About Steff
This is my interstellar craft of truth and wit. Buckle up. If you want celebrity gossip, this is not the blog for you. If you want comfortable postings that’ll fill you with happy fuzzy thoughts about the world at large, or self-help guru shit, this is not the blog for you.
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Tag Archives: getting what you want
Sep
26
2006
In Praise of Pink Slips
What a difference a day makes. 24 hours ago, I was sitting there sullenly at my desk, kind of loathing my existence. Today, I’ve got a paid day off, and tomorrow I return to the only job I’ve ever known that made me feel like I was part of a family. It has been 12–13 [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Best of Steff, Current Events, Depression, Journalling, keeping it real, Life 101, Loving and Knowing Yourself, Modern Feminism, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Society, Specifically Steff, writing Also tagged adapting, angry employee, asking for help, bad manager, blocked, creativity, getting rehired, going home, got fired, hating your job, i hate my job, losing a job, moving on, poor treatment, underpaid, unhappy at work, what creativity needs 2 Comments
Sep
25
2006
Good news! I got fired!
Heh. Yep, you read right. I’m happy I just got fired. I hated the job, or more accurately, one of the bosses. Worse yet: It sucked the will to write right out of me. Putting words on a screen’s pretty fucking easy most days and I can do it in my sleep, but the GOOD writing, well, [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Best of Steff, blogging, Current Events, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, keeping it real, Life 101, Loving and Knowing Yourself, Modern Feminism, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Society, Specifically Steff, writing Also tagged adapting, asking for help, blocked, creativity, getting rehired, going home, got fired, losing a job, moving on, what creativity needs 3 Comments
My Reader, Oraless-For-25-Years, is Getting Oral!