My last day was yesterday. It was hard packing everything up. My teapot. My 100 pounds of tea. My cards and knickknacks and so many pens… they all had to go home with me. I stared at my desk for a minute at the end of the day with wet eyes.
“This is stupid,” I thought. [...]

4 Shout Outs

Written with sadness by Nichole.
Filed away under friends, starving artist, work

This past Monday I resigned from my job. February 5th will be my last day.
Do I have another job lined up? No.
I am going to be an artist, living for awhile off my savings. I am going to write and read and fine tune my design. I am going to learn PHP. I’m going to [...]

16 Shout Outs

Written with awesome by Nichole.
Filed away under starving artist, work, writing

It’s not what I do, but the people I know. I can genuinely call my fellow co-workers my friends. Even those who have left, whether it be of their own free will or kicked without cause out the door, I still keep in contact with them. We all do. It’s because we’re all friends, and [...]

Zero People Love Me

Written with awesome by Nichole.
Filed away under friends, work