eh, it's their business.

So I went to NBC, caught weather and then a segment on Pet Peeves in the Office. Oh, gads, this was so on target. Annoying co-workers. People who steal your lunch from fridge. The people who mess up the microwave and never clean it. They forgot the people who hog the microwave. If you're microwaving, they stand there and go 'how long will you be?" like it's THEIR microwave. Then there are the people who leave food in the sink, and dirty dishes. but my pet peeves are more people who don't bother to tell you things you need to know to do your job (they think you absorb through osmosis or what?), the ones who come in late, leave early and no one seems to care (of course, these are the ones who make a ton of money, so they get exemptions? gah). Swear (I swear, I hear the "F" word more at this job than anywhere else, except the first episode of "Spartacus" ;) ).

Ah, to win lotto and leave the cubicle ratrace...

Comments

[jenniferjensen.livejournal.com]

Isn't that the truth. I have a guy who I work with and leaves his dirty dishes in the sink all day and then takes them home for his wife to clean. Hello, the sink is right by your desk? Yeah, and I think bosses are exempt to follow the rules he sets outs for others. Ah, office life.

[elayna88.livejournal.com]

but my pet peeves are more people who don't bother to tell you things you need to know to do your job (they think you absorb through osmosis or what?),

I friended you because I like your updates on what the SGA actors are doing, but omg! We are work soulmates! I think I complain every week about being expected to do something that I'm obviously supposed to have learned of through osmosis. Drives me insane.

Feel better soon!

[mcsheplovers.livejournal.com]

Feel better soon!!!

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

half the cable channels seem infested with infomercials

How anyone watches tv for any amount of time is beyond me.
It is soooooooooooooooooo full of it.
I use my tv mainly for DVDs and for STARZ which offers free movies etc.
I don't have DVR and I don't want to pay ComCast an additional $5 per month because I doubt that I would use it.....
I love my audio channel though .........it is my background when I am online....

[parisindy.livejournal.com]

poor thing ((hugs))
so you aren't coming over to shovel then? hehe

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

My office pet peeve? The people who spend a lot of time away from their desks, and rather than keep their cell phones with them, they leave the cell phone on their desk with the ring tone turned up to the max so they can hear their phone from another department. I am so sick of hearing "Love Story" by Taylor Swift 50 times a day.