Lindy

So today I started my new "job," working at home for my mom.  It was better than I expected.  Also so, so much worse.

Let me elaborate: basically, there's a bunch of STUFF - documents, maybe? - up on the company's website that explain various policies and crap.  They're supposed to be in size 12 Arial, but some of em are Times New Roman.  My job is to change all documents to 12 Arial (even the ones that already are), make sure there's nothing wrong with the first line of HTML, and make sure there aren't any hyperlinks in them.  If either of the latter two happen, I write down which one and... that's it.  Very easy.

Good parts: no customers, no coworkers, no commute, no dress code.  Also, reformatting stuff is fun.  Whenever I download a game walkthrough online I reformat it all the slow way, so I can watch it gradually change over a few days.  That is my idea of fun.

Bad stuff: working for my mom, being forced to stare at a computer screen til my head throbs and my eyes burn, and then some.  I only worked 5 hours today and I have to work 8 hours most days, with weekends off (I think/hope).  Plus, formatting isn't fun when you're technically not doing anything.  Like I said, most of the documents already are in Arial, but they make me switch it anyway.

What makes it truly worth it: I have less free time.  I NEEDED less free time, especially since I don't have google, youtube or a car at my constant disposal.  So while the work is boring, once I have time to myself I treasure it.  That, and I'm being paid thirteen bucks an hour.  

Before I started all this, I wondered if it was really that important to have the larger font.  Believe me, it is.  I was looking at that larger font for five hours and my eyes feel like they want to bleed; I can't imagine what Times New Roman would do.

I can only hope that my tolerance for boredom and staring at a monitor go up, cuz when I stopped after five hours it was cuz I just couldn't focus anymore; I was getting sloppy, and nothing I did could stop it.  

On a completely different note, I got a haircut.  It looks disturbingly like that of a character from Drake and Josh, the Disney Channel show.  Or like the lead singer from Journey.  Either way, I find it very amusing...  Although I doubt I'll hold onto that opinion when I have to learn how to use a hir straightener.  Fuck good grooming, bedhead is the way to go.  Yeah Doug.