Thursday, July 31, 2008

1,533

Co-worker not wanting to follow basic archiving procedures, not telling anyone, and now about six months of work is fucked because of it.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

1,532

Casting calls that say "only serious actresses need submit." That is a meaningless statement.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

1,531

Overheard: "Does this cocktail make me look gay?"

Friday, July 25, 2008

1,530

It is absolutely ridiculous that I should have to FAX my agent if I want to tell him something, since he supposedly "doesn't get email." What a crock.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

1,529

Awkward department breakfast that gets even more awkward when people start trying to one-up each other with gruesome death stories.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

1,528

Expecting the worst of people, and not being disappointed.

1,527

The creeping suspicion that you are, in fact, a terrible person.

Friday, July 18, 2008

1,526

Tomorrow is husband's birthday and I want it to be amazing but it's going to be super low key due to a bunch of scheduling problems and he made me PROMISE no presents so essentially nothing is going to happen and I feel really bad. :(

Thursday, July 17, 2008

1,525

Just overheard:
"What do you mean relaxful isn't a word? It's a word! I use it all the time! Relaxful!"

Friday, July 11, 2008

1,524

This is supposed to be a short day where we get out at 1PM, but someone hasn't given David some files that need to go to print and we just looked and the person isn't even in their office and has had hours to do this.

1,523

People who camp out all night to buy an iPhone.

IT'S A FUCKING *PHONE*, PEOPLE!

1,522

Avarice.

1,521

There is nary a copy of Hellboy to be rented in the state of California. I'm trying to catch up here, people!

Thursday, July 10, 2008

1,520

Maybe I actually need goji berry juice. Maybe we all do.

1,519

What the fuck is goji berry juice? And why are there franchise style vans sporting its benefits everywhere I look?

1,518

Feeling trapped in a work situation because of an economic environment so tenuous that one has no idea of what is around the corner.

1,517

Receiving shit-tons of added work at the 11th hour.

1,516

I think I just made up the term "sub-client".

1,515

Being reprimanded by a client for including a former president in a piece of public art, after being given his name by the sub-client as an appropriate subject of said public art.

1,514

The work-related term "compression" as a substitute for the following:
"There is no way in hell we are going to make this deadline."
"Fuckloads of stress."
"Unrealistic expectations being unmet and resulting in spirited finger-pointing."

1,513

Staying late at work every single night for two weeks and having to go in over the weekend in order to even be able to take a vacation.

1,512

Working like a dog.

1,511

Being unable to mask one's frustration.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

1,510

When your night gets "chunked out."

1,509

God damn the USA

And Obama voted for it.

1,508

Seeing a movie, specifically the crapfest Wanted, with someone who is distracted and text messaging throughout the entire film.

Monday, July 7, 2008

1,507

I can't seem to outgrow the memory of mega-douche blogger calling me stupid in calc class.

1,506

mega-douche blogger has a thriving writing career while I'm stuck sitting next to mega-douche jr. at my crappy job because I can't support myself on my own writing.

1,505

mega-douche coworker makes the same amount of money I do.

1,504

Walking into the office to see that my blog-reading mega-douche co"worker" is reading the politico-blog of a semi-celebrity mega-douche I went to high school with.

1,503

Will someone please tell my aching body that I'm not that old yet?

1,502

I am so over this guy. I cannot imagine having to be related to this person and have to hang out with him on a constant basis. The years stretch out before me in this scenario and I shudder.

1,501

Blowhard comes over to our house but never wants to do anything except watch tv and every time we try to break out a board game he becomes miserable and jerky about it because we apparently are a horrible family who is ruining the fabric of America because we are "so competetive."

1,500

Blowhard then proceeds to say that he wishes every book by Jane Austen was taken out and burned. Dude, get out of my house!

1,499

Blowhard having absolutely no argument behind his argument and finally ending it with, "they're just stupid and should only be on the stage." At which point he turns on the TV to watch the Simpsons do a musical number.

1,498

"In my day we had Indiana Jones, not musical crap!" Uhhh....what?

1,497

Blowhard coming into my house and saying that the fact that kids watch musicals raises "a nation of homos."

Thursday, July 3, 2008

1,496

Being consistently creamed on Scrabulous by the World's Smartest Scrabble-Playing Cousin.

1,495

Weird student film auditions where the director is really vague and takes long pauses where you're not sure if she's waiting for you to say something and the room feels bizarre and uncomfortable.