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Grindstone
Oct. 8th, 2013 10:09 amI spent much of yesterday at work angry because of two people -- one a coworker in another department, the other a customer who was aggressively unpleasant to deal with. With the former, I feel like the work that I'm doing to help his department is being brushed off because they essentially don't feel like paying attention to it -- only for them to turn around and blame me when something blows up because they haven't. It's infuriating in a rather special way to be told "We didn't pay attention to your warning, you need a better warning system." The issue is being worked out higher up the chain, and my managers will let me know what to do from now on once it's all figured out, but...ugh. It's very difficult working with someone you feel like isn't doing their job and will do whatever it takes to avoid responsibility for the consequences. This is probably more a matter of my perspective than the reality of the situation, though. I'm just too close to my emotions to be objective about it.
I've been trying to spend a little more time away from the computer at work, just to keep stress levels down and get in a bit of walking to break up being so sedentary. It works well so far! I've still got this persistent little cold, though -- so I've been bombing myself with vitamins and tea. I can't wait for my nose to stop being a mucus factory, that's going to be so awesome.
With writing, I'd like to sit down and learn how to work with Scrivener (a novel-making app) so that I can start breaking down a few serials I have in mind for writing. Once I know how to properly use the tool to break down these really big projects, I can start determining how to parcel out the work. I think I'll begin with pre-writing, working on template character sheets for all of the principal actors in the story, then breaking down the meta-arc in all 13 episodes. Once I have an idea of how the general story moves, I can start to weave in individual character arcs through the story. I'm actually really looking forward to this part of the process; I haven't really tried to organize stories like this, and it'll be a great learning experience.
In the meantime, I'd like to try and catch up on my reviews for the Top 100 Movies. We just watched #10 (Singing in the Rain), but I haven't even put a review for #20 (Chinatown). If I can really push and get a good backlog of reviews going now, the work'll be easier on me when the holidays come around and things get even more hectic. I've got the drive, I'd better use it while it's there.
I've been trying to spend a little more time away from the computer at work, just to keep stress levels down and get in a bit of walking to break up being so sedentary. It works well so far! I've still got this persistent little cold, though -- so I've been bombing myself with vitamins and tea. I can't wait for my nose to stop being a mucus factory, that's going to be so awesome.
With writing, I'd like to sit down and learn how to work with Scrivener (a novel-making app) so that I can start breaking down a few serials I have in mind for writing. Once I know how to properly use the tool to break down these really big projects, I can start determining how to parcel out the work. I think I'll begin with pre-writing, working on template character sheets for all of the principal actors in the story, then breaking down the meta-arc in all 13 episodes. Once I have an idea of how the general story moves, I can start to weave in individual character arcs through the story. I'm actually really looking forward to this part of the process; I haven't really tried to organize stories like this, and it'll be a great learning experience.
In the meantime, I'd like to try and catch up on my reviews for the Top 100 Movies. We just watched #10 (Singing in the Rain), but I haven't even put a review for #20 (Chinatown). If I can really push and get a good backlog of reviews going now, the work'll be easier on me when the holidays come around and things get even more hectic. I've got the drive, I'd better use it while it's there.
