• Read my blog. You won't regret it. Unless you do, in which case I can't really help you. Also, if you regret it, you clearly don't appreciate awesomeness. This sounds conceited, I don't actually think I'm that awesome...please read my blog. But not if you don't want to.

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Wednesday, 07 September 2011

Wednesday, 24 August 2011

  • I am extremely frustrated today. But, since I'm in the office I have to contain my frustration. I work really hard, and I've worked really hard to get where I am today. However, the tendency of others to be lazy and take things for granted really irks me. Look, I'm not perfect and I can be lazy sometimes. For example, right now I'm typing a xanga entry instead of doing things I need to do. Bad Lin.

    However, what I absolutely cannot stand is when people get their foot in the door via their parents and then fail to work after that. I'm all for connections, you can't help it if you're born into a privileged family, but it's what you do with it that counts. I'm not going to go into that much detail here, but let's just say that someone I work with bothers me to no end. When I started here, I was very curious about everything and wanted to get things done right. I made a lot of mistakes and learned from them and I asked a lot of questions because I wanted to learn. This person - they don't ask, they're so comfortable in their ignorance. They can't even walk over to where I am to ask me a question, even though they are the one learning. I have to walk over there. Just a small thing like that bothers me. With this job, you are here to learn. Take advantage of those opportunities. I hope I am not being overly judgmental but there's just so much of a difference between what I did when I started and what this person is doing at the start of their employment. I just don't understand how one can be like that.

Wednesday, 10 August 2011

  • Today, for the first time in a long time, I think I got a bit of clarity regarding my future. Let's just say that professionally, things are going very well for me lately. A path is slowly being carved out. The road to good things is never easy, but there's always something to be said for working hard and being kind. Coco was right, thanks Coco!

    One of the most important things in this life is to work hard at something we enjoy and get recognition for it.  For a while, it's been bumpy for me. But hey, you have to take the bad things with the good. I hope things continue this way, because hell, I've worked damn hard to get to where I am now. And it feels good to see that at the very least, there's some recognition out there for hard work. 

Friday, 05 August 2011

Wednesday, 06 July 2011

  • When I think back to the days when all that mattered to me was becoming a partner in a corporate law firm, I laugh at my naivete. Without knowing what something is truly like, how can you truly want it?

    Since then, I've reformed my dreams and aspirations. I still want to be a lawyer but I'm pretty positive that the corporate law lifestyle is not compatible with who I am. I just want to practice law. But there's always the dilemma of how to pay off loans. Law school ain't cheap.

    I don't even know if I can put my finger on what exactly it is that I hate about working in a big corporate law firm. I think it's the demanding people, the stress, the lack of consideration, the inability to determine if you like what you're doing because you're doing so much in so little time, the lack of respect, the boring shit they call "work," the incompentency of support staff, the relentless pace, the lack of time. Honestly, do you know what I want? I want time. I want time to enjoy the work I'm doing. I want time to understand and to prepare something I'm proud of submitting. I want time to work at something difficult and to figure it out. I want time to relish the mental journey I take in getting to a solution. There's no time. And I think that I'm too methodical and slow of a thinker to deal with lack of time.

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  • Read my blog. You won't regret it. Unless you do, in which case I can't really help you. Also, if you regret it, you clearly don't appreciate awesomeness. This sounds conceited, I don't actually think I'm that awesome...please read my blog. But not if you don't want to.

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  • tigger715
    Lin!!!
  • wirtergurl22
    oh dear, I think you need to re-check the mechanics of your digestive system, sometimes because of the strange acids that different people possess, the turn-out may be something not textile-like. I believe you need to see your local doctor and ask about some type of medication that will give you the
  • bodiddly
    I once ate the stuff sheared off a sheep, but instead of textiles, I got commodities... (stuff from a commode?)... I must be doing something wrong. :pleased: