just like Mary Richards!
Well, I had my first day of work today, at a real job! Let me clarify a few things: Not-real job: at worst, sit and read your email. at best, write articles, play softball and watch Office Space in a conference room. Real job: Retrieve paper. Put paper in another binder. Change the binder code on the spreadsheet. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. ....wooooo!
Even in all those months of graduates telling you "enjoy college while you can, you'll miss it so much," EVEN when you think you're maximizing your college experience- you are not prepared to transition. Not prepared for the loss of autonomy (if I want to write a paper at 10 PM or 3 AM, as long as it's done who cares?) and the luxury of talking about ideas and readings all day, to say nothing of the chunks of time to just hang out with all 100 of your closest friends within a mile radius. I chuckle now at the thought of being eager for an office job, where I could leave and be done for the day. HA! So much better to be able to procrastinate at will.
But seriously, my job is pretty good most of the time, and an interesting counterpart to all the big media stories about what this Congressional race looks like, or what so-and-so should do in this gubernatorial campaign. My colleagues (hee!) are really nice, and I have to stay ON my TOES like whoa. More comparisons of big media story- small on-the-ground reality to come.
And on a different note: Though it is an incredible song, there are times when listening to Sunday Kind of Love on repeat is just PATHETIC.