Last night I went tot the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Price. Nick and I decided to go to AMC Parkway Pointe 15 because it is close to home, and I knew that location would not sell out completely. This location is where I was the manager for nearly a year, and I was taken by surprise by my reaction to the experience. As I ( Read more... )

office frustration
rain storms in lieu of sunshine
restraining my mind

I have many useless talents, and when I think of them, I think of the go-go dancer from the movie "Grindhouse: Planet Terror". I always announce my fruitless abilities like her. For example, "Useless talent number seventeen: perfect pitch," or "Useless talent number thirty: peeing fast." I believe we all have at least a couple of these so-called ( Read more... )

Usually, I spend the first fifteen minutes of my hour long lunch eating. Then I go outside and read a book. It's funny. I'm getting a reputation for being a "reader", and though I do enjoy a good book, I wouldn't consider myself a bookworm. I just read because I can't think of any better way to waste 45 minutes, and it's the closest thing to a ( Read more... )

Looking back and living day to day, I can’t help but reflect on my emotional highs and lows, like workplace manic depression. Everything, from my thoughts and behaviors to my self esteem and aspirations, varies, depending on the type of day I have at work. The days also can change from minute to minute. Sometimes, the moods overlap into my home and ( Read more... )

Up until this moment, I had nothing to type about, and I feared I would kill my new daily routine of making a post about my life as a receptionist. I just received the strangest phone call. It's so strange that I hung up and wondered if I imagined it. Yes, it's that weird ( Read more... )

It is another slow day at the office, especially since many of my supervisors and customers are still vacationing for the Fourth of July. Days like these are magnificent but also quite challenging. When working at a job you're most definitely overqualified for, it is essential to lean the subtly lovely art of looking busy when you are in fact bored ( Read more... )

I've been getting pretty sick this week, and now that I realize that I can't have a sick or vacation day until at least September, I tried to self medicate. I had some cold medicine before bed, thinking it would help my sniffles. It did, but there were some lovely side effects. I've always been sensitive to cold medications, but today it escalated ( Read more... )

Yesterday I had the chance to use going to the doctor as an excuse to skip half a day of work, and it was already expected to be a blissfully excellent afternoon. I realized while at work that I left my pink, razor phone at the house, and when I arrived home from the job, I found the phone with a missed call and voicemail. I grabbed a snack, awoke ( Read more... )

You know you're living the American dream when getting a pap is more appealing than a day's work.

Hooray for half days!