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Thursday, November 14, 2002
I have been having back-to-back Super Genius days at work. I like figuring things out on my own and making them work, and I also like that I can provide remedies to fairly difficult and obscure server problems at the drop of a hat. Funny, though, because all of the Super Genius things I have been doing actually fall under someone else's area of responsibility, but since that person is very busy and has other things to do, and I have Super Genius-level expertise in that area, I have jumped in to assist. I really enjoy doing things like that. It's one of the reasons that I kind of miss being a consultant. When I worked for Big Blue, I used to get to swoop in to my customers' IT departments and magically solve all of their problems (well, at least all of their problems in my areas of software expertise). That was fun. I got a lot of job satisfaction out of that. I also got a ton of jet lag and very little time at home, which are aspects of that job that I don't miss. But I do miss being the Magical Super Genius Problem Solver.
Speaking of something completely unrelated, this lovely lady posted my favorite Yeats poem today. It reminded me that I want to do a series of paintings and/or photographs based on that poem. I had the idea a while ago, but since I've been at this job I haven't been able to dedicate much time to photography or painting at all. So I hereby pass down a mandate to myself that I must make some time to work on my artistic pursuits. You hear that, Self? If you don't start spending some quality time creating art, I am going to have to kick my own ass. And though it would be entertaining for pretty much anyone observing that activity, I doubt that I would find it very pleasant.
babbled by Kat @ 11:50:00 AM |
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