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[jackofallgeeks]

So, right. Here I sit. With nothing to do. But sit. And think.
It's so very quiet today.
Of course, by the time I finish this post, Dustin or David will have walked in, and the point will be moot.
Or not. Whatever.

Of course, I can't really do anything. You see, me and David are suppopsed to be workig on a rather simple series of JSPs which allow access to certain files by certain people. Being that I didn't know anything at all about anything at all to do with Servers (and the fact that I know both php and Java, only a short step to jsp), I worked on coding the pages. Unfortunately, though he seems to think he does, I don't believe David knew anything about servers, either. And even though he doesn't know Java, php, or jsp, he's taken it upon himself to smurf with my code, trying to 'fix' my 'problems.' It's rather like the Boss in Dilbert:

"I think we should do it this way(x)."
"No, we can't, because of (y) and (z), see?"
"Ah, you're right. I think we should do it this way(x)."

And, to compound this: I get in at 7:30, approximately, because I drive my dad into work in the mornings. Working an 8-hour day (as is typical for summer interns like myself), I get off at 3:30 or so. David does not come in until 11:30 or so, on a good day, giving us about 2 hours to work together, after you've accounted for lunch.

I don't have a problem working with people, so long as I'm really working with people...

In a not wholly unrelated note, I fear I've been angry for the past several days, and I don't like it. Usually I'm a very calm, even-tempered sort of guy, and I enjoy that. But my temper seems to have been raised for mostly unknown reasons, and... -shrugs- I've just felt mad and I don't like it.

I would email Emily if I thought she might write back...

Comments

[ex-orin917.livejournal.com]

You know that's uncanny... one of my coworker's name is David too (bit of an odd chap really) and he also only shows up for small, random portions of the day. The difference is he doesn't smurf (what a funky verb) with my code but I get to smurf with his if I deem it necessary... being project lead has it's benefits. ^^;;

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

-laughs- Well, 'David' is his English name -- technically, he's really Yiping. And he does come for sizable amounts of time -- he's in, usually, from Noon until 8pm, so he does put in a full day. Unfortunately, only two or three of those eight hours overlap with my day, and that makes things difficult.

As for smurf, that's my latest effort toward quitting cussing -- expletives are just so vulgar, don't you know. Credit goes to my brother, who pointed out that single-word (such as feck) expletives can easily be replaced by 'smurf,' and the compound expletives (such as fother-mucker) can be replaced by 'smurf-berry.' Much harder to slip up, this way, though as a side effect, you'll never watch "The Smurfs" the same way again...

[ex-orin917.livejournal.com]

Smurf-berry! That's hilarious! That's even better than my "Great Groovin' Gorillas!". ^^

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

-laughs-
I'm glad you're amused.
It does tend to keep one's mouth civil when one's thoughts are less-than-so.

[thismortalquill.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to say that IMHO, it doesn't matter *what* substitutions you be directed thuse because it's the thought, the intent that matters. The anger or malicious thought directed through your word of choice is still the same anger or malicious thought that wouldrough the expletive of choice. You're just substituting another word, and thereby creating another expletive through intent.

I was under the impression that the no-cussing thing for religious people was all about preventing the mindless expression of such anger, rather than just monitoring the word usage in the expression. /rant

I didn't mean to sound all high and mighty. I go through periods of cussing, but I'm mostly good. I try to express myself through coherent thoughts and ideas rather than by using expletives anyhow. It's more classy. (Cause we all know that I'm so classy, oh yeah...heeheehee) Course, I'm just as prone to a good bout of cussing as the next smurf-berry. ::grins::

[thismortalquill.livejournal.com]

like now, as livejournal deletes part of my comment...

grrr.

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

You're absolutely correct, and I would point out that I don't even use 'smurf' very much at all. You're correct that, when it crops up, the malice (generally) is still intended, and so it doesn't help much there.

At the same time, you miss something, too - even when you and I try to refrain from profanities in lieu of more 'sophisticated' terms and such, the malice (when it crops up) is still there, too. I don't think the expression of Anger is necessarily a bad thing - when the anger is well reasoned, of course. The trouble with profanities is that they become so mindless and crude, and you are very much correct in that 'smurf,' as such, could fall along the same path if left unchecked.

Consider it not so much a cure in itself as a treatment; a nicotine patch for your vocabulary, if you will. It does no good for you until you can leave it, as well, behind.

And, on a final note, I'd just like to point out that... Well it bothers me when people say something (in this case, the no cussing thing) is "for religious people." I mean, it puts this spin on it that shouldn't be there... Yes, I'm religious, and yes, generally Religions discourage cussing, as such. But it seems to me that any intelligent human being who would like to sound more intelligent than "that smurfing smurf smurf-smurf" (and yes, other cussing sounds about as ridiculous) would want to steer clear of profanities. A foul language benefits no one, and, as I can see, serves to drag down not just the victim, but the perpetrator as well. I don't just "not-cuss" because of so esoteric, nebulous moral-standard, but because it's just plain ignorant, in every sense of the word.