This One Time

// it was rainy and cool this morning.

// I already put together a plan to fix up my library/ desk nook to make it easier for working from home.

// my apartment complex has package lockers (from a 3rd party), but you have to pay for them (BECAUSE OF COURSE YOU DO). And I have refused because fuck you. However, I ordered lamps from Goodwill and found out yesterday that the FedEx guy ignored instructions and put them in the lockers. Two weeks ago. I looked at signing up for an account, just to check that they were still charging you a $20 "registration fee" (yep), clicked out of the site, and then my text messages immediately *dinged*: You've Got Mail! [and here is your code to pick it up, but unforch, we don't have your credit card on file, so your account goes away after 7 days!]

Me:

I remember the package lockers at my apartment in Bundang. LIFE COULD BE SO MUCH BETTER, MY FRIENDS.

// the constant enshittification of technology and the internet - because of course it's our personal responsibility to "increase shareholder value" in every gd area of our lives no one cares about you regular people - makes me feel crazy. I cannot believe that THIS is where we ended up. To (badly) quote a meme: I thought the future would be so much cooler than this.

// tiberias is asleep in a Fibonacci spiral on my lap

// I'm reading Tanya Huff's Peacekeeper series - because I finally found/ read all of the preceding series about Torin the Marine. Now, we're onto Torin the Civilian (kind of...she's also running off the books jobs for the [space] military, now that the war is over. So, more like: "Civilian lol"). Tanya Huff is always a guaranteed fun time.

He is currently mooning around the box, rubbing against the corners, hoping the box will strike again.

Which, on the one hand, saves me $215 a month in gas and tolls (because of course I did the math), and idk what price tag to put on my sanity. BUT ALSOOOO

Derek said he'd tell me if they were trying to get rid of me, and I believe him! aboutttttt.....60%. He's the CEO's son-in-law, and he's loyal. But also, we have a really good working relationship. I fully believe this an attempt to sideline me, but, honestly, if I can manage it, this is a benefit that could help me find a new job. I will have 3 more hours in my week (not driving), and 3 more flexible work days!

I mean. The corporate philosophy here is "Fuck you; I get mine". So.