Debbie Downer

Pictured is the Debbie Downer that Joey saw at Disneyland, you can tell she’s not having fun at the Happiest Place on Earth. We all know a Debbie Downer, always complaining about things, never having fun, everything is always a disaster. Rachel Dratch does the character great on Saturday Night Live. There’s a Debbie in my office, this morning I went into the copy area and she was making copies and says to me, “Look these copies are too dark, and look at this one the letters are a bit stretched, I don’t know why I even come in, nothing ever works right.” It’s always doom and gloom, then a bit later I go to get some water and DD is saying how the tea is making her queasy and she thinks she’s coming down with a cold. Then she tells me how her friend’s dad is in the hospital here and she hopes he doesn’t die. Dammit Debbie I dare you to have a good day! Also Debbie Downers usually talk in an Eeoyre voice. I don’t know what it is but DD’s crack me up, every time they are on a doom and gloom tangent it makes me laugh, because it’s always something so ridiculous, so thanks Debbie Downers you brighten my day!

Superstar

Alright so last week I went to Lunch with an old boss of mine, the one I had right before I went to Australia. OF course she was updating me on all the goings on of the department, who’d gotten charged with sexual harassment, who’d been fired, who was promoted, etc. So then she tells me guess who’s the new star of the Finance Department, and well for the life of me I couldn’t think who, because I’d never dealt with anyone in that place that was halfway competent. Anyways so she tells me James Wong…now I spoke of James in a previous post (Today someone at work(his name is James Wong and I swear he wears the same clothes everyday and has greasy hair, he's like the Asian version of Milton from Office Space, if Milton wore black cargo pants and a Hawaiian shirt everyday) asked me to get him some rare archery equipment that they only sell in Australia and mail it to him, as if, everytime I have to give him a check request to process he gives it back and finds some reason not to do it until eventually I just have to do it myself, get your bow and arrow somewhere else Mr. Wong!)
James Wong is now supposedly the star, imagine that, can’t imagine the state of things that would bring that on!

On a separate note, I’m beginning if I’ll ever stop wandering aimlessly around the world. I really can’t fathom just coming home and getting a job and settling in one place. Maybe that changes when you get older or perhaps it’s just a permanent state of being, I’ll keep you posted.

I'm Grown

You know I’d forgotten what it was like to work for the university. I’m back at the place I worked before I went to Australia working temporarily until I go back. I’m glad to have the chance to earn some extra money before I go back (which will hopefully fund my permanent residency application—lord knows what crazy fees I’ll have to pay). Anyways I forget the craziness of everything here. Example #1: Yesterday someone had to set up a classroom for a lecture, that someone asked another co-worker to call and wake them up 10 min. before while they took a nap, said co-worker forgot to call and the lecture didn’t get set up. Example #2: Someone asked me how to do a resume, this someone (incidentally the sleeper from ex. #1) had never done one b/c they’ve worked here forever and have never had to do a resume. Although probably wise for this individual to get a resume together given their proclivity for naps. Example #3: A co-worker I used to share an office with came into another work area and was being really loud, someone said she should be quiet before she gets in trouble, to which awesome co-worker replied..I can’t get in trouble, I’m grown.
I agree, I’m grown dammit and I can do damn near anything I want, within the law of course and I think it’s high time to take full advantage of that fact, it’s easy to forget. Sometimes you feel trapped by things you’re “supposed” to do, or think you’ll ruin your life by making a choice to follow what you want to do, but lately my thinking is I’ll ruin my life if I don’t follow my dream.

Decision Time

So after being back in the US for about a month and doing lots of thinking on it, I’ve decided that I’m gonna apply for Permanent Residency in Australia. Most likely it’ll be an unsuccessful endeavor being that I don’t exactly fit into one of the skilled occupation categories that are pretty much guaranteed a place. A couple of my classmates are currently applying and one is now taking classes as a pastry chef so she can get in under that category and another classmate is simultaneously getting her masters in international business and going to beauty school so she can get in under the hairdresser category (if you saw some of the hair there you’d understand why there is a dire need for beauticians). I’m not gonna go to those lengths but hell it’s worth a shot figure I might as well apply and hope for the best, I could stand a couple more years down under. So why do I wanna stay? Couple reasons—If I do I plan to live here:
http://www.noosa-heads.net/qldtourism/

It’s only about 1 hour north of where I live now on the Sunshine Coast. Also as Ben Folds says in his song Adelaide:
The world could turn and crash and burn and you would never know
The air is clear
There’s better beer
There’s never any hurry, fuss or worry

And that folks I could definitely stand for a while longer.