commie commissioner

so from the photo above, you can see that i've slowly been removing items from my shelf at table 6, since my days at work are coming to a close. although, the cheez-its on my shelf have been there since about late january. yeah ... i have a sickness ... so even though i hate doing it, there are things i'm going to miss terribly about this place, and some not so much.

what i'll miss:
1. The people. Seriously. This is the one place that I've worked at where everyone really just seemed to get along with everyone ... mostly. And there are some mighty cool people I met that I'm glad that I met, and I hope I still get to see plenty of them after May 31. Although I don't always show that I am glad that I've met these people, because I'm afraid to come off as some overzealous dork that just admires the people he's surrounded by day in and day out (or at least that's how it's seemed for the past 14 or so days). But yeah. I'm missing seeing these people every day already.
1-a. My tablemates. Having worked closely with Lyman and Melinda for the past five months has left a mark on me. I mean, who am I supposed to say such things as "commie commissioner ( he [s and ]s)," "e-n-titty," "she knows what she did hyph d," "there's no point," "i don't see what all the hyph is aboot," "do the um-d-um, watch me do the um-d-um," etc., too? Who will keep Melinda away from the vending machines? Who will split a veggie pizza with Bill? Who will put pollyfill on Lyman's head to form hair? Who will golf clap for Lyman? Who will go to the island of the blue hogs? Who will spool? Who will Melinda talk to about cute boys? Who will Melinda try to make eat meat? OK, moving on ...
1-b. You can't have an A without a B. You can't have a 1 without a 2 ...
2. The atmosphere. This has been, by far, the most mellow job I've ever had, and that's saying a lot considering since this past Monday, I've already worked over 70 hours. Not that the job is all roses or anything, but it's a lot less stressful and not full of bullshit like every newspaper job I've had, and this job has just shown me that I really don't ever want to work at a newspaper again because there's just something fake about the people and the hypocrisy of the media and all. Or maybe just working with so many real people that aren't pretentious and are easy to get along with, and drink with, and dork out around. And the fact that the dress code is lax. And the managers are cool. OK, I won't go on.
3. Cute guys. OK, so Melinda has made fun of me for having crushes on guys in several departments (mostly BJM and BDH ... and JRE). But it's nice to crush. It's not necessarily healthy, but it's fun. OK, so it's not so much fun as it is more of a recoil back to the teenage years. Yeah. I'll leave it at that.
4. Jennifer. I love Jennifer. I'm glad I met Jennifer. I'm mad that I won't be able to see her every day like I have for the past several months. Jen is kind of the unexpected friend I inadvertantly made that I never expected to make just because I tend to think I'm generally unlikable. But Jen and I ... well, we like to drink, smoke, people watch, and for some reason we just ... I don't know. All I know is that I can't really imagine my life without her now. Yeah. OK ... moving on ...
5. I know there's more reasons. I just can't think of them right now because I've been up since 2:45 p.m. yesterday, and it's currently 8:45 a.m. today, as I type this, and I have to be at work again at 7 p.m. tonight.

what i won't miss.
1. The uncertainty. Now I'll be the first person to say I like a little uncertainty now and then, but I've really gotten the shits of it in the past two weeks. You know, sometimes it's nice to know that you'll be leaving work at a certain time, and not 8 hours after you thought you would. But that's the nature of this job, and I should know, so I don't really hold it against anyone or anything.
2. The commute. OK, so basically every job I've ever had, I've had to commute. But for some reason, I really came to despise the commute to Austin every day, mostly because of the high cost of gas. And the fact that I was Zooey-less for most of May.
3. I don't know. I'm sure there's other things I won't miss, but I can't think too clearly right now. Damn lack of sleep.

OK, I'm going to try to go to sleep now. I'll update with more reasons why I will/won't miss this job later on.