Busted

September 23rd, 2014, 7:28 PM by Goddess

“That wild night, Chicago
It left a mark she can’t erase.”

Melissa Etheridge, “The Wanting Of You”

Speaking of marks, one of the boys in my building noticed a few on me and asked if I was OK.

“Fine, thanks,” I said. “I just ran into something.”

“Looks to me like you ran into someone.”

Busted.

Although I’ve just broken my rule about blogging in real-time, I’m going to put the rest in the time capsule and return to my “Five-Year Embargo” content schedule.

Maybe it’s time to trot out the story about the TV star I met at a five-star Orlando resort in 2009 who pursued me all the way to D.C. …



Well, I DO get tons of personal ad replies from 27-year-olds

September 22nd, 2014, 7:29 PM by Goddess

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They must be after my nonexistent money. Good luck with that!



Another one for the ‘OFFS’ files

September 21st, 2014, 1:58 PM by Goddess

So the new kid’s idea of updating an old article is very different from mine. Which meant I let town without my Monday newsletter planned out.

Read: Still at Square One.

I went to remote in to the system yesterday to work on the newsletter. And lo and behold, somebody shut down my computer so I could NOT REMOTE IN. I called IT and they said, sorry, we’re trying but someone messed with your system.

I have no content for tomorrow. No ads, no newsletter, no nothing. And no way to get into the damn system to build one. So I either get to improvise like hell right now or go in at like 2 a.m. because I will need that much time to get it out by 8 a.m.

“Oh for fuck’s sake” is the only appropriate reaction.

Oh well. I’m still glad I left town. Even if I have to return to the same ol’ same ol’.



Out with the old

September 20th, 2014, 12:22 AM by Goddess

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I have some big fat fucking work messes to clean up before Monday morning. But tonight I ate and laughed and drank and rode a tour bus around Chicago. Above is the garden at Orso where friendships were born and rekindled over tiramisu and wine.

I also spent the day with old colleagues/friends, and the night with another set. And that has energized my dead-ass soul in a way that probably won’t last past Monday’s onslaught of conference calls. But, you know, give me tonight, will ya?

So I found myself in the same room with someone, and a flood of memories came back. To me, anyway.

It’s too late and I’m too lazy to find the post. But if everyone remembers the psychotic shit who made up a fake Yahoo! address with my name and then sent the link of this blog to the higher-ups at my job at the time, well, I saw one of those people today.

The weird thing was that I still to this day had never met the guy, as he was in the D.C. office and I was in the Rockville, Md., office.

And then, a friend introduced us.

Luckily he had no clue who I was, even after I said who I used to be. But I had the unmistakable rumblings of rage when I thought of that sad sack of shit who impersonated me with the intent of getting me fired.

With any luck, a tour bus has run over his ass. Or maybe the ugly has manifested itself on the outside more so than it already had, at last check.

In any event, I squashed the hatred and befriended the guy I’d never met. And he was extraordinarily cool.

Closure, after 8 years. Feels pretty damn good.

*blows kisses toward whatever concentric circle of hell the idiot occupies these days*



Not to sound ungrateful

September 18th, 2014, 10:25 AM by Goddess

But the absolute aggravation that has gone into trying to take half a day off today, with system failures and deadlines and projects and other things that I can’t traffic on a normal day, has officially made me want to never take a day off again.

Think about that for a second.

It would at least be worth if if I had managed to get everything done before I have to leave for the airport.



Air high fives are in order

September 16th, 2014, 7:48 PM by Goddess

Sad news: Getting the news about one of the brightest stars in the field burning out and hanging up their tap-dancing shoes.

Great news: Getting proof that there’s life after working 80-hour weeks every year for 10 years in this crazy-ass field.

I wonder if, when I’m finally done too, people will regret that I’m gone or whether they’ll say, yup, she burned herself out so let’s find someone else’s hopes to destroy who’s new and young and a little too hungry and hopeful and ambitious.



Aloha

September 15th, 2014, 9:05 PM by Goddess

I heard today that managers at a certain local grocery store start at $75,000 a year.

I also know two more stores are opening in the next few weeks.

I am thinking it is time to evaluate my career options.



A tale of 2 conference calls

September 15th, 2014, 9:10 AM by Goddess

There are certain people in this world who make me want to slack and slow down and be as happy (if not completely unproductive/useless) as they are.

Then there are others who make me want to be better than my best, which is clearly better than most.

I had a choice between two 10 a.m. calls. And the one I chose has made all the difference.

My beloved web developer is making us look SO GOOD to an external company. I’m suddenly motivated to do something awesome today.

I like soaring with the eagles. That is my high.

Let’s kick some ass today, people.



Love and hate

September 13th, 2014, 10:37 AM by Goddess

After four years of near-imprisonment in the state of Florida, I finally have a work trip next week.

Mom mused, “You really miss having jobs that let you travel.”

Yup.

I think someone was trying to rattle my cage recently by intimating that I don’t really excel at two particular tasks. Which, I do fine for someone who doesn’t have the time or the passion to do either.

My strength was always networking and connecting the right people and making relationships work and managing those relationships over the longer term. The aching details of projects and numbers never interested me. I just happen to be good at jumping into action the moment it is needed … whatever it may be.

Unfortunately no matter how many people I hire, there is no “me.” And I have a love/hate relationship with that fact.

Because, I love being a rockstar. But I wouldn’t mind handing off the guitar if anyone were fast/adept/skilled/motivated enough to learn a couple chords, let alone how to do a screaming solo to give a girl a night off.

I am painfully aware when people aren’t great at whatever they think their calling is. I think I may be seeing a bit of that right now. (Story for another day, if that nagging feeling is true.)

And there’s a certain comfort on my part that I’m pretty good at things that I know aren’t my calling. What if I got to do what I thought I’d be great at, and it turns out “not so much”?

Whatever. I’m just thrilled to be at the big-boy table again. Making connections. With people. Now if I can just remember how to act so I can maybe get to do it again …



Introducing: ‘Don’t Fuck with Goddess’ Fridays

September 12th, 2014, 2:46 PM by Goddess

Since certain people get their maxi pads in a twist and everything goes sticky-side-up on my busiest day of the week, I’m declaring Fridays as a no-more-war zone.

Heed my advice — don’t enter my dancing space on Fridays. When I tell you I will reply to you Monday, I mean it.

After all, their pads are wrong-way-up most of the week anyway. How about giving a girl a chance to recuperate, eh?