Halloween Bitchery
October 31st, 2007 / 3 comments »
Fun With Venting
October 26th, 2007 / 1 comment »
Big Red Letter Day!
October 17th, 2007 / 1 comment »
In addition to this junk food arrival (can you believe Nick ordered 120 bags?), I interviewed for my DREAM job today and they LOVED me! I may actually get to do what I love again, it’s so exciting. Supposed to follow up with them on Friday about meeting again next week. Then I got an email from a friend who actually knows someone there and wrote to let me know that she — totally not knowing I interviewed there today — had totally gone and referred me for an open position they have. Very cool! It’s always good when the bases are ALL covered, I’m excited to find out more! Feels so good now, like there’s light at the end of this tunnel I’ve been in (example: they forgot to PAY me last week. If that ain’t a sign I don’t know what is).
And Nick got a job today, too! He’s so relieved, starts on Friday. We did laundry today, ordered Chinese and watched America’s Next Top Model. I want Heather’s autistic ass to CRUSH those other little whores.
Karen Came to Dinner
October 16th, 2007 / No comments
Things I’m Loving
October 15th, 2007 / 1 comment »my daily commute
cleaning out and simplifying my closets
Heroes on Monday nights
ipod nano
windy fall weather
being healthy
working in the meatpacking district
open honesty with my parents
Lisa speaking her heart
“Have You Ever Seen the Rain?”
the cheap NICE supermarket by my apartment
mini-bagels
my new cell phone plan
The Daily Purge podcast
seeing myself in a new light
Samostorm’s enthusiasm
unlimited monthly Metrocard (vs. weekly)
housebroken pets
making lists
my work uniform by Hugo Boss
Limewire
Vixy
all day marathons of America’s Next Top Model
winter scarves
knowing my friends are there
Nick
Nick
Nick
Things Bothering Me
October 15th, 2007 / 1 comment »$25 in my checking account
my elevator won’t go to the basement after 8:30pm
a constantly changing work schedule
my dad
late fees
feeling stagnant and invisible at work
how angry/lost i feel
looking extra thick in pictures lately
no more concierge invites
having to asking mom & dad for help this month
THEM being invited to the wedding (but not me)
stuffy sinuses and itchy red eyes
the zit cluster on my left jawline
no insurance
The View without Rosie
them who don’t check in
them who won’t stop calling
the A train on weekends
“i don’t want to talk about it”
still no direct deposit
britney’s hair extensions (for what, sweetie? for WHAT?)
insomnia
Graveyard
October 10th, 2007 / No commentsI wonder if the people I work with can actually tell how dismal I am working there. We never speak to one another… ever. An entire hour can go by w/o a word between us, tumbleweeds are straightup rolling up and down the space between them and me just like in those deserted western towns. Even my managers seem to approach me like I’m a temp who won’t be there too long. I wonder if it’s in the air, if it’s this thing we can all sense like when a storm is coming. I did try at first but it just didn’t go anywhere, it’s a somewhat sterile group of folks. Truth is, the only people I feel any kind of a welcoming kinship with are the ones who are good at being invisible — overnight housekeepers, security gaurds, engineers.
That’s one of the things I like about working the graveyard shift. I get to fly solo all night and really enjoy the peace of the hotel when it’s sleeping still, before the traffic rumbles everyone awake and the lobby starts to pulse again. For an hour or two I feel like I have freedom to just be myself and work at my own pace, instead of being The New Guy who’s gotta to impress everyone.
Argh, how depressing am I? It’s just like, damn. Overnights at a front desk, like it’s 2002 all over again. Isn’t time supposed to move me forward?
7:15am
October 9th, 2007 / No commentsAudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.