ahahahah...skeery! brilliant, but skeery! against my better judgement, i just joined. but if i damned gumby comes up on my friends page, i just may have to seek medication.
I took a look at thrifthorror and was delighted beyond all reason.
A few years ago I worked in a different building (same agency). Some folks took it upon themselves to "decorate" one of the unisex restrooms with "tasteful" decorations. My friend Matt and I decided to improve on that. First we started by rearranging the decorations. Then we started taking them apart (one was a bird on a wire stand, another was some sort of candle in a cage) and moving the parts around. Then we started bringing in our own decorations, like really terrible ceramic clowns, and putting those up there.
This went on for months. Then we noticed that other people were also getting into it and helping us redecorate. Finally one of the most anal-retentive people in the building sent out an angry email about "whoever is messing with the decorations in the restroom, stop it!" I can't describe how delighted Matt and I were that we'd gotten under this gal's skin. THEN, to our further delight, OTHER people went to her and CONFESSED that THEY had been the ones messing with the decorations!
Oh, they weren't unisex like in Ally McBeal. They were really just two tiny restrooms that weren't designated male or female (although I think in the beginning they did have male/female signs on the doors, nobody paid any attention to them). But that's not to say a male and female couldn't be in one at the same time!
That crack about your anal retentive coworker reminds me of a Dilbert cartoon. I wish I still had it. He sends the proofreader, Anne L. Retentive, into a "comma" by making a typo on his report.
And I bet the thrift shops down there are fantastic. I used to LOVE to hunt for old furniture in them, back when I had a house and lots of room. ahhh, memories
I know what you mean about needing a good cry. If it helps, imagine a big ol' redneck with a long black ponytail reading and crying about how he doesn't deserve to have a book written about him.
And I understand about how much help it is to have friends online. We can talk when the phone isn't convenient, and we can give encouragement without loading one another down with a lot of our own baggage. HUGS for you too Sug.
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Date: 2007-07-17 02:32 pm (UTC)A few years ago I worked in a different building (same agency). Some folks took it upon themselves to "decorate" one of the unisex restrooms with "tasteful" decorations. My friend Matt and I decided to improve on that. First we started by rearranging the decorations. Then we started taking them apart (one was a bird on a wire stand, another was some sort of candle in a cage) and moving the parts around. Then we started bringing in our own decorations, like really terrible ceramic clowns, and putting those up there.
This went on for months. Then we noticed that other people were also getting into it and helping us redecorate. Finally one of the most anal-retentive people in the building sent out an angry email about "whoever is messing with the decorations in the restroom, stop it!" I can't describe how delighted Matt and I were that we'd gotten under this gal's skin. THEN, to our further delight, OTHER people went to her and CONFESSED that THEY had been the ones messing with the decorations!
Nobody ever found out it was us.
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Date: 2007-07-17 02:35 pm (UTC)Thinking 'bout you, my friend. (The book is by my bedside table -tonight I will try not to fall asleep so early!)
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Date: 2007-07-17 02:38 pm (UTC)And I bet the thrift shops down there are fantastic. I used to LOVE to hunt for old furniture in them, back when I had a house and lots of room. ahhh, memories
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Date: 2007-07-17 04:07 pm (UTC)I have not checked out a Thrift Shop since returning from Exile...perhaps this weekend *crosses fingers*
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Date: 2007-07-17 04:43 pm (UTC)*HUGS*
Date: 2007-07-17 05:02 pm (UTC)Friends like you HELP more than you will ever know!
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Date: 2007-07-17 05:08 pm (UTC)And I understand about how much help it is to have friends online. We can talk when the phone isn't convenient, and we can give encouragement without loading one another down with a lot of our own baggage. HUGS for you too Sug.
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