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[work] Well, its almost March so I think its time I give the work explanation! Unless kataranisword wishes to because he's heard me talk about it so many times he probably mumbles it in his sleep
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SO. I changed my screen name to hell march and the reason is, for me, it is HELL MARCH
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As in, March is a very, very, very, very long month for me
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Some of you may remember, especially if you're newer to my plurk, back in January and earlier this month when I stayed at work for 12-15 hours at a clip
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But see, that is nothing compared to March
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I work for the New York State Legislature - more specifically, the Legislative Bill Drafting Commission, or LBDC
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Our job is to oversee the drafting of legislative business, the bulk of which is legislative bills and laws
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From inception to enactment/signature by the governor, or just from inception to "let it die in committee", no matter what destiny the bill has, we are the ones who the government has create the bills for them
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We create them, we check to make sure we are doing proper bill precedent and also amending the correct law, then its typed, proofread, and sent out for various revisions until its prepared for bill introduction
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And this process is repeated until the bill is signed into law, or the bi-annual session ends and its re-filed by the lawmakers
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In my case, I'm in the proofreaders/comparers unit, so everything I do is proofreading bills
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But comparers are super special in that unlike everyone else, our job doesn't end when the bill is signed into law
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We also have to proofread publishers' lawbooks because we certify all NYS law books - if its not certified as having been proofread for accuracy by us, its not a legal copy
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So, what does this have to do with March, you ask?
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Well, April 1st is the beginning of the New York fiscal year, so our budget has to be in by then
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We proofread budget also
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And as long as the lawmakers are in session or in committee hashing out budget compromises and details because no one can ever agree on the budget
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We have to stay
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So we will be seeing nights where I get out at 4, 5, 6 am
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A 9am-9am shift happens
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Its part of my job
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And this will be all month long
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Every Monday and Wednesday and every weekend until budget is done
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Last year, as an example, I got 90 hours of comp time
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Because we do not get paid overtime, we just get comp time
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Now, because we are there for hours, it also means we tend to also get hours on hours of doing nothing
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So I can be there from -95, a normal day, and be sitting until 3am before anything substantive comes to my desk
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what's comp time?
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Basically, its paid time off
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Unlike the lawmakers, we don't get any extra
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So if we take a day off, we don't get paid any more than if we'd stayed at work
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Whereas lawmakers get time and a half and meal checks
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So, if you see me on a random Wednesday night this coming month, going "17 hours" at 2am while tagging, its because I'm at work
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Or just saying weirder things than normal
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I also have a side project this year: making a comprehensible set of Turkish Star Wars subtitles
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I've managed to get about more than halfway through from the long hours I did in January and February so there's that I suppose
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I'm also going to draw more because I will have plenty of time at midnight when nothing's happening and I can't sleep so
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Its also why I asked for show/movie suggestions because
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I will be at my desk for a while
Queen Bun
oh my. I know just enough about TSW that that sounds like fun
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Spoilers: even with me clearing things up based on the translation I'm using, its still a terrible plot
ArgentBast
Oh gawd.
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Good luck, Ni!
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OH IS IT HELL MONTH #1 ALREADY
Queen Bun
yep
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(Disclaimer, there is also a hell month #2 and that is in...October, I believe?)
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(June, actually!)