<p>I think I&#8217;m just as amazed as you people probably are that I actually worked a solid 40 hours. More, if you count the time I spent on my portfolio. Read more for observed positives and negatives after one week.</p> 2010-02-05T17:40:34-05:00 <h3>Positives</h3> <ul> <li>Slippers. All day. And jeans! Oh how I&#8217;ve missed jeans.</li> <li>To Do lists are to the self-employed as oxygen tanks are to scuba divers (and <a href="http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnifocus">OmniFocus</a> is a pretty sweet <span class="caps">GTD</span> To Do List app).</li> <li>Blocked by WebSense Cyber Security? Not here, motherfuckers!</li> <li><span class="caps">NSFW</span>? Pfa! I will click the shit out of that link. The number of boobs and grotesque injuries viewed between the hours of 9 and 5 has increased exponentially.</li> <li>Exercising during the day is much easier. But I really need to get a mat. On the first day of trying to doing Jillian Michael&#8217;s 30 Day Shred (shut up), I got a splinter in my toe doing jumping jacks.</li> <li>Dinner options have become endless. All week, I&#8217;ve made things that normally would have required way too much cooking time to be feasible during the week. Today I&#8217;m baking bread and rolling out pasta dough for <span class="caps">LOST</span> night dinner tomorrow.</li> <li>Speakers &gt; Headphones</li> <li>Instead of annoying coworkers interrupting me at my desk every hour, I get fuzzy cats instead.</li> <li>Ability to get things done around the house is increased exponentially. Just yesterday I started wiring the house with ethernet. It&#8217;s only a matter of time before the house has a third floor and a secret tunnel hidden by an inconspicuous bookcase.</li> <li>My car is completely covered with snow and so it shall remain because my commute from Bed to The Office requires only the aforementioned slippers.</li> </ul> <h3>Negatives</h3> <ul> <li>Getting up is <em>really fucking hard</em>. I did a pretty good job, though. I slept past 9 twice, which sucks, but it was made up by the fact that I got up at 8 twice as well.</li> <li>Really, <span class="caps">NPR</span>? You decide to pledge drive <em>now</em>? For years, I&#8217;ve wanted nothing more than to be able to listen to your broadcasts all day, and the first time I&#8217;m really able to, you beg me for money all week.</li> <li>Cats are cute, but sometimes I&#8217;m actually trying to get shit done and not pet you.</li> <li>The work day is never really over. If you were reading all the above wondering how I possibly worked an actual 40 hour week, it&#8217;s cause I was on the clock, so to speak, till midnight or so.</li> <li>Self-promotion still feels totally weasily (<a href="http://www.johnhutch.com">johnhutch.com johnhutch.com johnhutch.com!!!</a>)</li> </ul> <p>In the end, this week fucking ruled. Ask me again in six months after isolation has set in and the work has dried up, though, and you might hear a different story.</p> 71303 false 2010-02-08T16:03:45-05:00 11 0