Day Job

[oystercracker]

A glamorous woman, a wealthy New Yorker with a haircut that would look absurd on anyone less confident, in a brown sundress, push-up bra in full effect, pushes through the revolving door, and from the information desk, where I sit at the back, I watch as she strides the length of the store toward me to ask, in a European accent I can't quite place

Comments

[tomatoheart]

Everybody poops is a great book. greattttt.

Whoa, how is your life and yourself? It's been a long time since I've had any interaction with you.

[oystercracker]

I have to disagree. Without even having read it, I can GARUNTEE that Time to Pee is a million times better. I trust Mo Willems in all matters concerning both pigeons and pee.

My life is kind of stupid, as you can see. Hopefully existence will pick up soon, though. How are you?

[cappucinogrrl]

I know how random this is, but do you want a full house handheld video game that may or may not work?

[oystercracker]

hahaha. ah.

yes. of course.

[cappucinogrrl]

Are you serious? Because if so, I'll bring it back to New York with me and we can meet up. (Books of Wonder is closeby to me, I think)

[anonymous]

this is a temp job right? coz u graduated from barnard you CANNOT work at a store, you just can't.

i now fear for my future

-fellow barnard

[oystercracker]

wow. what an asshole remark. visit the strand. see how many people there have a degree in literature. god, visit my job, see how many people are persuing graduate degrees while they work. these are all writers and artists. you don't really graduate and get hired to be an artist or a writer. you realize that, right? that's a pretty common thing. ...doing a job so you can pay your rent while working toward other things.

what does "temp" job mean? no, i'm not planning on working there for the rest of my life, but it's pretty fucking presumptuous to assume that because it's a store i somehow got stuck there, or failed, rather than that i chose to be there because it was an envirnoment that i enjoyed, and wanted to be in for a while. i realize this was a post making fun, but don't consider that i actually have an interest in the, you know, non-potty training related books, or all the illustrators i've met, i know you're too busy judging.

welcome to the flower garden, tell doris i say what's up.

[velcrofeet]

this is a stupid comment, yes? "coz u" shouldn't be judging someone you essentially know absolutely nothing about.

the only reason i fear for your future is because you are clearly a dickhead who spells "because" as "coz."

-a nonfellow barnard dickhead

[stringheart]

i'd love to have a job in a bookshop!

i'm going to a zombie walk on monday. so excited!!!

[oystercracker]

whoaaaa. a zombie walk? tell me about this, please.

[stringheart]

www.myspace.com/zombiewalkuk

they're trying to break the world record for the most undead in one place.

my plan is to go, be zombielike, take pictures of zombie people and then come home to watch 'shaun of the dead' a million times.