Work Anonymity
Aargh. Yes, that’s a good beginning to the beginning of my day.
I’ve spent most of the morning sitting at a computer at work trying to make it look like I’m doing work. Which I’m trying to do. I swear I’m the only person here who does not have their own desktop or laptop. I know I’m not, but all this means is that I am forced to sit in the little computer kiosk room with one pc you can’t even use for real work (as our “scientific” programs are mac-only) and two macs that have been borking up the intarweb of late. No one here can fix them because our IT department is made up of trolls. Yes, you heard me right. One of the women used to be a phlebotomist (don’t ask me what a person who used to draw blood for a living is doing in IT), and the other one needs to take some serious prozac. I’ll admit I couldn’t replace them - but I feel scarilly sure that some of the monkeys in this place could. And by this I mean actual non-human primates.
Work…trying to accomplish something…what was it…aha! I’ve been given a key! I feel like I’ve just won a level of Zelda! Now to open the castle…er…Sequencher, and find the princess! I mean, my sequences!!! Hooray!
In the meantime I had wandered over the web to maintain that “look like you’re doing work” look. My usual wanderings proved mostly unentertaining, until I explored the other options offered on those sites. I found enough to keep busy until I was given said key.
During that time I found out about a few things I’ve been curious about. I find it amazing that I can keep up with other people’s lives so easily. It’s so easy to become a web-stalker. I don’t like the sound of that, and this is why I didn’t want to start a blog - I didn’t want creepy people from my past getting back in touch. I guess I’ll have to deal with that possibility though.
I’ve come across sites that wonder if anyone even reads their crap. I know that people will be reading mine. In fact, I’m going to point them toward it. Why should I keep sending out mass emails about what’s going on in my life when I can just post it all here, and let everyone wander in at their leisure? Isn’t that what everyone else with a blog does?
Unfortunately there a quite a few of my friends who are unaware of this potential (reduction of mass emailing!), and a handful who are clinging onto the “big brother” mentality that refuse to relinquish their web-anonymity. *sigh* This requires me to continue to have actual human contact in my life, but if you ask me, that’s not a bad thing. 
