It's Not Impossible...
It's been a while. I'm pretty sure we should be spending a lot more time together.
I was chosen, along with 8 of my co-workers to attend Whole Foods Market Vision Day. It was for the entire Mid-Atlantic region (about 7,000 employees in all) and from each store several were chosen to represent that store. Charlottesville loves me. I love Charlottesville. It was great to run into friends I'd made from my old Whole Foods store and meet new friends. Lots of food, lots of swag and lots of very inspirational speeches and talks. I actually came away from it renewed, my growing retail/grocery cynicism completely evaporated for a day. Charged, I was full of energy. I got to meet John Mackey. Shook his hand & small-talked him.
The rest of the week has been a little rough. In fact, it's been my least favorite week in recent memory. Work has just been a real nag and that's really sad because I'm in Whole Body (nutrition) all week! It's my first full week in the department at this store and my first full week in Whole Body since I left my old store (Tysons, VA) in April (where I was full time Whole Body). This week has just been a stress and I have had very little fun. Hopefully it's an aberration. It's sad to finally get what you've been after for 6 months only to really, really not enjoy it. I need to simmer.
The thing(s) I really love about the Earl Greyhound 'Soft Targets' CD is that it sounds even better than they did live and there are several songs that are not in the vein of their ass-kickin' face-rockin' tunes, and those tunes are very good and makes me interested to see what their follow-up will be like. But it's a great CD, the recording is great and jumps out of the speakers (especially if you have good speakers, which I actually don't in my car), they're voices are great and it's probably a great fuck-CD. I'll let you know if I get so lucky. But it's brash, rock, full of sex, sweat, love, attitude and freakin' good vocals. Aww, yeah. I should've quit my job the next day and stowed away in their tour van. I really need to cultivate my rock-sex-boy-lovin'-machine attitude (w/ the guitar chops to match) before I leave this earth. Damn, that's a huge challenge. But I'd love the freedom it suggests. Perhaps you can help me. Let's get buck-wild.
I've been convinced by friends to join Facebook. I am into it. It's fun. Early days, yet. We'll see how much fun it is down the line. I'm into one of the games there, Scrabulous. Like Scrabble, only that name was already taken, and a few of the rules are different. I'm getting the screws put to me by a couple of friends. I'm not terribly embarassed, though: one's a writer and the other an English Major / Grad Student. I merely like words. Theoretically, I haven't a chance. But every dog, y'know?
At the end of a bad day, last night I decided to stop by the video store and rent a (or some) flick(s). I needed to laugh. I rented some comedy. Stand-up. No, not you. You don't have to stand up, I was just saying I rented some stand-up comedy. It was mostly pretty good with a few really good segments (a LOT of different comedians with anywhere from 5 minutes to 15 minute segments) but, embarassingly, I fell asleep on the 2nd half of it! "Boy Falls Asleep While Laughing, Breaks Funny Bone and Now Doesn't Understand Jokes!" Yes, I made the headlines. I'm not sure what's so funny. You can sit back down now.
I've given it serious thought and I've decided I want to fondle your breasts. For about an hour. I've got Sunday and Monday open, no appointment necessary, just show up. I've got essential oil rose massage oil. Nice.
Just wanted to check in. My missives haven't been massive nor frequent. I wish I could play any of those words in Scrabulous.
I had a great Halloween. Check my Flickr for proof.
I was chosen, along with 8 of my co-workers to attend Whole Foods Market Vision Day. It was for the entire Mid-Atlantic region (about 7,000 employees in all) and from each store several were chosen to represent that store. Charlottesville loves me. I love Charlottesville. It was great to run into friends I'd made from my old Whole Foods store and meet new friends. Lots of food, lots of swag and lots of very inspirational speeches and talks. I actually came away from it renewed, my growing retail/grocery cynicism completely evaporated for a day. Charged, I was full of energy. I got to meet John Mackey. Shook his hand & small-talked him.
The rest of the week has been a little rough. In fact, it's been my least favorite week in recent memory. Work has just been a real nag and that's really sad because I'm in Whole Body (nutrition) all week! It's my first full week in the department at this store and my first full week in Whole Body since I left my old store (Tysons, VA) in April (where I was full time Whole Body). This week has just been a stress and I have had very little fun. Hopefully it's an aberration. It's sad to finally get what you've been after for 6 months only to really, really not enjoy it. I need to simmer.
The thing(s) I really love about the Earl Greyhound 'Soft Targets' CD is that it sounds even better than they did live and there are several songs that are not in the vein of their ass-kickin' face-rockin' tunes, and those tunes are very good and makes me interested to see what their follow-up will be like. But it's a great CD, the recording is great and jumps out of the speakers (especially if you have good speakers, which I actually don't in my car), they're voices are great and it's probably a great fuck-CD. I'll let you know if I get so lucky. But it's brash, rock, full of sex, sweat, love, attitude and freakin' good vocals. Aww, yeah. I should've quit my job the next day and stowed away in their tour van. I really need to cultivate my rock-sex-boy-lovin'-machine attitude (w/ the guitar chops to match) before I leave this earth. Damn, that's a huge challenge. But I'd love the freedom it suggests. Perhaps you can help me. Let's get buck-wild.
I've been convinced by friends to join Facebook. I am into it. It's fun. Early days, yet. We'll see how much fun it is down the line. I'm into one of the games there, Scrabulous. Like Scrabble, only that name was already taken, and a few of the rules are different. I'm getting the screws put to me by a couple of friends. I'm not terribly embarassed, though: one's a writer and the other an English Major / Grad Student. I merely like words. Theoretically, I haven't a chance. But every dog, y'know?
At the end of a bad day, last night I decided to stop by the video store and rent a (or some) flick(s). I needed to laugh. I rented some comedy. Stand-up. No, not you. You don't have to stand up, I was just saying I rented some stand-up comedy. It was mostly pretty good with a few really good segments (a LOT of different comedians with anywhere from 5 minutes to 15 minute segments) but, embarassingly, I fell asleep on the 2nd half of it! "Boy Falls Asleep While Laughing, Breaks Funny Bone and Now Doesn't Understand Jokes!" Yes, I made the headlines. I'm not sure what's so funny. You can sit back down now.
I've given it serious thought and I've decided I want to fondle your breasts. For about an hour. I've got Sunday and Monday open, no appointment necessary, just show up. I've got essential oil rose massage oil. Nice.
Just wanted to check in. My missives haven't been massive nor frequent. I wish I could play any of those words in Scrabulous.
I had a great Halloween. Check my Flickr for proof.