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Thread started 05/28/08 10:26am

Imago

MAKING THE NUMBERS, and bleeding your soul dry doing it.

Ever feel like a pointless, small cog in a giant machine? Or even worse, a pawn to it all? Yeah, that’s how I’m feeling right now. I stick my head above my desk and over the partition of my tidy, joyless, cubicle and if I turn my head in all directions, I see more cubicles, each with some out-of-shape, IT professional hunched over his or her computer typing away at a business proposal, an excuse, or (on rare occasions) actually doing productive work. Each person, equally unhappy. Each person, hopelessly resigned that this cubicle farm where our talents are all being incubated to service the hive queen is actually ‘normal’.

You work as hard as you can to make the ‘numbers’ so that your boss’s boss’s boss can then keep his or her job, so that their boss’s boss can thus make the CEO happy, who then gets to keep his job if he appeases the major shareholders. And these shareholders, in turn, wonder if the job that you’ve broken your back and spirit to accomplish, can actually be done without you next year—so that the numbers can look even better. Because everyone must make the numbers. Everyone must. What’s a big company to do once you’ve maxxed out on your demographic client population? Once there’s no more customers to be gained? You still have to make the numbers. Ergo, each year, the potential for being cut from this giant ribbon of wrong persists.

No buddy, this ain’t me. How did I get into this mess? My debt? My supposed talent? I must earn what I earn, which I admit, is a pretty decent penny, just to pay the bills and for the sins of my previous excesses. Essentially, I’m trapped if opt to stay the course.

But that’s just the way the ‘man’ likes it, isn’t it? I bleed myself to feed the mouths of the rich, who in turn find ways of marginalizing me so that I can produce more with less. Each pay raise, I actually earn less than the one before when you factor in inflation. Here I am, a man at 30-something years of age, living with a roommate, owning things I don’t need, buying into a system that is slowly killing me.

I am a random gadfly in a swarm, a number in a ticker, a foot soldier in a squadron of washed up recruits. But my spirit…now my spirit is a avian that seeks to sore above the mess that I’ve created. And, the chime on my desktop calendar, a clarion call for me work as hard as I can to break out of this mess.

I seek to end this week with renewed vigor.



Folks, I mean this shit ok?



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[Edited 5/28/08 10:27am]
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Reply #1 posted 05/28/08 10:28am

PaisleyPark508
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first! wink
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Reply #2 posted 05/28/08 10:29am

PaisleyPark508
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sorry, I never get a chance to do that. boxed
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Reply #3 posted 05/28/08 10:29am

shanti0608

I like your lovey dovey posts better.
hug
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Reply #4 posted 05/28/08 10:30am

Imago

shanti0608 said:

I like your lovey dovey posts better.
hug

I would work a hundred souless jobs to support that specific man.

I'm gawn.


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Reply #5 posted 05/28/08 10:31am

littlemissG

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I had a job where my main responsiblity was to create a email report no one read, because all the crap got discussed in the weekly meeting anyway.

I know how you feel Cheeky, believe me I know.
No More Haters on the Internet.
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Reply #6 posted 05/28/08 10:32am

shanti0608

Imago said:

shanti0608 said:

I like your lovey dovey posts better.
hug

I would work a hundred souless jobs to support that specific man.

I'm gawn.


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[Edited 5/28/08 10:31am]



mushy
He is lovely but so is my pampered prissy petunia giggle
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Reply #7 posted 05/28/08 10:33am

Imago

shanti0608 said:

Imago said:


I would work a hundred souless jobs to support that specific man.

I'm gawn.


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mushy
He is lovely but so is my pampered prissy petunia giggle

I can't believe you call him that falloff

Poor Phil lol



I hope mine has pampered, prissy habbits, cause that would be awefully cute giggle
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Reply #8 posted 05/28/08 10:34am

Imago

On a good note, my peer in Bourmouth, England is scouting job recs for me in London and Bournemouth! woot!
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Reply #9 posted 05/28/08 10:35am

Mach

Ever feel like a pointless, small cog in a giant machine? Yes
Or even worse, a pawn to it all? Yes

all in all - you're just another brick in the wall


rose

peace!
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Reply #10 posted 05/28/08 10:35am

Imago

littlemissG said:

I had a job where my main responsiblity was to create a email report no one read, because all the crap got discussed in the weekly meeting anyway.

I know how you feel Cheeky, believe me I know.

I'm good at the game when I play it.


It just that it doesn't feel like I should be playing it anymore. Eventually the monopoly money becomes nothing but brightly colored paper.
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Reply #11 posted 05/28/08 10:35am

shanti0608

Imago said:

shanti0608 said:




mushy
He is lovely but so is my pampered prissy petunia giggle

I can't believe you call him that falloff

Poor Phil lol



I hope mine has pampered, prissy habbits, cause that would be awefully cute giggle



Of coarse I call him that... it fits.
He knows I love him more than anything in this world...still gotta keep him on his toes.
Yours has some great "habits" as well I am sure. He is gorgeous inside and out.
nod
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Reply #12 posted 05/28/08 10:36am

Imago

Mach said:

Ever feel like a pointless, small cog in a giant machine? Yes
Or even worse, a pawn to it all? Yes

all in all - you're just another brick in the wall


rose

peace!



Mach, if you could be so kind as to pull a card for me, I would greatly appreciate it right now hug
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Reply #13 posted 05/28/08 10:36am

Mars23

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I feel you. I felt the same way.

That's why I quit 2 weeks ago and am not going back 'till I can feel good about my job.
Studies have shown the ass crack of the average Prince fan to be abnormally large. This explains the ease and frequency of their panties bunching up in it.
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Reply #14 posted 05/28/08 10:37am

Imago

shanti0608 said:

Imago said:


I can't believe you call him that falloff

Poor Phil lol



I hope mine has pampered, prissy habbits, cause that would be awefully cute giggle



Of coarse I call him that... it fits.
He knows I love him more than anything in this world...still gotta keep him on his toes.
Yours has some great "habits" as well I am sure. He is gorgeous inside and out.
nod


The outside is lickable, I admit.
But the inside--that's just stunning, Val. Absolutely stunning. It feels like the safe, warm, home I tried to build all my life. lol


OK, enough of that mushy shit. Let's get back on the topic of what the evil ass 'man' is doing to our asses! no no no!
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Reply #15 posted 05/28/08 10:38am

Imago

Mars23 said:

I feel you. I felt the same way.

That's why I quit 2 weeks ago and am not going back 'till I can feel good about my job.

At least your hawt.

You could do gay themed 'jackoff porn', and it would keep you wealthy the rest of your life.
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Reply #16 posted 05/28/08 10:39am

shanti0608

Imago said:

shanti0608 said:




Of coarse I call him that... it fits.
He knows I love him more than anything in this world...still gotta keep him on his toes.
Yours has some great "habits" as well I am sure. He is gorgeous inside and out.
nod


The outside is lickable, I admit.
But the inside--that's just stunning, Val. Absolutely stunning. It feels like the safe, warm, home I tried to build all my life. lol


OK, enough of that mushy shit. Let's get back on the topic of what the evil ass 'man' is doing to our asses! no no no!



I thought that was what you were talking about all along.
falloff
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Reply #17 posted 05/28/08 10:40am

Mach

Imago said:

Mach said:

Ever feel like a pointless, small cog in a giant machine? Yes
Or even worse, a pawn to it all? Yes

all in all - you're just another brick in the wall


rose

peace!



Mach, if you could be so kind as to pull a card for me, I would greatly appreciate it right now hug


Okay -

you want past present future ( 3 card )

present

future

do you have a question in mind ?

what ya want babes

hug
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Reply #18 posted 05/28/08 10:42am

Mars23

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Imago said:

Mars23 said:

I feel you. I felt the same way.

That's why I quit 2 weeks ago and am not going back 'till I can feel good about my job.

At least your hawt.

You could do gay themed 'jackoff porn', and it would keep you wealthy the rest of your life.




Quit! With our combined strength we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the galaxy. But not with gay porn. We could sell soft pretzels or something.
Studies have shown the ass crack of the average Prince fan to be abnormally large. This explains the ease and frequency of their panties bunching up in it.
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Reply #19 posted 05/28/08 10:47am

Imago

Mach said:

Imago said:




Mach, if you could be so kind as to pull a card for me, I would greatly appreciate it right now hug


Okay -

you want past present future ( 3 card )

present

future

do you have a question in mind ?



what ya want babes

hug



Interested in the near future.
Anything surrounding lovelife or personal affairs. I can take care of career my own damned self.
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Reply #20 posted 05/28/08 10:48am

Mach

Imago said:

Mach said:



Okay -

you want past present future ( 3 card )

present

future

do you have a question in mind ?



what ya want babes

hug



Interested in the near future.
Anything surrounding lovelife or personal affairs. I can take care of career my own damned self.


Okay

BBL
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Reply #21 posted 05/28/08 10:48am

Imago

shanti0608 said:

Imago said:



The outside is lickable, I admit.
But the inside--that's just stunning, Val. Absolutely stunning. It feels like the safe, warm, home I tried to build all my life. lol


OK, enough of that mushy shit. Let's get back on the topic of what the evil ass 'man' is doing to our asses! no no no!



I thought that was what you were talking about all along.
falloff
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falloff

I heard it's a really nice ass too redface
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Reply #22 posted 05/28/08 10:50am

CarrieMpls

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If it's that soul-destroying, quit.
It's not impossible to find a job that pays well that doesn't kill you.
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Reply #23 posted 05/28/08 10:51am

Imago

CarrieMpls said:

If it's that soul-destroying, quit.
It's not impossible to find a job that pays well that doesn't kill you.


Your unexpected positive attitude is uncalled for.
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Reply #24 posted 05/28/08 10:51am

Mach

Sacred Circle deck

Card = Rebirth
in the (near) Future position. ( asked overall and in general life energy )



When this card appears it indicates that some experience will impel you to review your past in an attempt to discern the pattern of your life and the choices you made to bring you to your present point. With this information, you will have a new viewpoint with which to approach the future. On a spiritual level, previously unrecognized patterns are made clear and are seen as part of the whole.





more soon ~
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Reply #25 posted 05/28/08 10:52am

Imago

Mach said:

Sacred Circle deck

Card = Rebirth
in the (near) Future position. ( asked overall and in general life energy )



When this card appears it indicates that some experience will impel you to review your past in an attempt to discern the pattern of your life and the choices you made to bring you to your present point. With this information, you will have a new viewpoint with which to approach the future. On a spiritual level, previously unrecognized patterns are made clear and are seen as part of the whole.


Thanks Mach!!! hug

And I *love* your signature.


more soon ~
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Reply #26 posted 05/28/08 10:52am

shanti0608

Imago said:

shanti0608 said:




I thought that was what you were talking about all along.
falloff
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falloff

I heard it's a really nice ass too redface


Well I did check it out when I got the chance and it is very nice. I just did not want to rub it in then...now that you will be here soon, I can say it.
He is FINE!!!!!
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Reply #27 posted 05/28/08 10:53am

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Imago said:

Ever feel like a pointless, small cog in a giant machine? Or even worse, a pawn to it all? Yeah, that’s how I’m feeling right now. I stick my head above my desk and over the partition of my tidy, joyless, cubicle and if I turn my head in all directions, I see more cubicles, each with some out-of-shape, IT professional hunched over his or her computer typing away at a business proposal, an excuse, or (on rare occasions) actually doing productive work. Each person, equally unhappy. Each person, hopelessly resigned that this cubicle farm where our talents are all being incubated to service the hive queen is actually ‘normal’.

You work as hard as you can to make the ‘numbers’ so that your boss’s boss’s boss can then keep his or her job, so that their boss’s boss can thus make the CEO happy, who then gets to keep his job if he appeases the major shareholders. And these shareholders, in turn, wonder if the job that you’ve broken your back and spirit to accomplish, can actually be done without you next year—so that the numbers can look even better. Because everyone must make the numbers. Everyone must. What’s a big company to do once you’ve maxxed out on your demographic client population? Once there’s no more customers to be gained? You still have to make the numbers. Ergo, each year, the potential for being cut from this giant ribbon of wrong persists.

No buddy, this ain’t me. How did I get into this mess? My debt? My supposed talent? I must earn what I earn, which I admit, is a pretty decent penny, just to pay the bills and for the sins of my previous excesses. Essentially, I’m trapped if opt to stay the course.

But that’s just the way the ‘man’ likes it, isn’t it? I bleed myself to feed the mouths of the rich, who in turn find ways of marginalizing me so that I can produce more with less. Each pay raise, I actually earn less than the one before when you factor in inflation. Here I am, a man at 30-something years of age, living with a roommate, owning things I don’t need, buying into a system that is slowly killing me.

I am a random gadfly in a swarm, a number in a ticker, a foot soldier in a squadron of washed up recruits. But my spirit…now my spirit is a avian that seeks to sore above the mess that I’ve created. And, the chime on my desktop calendar, a clarion call for me work as hard as I can to break out of this mess.

I seek to end this week with renewed vigor.



Folks, I mean this shit ok?



.
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i don't know what i am i don't know where i've been
human junk just words and so much skin
stick my hands thru the cage of this endless routine
just some flesh caught in this big broken machine

giggle
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Reply #28 posted 05/28/08 10:54am

HamsterHuey

Imago said:

Ever feel like a pointless, small cog in a giant machine? Or even worse, a pawn to it all? Yeah, that’s how I’m feeling right now. I stick my head above my desk


You mean you Org at work? You lazy bastid. You already shun what you should be doing for your money. No wonder you feel without a goal; you are setting the wrong ones. Stop Orging and get back to work!
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Reply #29 posted 05/28/08 10:56am

Imago

HamsterHuey said:

Imago said:

Ever feel like a pointless, small cog in a giant machine? Or even worse, a pawn to it all? Yeah, that’s how I’m feeling right now. I stick my head above my desk


You mean you Org at work? You lazy bastid. You already shun what you should be doing for your money. No wonder you feel without a goal; you are setting the wrong ones. Stop Orging and get back to work!

Without the org, I am but vapor.
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