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Kyung's Blog – February 2008 Archive (9)

Why, Monti, why?

I assume Monti added the game tab.

I will never complete another transcript.

Oh, well, I was working too much anyway.

Thanks, Monti.

Added by Kyung on February 28, 2008 at 20:48 — 10 Comments

I cannot sleep. It's so annoying.

I'm pretty sure it's stress.

What to do? What to do? I suppose I could be productive and work on transcripts. Sounds like a good idea. I could be nonproductive and surf the web or write long, blathering blog posts.

I think I'll go work on transcripts. If that doesn't put me to sleep, nothing will.

Feel free to comment if you too are up late at night.

I absolutely love looking to the right and realize that… Continue

Added by Kyung on February 27, 2008 at 0:53 — 1 Comment

Why, oh why?

Why, oh why, must you interrupt the attorney when he is doing the admonishments and reaches the point where he says please do not interrupt me?

I find that in 99.9 percent of the depositions that I take, when the attorney is going over the admonitions at the beginning, the deponent will quietly sit through all of the admonitions. But the minute the attorney says the magic words:

The court reporter cannot take down two people at once or he says please wait for me to… Continue

Added by Kyung on February 23, 2008 at 16:44 — 1 Comment

Meeting in the Halls aka Strangers in the Night

When you all go out to the job, do you ever meet other court reporters? I know I do. I see another person w/a Stenograph bag just like mine. I know they're a reporter. I always try to strike up a conversation.

I usually ask them what law firm they're going to if we meet in the elevator. If it turns out we're on the same case, it's usually a chance to commiserate about being sent to the same depo or try to figure out who's going to go home.

If it turns out there are… Continue

Added by Kyung on February 23, 2008 at 6:56 — 4 Comments

Deposition Nightsmares (the kind you have when you're asleep not the other kind)

I had a nightmare last night.

I dreamt that I was setting up for a deposition. It was a round table. But for some reason I couldn't get the electrical plug to stay put in the back of my Stentura. I kept plugging it in upside down, rightside up, it wouldn't stay. It was like it had two ends that plugged into the electrical outlet and no end to plug into the machine.

Then I was trying to get people's name. When I would write on the card, my pen would stop working. I kept… Continue

Added by Kyung on February 20, 2008 at 11:16 — 7 Comments

Too many pages/not enough pages/too many pages/not enough pages

The title is basically a very short summation of a court reporters life, at least in the freelance word. I think I first started off this site saying how I was going through a dry spell. Well, the drought is ended and I now have too many pages.

In the morning, I get up and do a rundown of all the tripts I'm currently working on. Which one is due when. Which one's do I still have to work on. Will it be busy next week and I'll be out on all-day depos everyday or will I have spend at… Continue

Added by Kyung on February 16, 2008 at 7:35 — 2 Comments

Aoem & giving yourself some props.

God love me, but I discovered the wonders of aoem today. That would be e-mail.

When you've got those depos when they're introducing every e-mail in the world the deponent has ever written as an exhibit, I guarantee you this will save you a thousand strokes.

Loved it. Thank you, Jeanese. Great brief, easy to remember. I give it a 5 out of 5 stars. Thank you. You are my valentine.

Also, do you ever have those great days and they just pop out w/this random word and… Continue

Added by Kyung on February 14, 2008 at 21:00 — No Comments

You've got mail!!

I, like most people, hate getting spam. It drives me crazy!! However, recently I've noticed that when I go into my inbox, I have lots of little messages from CSRNation. So-and-so has responded to your discusion.

I admit it. I get a little twinge of excitement. And I immediately go click the link to see who has responded, what their response is. Even if there is a chain of responses and I end up reading the responses in backwards order, I can't help clicking on that link. On the most… Continue

Added by Kyung on February 14, 2008 at 6:20 — 3 Comments

Sleeeppppyyyy

I am going to keel over right on top of my laptop.

I am working on a videotaped depo, and I'm so sleepy I keep nodding off. It's bad when you're so sleepy bec. your finger could slip and all of a sudden you've deleted a whole Q and A.

What am I going to do? Taking a break every five minutes will ensure that I do not get this thing done in a timely manner. Watching old Jem cartoons on youtube. Yeah. That's productive.

Anyway, just taking a break from "working" to check… Continue

Added by Kyung on February 7, 2008 at 16:46 — 2 Comments