Archive for April, 2005
Fun with acronymns
29 April 2005Marie, Courtney and Cristin all decide to abuse their work email accounts. Let’s listen in and see what happens. Marie: I found a new favorite word: Ncmo (pronounced: “Nic-mo.”) noncommittal Make Out Session. Courtney: Marie, are you coming out with us tonight? Marie: It’s my grandma’s 87th bday so I think I am going out [...]
good luck movin up cause I’m movin out…. ***
29 April 2005At press time, I am no longer roommate-less. Well, more accurately, sometime this weekend or next week Amy will actually be installed in apt 4A, but until then, her presence will certainly be known by the MOUNDS of stuff congregating in the apartment. I have never seen so much stuff come out of a dorm [...]
Guess what I’m doing May 20th
29 April 2005MUPPETS!
And this little piggy had none
28 April 2005Ah, Take Your Children To Work day. Seriously, whose idea was this? I would love to see how this works at different companies. At mine, it’s fairly easy to pick out which kids are derived from the creative staff (trying to put their TYCTWD tshirts on backwards) and which ones are from managing editorial (“Dad, [...]
Your lack of faith disturbs me
27 April 2005I originally bristled when people implied that my new job was going to interfere with my blogging. And yet, now, I understand that they were totally right. There are a couple of reasons for this, the most prominent being that my computer screen now faces my office door so they all can theoretically see that [...]
Pirates in the News
27 April 2005NC State elects Pirate student body president…. thanks sara!
My kind of idea
26 April 2005Turns out I live moments away from Harriet The Spy…..
Employee of the week
26 April 2005Phone rings. C: {NewBoss’} office. NewBoss’s Boss: Is she there? C: She’s in a meeting, can I take a message? NB B: What meeting? C: Um. I don’t know. NB B: Alright, never mind. Cristin looks up meeting, walks down the hall to NB B. C: She’s in the supply chain meeting on 15. NB [...]
but turning over a new leaf is SO HARD.
25 April 2005First day at NewJob. Am (obviously) already making a productive use of my time. NewBosses are all in a meeting, leaving me to do things like configure my email and unpack. Some lists: Things I Did On My Last Day At OldJob: Copied down all the blog addresses from my “favorites” list so I could [...]
The Hoboken campus of GRHS
21 April 2005Started this entry on Monday and then work/shit happened, and I’m too bereft of anything new and witty and entertaining to breathe new life into it… there, inticing intro, is it not? Off you go: Friday night I watched baltimore beat the yankees down with the lovely and talented J. Courtney at Dorrians, where we [...]