A different moral dilemma

One I've already solved actually. I have been given back a task at work that used to be done in our Payroll office. It is a big and disgusting task (benefit bill reconciliation) and although I don't mind doing it, the way it was given back to us was less than okay and basically I'm not thrilled about the whole thing. Especially since it was decided in a meeting with biggest boss and the payroll office's big boss and I was kept out of the whole thing. The new payroll employee complained enough about having to do it and so now she no longer has to. I suspect that her boss, the payroll manager, has been wanting to get this task out of the payroll office for a long time and found her opportunity and jumped on it. So back to my different dilemma... Do I do the job I know how to do in the quick and accurate way so that they are done on time and kind of make the payroll office look like idiots for taking as many days as they take? Or do I drag my feet and do it slowly because gosh it is just so hard and our office just doesn't have the time or man hours to devote to it? Well... pride won out. I am bound and determined to get these done by the 5th so they can get sent on time.

I've been reading several books lately. One I found on Spritely Chicks Read called The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell. Freemind Sprite liked parts of it but didn't like the hatred and violence of the actions of the KKK. I'm not finished with it yet, but I am fascinated. It is amazing to me how insidious the KKK is and how they slowly build their following by preying on the fears of the people. The culture of hate has always fascinated me. And so to read (a fictionalized account I will admit) about the building of it from the ground up is very interesting. I also like the main character Belle and I think she's the kind of woman I would like to think I'd be if I had been around then, opinionated and willing to stand up for what she believes is right.

I also finished Accidental Happiness recently. I really thought I'd read it before, but as I read it I realized I hadn't. I enjoyed it. It isn't necessarily a light beachy read, but it was a good book. A woman loses her husband in an accident. In her grief she has been living on their sailboat. His former wife comes back into her life towing a child who may or may not be his. He didn't know about her until just before he died and it is mostly about how the two women bond and ultimately end up being the family that they all needed.

I finished Journal of Mortifying Moments about a week ago. I liked it, although I see on Amazon it got mixed reviews. I found it funny and sweet. For some reason every time I read the phrase "high to medimum risk teen" I chuckled out loud. It does follow chick lit formula... Girl has boyfriend who is not good. Girl and boyfriend have troubles. Girl jumps into her own life and tries to change. Boyfriend comes back and girl takes him back. Girl realizes mistake blah blah blah...

Finally I read V for Vendetta. I had a hard time reading it. I don't know if it was the medium - a graphic novel - or the writing style or what. If I hadn't watched the movie I think I would have had no idea what was going on. With the obvious exception of V and Evy, I had the hardest time discerning which character was which. Since it is a graphic novel characterization is done through the drawings and conversations so I never got a real picture of each of the characters. Plus, to my eyes, many of them looked enough alike that I could never really tell who was who.