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Archive for the ‘Work – Who would have thought?’ Category
Reason #740 it was a good idea to accept my job offer
Posted in Job Search, Work - Who would have thought? on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Raindrops on roses and summer job offers
Posted in Work - Who would have thought?, tagged summer on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To the audience formerly known as my blog readers, I suck. I’m sorry. I’m really trying to do better, clearly failing. Much has happened since we last spoke. 1. I went to the gym this morning BEFORE work. Now I know what you’re all thinking. Let me get this straight, you haven’t written to us [...]
In between again
Posted in Work - Who would have thought?, tagged Consulting, Entrepreneurship, MBA on June 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Hello all, It’s been quite the while since I last wrote and for that I profusely apologize. Ok first let’s not have this title confusing anyone, I have not been laid off again. Wouldn’t that be a riot though, excuse me AIB we appreciate you month of service but we have to let you go. [...]
Firedrill!!! Quick someone make a slide deck
Posted in Work - Who would have thought?, tagged Consulting, New York on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Status Update: Jobs applied for: 1, Gym membership: 85/visit, Alcohol: none. Not bad for June 1st. Things that are exciting: 1. Receiving a paycheck. Hallelujah 2. Convincing my boyfriend to buy mugs with both of our first initials on it so we can have matching lattes. In case you don’t know me, there is little [...]
Operation working hard
Posted in Work - Who would have thought? on May 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So I’m at the client and don’t really have time to post, but I feel a bit like a spy so I figured this is kind of fun. Maybe I can write this post all day one word at a time. Plus I should speak in code just in case. 9:26 AM: The quick brown [...]
I can see, it’s a mihacle
Posted in Work - Who would have thought?, tagged Consulting, Entrepreneurship, New York on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Status: I suck and quit at life. But I brought gym clothes to the office, a step in the right direction. So I just went to pick up my glasses from the glasses shop where they had been residing because apparently open till 7 means closed at 6:45 in Boston, due to a loose screw [...]
Capt Tomato amputates a toe
Posted in Work - Who would have thought?, tagged Capt Tomato on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Not only has our superhero gone above and beyond the call of duty by actually putting on pants and entering the working world, she has learned surgery. Apparently toe amputations are not that difficult and can even be achieved with what used to be the comfiest of heels. Can our superhero survive with only 8 [...]
4 cups of coffee and counting…
Posted in Work - Who would have thought? on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So I’m secretly writing from my desk, now that I have officially started work. A few things I was clearly not prepared for. Consulting work is boring, just read a couple hundred page slide deck written by other consultants in another firm. For an industry who’s main product is powerpoint slide decks, you would think [...]
