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aaaaaand...SHE'S BACK!
Aug. 12th, 2009 11:01 amsorry sorry sorry. i'm still alive. i just went undercover for the last week or so due to new jobbing and fringe maddness. since i have so much to say about the fringe, i'm just going to go ahead and make my usual journal entries and then add a section on it at the end until i'm done talking about it.
so i've got this new job, see. and i totally owe it to kris and lauren. i owe them dinner big time.
the company: anyhow, it's at a financial firm. i'm really not going to to into what they do here because i don't want to turn your brains to yogurt. it really is dullass stuff, but the job itself isn't bad. the bennies are pretty damn good (almost as fabulous as chapter 13 USED to be), and the people are awesome. they're not your typical boring office folk; they're quirky and funny and really really nice. it's a comfort to know too that you can screw up really badly here and not get fired for it...not even yelled at. it's so different from the bosswich's regime that i'm wondering when i'll start relaxing and stop agonizing over every little thing.
the work itself: i mostly format documents in word and excel. there's some correspondence in there too, but mostly editing. i've only been in the chair for a week and i've learned so much about macros and spacing and headers and footers that i may have raised my MS level up to mage.
the area: i'm in "lowertown" st. paul, in the pretty glass-ceilinged plaza, right next to the most beautifully landscaped park. there is a farmers market and music in the park twice a week. it's also a dog park, so lots of squees. i thought i'd miss my walk through downtown minneapolis, but i park a distance away (to save money) and get my walk in that way. i also thought i'd miss being able to go to the Y directly after work...but there's a YMCA in my building!!! screw "after work" when i can go before or even during lunch!
anyway. it's an office job. and that's all i really ask for. we'll see how i like it once i get paid. there will be plenty of characters coming soon. hopefully, tales of the office can start up again.
( FRINGE FEST NOTES, PT. 1 )
so i've got this new job, see. and i totally owe it to kris and lauren. i owe them dinner big time.
the company: anyhow, it's at a financial firm. i'm really not going to to into what they do here because i don't want to turn your brains to yogurt. it really is dullass stuff, but the job itself isn't bad. the bennies are pretty damn good (almost as fabulous as chapter 13 USED to be), and the people are awesome. they're not your typical boring office folk; they're quirky and funny and really really nice. it's a comfort to know too that you can screw up really badly here and not get fired for it...not even yelled at. it's so different from the bosswich's regime that i'm wondering when i'll start relaxing and stop agonizing over every little thing.
the work itself: i mostly format documents in word and excel. there's some correspondence in there too, but mostly editing. i've only been in the chair for a week and i've learned so much about macros and spacing and headers and footers that i may have raised my MS level up to mage.
the area: i'm in "lowertown" st. paul, in the pretty glass-ceilinged plaza, right next to the most beautifully landscaped park. there is a farmers market and music in the park twice a week. it's also a dog park, so lots of squees. i thought i'd miss my walk through downtown minneapolis, but i park a distance away (to save money) and get my walk in that way. i also thought i'd miss being able to go to the Y directly after work...but there's a YMCA in my building!!! screw "after work" when i can go before or even during lunch!
anyway. it's an office job. and that's all i really ask for. we'll see how i like it once i get paid. there will be plenty of characters coming soon. hopefully, tales of the office can start up again.
( FRINGE FEST NOTES, PT. 1 )
