// #austnet — 2014-05-24
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11:14:40 Join: Blarp ([email protected]) to #Austnet
17:16:49 Join: Lwaxana ([email protected]) to #Austnet
17:31:22 <Blarp> Lwaxana *nods*
18:06:10 <Lwaxana> hi
18:06:40 <Blarp> ltns
18:07:24 <Lwaxana> where u been
18:10:22 <Blarp> pretending to have a life?
18:10:27 <Lwaxana> lol
18:10:55 <Blarp> thought I'd come back and see what had changed
18:10:56 <Lwaxana> I have one of those... its being mean to me atm
18:11:08 <Lwaxana> change? Austnet?
18:11:09 <Blarp> seems like things haven't changed much, only less people
18:11:14 <Lwaxana> yep
18:11:36 <Lwaxana> the rude ones remanin
18:11:42 <Blarp> yeah, spotted that earlier
18:13:19 <Lwaxana> and how did life treat you?
18:13:44 <Blarp> the more things change, the more they stay the same
18:14:17 <Blarp> I think when I left last time, I was working as a reporting analyst for a guy at a company...
18:14:33 <Blarp> Now I'm a reporting analyst working for the same boss, but at a different company
18:14:35 <Lwaxana> and now?
18:14:41 <Lwaxana> rofl
18:14:51 <Lwaxana> you follow him
18:14:54 <Blarp> but I took the long, and hard way... same as I did last time
18:15:01 <Lwaxana> or he followed u
18:15:06 <Blarp> No, I got there first, was on the phones
18:15:30 <Blarp> Got a roll as a real time analyst, and made a name for myself, built some reports to help me do my job
18:15:34 <Lwaxana> reporting analyst on ?
18:15:53 <Blarp> He followed the new department boss, and then found out I was there
18:16:06 <Blarp> and wanted to poach me straight away, it took another 2 years though
18:16:17 <Blarp> contact centre type metrics
18:19:05 <Lwaxana> english please
18:19:34 <Blarp> I report on the agents you speak to when you call the National Australia Bank
18:19:47 <Lwaxana> hmmmm
18:19:56 <Blarp> and the performance of the teams / departments
18:20:06 <Lwaxana> so Human Resources
18:20:18 <Blarp> Performance Analytics
18:20:20 <Blarp> :P
18:20:26 <Lwaxana> ok
18:20:42 <Lwaxana> is it interesting?
18:20:59 <Blarp> They keep paying me, I keep pretending to know what I'm doing :)
18:21:10 <Lwaxana> lol
18:21:17 <Blarp> I enjoy it, and my boss knows how I work best, and how to get the best out of me
18:21:43 <Blarp> I figure I've got about another year or maybe two before I get bored and need something new
18:21:43 <Lwaxana> oh good heavens
18:21:59 <Lwaxana> am yet to even see someone like that
18:22:06 <Blarp> :D
18:22:22 <Blarp> I've learnt a lot about myself in the last 5 years
18:22:48 <Lwaxana> I know of one person who is a Deputy that I would love to teach with
18:22:59 <Blarp> :)
18:23:13 <Blarp> It's very rare, I've had probably 2 or 3 bosses like that
18:23:14 <Lwaxana> geographically not possible
18:23:36 <Blarp> I've had a lot more of the crappy bosses that you don't want to ever work for again
18:23:44 <Lwaxana> yep
18:24:25 <Blarp> So what else is news from your end
18:24:48 <Lwaxana> keep injuring myself
18:24:56 <Blarp> and who else other than dragen and Longie (idling away) are still around?
18:24:58 <Lwaxana> teaching is driving me nuts
18:25:15 <Lwaxana> BlackDevil
18:25:28 <Lwaxana> Gremlinz
18:25:43 <Lwaxana> thats it
18:25:44 <Blarp> blackdevil rings a bell... gremlinz not so much
18:26:03 <Lwaxana> Bozza
18:26:06 <Lwaxana> kynetic
18:26:32 <Lwaxana> thats it
18:26:54 <Blarp> oh, other random news... I gained weight, then developed an over-active thyroid condition (more commonly known as Graves Disease) lost almost 30kg in 10 weeks
18:27:12 <Blarp> I'm now on meds for it, and putting the weight back on :(
18:27:21 <Lwaxana> so are you now underweight
18:27:26 <Lwaxana> or just right?
18:27:32 <Blarp> Nah, I'm a little over at the moment
18:27:53 <Blarp> I was just right where I wanted to be when they put me on the meds
18:27:56 <Blarp> :P
18:28:04 <Lwaxana> yes meds do that
18:28:37 <Blarp> yeah, they are trying to get the doseage right at the moment, so blood tests every 6 weeks, and change the dose
18:28:58 <Blarp> but the last tests were really good, and they may be able to take me off the meds early next year
18:29:09 <Lwaxana> thats good
18:29:35 <Lwaxana> lucky you had the weight to lose
18:29:41 <Blarp> yeah, just need to do the exercise thing, and get the weight back off
18:29:48 <Blarp> yeah
18:30:27 <Blarp> freaky stuff though, and graves disease has some nasty downsides to it as well
18:32:33 <Lwaxana> fingers crossed you get better
18:33:07 <Blarp> :) thankies
18:33:39 <Blarp> on the plus side, since the thyroid controls your metabolism, I was able to eat as much as I wanted as was still losing weight
18:33:54 <Blarp> and I could drink anyone and everyone under the table :D
18:33:55 <Lwaxana> how's the love life?
18:34:14 <Blarp> what's that?
18:34:19 <Blarp> :P
18:34:22 <Lwaxana> no idea
18:34:41 <Blarp> it's about the same, still falling for the wrong people at the wrong time
18:34:46 <Lwaxana> I celebrated my 35th wedding anniversary a few weeks ago
18:35:42 <Lwaxana> something to be said about being single
18:35:59 <Lwaxana> except when you arent well
18:36:16 <Blarp> grass is always greener on the other side of the fence Lwax
18:36:44 <Blarp> when I'm single, I miss having someone to snuggle with on the couch (other than the cat)
18:36:55 <Blarp> when I'm in a relationship, I miss the alone time :P
18:38:44 <Lwaxana> yep
18:40:43 <Lwaxana> holidays?
18:42:22 <Blarp> 4 weeks a year, finally taking xmas for the first time in 4 years this year
18:42:25 <Blarp> had to fight for that
18:43:19 <Lwaxana> AmIcoSingLun\AmIcoSinglun64.exe
18:43:30 <Lwaxana> why am I running that
18:45:56 <Lwaxana> closed it
18:46:39 <Lwaxana> amd chrome shut down
18:46:43 <Lwaxana> oh well
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