not my day

today my raise finally took effect. and it's a ginormous one.

but today also marked that first time we ever had a printed copy error in one of B2B pieces. and it was a headline. on the main panel. a lot of people today told me to not worry about it because everyone missed it. the asshole we deal with for this client was also surprisingly nice about it by sending out an e-mail saying we're all human and we just have to review closer. but still, when it comes down to it, it's my fault. i'm the last one that looks at pieces and makes sure all errors have been corrected. i read every piece about 10 times.

i wouldn't be so hard on myself if this were a newspaper, because errors are expected to happen at newspapers. hell, i read a blog about it. but in advertising, especially when money and work contracts and such are on the line, errors not so good. so i feel like shit about it, especially because it happened on the day that my big raise went into effect.

to make matters worse, during lunch, my co-worker (let's call her "dalia") noticed that i had this rip on my ass that, if i were bottom, would make things rather convenient for intercourse. i, of course, was mortified because that rip was not there when i left my apartment this morning. so it happened sometime from when i got into my car to head to work or here at work. and now i'm wondering just how long i was walking around with the rip in my pants and if anyone else noticed.

and to make matters worse, i'm gonna go ahead and ask hot gig if he wants to go to the company holiday party together, which will most likely be met with a resounding "no". might as well go for bad things in threes, eh? i need a drink. grrr...