since being back from charlotte i have been so sluggish; mostly not wanting to do any work. i'm so focused on reading and writing and looking up poetry online. the residency really changed my focus.
before the mfa began i never really thought about taking it further. i simply wanted to become a better writer for myself, but now that i am seeing the possibilities (and now that i am really starting to get burned out at my job)i am seeing that i want to do more with it.
though i am just a semester into the mfa i already see myself publishing a collection of poetry and possibly teaching writing...dunno.
but i know this whole admissions thing is not cutting it anymore. the whole work dynamic has changed. i thought the environment with our old VP was bad, but this new set-up is for the birds!
but anyway, getting back to the old work grind has been difficult to say the least.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
i've always been a fan of Sia, but i've been sleeping on her latest album until now. check out this sonng!
Soon Well Be Found - Sia
Soon Well Be Found - Sia
Monday, June 29, 2009
evil stank eye
anyone who knows me knows i am good for producing some pretty screwed up faces. basically if you are full of it i give you one wicked face. i've become so good at it that i don't event realize when i'm looking frumpy at someone.
last week, we were in a staff meeting (this fact already makes me grumpy) and my supervisor VP asks me the same question he asks every 5 seconds, "how many deposits are you expecting this week?" this is a perfectly valid question. this is my job-to produce results. but i am just so annoyed with him...ugh! outside of the meeting he asks this on average 8 times a day (no joke, i actually counted it one day)so i was just fed up and shot him my dirtiest looks. he had his head down so i figured he didn't see me.
WRONG!
the next day he approached me and asked me why i gave him such a dirty look.
wow...i was so embarrased. i tried to play it off like i was joking, but the damage is done. well, although he thinks i'm a miserable bitch, perhaps, this is stop him from asking me so much.dunno.
stay fab!
last week, we were in a staff meeting (this fact already makes me grumpy) and my supervisor VP asks me the same question he asks every 5 seconds, "how many deposits are you expecting this week?" this is a perfectly valid question. this is my job-to produce results. but i am just so annoyed with him...ugh! outside of the meeting he asks this on average 8 times a day (no joke, i actually counted it one day)so i was just fed up and shot him my dirtiest looks. he had his head down so i figured he didn't see me.
WRONG!
the next day he approached me and asked me why i gave him such a dirty look.
wow...i was so embarrased. i tried to play it off like i was joking, but the damage is done. well, although he thinks i'm a miserable bitch, perhaps, this is stop him from asking me so much.dunno.
stay fab!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
stream of consciousness
it's so funny. throughout the week i have so much going on that will be great blog topics. sometimes i consider writing down my thoughts so that when i actually make time to write it will be easier for me to recall...then i talk myself out of it; telling myself that i will remember EVERY interesting thought that came to mind. but inevitably, i forget each and every time.
right now i am in atlanta bread company. i come here to, of course, use the internet, but also to read, write, stud, people watch. there is this this girl sitting two tables down that i went to high school with. i hate seeing people i went to high school with in the streets. but since i am living in the same city i went to high school it's kind of inevitable. i doubt she remembers me. her name is violet. we took ap english together. that class was so hard for me because i didn't fit in. everyone already knew each other from there other english classes. everyone was so smart and spoke so cohesively. i didn't. so i didn't speak up much in class. anyway, i'm listening to violet's conversation (she's sitting with a group of people) and she's still full of shit...just a little bit more than she was in high school.
wow, so this man just complimented me on my computer, stating that it looked like a nice size for an 11 year old (i have one of those mini laptops). then he asked me how much it cost. i told him. and he just flipped out! rude!
right now i am in atlanta bread company. i come here to, of course, use the internet, but also to read, write, stud, people watch. there is this this girl sitting two tables down that i went to high school with. i hate seeing people i went to high school with in the streets. but since i am living in the same city i went to high school it's kind of inevitable. i doubt she remembers me. her name is violet. we took ap english together. that class was so hard for me because i didn't fit in. everyone already knew each other from there other english classes. everyone was so smart and spoke so cohesively. i didn't. so i didn't speak up much in class. anyway, i'm listening to violet's conversation (she's sitting with a group of people) and she's still full of shit...just a little bit more than she was in high school.
wow, so this man just complimented me on my computer, stating that it looked like a nice size for an 11 year old (i have one of those mini laptops). then he asked me how much it cost. i told him. and he just flipped out! rude!
Saturday, June 6, 2009
budget cuts
director got cut yesterday.
laid off.
let go.
fired.
the reasoning was budget cuts, but something in my spirit does not wholly accept that answer. in recent months, there have been so many instances of director's ineminent dismissal (removal of authority, scret meetings, arguments, etc.). something in the milk ain't clean.
it's so funny; she annoyed the shit out of me, but i'm really sad that she was let go and i genuinely wish her the best. honestly, this is for the best. i mean, no one liked her and she knew it; what a sucky workplace for her to be in.
anyway, our supervisor, VP, held a meeting to break the news to us and left us with the message that we are a family and that he guaranteed that no one else would be let go...i guess director was not part of the family.
stay fab!
laid off.
let go.
fired.
the reasoning was budget cuts, but something in my spirit does not wholly accept that answer. in recent months, there have been so many instances of director's ineminent dismissal (removal of authority, scret meetings, arguments, etc.). something in the milk ain't clean.
it's so funny; she annoyed the shit out of me, but i'm really sad that she was let go and i genuinely wish her the best. honestly, this is for the best. i mean, no one liked her and she knew it; what a sucky workplace for her to be in.
anyway, our supervisor, VP, held a meeting to break the news to us and left us with the message that we are a family and that he guaranteed that no one else would be let go...i guess director was not part of the family.
stay fab!
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