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	<title>K. Close III &#187; Work</title>
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	<description>Speaking Literally...</description>
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		<title>The Oracle Says &#8220;No&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://kclose3.com/blog/2008/09/120</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kacey3</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[...in which I talk about frustrating work issues while stalling in the office because some guy needs to get into our server room every 45 seconds.

I'd much rather be outside going to get a YooHoo or even a chocolate coke at Sonic, but instead I have to sit here in the office and hold the door open (not literally) for this guy who is doing some installs in our server room.]]></description>
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		<title>What day is it&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://kclose3.com/blog/2008/08/54</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kacey3</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[...in which I talk about how crazy busy I've been and how that stress is not healthy.

Holy shit, where did the last two weeks go? Its been a mad house up in here and I've not only lost complete track of time, but pretty much any semblance of order and reason as well. I can't even effectively recall everything thats been going on the last two weeks, but I guess]]></description>
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		<title>Automated for the People&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://kclose3.com/blog/2008/08/50</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kacey3</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[...in which I talk about my recent experiments with Applescript and Automator, and probably bore you to tears.

So, in case you've never met me, I am the kind of person who likes to have things my way and will go to great lengths to customize things to be as close to my idea of perfect as possible. I would say I border on obsessive sometimes when it comes to attempting to achieve that perfection, but that would be a lie. There is no bordering, I'm all the way in. I've taken up residence in my obsessive compulsive need for things to function in the best possible manner.]]></description>
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		<title>Where did the Weekend go&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://kclose3.com/blog/2008/08/44</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kacey3</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[...in which I talk about the loss of time

So this weekend, like most, flew by almost imperceptibly. I know I did something this weekend, but nothing that would be considered a responsible thing. I had wanted to do things like change out heather's license plates, put up a clothesline, fix the toilet. You know, grown up, homeowner, husband, father type things.]]></description>
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		<title>Aggressively Passive&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://kclose3.com/blog/2008/07/31</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kacey3</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Flaws]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[...in which I talk about subversive office politics

I want to preface this by admitting whole heartedly that I am a very passive aggressive person because I hate to confront people with the probable intent of making them feel bad. I know, from experience and observation, that in fact being told something directly actually hurts less than to find out about something second or third hand, or anonymously. I know all of these things to be true, and yet, I'm probably going to rant off about things that have been bothering me lately that I've not confronted people about, and that's that.]]></description>
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		<title>The Man behind The Man behind The Man&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://kclose3.com/blog/2008/06/30</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kacey3</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[...in which I talk about the nature of being support staff.

I'm sure the same is true in the public sector as it is in government and public education, but tasks have a way of rolling downhill. The problem is, if tasks, recognition, and money were on one of those rock-sorting conveyor belts, money would be a tiny rock and would fall through to someone far up the line, recognition would be a medium sized rock and would probably trickle out a few bins up from where I am... and from where the big ass tasks and workload rocks fall.]]></description>
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		<title>You Might Find, You Get What You Need&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://kclose3.com/blog/2008/04/20</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kacey3</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<em>in which I talk about small victories.</em>

Yesterday I got to sit in my hanging chair again, read a little bit, and take a nap.]]></description>
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		<title>The Karate Kid had some Kick-Ass Music&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://kclose3.com/blog/2008/04/19</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kacey3</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<em>...in which I talk about kicking some ass at work and failing at life.</em>

So the last couple of days I've pulled off some really good moves at work. I finished an experimental projects with the Design Department today and its a roaring success. Yesterday, I was able to recode some web stuff flawlessly and simultaneously purge a particularly nasty virus from a laptop. I'm still not on top of everything here, but I'm knocking some big stuff down. The next big project is an overwhelming one. Next week I get to inventory every computer we have in the school. I usually do that during Spring Break, but with us getting ready for the server migration that didn't happen, I didn't have the chance to do it. Now we're down to the wire, which hasn't happened in a few years with the inventory and I'm sweating it a little bit. I'm sure it will all come off without a hitch, but that doesn't mean I'm not still thinking about it.]]></description>
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		<title>A Short Nap in the Texas Springtime&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://kclose3.com/blog/2008/04/17</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kacey3</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<em>...in which I talk about my day off and what's still plaguing my mind.</em>

I took a "sick" day yesterday. To be honest, I'd call it a sanity day. I tried to make a four day weekend out of it, but Friday I came in in the morning to meet with a faculty who requested we talk about some problems she's been having with her computer. As it turned out, she left her laptop at home anyway and I could have just taken the day off after all. No great loss, though, I like the faculty member, and I think just showing up to help her out made her feel good and we talked about what the problems <em>could</em> be anyway. I did take the rest of Friday off, however, and while I don't remember exactly what I did, I'm pretty sure I enjoyed it. I've just been really stressed lately and I needed a break.]]></description>
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		<title>Exhaustion&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://kclose3.com/blog/2008/04/16</link>
		<comments>http://kclose3.com/blog/2008/04/16#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kacey3</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kclose3.com/blog/?p=16</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>...in which I talk about how friggin tired I've been lately.</em>

I feel like for the past two months, my life's been going a million miles an hour. When the new semester started, I was ready to get back to it and start working on that MFA again after taking a "new baby hiatus." Unfortunately, the universe has conspired against me and while I was having a hard time finding the opportunity to photograph, things have gotten considerably more difficult to the point that I don't even have the energy to think about anything other than what I'm doing at that very moment. Pre-planning is a thing of the past and almost everything is suffering from last minute realizations that I've forgotten something.]]></description>
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