I'm Tuning You All Out

There are certain words in the english language that I can't stand. Slang words. Words that actually make me cringe with disgust and frustration when I hear them. I don't know what it is about these words, but the use of them really makes me angry to the point where I want to beat somebody upside the head with a dictionary.

"Douchebag" is one such word. Can somebody please explain to me how or why, in the last year, "douchebag" become the #1 word for referring to somebody in a negative manner? Weren't words like "jerk", "idiot", or "@$$hole" good enough?

To hell with you and your stupid insults. You're all a bunch of d-bags. So there.

Who Needs a Social Life?

No, really! I mean it. I mean, I'm happy to dedicate my life to the company. I don't need time off. I don't need to see my friends or family. I definitely don't need to enjoy my summer. All that's important is that I come in, do a good job, work extra hours and squeeze in some sleep in between.

/end sarcasm

It's All About The Benjamins?

I love my job. I love the company I work for. I love the people I work with.

There are things, however, that I don't like about my job. Like crunch times. And unpaid overtime because of labour bylaws that don't require it. Like heavy dependencies on other parts of a team that prevent me from doing my job and that lead to the aforementioned unpaid overtime.

But since there's no video game developers union (and I'd be surprised if a union were ever workable for this industry), these things are necessary evils sometimes.

My friends sometimes think that the way my job works is silly. They sometimes can't understand why I would do what I do for the relatively low salary I make when I could be doing other jobs for more moola.

Well, it's like this: You take the good with the bad. I'm sure everbody has a few things about their job that they don't like. And with my job, there's definitely far more good than bad.