Ever notice how it's the little things in life that amuse us so much? More to the point, ever notice how it's the silly little idiocies in life that amuse us more than anything else? Well, this is not as much ''the little blog that could'' as it is ''the blog that enjoys going up the down escalator in your local mall.'' Will it have anything of real importance? No, probably not. But enjoy the ride never the less!

 

...may not be exaggerated after all. Last week involved a sidewalk sale, hiring new employees, training new employees, finalizing details on the kiosk, and changing this coming week's schedules no less than 4 times. There has been a pleasant lack of crying or thumbsucking on my part, but there has been an unhealthy and unpleasant plentitude of aggravation, shifts without breaks and wishes for big red "Easy" buttons to be installed within the store.

"Ah, but it'll be all better soon!" you cynics might scoff.

I'll agree...but not quite yet. This coming week sees one mall meeting, one manager's meeting, the set-up of our seasonal winterwear kiosk, plus a probable visit from a corporate auditor who will hopefully think I'm at least doing a decent job. Plus I have 2 weeks of paperwork to catch up on, and that's all due in about 8 days.

Things will calm down in November. Maybe. At least, that's what I keep telling myself. Granted, the Commercialmas push will officially begin about 2 weeks from now, and the crowds might start to pick up. But hey! Consider yourselves lucky: this little bit of nowhere is offering only a small slice of random, transient pessimism.Or would you rather be all angsty and emo?

I could write poetry. Really bad poetry about analogies of life and meaninglessness and oh noes!!1! I am in teh depression!

On the plus side, the last few days of reprieve have been spent at Kevin & Donna's. Joygasms have abounded, included getting a happy cheap Kung-Fu Hustle widescreen DVD (which I never did see, even though a row of them were sitting right next to their fullscreen counterparts), watching Batman Begins finally, and getting the chance to laugh with friends and forget the evil that awaits me the remainder of this week.

Nietchze was right when he wrote, "What cannot kill you will only serve to make you stronger." I doubt the tasks of this coming week will kill me, though they may instil in me a desire to send out an unholy army to kill someone else.


Don't worry, it won't be you.

Today's Lesson: spellcheck. (Or barring that, betaread/edit.) Why, you might ask? Well, go into the nearest movie store and pick up a copy of the DVD Mindhunters. Read the caption at the bottom of the front cover.

Yeah, someone probably got fired over that one....
posted by Phillip at 2:43 PM