So I got a raise and a promotion.
Go me!

Of all the tasks involved with being a Propaganda Creationist (copywriter) writing catalog copy is the absolute worst. It’s the worst of the worst. Basically you get 25, 50, and 100 words to sell your product. They use these words whenever they put your product in a catalog.
As anyone who has spent more than [...]

the fluorescent lights above my cell here at Hell, Inc. have all burnt out. it’s a little like working in a bat cave. i get some light from the nearby windows, but it’s decidedly dark. i can’t decide if i love or hate it. i should probably be cooking up secret plots to take over [...]

we’ve had some pretty intense meetings at Hell, Inc. this week. it’s our busy season and it’s to be expected. for the most part the meetings are really productive (which anyone corporate drone knows is kind of rare for a meeting). we’ve had part of the canuck-contingent in town for the meetings and they’re amazed [...]

i am wearing three shirts, fingerless gloves, and a scarf, and yet i’m covered in goosebumps. it’s roughly 439 degrees below zero here in minnesota. i think it’s mother nature’s way of extracting pay for not snowing yesterday (thank you mother nature you made last night’s class that much better by not making me [...]

PARTNER IS STAYING.
PARTNER IS STAYING.
she was extended for another six weeks. i am so damn happy i nearly wept with joy. but then i decided i could only cry at work one day a week and we all know that i did that on monday.

i’m having a really hard time keeping it together today. whenever i stop and am alone with my own thoughts i find myself blinking back tears. today is the last day of work for partner. she and i have weathered the software company storm together for the past 4 years. it’s going to be hard [...]

i made it my new year’s resolution to go out and see author’s read. i don’t think i’ve been to a reading since sweet rob read at the loft like a year ago. so, i made plans to go out tonight and see Pete Hautmann discuss his book Godless. but it was bone crackingly cold [...]

yeah, well today totally did not go how i planned it at all. not in the least. there are times in your life where you can convince yourself so wholly of something that you never even plan for the opposite to happen. today the opposite happened and it took me completely by surprise. so much [...]

this morning i had to give my very first ever presentation/ creative pitch. i’ve never had to do this ever in my entire professional career. mostly i just give my ideas in a random sort of way and meekly let the powers that be bat them around and get all crabby because they don’t understand [...]

vacationing does not come easy to superadultresponsible girl. i’m not sure what the problem is, as if the company will go under and everything will cease to exist in my abscene or something. maybe it’s because work called at 10 o’clock monday morning with an emergency only i could fix. maybe because i had to [...]

tonight i had to attend a focus group. it was just about one of the coolest things i’ve ever done for work. they ushered us into this darkened room where we sat behind a two way mirror and listened to 11 people talk about our stuff.
it was so fun!
it was weird too, because they were [...]

ok, so i got a huge raise and i got a glowing review. my bossboss (the one i love) was marvelous and said things about me that made me want to cry and blush out of sheer humility. it was great.
but i have this magic number my head. making this number, i’ve decided, will mean [...]

i got a promotion and a raise. but i’m still not making the magic number i had in my head. it’s 3K less than what i told myself was the least i would take and 7K less than what i wanted. so. well. that’s it.

ok, it’s show time. send your vibes my way.