Category: Life It’s Ownself

  • semitough

    My Day So Far…

    5:00 am – Alarm goes off. Hit snooze 5:09 am – Alarm goes off. Roll out of bed. Carefully test each joint before I attempt standing to ensure I can actually stand. 5:10 am – Walk to kitchen. 5:11 am – Return to nightstand to retrieve glasses. Can’t discern between coffee mugs and cereal bowls without them. 5:12 am –…

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    Tuesday Motivation

    Last week Semitough posted about the company single handedly trying to demotivate America’s workforce, Despair.com. Facing another grueling week, Semitough went once again in search of demotivating literature. Finding nothing that quite fit the bill, Semitough has taken advantage of the do-it-yourownself demotivating features at diy.despair.com to come up with this jewel of employee satisfaction: Image originally posted by meyerweb…

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    Back to Reality

    Jolted back into the real world today. Yesterday’s schedule dictated that I work from home so even though working I was spared the wretched commute and the full force of returning to the workplace after a 4 day holiday. In order to motivate myself I visited the good folks over at Despair.com and found this little nugget of motivation: I…

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    Black Friday

    Lured by the promise of cheap electronics, Semitough joined the throngs of early shoppers engaging in this uniquely American madness called Black Friday. Setting his alarm for 4 am, he arose promptly at 5:40 am and headed out into a rare North Texas fog. Turned out in his jeans, Old Navy t-shirt and a cap, Semitough donned a Members Only jacket to ward off…