I have recently come across a company that specializes in computer monitoring software. This company is Spector Soft and I have to say that I really agree with what they’re doing. Lately in the news you hear a lot about how privacy is violated and you also hear about how parents aren’t keeping in touch with what their children are doing online. I find it to be rather absurd, to be honest.

In the news, for example, I’ve seen a lot being said about how companies don’t permit their employee’s to access certain websites or use programs such as AIM while they’re at work. The real issue is, YOU’RE AT WORK, why are you worrying about checking personal email and updating your blog? I don’t care if you’re bored at work – do something productive – you aren’t being paid to blog, and if you truly think that way…you should be fired.

Lets say that AGn Solutions gets really big and I need to rent out office space just to cater to the stacks of paperwork, plus hire employees to do some design work. If I were to walk around said office and hear an IM ring, or some chick moaning from the random porn site the employee loaded – they would not only be scolded for it but they would be fired. I understand that sometimes you have nothing to do.

When I worked at CVS, at some low points in the day there was some down time; so you had the ability to take a quick drink and then bounce back up and smile as well as say hello to whoever walked in the door. When the store was absolutely dead, you couldn’t find me just standing up at the register twirling my hair around my finger and snapping my gum. I would get up and rearrange and/or clean something. Why? Because that’s what you do when you’re working for someone else. If a supervisor walked in and saw that X number of people weren’t doing anything – it looks BAD for the company. So the next time you’re AT WORK, and sitting at your desk talking it up on AIM with your friends. Remember that you aren’t worth the pay check you’re getting.

I’ve come across sites in the past where people were blogging from work and I honestly find it to be disrespectful. You’re hired to do a job, and a job does not mean you sit on your ass and make sure that your ‘adoring fans’ are in with every single part of your life. I find it disgusting when it’s more important to blog than to get your work done. If you were an employee of mine, then you’d be fired instantly.

It’s one thing to have a blog. Having one myself I can say that it would be hypocritical of me to not hire someone because they had a blog (as most companies do). However, this does not mean that when I’m on the clock (9-5) I’ll be updating my personal blog for the sake of having ‘nothing better to do’. I’d expect an employee to treat that the same way. The software from spectorsoft.com would play a big role in my keeping on top of things. I’d basically see every website loaded and every log-in attempted whether I permitted access or not.

I know I haven’t been around very much lately – this is because I’ve been busy with work. I’ve also recently had some very special company spend a few days with me so I’ve been working on that as well. I don’t wish to go to details there because unlike some people I don’t need to have my personal life hung out there like laundry drying on a line. All I’m going to say is I’m falling for him, and that’s that.

I spent today with my mom – freaky right? It wasn’t too bad though. Her inlaws (I guess that would make them my step-grand parents) went away for a few weeks and she invited my sister and I over to their house to hang out in the pool. Now, I haven’t swam since I was 12; so this is going on 10 years without any floating time.

I hopped right in when I got there, I couldn’t wait. I didn’t have a bathing suit so I just went in with shorts and a tshirt. No big deal – I enjoyed myself either way. I do have a bathing suit but my sister had already stole it from me. Originally I wasn’t going to go and then I looked at the little pool I bought the other day and realized it just wasn’t cutting it. I needed to float in the water – not just sit in it.

My back – thankfully – is feeling great right now. I propped myself up in front of one of the jets and it just felt amazing on my shoulder (where most of my problems are). I’m so relaxed right now it’s unreal.

I got a little bit of color, but I’ve been working outside for the last few days in the sun so I’ve been able to pick up a bit here and there. My legs are still not tanning well though. I can literally stand outside for an hour in direct sunlight and not burn. I can’t burn and I can’t tan so it’s really getting to be annoying. My legs are getting SOME color to them but not enough for me to be content with it. My arms are getting kind of dark, as is my face, but that’s about it. It sucks but nothing I can do about it.

In any event, I’m going to head off – later gators.

I have been hit with excessive overdraft fees on my bank account for the last few weeks. I don’t know why, and the bank isn’t really telling me anything. So this is basically my plea post to anyone who will listen. There is nothing in the general area that is hiring, everyone is over-staffed for the summer and won’t be hiring until late August, early September, which does not help me out at all.

My bank account is on hold, I can only deposit money until the $92 worth of over-draft fee’s are taken care of. I’m broker than broke and have bills to pay (Around $250 worth). I’ve been posting on GAF and Craigslist, as well as answering every job listing I can find in order to bring in some money but nothing seems to work. I’m giving you a list break down of every and anything I can do in order to bring in some more clients….in hopes that any of you are interested.

I need to raise approximately $350 in order to gain some stability again.

Goal: $350 :: Has: $103.59 :: Needs: $246.41

Weblog Templates
– WordPress: $20
– Livejournal: $5
– B2: $10
– Blogger.com: $10
– Movable Type: $20
Turn around time: 3 days MAX

Web Standards
– XHTML / CSS Validation: $10 – No matter how large or small your website is, no matter how many pages you have, the price is only $10.
Turn around time: 1 day MAX

Site Design
– Business: $100 – No matter how large or small the site.
– Personal: $50 – No matter how large or small the site.
– Non-Profit: $20 – No matter how large or small the site.
Turn arouund time: 5 days MAX

The $30 deal
– Template Creation
– Free Domain Registration (.net, .com, .org, .info, .us, .biz)
– Web Hosting (One year, Beginners Yearly – 100mb/2gb)
– Unlimited advertising (up to 6 websites in both the 468×60 & 200×40 rotations)
– Banner Design (not only will I advertise your banner, I’ll design it for you).
Turn around time: 2 days MAX

Graphics
– Header Image: Blend, standard/static templates doesn’t matter – $5
– Banner Creation: 88×31, 200×40, 100×35 & 468×60 for $5
Turn around time: 1 day MAX

Templates
– Templates with basic coding, valid xhtml&css: $15 – It doesn’t matter how graphically intense you need the template to be. I can send it in PSD format OR in XHTML/CSS coded format.
Turn around time: 2 days MAX

Referrals
– On the top of my blog, you’ll notice the referral links for cash. The one I’ve been working on for a while is Notebooks4Free. I still need 8 people to sign up for a valid account. It will give me $1800 to get me out of this nasty debt. This means that you need to complete an offer. Please register for an account, sign up for AOL and then cancel after a week or two if you’re no longer interested in using AOL. Your NB4F account will show as valid but you will not be charged any money through AOL, so this will cost you absolutely NOTHING. All you need is a credit card. Again, NO CHARGES will be made to your credit card.

Donate
– If you aren’t looking for any work, but would still like to help – please head over to AGn Advertising and sign up for advertising. OR send money to krissy@agn-solutions.net via paypal. I’m honestly desperate at this point in time.

If you’re interested…
If you are at all interested in ANY of these services, please email krissy@agn-solutions.net. I take paypal/credit, check/money order or cash (via USPS).

Head over to acidgloss.net to view my portfolio. Head over to agn-solutions.net if you’re just looking for webhosting.

Thank You in advance.

I’ve learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in.

I’ve learned that no matter how much I care, some people are just assholes.

I’ve learned that it takes years to build up trust, and it only takes suspicion, not proof, to destroy it.

I’ve learned that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that you’d better have a big willy or huge boobs.

I’ve learned that you shouldn’t compare yourself to others – they are more screwed up than you think.

I’ve learned that you can keep vomiting long after you think you’re finished.

I’ve learned that we are responsible for what we do, unless we are celebrities.

I’ve learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades, and there had better be a lot of money to take it’s place!

I’ve learned that 99% of the time when something isn’t working in your house, one of your kids did it.

I’ve learned that people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon and all the less important ones just never go the fuck away.

An extreme heat wave has hit the tri-state area. Temperatures lingering around the 105°F mark (40.5°C) during the day have had me stuck indoors and very uncomfortable. I’m only blogging right now because I don’t know if I’ll have power for much longer. There was a blackout warning sent out to all hospitals on Long Island (to my knowledge) until 10:30PM this evening. It makes perfect sense though.

Right now it’s around 6:30PM, for the past hour (and next few hours) people will be coming home from work, turning on their air conditioners and overloading power plants in the area. With how unstable LIPA has proven to be for the last few weeks, it’s only natural that something will randomly just blow up and I’ll be left without power.

Down with the sickness…
This doesn’t help me very much though. I haven’t really been feeling well lately. I’m still battling my cold and the heat doesn’t help either, it just makes me feel worse so I’m very easily agitated lately. It also doesn’t help that I have two very bad tooth aches and no real pain-killers to help me out. I take Aleve, because it’s the only thing that works, I’m immune to everything else. I send my sister to the store to pick some up for me and she comes back with Advil. Why? Because it said “toothache” on the box, as though that would actually fucking help me. It’s not a toothache anymore, it’s a full on infection and since I have no insurance, I have to deal with the pain until the nerve finally dies.

Business woe’s….
I’ve been lurking around the ‘net bidding on every possible job I can find. I have a few leads that may work to my advantage, but nothing set in stone as of right now. I got a few emails about the $30 deal, which I have to reply to tonight (I’m aware of the fact that I’m taking a while, again – I haven’t been feeling well). I’m going back to my search for grants, and working on a few ideas for future job ventures that hopefully will work to my advantage.

Wrapping it up…
In any event, I think I’m going to head off. I’m downloading some programs. A few of the leads are company outsource based and they require that I have either Dreamweaver, FrontPage or both. I don’t totally see the point in using this programs since I code everything by hand, but if I have to suck it up and deal with it in order to get the job, then so be it.

I know I’m behind on my comments, I’ll make those up in a little while when my bandwidth is back to the proper speed.