Torn

This is a big week. Mostly because I want it to go by fast so I can get to the weekend where a Radiohead concert awaits my Sunday.

Their US tour started last night in Florida, and I'm sure there are a ton of YouTube videos up from the show, and I'm dying to know what they are doing with the setup, as they are probably the current kings of on-stage artistry. the last show I saw them play, out in San Diego, they had a bunch of screens setup behind them but they were all weird shapes, like a piece of glass had been dropped and broke into cool shapes. They had cameras all of the stage, on their instruments, on the ground, up in the air, in the audience. It was a very cool sensory explosion.

Work should be busy enough the make the days go by quickly, but not too stressful, plus this is my short week, so after today, I'm halfway through the week. The only thing I have to do is figure out what to get me mum to Mum's Day. I would love to give her a bunch of music, but every time I try to introduce her to something she doesn't like it. I'm just so far removed from the stuff she listens to, I wouldn't even know where to begin. Maybe the new Madonna, I think she likes Madonna.

What kind of music do your moms listen to?

The true defination of wasting time

So I was asked by our CEO to give a presentation to our board of directors about the membership magazine, which I am the production manager for. He said I have 5 minutes to report on the readership survey we just finished. I thought this would be a good thing, and get myself in front of the big wigs in the association.

So I spent the better part of 20 hours over the last month or so working in this 5 minute, 8 slide presentation. A good portion was spent analyzing data from the readership survey, but then I spent probably 6 hours over several days writing what I was going to say, and having my boss give me revisions that mostly consisted of, "Oh, they don't care about that info" and, "Cut this section down by...well go ahead and cut it completely." I'm all good with that, if they don't want to hear something, then there is no point saying it.

So I'm sitting here at the board meeting, well, actually I'm sitting outside the board meeting because right now they are talking about "important and confidential" stuff. Another coworker who is giving a presentation early in the meeting was just told he is up next, but what they are talking abut now could take an hour. I looked at the schedule, and I should be going up about an hour after him, so that means I am about 2 hours away form giving a 5 minute presentation to a group of people who mostly don't care (and will likely be exhausted by the time I get to speak) and I spent 20 hours preparing.

I'm starting to wonder if the time I spend at my job has any value at all...

At least we have good health benefits