Yeah, we been farming

Not much left to do on the farm except wait for shit to grow, but there were a few things for me to do yesterday. Still, Jeb was ready to play with his buddy, Willy.

Yes, the car was in motion when I took that picture and I did. in fact, risk death and dismemberment to get the shot. Problem?

Anyway, wasn't expecting to have to do much, but would up spending two hours at the farm. Put up the deer fence around the squash/zucchini bed, since the squash are coming up:

I transplanted some beans to fill some dead spots:

I noted that the potatoes really don't need my help at this point:

Same for the cukes:

I assisted some peas in grasping the trellis:

I noted that the radishes and spinach are doing well, and then I harvested some spinach:

We really are in wait-for-harvest mode at this point, and the radishes and spinach are the only things in the harvest cycle at this point (they grow fast). Everything else is quite a ways off. We'll see how that works out. Might be a while before we see another farm post. Yeah, I don't see that being a problem for most folks. Please see the title of the blog.

Was that their first clue?

As I started my new gig today, got an email from a friend and sometime-coworker, who is on a project with a bunch of very young temps, just out of law school and, apparently, from privileged backgrounds (meaning parents paid for law school). They wonder why she's so "bitter" and apparently spend all their time at work "looking for 1) jobs and 2) shoes." Anyway, my friend wrote:

I finally got around to sharing your blogs to my kids here. They said that it depressed them and they stopped reading.

My immediate reaction (and response) was this:

The blog depressed them and the job doesn't? Go figure.

These people apparently are not paying attention.

Now that was awkward

As I've mentioned, this project is coming to an end. We had cuts last weekend that let go about half the temps here, and there are more cuts going around tonight, although I don't know how many people will be gone in the morning. I just know I'm not one of them, and in the Darwinian world that is Temp Town, I don't give a shit how many people got cut as long as I am still working. Call me insensitive. I don't care. In fact, I revel in my insensitivity and suggest you refer to the title of the blog.

Anyway, I really like the agency I am working with, and don't mind the law firm we're working for. (Important footnote: working offsite as we are -- at the agency's space, not at the law firm's offices -- it is hard to tell much about whether a law firm is good to work for. Get closer, work in their office, and familiarity may breed contempt.) So I had very mixed feelings when I was offered the chance to "roll over" to another project with the same agency working for the same firm. Knowing that the end was near, I had already taken steps to find a gig for next week and beyond, and was awaiting word on whether my efforts had been successful. When the rollover offer came yesterday, I was still awaiting word. Then I found out that the rollover project would be on-site -- at the firm's offices. In the last couple years, I have developed a rule that I violate only when there is no other work available and my choices are take the gig or starve: never take a gig that involves working in the law firm's office. I'll get into why later.

Like I said, I like this agency and have no problems with this law firm. Nonetheless, I turned down the rollover offer, even though I had nothing firm for when this ends. It was a little like going on a date with someone, having tumultuous sex, they say "Hey, let's do this again tomorrow" and you say, "Actually, I'm hoping to hear from someone else about tomorrow." Not sure how that is going to float with this agency. They said "no problem," but it is important to remember what I said way back when: they're lying. I guess we'll see.