Scott's Thoughts

Stop and Go traffic

Things have started to calm down for the moment, but only for the moment. We fixed a major poblem at work with our main router. Apparently it wasn't a problem with the router itself but the fact that our e-mail server was trying to send 50,000 message at once. Some one was trying to relay spam through our server. We've moved it to a service to help block all such ability. For the looks of it it looks they were all Taiwan, Brazil or Chinese hosts. Too bad the US doesn't beleive in outright blocking such places from even hitting the country. It might be illegal here but it's not elsewhere.

I've started to accept the fact that Josie only wants me as a friend. It's hard though especially if I spend time with her but once she leaves Vegas, things will get much easier. She doesn't like Vegas and I can't blame her. It's too hot during the summer, it's a desert, it's full of tourists, the colleges suck for anything useful, the Californians have driven housing prices through the roof and this town is more adult oriented than family. It's got a lot of cool stuff too but it's more suited to those with a more decadent lifestyle. Anyways, she's off an on tried subtling aksing if I'd be willing to leave Vegas. I know she would be thrilled if I moved out to St Louis with her. I'd be willing to move for someone I had a long-term relationship with but not for some one that just wants to have her friend come along while she dates other people, complains about them but still refuses to recognize at what is already in front of her. Best to just move on.

*sigh* I'm starting to become more and more bitter about women.

I'm stilling looking for a new job. My boss finally saw that our crazy expansion isn't going to stop anytime soon and that our part-time tech doesn't currently have the ability )or desire) to handle any more than he has to. It's like pulling teeth to get him to do anything other than answer a phone and surf the web all day. He's been doing better the last few days but I think my boss talked with him.

I've got a couple of job prospects. I applied for a sys admin job that pays twice as much about 3 weeks ago. Apparently the company is on hold but is still interested. The same recruiter though got wind that the Wynn Casino is looking for network techs too so I asked her to give them my resume as well. They want to hire several and keep the best. In my experience "the best" is not always the person with the most skill but the peson that gets along with everyone the best. Skills will get you in the door but personality will keep you in. In government, a degree will get you in and only a felony will get you out.

I've been talked into building a custom stand for our 60" projection TV so we can stand it up higher and put it in front of the computer area for everyone to see. It's a heavy SOB so I have to make sure it's supported and balanced well. The roomies all got together for my birthday and chipped in for a $200 for Lowes so I can buy the tools I'll need.

I think I'm ready to get back into writing as well. I'm going to take it slowly this time. I'm going to start with some short stories and then work my way back to my novels. On my sci-fi novel I think I'm going to rip it out and start from stratch. It was my fisrt one and it had no outline for it, just an idea that I went with. I think if I devote an hour each day that should help in getting my skills and creativity back. I would love for my writing to take off as then I could do something I like, am in complete control of and would be my own boss.

posted by Site Smith Scott @ 4:16 PM