Since We Last Spoke

[bythepeskypole]

I just realized that I never really described last weekend. Let's just say that it was one of the best in my whole entire life. Not necessarily because what we did was that special (athough there was good times to be had), it's just that feeling I got. That feeling of child-like innocence that doesn't occur as frequently as it used to. That

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[triforcekt]

The best days at my job are the ones where I just say "Fuck you all and what you think of me" and sit at my desk listening to my nano. I get my best work done. My headphones are actually the kind that go down into your ear canal, so they block out almost every decibel of the constant annoying chatter that goes on around me. It's the only way I can get through sometimes.

[bythepeskypole]

I agree... I just hate the fact that people think that they're "better" than other people. Like their work is more important than you. I don't know how people go around with this holier than thou attitude. Yes, I've made fun of my fair share of people in my life, but I never go around feeling more important. It's just as easy for someone to bust on me.

Like at my work, the sales people always kick me off the computers in the back (when they have their own computers in their offices). If you saw the setup, you'd see that I have no other place to go. I'm stuck in an office that I don't want to be in, with people I don't want to be in there with. So I just go for the iPod instead. Yesterday, I "updated my contact book" at Starbucks for 2 hours. I just went and got a coffee and slowly added names to my work address book.

It's little things like that that get you through the days.

[triforcekt]

ABSOLUTELY. Japanese banks close at 3pm, so you're allowed to take your lunch break and go run bank errands. On days when I don't have classes because of exams or something, I'll "go to the bank" and then "forget" that buses don't run again until 3, and then just sit at Starbucks for hours, relishing not being at work.

There's also a traditional Japanese room with tatami mat floors that's intended for resting when you're sick or tired. I go in there at least four times a week. It's saved my life, and sanity.

[lotsofbluestuff]

I hate being treated differently because I'm younger, too. My new job isn't like that because there are a lot of young and young-looking people. But when I worked at law firms and stuff, I not only was young, I look younger than my age. They'd treat me like a little girl until they realized that I'm the only one who knows how to make the computers do what they wanted, and I was the one that always caught their spelling and grammatical errors on documents, haha. Then they'd forget and start treating me like a kid again.