I look on my friends' list, and what do I see? Thursday wailing and bemoaning. It's Thursday?!? How do this happen? Surely it's only Wednesday…. But no, it's not. I check the calendar, it really is Thursday. Sigh. Twelve hour shift on Monday. Twelve hour shift on Tuesday. And a seventeen hour shift Wednesday, endingContinue reading “On Thursday”
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On July 4th
Today, we commemorate America’s Declaration of Independence from Britain over two centuries ago. Many of us, as Homer Simpson so proudly proclaimed, will spend today celebrating America by blowing up a small part of it. I’m reminded today of something I encountered last year, people in lawn chairs along the interstate to view fireworks. InContinue reading “On July 4th”
On My Bad Day
A quick summation. I've been suffering panic attacks. Since Saturday, to be exact. Long-time Allynologists will tell you that I have a lot going on in my life right now, and very little of it is stable. Saturday afternoon at work, I tensed up, my breathing tightened, and I felt a fight-or-flight response building insideContinue reading “On My Bad Day”
On Exhaustion
I am feeling massively, monstrously exhausted. The last month–from the long hours at work to the emotional devestation I felt when Perceval was gone those eleven days–has taken its toll. I've had some sherbert, lime flavored. My grandmother likes sherbert, and I usually buy her orange. Today, I felt like lime. All things being equal,Continue reading “On Exhaustion”
More on The da Vinci Code Game
From something I wrote a few weeks ago: “I don’t think anyone knows there’s a da Vinci Code game, sorry.” It seems that the da Vinci Code game has sold so well that we marked the price down twenty dollars on the game this week. Twenty dollars. Half-price. No, I don’t just think anyone knowsContinue reading “More on The da Vinci Code Game”
On Trying to Do the Right Thing
Yesterday at work a young girl came up to the counter with her father. She handed me a game, BMX XXX. It's a BMX biking game, but crude, rude, and outright crass. As you beat levels you unlock video footage of strippers. I looked at her. She was maybe seven. Maybe. I looked at herContinue reading “On Trying to Do the Right Thing”
On a Customer's Concern
A few days ago a customer came into the store and, browsing through the XBox section, he had an urgent question. “They made a game out of the da Vinci Code?” he asked. “Companies will make games out of anything these days.” He took the game from the shelf, scrutinized it closely, and frowned. “Aren’tContinue reading “On a Customer's Concern”
On My Strange Weekend
My sister got married Saturday. That's not what's strange. One of the bridesmaids gave me her phone number. That's not what's strange. I had a dream about work. That's what's strange. The dream, and I'm not clear on all the details because it's a dream and they have surreal logics all their own, involved meContinue reading “On My Strange Weekend”
On Air Conditioning
The air conditioning at work went out on Saturday. With the holiday weekend and all a technician came out today. Oh, it’s been bloody hot at work. It’s just hot in general right now. I’d rather live in an alternate world where rogue glaciers are attacking Maine and Michigan than in the world where myContinue reading “On Air Conditioning”
On Rescinding an Employment Offer
As some may know I’ve been searching these past three months for an assistant manager at the store. It’s been an interesting search–every time I think I’ve got it sown up, something happens and I’m put back at square one. Today, we’re back at square one. I can’t go into details, but I can offerContinue reading “On Rescinding an Employment Offer”