Virtually without fail, every day I go to work, there's this little scene that plays out.

I'll be walking down the hall, someone will catch sight of me, they will gasp with unspeakable horror, sometimes scream with alarm, often clutch at their chest, and then, after a bit of nervous laughter while I give an increasingly half-hearted and insincere ( Read more... )

December 16th, 2005

So, tonight marks the end of my probationary period at my new job. I haven’t wanted to talk about it on the journal here, for fear that I would just be embarrassed if I wound up getting fired from it while still in the probationary month. As of today, though, I have some job security, so I figure I can talk about some of it ( ( Read more... )