So, if my last post wasn’t indication enough, I’ve had the itch to write, but I still don’t know what about really… there’s something inside me I need to get out, and I think writing will help, I hope. I need some sort of direction in all this, especially since lately, things have been changing, and it’s not been a whole heap of fun.

So for this post I think I’m just going to ramble about pretty much anything… like right now, for instance, we’re watching pineapple express. It’s actually pretty good. It surrounds a lot of pot smoking, but there’s a LOT going on, I think I like the fact that I stay sober, especially when watching something like this, it needs somewhat of an attention span to watch.

So it’s been a while since I bitched about work, so I’ll take this opportunity. Today I realized yet another aspect of this job I hate. I’m too good at it. I’m way too good. I’vew realized, even though I’ve only been taking calls for a few weeks now, that I’m already better at this job than people higher up than me. Escalation teams and supervisors included. I got into an arguement yesterday with a supervisor about a technical point to do with modems being in standby, to do with the IP address when it’s in standby. He told me it was one thing, when I knew it was another. And it came up today when I was helping another agent – quick, anyone out there know what happens to an IP when the modem is in standby with cable internet?

Speaking if standby, I had a call today that was only about 4 minutes. This gentleman had called in *4 times* over the course of a few hours, told he was in an outage, hung up one, and just plain not helped. When he got to me, his modem was in standby and it was corrected in seconds. I just want to know why the hell people can’t do the simplest aspects of their job. Yes, it’s not a great job, but things like that aren’t hard. Have some fucking pride in your work. I don’t care if you hate your job, I hate my job too, but I still take pride in my work, because it only makes me look bad if I don’t. Not to mention, not to sound arrogant, I’m fucking brilliant at cable internet support. I’d say I’m one of the best. Not that I’ll ever be able to advance in one of these jobs, which sucks, because I refuse to kiss ass.

There. That’s done *deep breath*

So I think some time later this week, I may attempt to do a vlog or 2 using the new webcam on this computer. I still haven’t had much opportunity to use the webcam, which is a little depressing, considering I was so looking forward to using it.

So does anyone else look at american politics and just shake their head? it’s like a circus, or some sort of TV  show on Fox or NBC… just a constant, ongoing, never ending drama. And the problem is, the outcome of any american election has direct consequences on other countries, canada included. I really don’t want to go too in depth right now, because my mind is kind of mushy. Does anyone else kind of wish we lived in an alternate reality where the british empire still ruled supreme? that’s kind of interesting to think about… what WOULD it be like if the americans hadn’t staged a violent revolt because they didn’t want to pay their taxes? would the collective IQ of the american nation be higher? (I’m not saying that to offend, I know a lot of very smart americans… and what I noticed is the ones with brains between their ears mostly want out of the country) would the currency be worth more? what would foreign policy be like? I’d love to hear some thoughts on this, and for once, I can see people actually looked at my blog (welcome anyone who is new.) but people need to COMMENT! I can’t exactly create thoughtful dialogue on my own, as, as I keep saying, I’m not very creative.