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textualdeviance) wrote2006-11-26 03:33 pm
textualdeviance) wrote2006-11-26 03:33 pm
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Heh
So, though things are fairly reasonable here at the moment (it snowed, then rained, now it's snowing again) the path between here and B'ham is icky, as is B'ham itself (the city of which apparently does not own a snowplow. WTF?)
And it's prepro day for the SPFH. And tomorrow's forecast looks even shittier, and that's production day.
Ack.
Naturally, this happened while the eds and reporters were far-flung for the holiday. But! We are using the wonders of tha Intarwebs to get an issue out anyway. Not just the online edition (the final design of which I finally have up and running, thanks to M) but the print edition, too. At the moment, everyone's scrambling around sending various emails organizing how we're going to get this done. We have a few eds on campus who can do the layout, and a few of us--like yours truly--can work from home, plus we're using Blackboard to do a few things, too.
Honestly? I'm giddy. I love shit like this. Not the weather--although snow is pretty and fun to play in, it makes getting things done a pain in the ass--but the mad scrambling trying to patch together an issue with duct tape and bailing wire. When I have six gazillion other things to do or when something Really Serious hangs in the balance, chaos annoys me, but when it's just a challenge to find different ways of doing things when the usual way fails--love it. I think one of my greatest skills is creative problem solving (Hm. That should be on my resume...) so when I have a problem that needs creative solutions, I'm really in my element (assuming I have any idea what I'm doing.)
The only bummer about all this is that I was supposed to register for winter term a few days ago, but there's a hold on my account (my latest parking ticket, of course.) I was going to pay up tomorrow, but that won't happen, now. I'm on the waitlist for the two j. classes I need, but I'm concerned that I might not get into my psych class, and may need to beg to be let in so I can get my minor. Meh. I know it's my own damned fault, but still. Annoying.
And it's prepro day for the SPFH. And tomorrow's forecast looks even shittier, and that's production day.
Ack.
Naturally, this happened while the eds and reporters were far-flung for the holiday. But! We are using the wonders of tha Intarwebs to get an issue out anyway. Not just the online edition (the final design of which I finally have up and running, thanks to M) but the print edition, too. At the moment, everyone's scrambling around sending various emails organizing how we're going to get this done. We have a few eds on campus who can do the layout, and a few of us--like yours truly--can work from home, plus we're using Blackboard to do a few things, too.
Honestly? I'm giddy. I love shit like this. Not the weather--although snow is pretty and fun to play in, it makes getting things done a pain in the ass--but the mad scrambling trying to patch together an issue with duct tape and bailing wire. When I have six gazillion other things to do or when something Really Serious hangs in the balance, chaos annoys me, but when it's just a challenge to find different ways of doing things when the usual way fails--love it. I think one of my greatest skills is creative problem solving (Hm. That should be on my resume...) so when I have a problem that needs creative solutions, I'm really in my element (assuming I have any idea what I'm doing.)
The only bummer about all this is that I was supposed to register for winter term a few days ago, but there's a hold on my account (my latest parking ticket, of course.) I was going to pay up tomorrow, but that won't happen, now. I'm on the waitlist for the two j. classes I need, but I'm concerned that I might not get into my psych class, and may need to beg to be let in so I can get my minor. Meh. I know it's my own damned fault, but still. Annoying.