http://mamasbrood.com Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:23:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Employee reviews frighten the hell out of me! I just had my annual performance review at work. Even though I know they were pleased with my work overall, and even very kind, and that I didn't have to worry about any nasty surprises, I still had knots in my stomach ... http://mamasbrood.com/2009/07/employee-reviews-tmi-announcements/ At least I have been in my head! Lots of thinking and planning going on: I've been studying Japanese pretty diligently. I have consulted my handy dandy online J-E dictionary at least 10x today.  I also completed the process of enabling Ubuntu (Jaunty Jackalope) to type in Japanese.  ... http://mamasbrood.com/2009/06/ive-been-a-busy-girl/ Well... maybe not *really*, but today, as I was reading friend E's blog, I noticed that this blog is on her 'interesting reads' list. Very cool and nice to know that she thinks what I have to say may be interesting! But at the same time, I realized that YIKES! ... http://mamasbrood.com/2009/06/ack-im-in-the-public-eye/ Yay, another blog! :) This one I will use for personal updates, and yes I will promise to update this one at least semi-frequently. http://mamasbrood.com/2009/05/hello-world/