C'mon people!!

[SmartDomWoman]

Sorry to hear that Shadow. I hope you find a better circle of people and soon! My circle has greatly improved in 2014! As far as my life lately I spent a great weekend in Charlotte with some friends. I can't wait to do it again in 2 weeks. I made a new post on it earlier today. Be easy on my BIG hair. I know its not for me but it was fun . You gotta remember to have fun in life.

Funny that you mentioned Charlotte - I was just there for Labor Day weekend visiting some old friends. I went to Lazy Five Ranch and had a blast. I used to live in Charlotte for 13 years in SouthPark (near the Mall).

I have noticed in the industry I work in or maybe it's everywhere cause I have only worked in the same industry since I was just out of high school. Used to be years ago when I started off that you got places by working hard staying late when needed and ya know went the extra mile to invest in your own future and in return I worked my way up position by position. But in the last few years I have noticed that people at least the last 3 places I have worked there is 1 or 2 that like to go through the motions, kiss up to the boss and throw people under the bus to get ahead and promoted and most of these managers eat this crap up and it kills me to sit and watch thinking OMG how do they not see what's going on? Like the gal I work with now she comes in early stays late and talks the game but since I work next to her I see she doesn't do anything all day, but then feeds BS to the owners and they think she's great but no one notices that she doesn't accomplish anything..... Frustrating I feel your pain SW.

One final thing that also kills me is that every Sunday here in AZ all the churches parking lots are full but 90% of the people i run into during the week our backstabbers and out on there own personal agenda. Amazing where do all these Church goers hide during the week? Or I guess they put there time in so it's ok to be an A** the rest of the week!

Ok I vented thank you

I laughed when I read your comments about the brownnosers at work. And unfortunately, you are correct that these frequently non-productive folks get promoted because they are consummate buttkissers who know how to play the political game and flatter the boss who is blind to the fact that they do virtually no work. Go figure.

I spent all day Wednesday working on the set of the new ABC series American Crime. It's a new drama that's going to air in January written and directed by John Ridley who just won an Oscar for writing the screenplay for 12 Years A Slave. It stars Felicity Huffman and Timothy Hutton. I was an extra playing a nurse. It was a lot of fun seeing these pros work. Off course Felicity Huffman was in TransAmerica, a movie I would love to ask her some questions about.

WOW - sounds like you had a blast working on the set of American Crime. Do you get to be an extra often for TV shows and films?

I'm sort of a Pollyanna. I have had so many positive experiences in coming out as TG. I posted last week about meeting a neighbor In the RV park where I live when on the road. If she knew I was a MTF, she never revealed even a moment of surprise. My take on it was that even a middle aged woman in rural east Texas can accept us. The world is better than I might have imagined five years ago.

It is pleasant to hear that you have had positive experiences since coming out. It just goes to show that some people are decent in their innermost core - i.e. your neighbor lady.