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Feb. 8th, 2006 06:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vicarzRan a mere 2 miles last night on pavement and it hurt like hell. I felt heavy for some reason, and felt shin splints at the beginning. I'm not sure if this means pavement is that much harder to run on than compacted dirt, or if I really am so pronated that I need support more than cushioning in my shoes.
Laptop frustration:
Last night I went to class early, and per the advice of micro-staff decided to put a password on my laptop computer. So, I set a password, told it I wanted all my files to be private, and the disk spun and seemed to work fine. Then it wouldn't start word. I tried a couple times, then did a cntl-alt-delete to find 5 (applications running, tab 2) open but not functioning. I tried to close the instances - it just did nothing. I gave up and tried taking notes on notepad during class. Major suckage.
Got home, tried to remove the password, worked fine but didn't improve matters. Tried starting word documents by clicking on them, each would start to load and stop in the early process. Found the original disks and tried to repair, hung up at the gathering stage. Tried to go into add/remove programs, hung up at the gathering stage. Tried manually removing the damn directories, denied me access to the dll files and halted the process. Denied me access? I own you, bitch. Well, until now. Now I just have the power to kill you, but lack the power to make you do what I want.
So I don't even know wehre to start. I might run to a store and buy a laptop because I can't afford to spend weeks waiting for another. I know it's just a software program, but when I can't access my own damn files I just don't know what to do. I'll try running by the micro-lab today before class and see if they can help any. I'll also double space and print my notes for tonight so I can use a fucking pencil...
In other news, I'm sticking my neck out on an unpopular issue:
I am sorry to report that I am disturbed by a practice in FSIS that is carried out through the Civil Rights Division.
OM personnel are required to attend all diversity etc. functions that are held by the FSIS. Attendance at these events is mandatory for HQ OM staff. Not only are we told we must attend, we are told where to sit during the meeting (you are not allowed to be in the back). I have been offended by more than one such gathering due to the obvious religious message being delivered.
Yesterday I attended the ceremony to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I was offended by what I heard there - not by the information about MLK, but by the speaker who presented a christian sermon. The message was not explained in how it might apply to people other religious faiths or practices, it was merely conveyed for a pro-christian message of expansionist doctrine. I was so offended I nearly walked out, and this not the first time.
Several of the required "diversity" presentations have been open and noted that they were displaying art or dancing from various belief systems, which is fine. Others merely preach, sing gospel (religious singing, hymns), and otherwise give paid government time to delivering a message that preaches a particular belief system to attendees. I have left other presentations because I did not want to be subjected to a church service or it's close cousin in the form of preaching or singing to the audience in an aggressive tone.
Please be careful to monitor the messages that are sent out by the department, and try to ensure that when we are required to attend functions, that those functions are inclusive of the diverse belief systems held by our staff.
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Non xtians have a hard time understanding why it is extremely annoying to be constantly subjected to their religion and religious displays, ceremonies, worse when it's at public expense. They say "What's the big deal, stop whining, look away," when it's in your face every goddamn day as a reminder about their agenda. It's not a big deal when you're in charge, when you're white, when you're the majority.
Laptop frustration:
Last night I went to class early, and per the advice of micro-staff decided to put a password on my laptop computer. So, I set a password, told it I wanted all my files to be private, and the disk spun and seemed to work fine. Then it wouldn't start word. I tried a couple times, then did a cntl-alt-delete to find 5 (applications running, tab 2) open but not functioning. I tried to close the instances - it just did nothing. I gave up and tried taking notes on notepad during class. Major suckage.
Got home, tried to remove the password, worked fine but didn't improve matters. Tried starting word documents by clicking on them, each would start to load and stop in the early process. Found the original disks and tried to repair, hung up at the gathering stage. Tried to go into add/remove programs, hung up at the gathering stage. Tried manually removing the damn directories, denied me access to the dll files and halted the process. Denied me access? I own you, bitch. Well, until now. Now I just have the power to kill you, but lack the power to make you do what I want.
So I don't even know wehre to start. I might run to a store and buy a laptop because I can't afford to spend weeks waiting for another. I know it's just a software program, but when I can't access my own damn files I just don't know what to do. I'll try running by the micro-lab today before class and see if they can help any. I'll also double space and print my notes for tonight so I can use a fucking pencil...
In other news, I'm sticking my neck out on an unpopular issue:
I am sorry to report that I am disturbed by a practice in FSIS that is carried out through the Civil Rights Division.
OM personnel are required to attend all diversity etc. functions that are held by the FSIS. Attendance at these events is mandatory for HQ OM staff. Not only are we told we must attend, we are told where to sit during the meeting (you are not allowed to be in the back). I have been offended by more than one such gathering due to the obvious religious message being delivered.
Yesterday I attended the ceremony to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I was offended by what I heard there - not by the information about MLK, but by the speaker who presented a christian sermon. The message was not explained in how it might apply to people other religious faiths or practices, it was merely conveyed for a pro-christian message of expansionist doctrine. I was so offended I nearly walked out, and this not the first time.
Several of the required "diversity" presentations have been open and noted that they were displaying art or dancing from various belief systems, which is fine. Others merely preach, sing gospel (religious singing, hymns), and otherwise give paid government time to delivering a message that preaches a particular belief system to attendees. I have left other presentations because I did not want to be subjected to a church service or it's close cousin in the form of preaching or singing to the audience in an aggressive tone.
Please be careful to monitor the messages that are sent out by the department, and try to ensure that when we are required to attend functions, that those functions are inclusive of the diverse belief systems held by our staff.
---
Non xtians have a hard time understanding why it is extremely annoying to be constantly subjected to their religion and religious displays, ceremonies, worse when it's at public expense. They say "What's the big deal, stop whining, look away," when it's in your face every goddamn day as a reminder about their agenda. It's not a big deal when you're in charge, when you're white, when you're the majority.
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Date: 2006-02-09 11:04 am (UTC)The guy there reminded me that you really should wipe and reload everything at least once a year. I've never reloaded the operating system, but since I don't know how to boot or if you can boot from a cd...I'll find out soon enough.
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Date: 2006-02-08 10:03 pm (UTC)considering the topic of the seminar, ironic, that.
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Date: 2006-02-08 10:49 pm (UTC)--kelowna
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