Goodness gracious, a post from me hasn’t been seen on this blog in forever and a day, as friends keep reminding me. I know this, but I’ve been silent for several reasons that I don’t feel worthy of discussing. I’m busy these days and that is a good thing.
My professional life has taken on a life of its own. I’m having a bit of trouble reconciling work-related contacts, events, and general happenings into my personal life. There’s a constant struggle there to keep business and personal aspects of one’s life separated, yet at the same time there exists a very strong culture of coexistance. Sometimes I feel that the entire thing is ludicrously hipocritical.
The recent pot-luck that Sara and I hosted saw, for the second time, a blending of worlds. I’m not sure how I felt about it, but I remember thinking the same thing the first time that it happened. I remain cautious and unconvinced of its negative or positive effects. As always, time will tell.
On a related note, I’ve completed studying the CompTIA Server+ training material, which is (even more so than the Network+ material) ridiculously entry-level and, IMHO, hardly worth the effort. But I’ve already gone and turned that into a sunk cost so I might as well finish what I start. I figure it can’t possibly hurt to have a gazillion certifications on my record, even if some of them are ridiculously easy. Experiences in, well, getting jobs have shown me that one person’s easy triumph is another person’s hellish struggle. Does this make me very smart or does it make other people very stupid? (Yes, my own arrogance is, as always, very apparent to me. Like alawys, it doesn’t change the facts of the matter.)
I’m looking forward to several additional equipment provisions from friends. Most exciting is a PowerMac G4 (which may finally propel me out of the G3 stoneages, where I’ve been stuck thanks to my wallet or lack thereof), a UPS, a 19-inch LCD screen, an old Sun Netra server, and a rolling equipment rack. My electronics provisions have grown so large that I am beginning to feel intimidated whenever I look at my living room. This is bad, because it hinders me from actually implementing any of my personal projects (some of which have been on my mind since last summer).
I’ve resolved to deal with this the proper way: making an inventory database, which I’ll use to organize the stuff. As a secondary objective, I’ll include all my tools in this database and hopefully organize them as well. (For anyone listening, my birthday’s coming up and I could really use a nice set of Wiha screwdrivers.)
Socially, I’ve been remiss and I’m not exactly sure why that is. I’ve got the excuses, but that’s hardly a compelling argument. The crazy thing is that in two and a half hours, I need to wake up to go to work.
And that’s about enough rambling for tonight.
