(sound of the 24 on Fox clock)

So I’ve decided to take a couple days (well three to be exact) off from the j.o.b.  It is/was time for a break, a well-needed break, as I felt like my head was going to explode.

Today was day #1 of my break, didn’t do much, “looked” at Facebook, ignored the job’s blackberry, laundry, and some food shopping, but did something I would consider BIG, and that was powering off my computer!! I never turn it off, so when I did, an eerie silence overcame my apartment. Lol.

Stay tuned for Unplugged: Day 2….

I have a book list that’s like a mile long!   Well not really, but there are books I will be buying very soon. So much I want read, so much I want to do, so much to learn.  I am such a “propeller-head” as one of the IT managers calls me.

Being an I.T Professional is no joke (as it may be for some, but not for me), and there’s so much technology now than there was 10 years ago.  I can stay awake just trying to keep up with it all, (hence my blog’s caption).  This isn’t school where a professor tells you what to read; etc, YOU have to stay on top of it, and the only way to do that is READ, READ, and READ SOME MORE, DOWNLOAD, EVALUATE, BREAK STUFF, LEARN FROM THE MISTAKE(S); etc. (Repeat that like 1,000,000 times)

Things “keeping me up” are Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, about to dig into VirtualServer/ESX Server 3i.  I want to learn SCOM, SCCM, Exchange, the ins and outs of AD and much much more.  (head starts to spin)

Gotta stay marketable and move up in the world ya know!  You can’t just stand still and watch the world pass you by! If you don’t grind, you don’t shine.  Strive to be the best at what you do!  I want my office and six-figure salary some day! B-)

Mike

“Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I’ll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I’ll give you a stock clerk.” —  JC Penney

An insight to where I practically live during daylight hours.  A lot of computing going on here, don’t you think? It’s only 5 systems.

Today I figure I’ll actually start using this blog again, rather than just having a static post about me and I.T.  Perhaps I’ll post some of the things that I’m working on, things that I’m interesting in and playing with, and perhaps the occassional “thinking-out-loud” post .