Monday, December 19, 2005

And Scene...


Mood: Light
Song: Ciara - Luka Bloom
Units of Caffeine: 7

Well, no, it's not the end, but it's the end of this chapter in my life. I went to commencement this past Saturday and although it was boring as all hell, I'm glad that I went. It put a definite period at the end of this concluding sentence. But before I go on to talk about me, let me just say a little something on commencement -- To anyone speaking at commencement: I don't care what you're talking about, but please, please, please, at the very least, sound interested in what you are talking about. The provost spoke for (what seemed like) the longest amount of time and she sounded like the female equivalent to Ben Stein. Then one of the regents board members spoke and started by doing a comparison of graduation and the Patriot Act. OMG! Would it be too much to ask that you don't mention the Patriot Act at commencement. And then the guy concluded his speech by indicating that they would pass out the degrees by saying, "Well, now it looks like we're going to pass out some early Christmas presents. Would you like your Christmas presents?" First of all, thank you sir, for being diverse and assuming that everyone that goes to this school celebrates Christmas, and secondly, unless you plan on paying for all of my student loans, do not call my degree a present.

But... all that aside, I did feel very proud to cross the stage and get my non-degree. (The real ones will be mailed in about four months, but in the meantime, we were all pacified with a ornate scroll that was a letter from the Alumni Association begging for money. Nice.) So, the question arises: "What now?" The good news is that, unlike when I graduated with my undergraduate degree, I already have a job. It pays crap and it's not what I want to do, but it's a job nonetheless, so I don't have to worry that. However, now that I have my Masters degree and now that I am no longer taking any classes, my boss has told me that there are several projects that she wants me to take on. Now, keep that the job position I currently have only requires a person with a GED. I know for a fact, (because my boss has said it) that if I were to leave, the person who would replace me would only do about half of what I currently do.... yet would be paid the same. So, now I feel that I'm being taken advantage of, and now there is nothing keeping me in my job. (I only kept it because it was really convenient for me as a grad student). So, now I'm looking around for other opportunities while, at the same time, trying to find a discrete way of telling my boss that I either want more money or for her to lay off on giving me extra responsibilities for which I don't get compensated.

As for my non-working life... K & I are getting festive and attempting to create a gingerbread house. So far it reminds me of every other Christmas thing. Like putting up lights and Christmas shopping, it's a huge pain in the ass, but I think things will get better once we start actually decorating the thing.... and I've had a few toasted almonds! :)

2 Comments:

Blogger Lestat Oberon said...

Hope your gingerbread houses are the merriest of all!!!

19/12/05 4:10 PM  
Blogger Kathy said...

There was actually not as much swearing as I thought there would be. Only when a Gummy Bear would commit hari-kari by throwing itself off the house.

No, Gummy Bear! don't do it!

20/12/05 2:27 PM  

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