Jinked

I was woken up this morning by a text message rather than the alarm on my phone. It was a friend telling me to get online. Now. I stumbled out of bed, turned on my computer and found my friend on IM. I was immediately sent a link to a newspaper article. Apparently my former employer has a warrant out for his arrest. What a [...]

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. “You wanted to leave. You chose to leave. And [...]

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 be this uncaged soul, flitting from one thing [...]

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 we will remain friends until the heavens come crashing down. [...]