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The good news is that working like a fiend has provided me with a healthy paycheck this week.  The bad news is that in fact all work and no play has made me a dull boy.

And even though I have a weekend off work I am unfortunately going to be stuck inside taking care of the start of my life chores.  At least I have Monday to look forward to, and hopefully some pictures to post of my new friends.

With each bad thing that's happened to me lately it's come along with something really great, so maybe this weekend will turn out better than I'm expecting.  Here's hoping.

everybody loves juice

When I went to Jamba Juice today I noticed this promotion they had going which I thought was nice.  I died laughing when I looked inside and saw the one and only business card that had been submitted.

That's for our local sex shop.  You gotta stay in shape if you're going to rock the assless chaps.

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This is the outfit I was sent for work.  It looks even better in person.  I'm a little scared to wear it as it's hella expensive.  I won't be gauche and say how much but I will say that outfit alone is about double my rent.  They also sent me an absurdly expensive t-shirt.

I don't necessarily feel like James Bond but I do feel I could be one of the bad guy's henchmen that grapples with James at some point midway through the movie.  Maybe I have a dagger hidden up my sleeve or something?  I don't know, we'll work on those details later.

The point is that I look the part.  I certainly got a lot of compliments today from my coworkers, including my new favorite coworker EDUARD.  He finally started downstairs, it's good to see his smiling face again.  I also got to take my break with Sarah today, so it was definitely a good day for me.

I think my new job is going to work out quite nicely.

for gala

Gala sent me a text saying that they covered Vision of Love on the voice and that I should watch it, which reminded me that I got a bittersweet All I Want for Christmas is You at work the other day.  It was a cover.  Really?

I texted Gala back telling her of my disappointment and she made some comment about how it's not her song so it's not like they have to play her version.

INCORRECT.

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a song written by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, recorded by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It was released by Columbia Records on November 1, 1994 as the lead single from her fourth studio album, Merry Christmas. The song's writers were also the producers.

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That being said, they do HAVE to play her version, so Gala, please let me know who I need to contact in H.R. about this.

Otherwise, yes I give props to Trevin for his take on Vision of Love, he certainly out sang Amanda.  Also, like with Kelly Clarkson trying to cover Always Be My Baby, clips like this are good reminders of how amazing Mariah is.  She just makes it seem so effortless.

extra purple

I had to go to work today on my day off for a meeting so obviously I had to treat myself to some tea...and maybe a few other things that I definitely didn't need to spend money on.  I don't know what you call the people who make the tea (I want to say teamasters) but one of the girls always gets SO excited when I come in and order an iced lavender dreams because she can make it extra purple for me.

Today when I came in she was happy to announce that she had finally discovered just how many lavender blossoms to put in to achieve the perfect shade of purple.  I have to say, the purpleness does make it extra delicious.  I have been telling her that I'm going to bring Jonathan in whenever he comes down so she can make one for him and that he will be even more excited about it than she is.

In other news, they sent us our uniforms at work and let me tell you, the sent some fancy stuff.  The blazer alone cost more than my rent.  There's a part of me that's scared to even wear it but I did try it on today and it felt so good to be ensconced in luxury.  I will try and take a picture tomorrow for show and tell.

foreshadowing of things to come

Just as I was getting to work I looked in my rearview mirror and saw what I initially thought was a woman dressed head to toe in a teddy bear outfit.  It turns out she was just wearing a bear hat, but still, it was startling.

I let out a sigh of relief when I turned in to the mall and she continued elsewhere.  That being said, there was no shortage of crazies todays at work.  I'm just thankful that Gala is back so I closed with Noriko instead of all by lonesome.  I feel like I'm finally figuring out things so hopefully this holiday season will go by smoothly, despite how the past few months have been.

We'll see, either way I am looking forward to getting my first commission check next week.  I haven't looked at my sales so I have no idea what to expect but it will include half of October and all of November so it should be pretty decent.  I'm hoping I'll have enough after my bills that I can upgrade my phone.  If not, I'll just blow what's left on this:

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