So last week, I was in an OUTRAGE that a firewall had been installed on our server which blocked facebook and myspace. I could deal with it as I could still access my applications through a couple of bookmarked applications. I couldn't get into my news feed or my messages, but that was ok with me as I could access those things on my cell phone, but not my applications. So, a day or two later, they must have figured out what I was doing and suddenly those links were blocked as well. I TRIED to get into twitter, and I tried to become a news junkie, and I TRIED to quit facebook cold turkey, but I just didn't have it in me. So, I spent a couple of hours looking for a proxy that worked. I finally found one, although it was slow and didn't recognize ALL the links, it worked well enough. Then, I decided to go to theonion.com, as their humor amuses me, and their news is way better than the real news. It's like The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. [Quick Tangent -- My husband discoved this week's Daily Shows were reruns Monday night, and said "I guess I'll have to watch the real news...."] Anyhow, back to theonion.com, I discovered, much to my dismay, that it had been blocked as well. For what possible purpose, I cannot say.
So, I have been coping as best I can. My ISP at home is slow, probably because it's not TECHNICALLY ours (don't tell our neighbors....), and I get frustrated. Well, today, in the middle of doing jobs on Mafia Wars, apparently our esteemed IT department has discovered the need to block proxies, so the one I WAS using no longer works. Neither do another 6 or so I have attempted. I actually have a project I am working on, so I haven't had time to test any more proxies (but yet, I seem to have time to write this blog).
But, here's the point I am trying to make -- Do they really think I will work harder now that they have blocked sites I goof off on? I'm sorry, my mind just doesn't work that way. Instead, it just takes me longer to goof off, because it takes me longer to find a site that amuses me, it takes me longer to find a proxy that work, it takes me longer to figure twitter out, and it takes me a LONG time to facebook on my cell phone (my long nails don't help, and my OCD prevents me from posting anything with typos).
Not to mention, work is not nearly as enjoyable a place to be as it used to be. Sure, the people are still awesome, for the most part, but I feel like I am wasting this perfectly good internet connection, which is so much faster than what I have at home.
I have always said that I work hard so I can goof off. Well, what's the motivation to get things done if I don't have facebook to reward myself with? And if I want to take a quick break and peruse theonion.com? Now, my breaks are twice as long trying to find a site that amuses me. I have started blogging, as that doesn't seem to be blocked (not yet at least), which surely takes more time than facebook, which is all about click click click. See? Now, I'm typing, and again my long nails are interfering and I have to go back and correct stuff.
One more point and then I will sign off.... About a year or so ago, I started using facebook instead of myspace because I recognized that myspace slows down our bladed and causes more problems (plus, I get mad when Internet Explorer crashes). I moved to facebook because it caused less problems. That was my sacrifice for the betterment of the agency.
Apparently that was not enough.....
So, I have been coping as best I can. My ISP at home is slow, probably because it's not TECHNICALLY ours (don't tell our neighbors....), and I get frustrated. Well, today, in the middle of doing jobs on Mafia Wars, apparently our esteemed IT department has discovered the need to block proxies, so the one I WAS using no longer works. Neither do another 6 or so I have attempted. I actually have a project I am working on, so I haven't had time to test any more proxies (but yet, I seem to have time to write this blog).
But, here's the point I am trying to make -- Do they really think I will work harder now that they have blocked sites I goof off on? I'm sorry, my mind just doesn't work that way. Instead, it just takes me longer to goof off, because it takes me longer to find a site that amuses me, it takes me longer to find a proxy that work, it takes me longer to figure twitter out, and it takes me a LONG time to facebook on my cell phone (my long nails don't help, and my OCD prevents me from posting anything with typos).
Not to mention, work is not nearly as enjoyable a place to be as it used to be. Sure, the people are still awesome, for the most part, but I feel like I am wasting this perfectly good internet connection, which is so much faster than what I have at home.
I have always said that I work hard so I can goof off. Well, what's the motivation to get things done if I don't have facebook to reward myself with? And if I want to take a quick break and peruse theonion.com? Now, my breaks are twice as long trying to find a site that amuses me. I have started blogging, as that doesn't seem to be blocked (not yet at least), which surely takes more time than facebook, which is all about click click click. See? Now, I'm typing, and again my long nails are interfering and I have to go back and correct stuff.
One more point and then I will sign off.... About a year or so ago, I started using facebook instead of myspace because I recognized that myspace slows down our bladed and causes more problems (plus, I get mad when Internet Explorer crashes). I moved to facebook because it caused less problems. That was my sacrifice for the betterment of the agency.
Apparently that was not enough.....
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