Greetings, Comrade!

Your mutual friend has noticed that you last updated your journal on LiveJournal 187 weeks ago! Be a friend and go post, at http://www.livejournal.com/update.bml

Sincerely,
The LiveJournal, Inc Team, a division of SUP

It’s that feeling in the pit of your stomach that turns your thoughts into a Magic Eight ball …

  • seek job now
  • use this opportunity to move up
  • start casually moving personal effects home
  • become an inside leaker

What do you do when the enemy is you? That squidgy feeling when the life around you takes a turn for the bad or worse? I remember the squidgy feeling when I was hired as just window dressing, frankly, though I was qualified and then some to do the job. I know this has been practice since time immemorial, but I realized that I didn’t like it, didn’t want it, and I didn’t want to work for the slimes. So I left. I was broke and hitched a free ride to a new state with family moving that way, and with their help I landed on my feet and effectively started over.

Now LiveJournal has been sold again to a group named SUP. I wonder if anyone has squidgy feelings. Brad “windowdressing” Fitzpatrick? The former SixApart and now SUP employees? Continue Reading »