So, what's new?

Things change, though not always drastically. The accumulation of small changes eventually develop into a major change though. I still work for a local Tech Support company, as I have for a little over two years. When I first started, my only computer knowledge was some basics about Linux, minor troubleshooting of Windows systems, and what Mac OS looked like. Now, I'm a CompTIA A+ Certified tech, I have a good knowledge of hardware troubleshooting, I can clean a computer virus like a motherfucker, and I know that this is not a long-term career for me.

I've finally been given a writing task at work and I haven't been more content with my job in the entire time I've worked there. Client computers and phone calls interrupt me on occasion, and that's to be expected. It's a not-horrible diversion that forces me to get up and move around every hour or so.

I went through the original documents that I'm expected to work from, modify, update, et cetera, one of them was workable, though I think I killed an entire red pen in my first run-through. The formatting was somewhat workable -- I could at least tell what the intention was. The entire 38 page document was rife with typos, mixed persons, and inappropriate comments. I think with my first draft I've managed to keep the feel of the original, but refine it to the point where it might be usable in a corporate environment.

The second document, on the other hand, was almost entirely un-usable. I will probably have to completely re-write at least %75 of it. I don't mind, really I don't; especially since I wasn't given a hard deadline for the project. A particular challenge I might face is that the two documents have a significant amount of overlap in the topics that they discuss, but I don't really like the idea of copying and pasting between the two. I would like them to remain distinct if at all possible.