The day after. Or: Wednesday
As it's only 15:38 in the afternoon this could well end up being a two-blog day. Basically I'm just waiting for a friend to call otherwise I'd be at the beach. Unlike the last few days today has been hot and sunny and I really need to take advantage of my proximity to the beach a bit more. I'm from the Midwest, god damnit. WE DON'T HAVE THIS.
Anyway, I had an okay day. Am trying to become more of a calm, cool individual. I will undoubtedly fail. I would like to be more calm and collected and also more organized. This will CERTAINLY never happen. Today I pictured myself as I was walking down the street -- flat, ugly bangs, old, scratched-up glasses, goofy tshirt, Doc Martens and combat pants. And no, I'm not a lesbian. At least not yet, anyway. But DAMN, girl, how about making an effort? Do the hair? Put in contacts? God forbid an ounce of makeup. And my god. I could buy some clothes that fit. They're all either too big or too small. And I KNOW I'm gaining weight but just can't be arsed to do anything about it so I'm pretending to not notice how, um, volumptious I'm getting. It's not disgusting ... yet. But I know what I'm capable of.
Anyway, the real reason for this post is that our new intern was supposed to start today. She's Spanish and speak fluent English, Catalan and German. Probably French, too. And according to her CV she has a working knowledge of Arabic and Italian, which I don't doubt. Her credentials are impressive, almost frightfully so. I would hire for any big-kid job right now. I met her and she seemed nice enough and plenty smart. More than that she seemed FOCUSED, which is another one of those qualities I both admire and lack. Anyway, she took the job. She was supposed to start at 10:30 like me. Of COURSE my boss isn't at the office at 10:30 anyway. In fact I had a message on my phone from her saying she only woke up at 10:30 and would be there soon.
So, no boss, no intern. Whatever. I don't really care. I'm calm. Well, boss shows up, lets me in, but still no intern. Boss calls her twice with no luck. Figures she was here and left. Possible, I say. Nope. Boss THEN thinks to check her email and finds something from Intern stating that on second thought she needs all of her time to study for her upcoming exams. Probably at least partly true considering how far this girl has gone in school (studied in Zurich for a year). Maybe she also realized we're a bit shit. I don't know. Anyway, so all the dumb tasks I was going to dump on her as the junior but severely more qualified intern are now still floating around on my to-do list. Funny how I'm the least qualified of all the interns and the only one still there. Could this be a sign that it's time to move on ...?
What else, what else. I feel my motivation to go the beach already beginning to wane. Yes, the sun is pouring into my room, but I have to walk like a whole 15 min to get to the beach. :P
Man, see, I AM lazy and unmotivated.
No wonder.
So that's it for now.
Later, party gente!
Anyway, I had an okay day. Am trying to become more of a calm, cool individual. I will undoubtedly fail. I would like to be more calm and collected and also more organized. This will CERTAINLY never happen. Today I pictured myself as I was walking down the street -- flat, ugly bangs, old, scratched-up glasses, goofy tshirt, Doc Martens and combat pants. And no, I'm not a lesbian. At least not yet, anyway. But DAMN, girl, how about making an effort? Do the hair? Put in contacts? God forbid an ounce of makeup. And my god. I could buy some clothes that fit. They're all either too big or too small. And I KNOW I'm gaining weight but just can't be arsed to do anything about it so I'm pretending to not notice how, um, volumptious I'm getting. It's not disgusting ... yet. But I know what I'm capable of.
Anyway, the real reason for this post is that our new intern was supposed to start today. She's Spanish and speak fluent English, Catalan and German. Probably French, too. And according to her CV she has a working knowledge of Arabic and Italian, which I don't doubt. Her credentials are impressive, almost frightfully so. I would hire for any big-kid job right now. I met her and she seemed nice enough and plenty smart. More than that she seemed FOCUSED, which is another one of those qualities I both admire and lack. Anyway, she took the job. She was supposed to start at 10:30 like me. Of COURSE my boss isn't at the office at 10:30 anyway. In fact I had a message on my phone from her saying she only woke up at 10:30 and would be there soon.
So, no boss, no intern. Whatever. I don't really care. I'm calm. Well, boss shows up, lets me in, but still no intern. Boss calls her twice with no luck. Figures she was here and left. Possible, I say. Nope. Boss THEN thinks to check her email and finds something from Intern stating that on second thought she needs all of her time to study for her upcoming exams. Probably at least partly true considering how far this girl has gone in school (studied in Zurich for a year). Maybe she also realized we're a bit shit. I don't know. Anyway, so all the dumb tasks I was going to dump on her as the junior but severely more qualified intern are now still floating around on my to-do list. Funny how I'm the least qualified of all the interns and the only one still there. Could this be a sign that it's time to move on ...?
What else, what else. I feel my motivation to go the beach already beginning to wane. Yes, the sun is pouring into my room, but I have to walk like a whole 15 min to get to the beach. :P
Man, see, I AM lazy and unmotivated.
No wonder.
So that's it for now.
Later, party gente!
posted by sucktastic at 6:43 AM
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