Well, to those who commented on my venting yesterday, thank you! Linda, Bernadette and Kathy, you feel my pain! And Kathy, I'm not even talking about clients! I'm fine with helping clients, as unappreciative as they they can be sometimes. I'm talking about people I work with! My so-called peers! They're getting paid to ask me questions. Thankfully, though, not everyone I work with is this bad. I actually get along with most people I work with (right Dan?) it's just sometimes, some people drive me up the wall! And Rod, I'd be happy to help you out with your page. Only if you help me with the graphics for this new site I'm making - www.rodisadork.com. Thanks! Saw 'Insomnia' with Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hillary Swank yesterday. I liked the movie a lot. It was directed by the same guy that did Memento. Great story, and great acting. And it's set in Alaska, so the scenes are breathtaking. Check it out. I don't think many people are watching it. There were seriously 8 other people in the theater when we watched it. It's great to have Dave back in town again. I can see movies andhave fun dancing stupid in the car to tunes (when he's not listening to SportsRadio) - Yano, 10:31 AM |

Friday, June 28 Friday, June 28

Hmm...I don't think I've vented on this blog yet, but let's start today. You know what's really annoying? When someone asks for your help, and you totally go out of your way to help them out, or give them a suggestion, and then right after you're done explaining everything, they're like 'Oh, yeah, that's what I thought it was. I just wanted to ask you to make sure.' And I KNOW they had NO CLUE when they were asking me. I mean, come on, just say 'Thanks', or 'Hey, I didn't know that'. It's OK not to know things. When you're doing support, you can't know everything. Another thing that annoys me is people who always ask other people for help, before even trying to solve the problem themselves. You're not going to get anywhere if you don't take the time to learn. People aren't going to be there to hand hold you through life. And you can't expect to move up the corporate ladder by not applying the knowledge you have to gain more knowledge. Yeah, so we're busy at work, but there's always lulls where we're just fucking around, doing nothing. It's fun at all, but don't ever complain that you don't have time to learn new things if you're standing around playing with a yo-yo for half an hour. It drives me batty when I have to go over all the same things over and over again, or when people try to push things that they would be capable of doing themselves with just a little initiative. But half the time I'm just tired of listening to their whining and crying that they're so busy or that they hadn't had the proper training that I just end up taking care of it myself. Argh! OK.....venting over. So I passed by the little market and I am very proud to say that I did not buy anything. Yay me! - Yano, 6:52 PM |

Uh-oh. There's a street market next to my building. I'm debating. Do I go and spend loads of money on little trinkets and pieces of art that catch my eye, but will just add to the disaster of a mess that I call my room? Hmm....after putting it that way. No! I will not go! I will control myself! OK, maybe I'll stop by for a little after work. heh heh. Taste of Chicago starts today. Hooray! This is my favorite time of year in Chicago. Anytime anyone out of town asks me about Chicago, I always tell them to come when the Taste is going on. That way, you can sample the best of what Chicago has to offer - which, of course, is the food. But we've also got a whole bunch of performers in town, there's street markets everywhere, the weather is sunny and warm, the lake looks beautiful, and fireworks on the 3rd, with a million of your closest friends packed right next to you on the lakefront. Ahh...I love this time of the year! How sucky it is that I have to watch if from my window! But that's ok. I'll prolly head out to the Taste on Monday. Yay fun! FYI - Pics from my Canada trip are now on the pictures page. - Yano, 10:32 AM |

Thursday, June 27 Thursday, June 27

Oh...something I totally forgot to mention yesterday. My friend Jeanette had her baby! It was only two weeks ago that we were yelling at her belly 'Get outta there!' And now he's out. Little Justin Tyler. I think his middle name is Tyler. Anyway, me and Jen had stopped by the hospital yesterday to visit, and he's adorable! And Jeanette and Virgil totally have the glow of parenthood upon them. But then again, it could just be the fact that whey each only had about an hour of sleep. But congratulations to both of them! No more hobbit feet for Jeanette! - Yano, 11:38 PM |

Well, my training class went surprisingly well yesterday. I was able to condense a 2 day class into a 7 hour class. It was a really good, livey group that asked a lot of questions. I'd rather have a group that asks a lot of questions, then a group that just sits there like zombies. I'm pretty happy, they commented that I did a great job and I really knew what I was talking about. Hmm...maybe I don't have to take those acting lessons... Anyway, I'm super tired today. I've got tons of testing to do, and my deadline is tomorrow. I gave myself a deadline of 5pm today. However, I'm extremely unmotivated, and for some reason, I can't concentrate on testing. But I must! I must! And my belly is so full of chicken pesto sandwich, that I can just take a nap here and now. But NO! Must test workflow! - Yano, 2:23 PM |

Wednesday, June 26 Wednesday, June 26

So I was 30 feet away from Tom Hanks yesterday. Didn't know that he was in town for the 'Road to Perdition' premier. I was walking to the train station, and there was this big crowd in front of the Chicago Theater. At first I thought there was a show there, but then I saw everyone looking at one place, and the cameras. The TOM! But then the cops made me move out of the way. HMPH! Today I'll be training some people on something that I have NO idea how to train on. It's crazy! We'll see how much BS I can pull out of my ass. Should be quite interesting! - Yano, 1:56 AM |

Monday, June 24 Monday, June 24

Just got back from a Cubs game. I love watching the Cubs with Dave. He turns into a little kid. Unfortunately, this time we didn't catch a ball. But we still won the game against the Cincinnati Reds, and I got to watch the 12 fingered wonder, Antonio Alfonseco pitch. It was humid as hell by the end of the game, but it was still really fun! - Yano, 11:55 PM |

So I was totally going to post this thing, talking about how I'm going to change my life around, improve my posture, exercise 3 times a week, and eat real healthy, be a better person. It was going to be amazingly profound. I was going to have a healthy lunch, like a salad, or a low fat pasta salad. But then I passed my that bastard McDonald's and they're advertising their chocolate-banana triple thick milkshake, and everything went down the drain. I think I was born to clog my arteries. Oh, and I also discovered that Brach's makes White Fudge Covered Caramel Popcorn. Ahh. I can feel my arteries clogging as we speak. At least I'm bringing the guys here at work down with me. If I'm going to have a heart attack, they are, too! Oh, food, how much I love to hate you. - Yano, 2:59 PM |

Sunday, June 23 Sunday, June 23

What a lazy Sunday! I'm still sick, so I'm just lounging around making backups of crap on my computer. Claudine is gonna be taking this one to med school, and I've got a newer, faster one waiting in the basement for me to bring up here. Watched a skateboarding tourney on TV. Bucky Lasek won the vert competition. Whoo hoo Bucky! He had an awesome run, didn't miss a thing and threw in some extra stuff just for fun. It's pretty cool to watch it, since I know the names of all the moves. One day, that will be me! (ok, not really) Maybe I'll work on my Canada pics tonight.. - Yano, 4:16 PM |