I don't even know what to write about.
Well, life event wise, it's been pretty normal. Yes, I am still working. And low and behold, it's at the same place. The likability of the position ebb and flows, typically revolving around how intensive we are talking about the product.
To lay it all out there, I deal with Textiles, so it's crap like shades, drapes, rugs, some pillows and stuff that goes in the bathroom. Other people deal with furniture, lighting, decorative accessories, it's all very exciting, I know. But for 80% of the time, you just think of these things as Items A, B, C, etc. You write purchase orders for them, you track them as they come from oversees, your budget gets cut and you need to reallocated money around. That's totally fine. Then there are those other times...
Those times are trying on the masculine soul. I never thought I would hear the word "cute" used as a professional business term but it's used at least four times a meeting. Why? Well, because when money gets moved around and sales forecasts come about, you have to judge how much of something you need to buy. Better your forecast, better you look because if you order too much, you're stuck with thousands of pillows in a warehouse; order too little, and it ends up on
backorder. So, these forecasts are determined by how "cute" something is and if it will sell well. If it's gonna be a good seller, it's "aw, that's
cuuute."
As I am typing this, I realize how many of you are seeing my job and I can bet that some are seeing me playing with Barbie's and having tea parties with Mr. Fluffy Pants and Ken. Well, piss off, cause it's not like that. Most of the time, it's number crunching, forecasting, analysis and more business acumen. And that's just fine with me.
Okay, on to an important part of the day: Lunch. The meal that keeps the dream alive at 10:30am and the meal that keeps you powered until 5:00pm. Now, you'd think that in SF there's be plenty of lunch places. Well, first of all, why would you think about that? You need a hobby. But I digress.
So, W.S.
and the Levi's main corporate office are right next to each other. That's a butt ton of people who need a meal. How many lunch spots are within a 4 block radius? 5.
Yeah, 5. And half of those suck. So, I pretty much am subjected to sub-par sandwiches, a food window which serves soup and greasy
quesadillas and then a taco truck... Not really sure where I am going with this but it's not a fun noon-time dilemma. Especially when I get the daily "What are YOU doing for lunch? I want
foie gras!
Oooh maybe not. I dunno. What are YOU doing for lunch? I
wa-" That ending is either me running into the nearest pillar head on (Apply directly to the head) or me bashing them over the head with a keyboard.
God, what else? I had some profound things a while ago but forgot them. Oh one was "Anyone can teach someone else at least one thing." I thought that was pretty good. Cause even Einstein couldn't play in a jug band and Cletus had no idea about the theory of relativity. It's a match made in NBC sitcom heaven. (Working Title: E=
MCSqaure Dance).
Finally, weddings. They're everywhere. Ed's is coming up and that should be awesome. I especially like the personality contrast that comes through so clearly on their wedding registry
webpage thing:
ABOUT PATRICIA - Patti is a fourth year medical school student at George Washington University. She is hoping to go into Emergency Medicine after graduating in May of 2008.ABOUT EDWARD - Ed plays a different sport every night of the week and was recently promoted to Senior Paralegal. He is the best Mario Kart player he knows.
Classic.
Finally finally, I wanna say Congratulations to the Browns, Nikhil and Sheetal. Here's to a lifetime of Cubs games and USC football. It's gonna be real and it's gonna be awesome. So let's raise our Old Style's and SoCal burritos to the happy couple to be...
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