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That title oughta get some misguided blog hits. There has been a big change around here. And sorry internet searchers, it’s not a boyfriend with a hosiery fetish. It’s a new job. If we’re friends in reality or on Facebook or Twitter, this may be old news. But if you haven’t heard (and who is this “you,” anyway? [...] A few weeks ago, I got really excited about a communications specialist position posted on St. Jude/ALSAC’s website. I’m qualified for it, I know people there, it’s totally something I want to do and who doesn’t want to work at St. Jude, right? In fact, of all the jobs I’ve applied for, it’s the position I’m [...] So Friday was it. I am no longer a real estate advertising account executive at The Commercial Appeal. It’s late, and I’m loopy, and halfway ready to launch an “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, but mostly the worst” speech. But I’ve bitched enough. So now, I’m gonna talk about my last [...] Wow, tomorrow’s my last day! Eeek! This evening’s treacherous tornados chased us briefly into the basement for shelter. Well, OK, actually… our security guy’s sorely belated request over the intercom chased us advertising folks into the basement like dutiful instruction-following employees (AHEM, EDITORIAL DEPT). But I didn’t mind the late-day diversion, because it reminded me to take [...] I haven’t found time to take many office photos. I’ve been surprisingly busy in my last two weeks tying up loose ends, training my replacement, saying goodbye. I’d like to go on a big photo safari by Friday. I want to get some good shots of the mail room, the presses, the newsroom, the huge machinery [...] I think I’ll take pictures of the office for the next 10 days or so. For posterity, if you will. And I know you will. This is during the rainstorm, taken from a second floor window looking at the West Parking Lot. Managers park there, so I’ve only been in it while standing around awkwardly during [...] Well, I’ve been talking since Monday up the rafters and back about this, but for anyone who only knows me through here… my “big change” two posts ago is I’m leaving my job on July 31. It’s been a long, hard, sometimes great, sometimes awful six years. And now it’s time to move on. Move to where? [...] Crazy news day. Farrah Fawcett died, and the mayor of Memphis resigned, and Michael Jackson died. Briefly, a rumor circulated that Jeff Goldblum had died. Someone somewhere probably saw Jesus in a grease stain. Apple approved softcore porn on the iPhone. What the hell, world? All this upset makes me want a constant. And if there’s one [...] Right here, by my open windows, are me and my computer. Enjoying the cool breeze and the sound of the lazy rain. Oddly, my mind is not a calm drizzle, but a spattering hose, jumping all over the real world and the internet and all the places between. I almost said “jumping and spraying,” but that [...] |
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