04.05.2002 - 7:46 a.m.
Friday
All riiight, Friday! It's Friday, whoo yeah! Thank god, this
week has been HELL, what with all the raging deadlines and meetings
and -
Ok, ok, I did sort of officially
just start my job yesterday. But I can still revel in the joy
that is Friday, can't I? 'Cause I'm a working woman now, baby!
I spent a good part of
my day cleaning out my new work space. I can't stand an office
full of clutter, and this place was like Piles-O-Crapville, USA.
I stacked software boxes, moved towers of magazines and CDs,
and organized papers, all the while hacking from the giant kerfuffles
of dustballs and cat hair tumbleweeds. The office manager took
one look at the dust coating that settled on everything from
my tidying and called the cleaning staff to bitch them out.
Wads of cat hair. I mean,
you don't find that everyday at the office, eh? There are two
cats, both of which do not care for me. And I fancy myself rather
a likeable person, petwise. Apparently they are rather snooty
in general, which is too bad. I like the idea of taking a break
from a particularly odious project and having a brisk affection
session (um, the legal kind) with a friendly pet. Perhaps I should
suggest some golden retrievers or something.
There is also a massive
fish tank. So far the fish seem impassive, but I haven't really
'reached out'. There's a bird, too, in an office upstairs. Its
sole purpose in life seems to be letting go with an earsplitting
screech once every 10 minutes or so. It's far enough away so
that it doesn't bug me, but I can't figure how the guy who has
it in his room can stand it.
So far everyone I've spent
time with seems receptive and friendly. Ha HA, I will get them
in my clutches and then BAM - it's hammer time. Er, if 'hammer
time' actually means 'asking everybody a bunch of questions like
a 3 year old until they run screaming from the office'. "So,
does the product do this? How does it do this? What about that?
Why? Why? Why?"
Did I mention that the
company provides lunch AND dinner? With their on-staff chefs?
Jesus. I'm already starting to worry about the potential size
of my ass. These are programmers, folks. Who work in the middle
of the night. The food is plentiful, and NOT HEALTHY. There are
like 8391 Haagen-Dazs bars in the freezer! Oceans of Mountain
Dew! Bags of salt & vinegar chips in the cupboards! And that's
just the snacks!
I will have to put in a
request for Diet Coke and mini carrots.
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04.04.2002 - They
need a marketing ninja to come in and kick major ninja ass, and
friends - I am that ninja.
04.03.2002 - So,
a week of instability, outlook-on-life-wise, plus the added fun
of a poor body image. Yay for hormones!
04.02.2002 - You
know very well the lobster would have to pork the tiger, not
the other way around.
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I have moved. - 1.03.2005 Obviously, a work in progress. - 12.27.2004 Happy holidays! - 12.24.2004 Listen, I am not a complete dick, it's not like I want Joe to die alone surrounded by cats or something. - 12.23.2004 Plus I am convinced my butt is extra big when it's upside down. - 12.22.2004
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