a bike in new york a bike in denison
looking frustrating
working boring
sitting tiring
standing worse

baby i watch you all day
you're green i love you
red means hate
your background manager isn't the best i've seen
your polling intervals could be improved
but though you lag
you get busy, troubled
your nodes turn red
your the best that i've got
around you my breath is taken
i look around your gui and see what's really going on
i don't always understand your errors
but i can always find out something's wrong without even asking
i may have to sneak around but baby i know what's best
for me
for you
for us
for ConocoPhillips66
you keep me on my toes
you're impetuous and spontaneous
sometimes you don't even seem deterministic
...baby you've got to get your fucking head together

Dear Appworx Scheduling Analyst,
We've been together for a while but you know i have to leave. We've both gotten tired.
You keep me up all hours of the night and stress me out. I still do have feelings for you
and miss the good times like that unexpected Christmas bonus. But i have to move on to grow.
You didn't make me feel special, in fact you made me feel like the bitch of the company
sometimes, but I forgive you. I knew that's how it would be when we got together
so I can't blame you. Don't call.
-BaldMMP (6949)

-A Fond Memory of My Job-

a faded memory i have of my job was one autumn evening we were running through the woods
and came to a clearing. the job thought it was an accident that we ended up where we did
but the magic of that evening was not all coincidence. i had already laid out a blanket near
a tree we both knew. as usual my job was hard to really understand and not clearly defined,
trying to code for it one day and making user ids the next. when we first got together,
when my job became mine, it was a great affair rewarding us both. but these times were
different and without that blanket and starry sky the job was boring and didn't fulfill me.
sure we still had mutual benefits but it was becoming more convenient than it was
interesting and stimulating. if a special occasion such as the woods wasn't planned
we'd probably end up staring at the monitor all night, and sure the job paid but not enough
(every two weeks? c'mon...). the spark was gone and i was tired. the job could
get on my nerves pretty quickly and was talking about commitment. Those two things
don't go well together. the job didn't let me have fun. i couldn't get high with it
and even when i was away i was thinking about going back or afraid it might call,
wanting me to come in or asking questions about RDW_TosProdMtxSKU or maint_load_date.
i had been looking at other jobs (more than just a glance) and was feeling bad about it.
I couldn't help it; the job while it had some great benefits just didn't seem right for me.
on one level we were connected but on others it never gelled. i guess we weren't meant
to be together. now that we're done i heard the job found someone else. i'm still alone
and getting a little desperate. sometimes i even feel motivated to get a temp gig.
no commitment, you both know what you're there for. it's the real world and
everybody's got needs. i think about the job, someone else watching the monitors
and hope that person is better suited than me...