May 06, 2005
friday dispatch v1.0
I can't believe that it's already May. May of 2005. Which means I will turn 30 in 2 months. (11th July to be exact. Mark your calendars now!)
Despite this somewhat-of-a-watershed occasion, this summer also sees me returning to the temporary battlefield world of office administration. While my resume is rejoicing that I can once again put "temporary employee" in the left-hand column often reserved for "job title," I am not so full of glee.
So while I get my closet properly stocked with clothes I will only wear in the office, my voice ready and steady to say "Good morning/afternoon, this is Betsy, how may I direct your call?" 4323409 times per day, and a bevvy of lists mentally stored to be expunged on endless reams of pilfered Post-Its, I bring you the first in a summerlong installment of Friday posts.
With ethics and activism in mind (as well as good old-fashioned time wasting), these Friday posts will be written with my fellow office peons and cubicle dwellers predicament in consideration, you fellow compatriots in a war against lost memos and improperly delivered mail where we're armed with leftover food scraps from board member meetings and a rainbows choice of pen colors. And a reminder that you're not the only clockwatcher, daydeamer or person-who-wishes-they-were-anywhere-else.
And, of course, all links are worksafe!
Atleast this gig gave me a window.
*Realise how bad you are at HMTL with the artistic genius of Huong Ngo.
*Craft and snark make for perfect reading over at Threadbared.
*Learn more about why you procrastinate. Although you will most likely procrastinate on clicking this very link.
*Take comfort in the fact that you're not the only one in a pen, courtesy of Seattle's Barking Lounge
*No matter what you're doing, the The Yes Men are doing something cooler.
*You, too, can make a zine in 24 hours!
*Plan your dinner tonight thanks to these free veg*n cookbooks!
*Take further comfort in the fact that someone else likes Lionel Richie even more than I do. (Hmmm...Remember how I said my birthday was on the horizon?) ;)
*Read about the work of Maakin Lab in Shetland. Discover more about how knitting in Shetland contributes to its historical and cultural heritage.
*Learn more than you possibly ever knew existed about heavy metal at BNR metal. Rock!
Rah Rah Rah! Go and listen to The Chap!