To my surprise...!

No, I wasn't fired!
What a ruin to my weekend... Nah, too hard to ruin a weekend with Big Day Out!!!!!!
What an EXCELLENT event!!

As usual, I danced like a mad woman, was exposed to new music, was entertained by weird costumes, and laughed at all the gimmicks, but the definite highlight, by far was seeing Bjork.

What a splendid experience! It was like watching a creative person use their talent to explore an idea with God. It felt like a total privilage to see Bjork dance and sing and play on stage, not as a performance for an adoring audience, but as a form of personalised creative expression. She was amazing.

I'd love to see her again some day.

After such a great day I was determined not to let work get me down again... I lasted a day and a half and I realised that I just needed to quit while I was ahead. I just handed in my letter of resignation with the required one week notice. Next Friday, the day before my birthday, I will be free!!!!

Hurrah!!

k

Getting Fired.

I have my two month appraisal this afternoon and I have just learnt that during a probation period, an individual can get fired for any reason and has no option for appeal (thank you Mr Howard!).

Due to the second-in-charge having it in for me, and the big boss being a puppet to the second-in-charge, I am pretty sure I am going to get fired today.

I learnt about the probation laws about 10minutes ago and was really, really upset. But now, now I feel free! No more work at job with messed up office politics and no logic. No more work for people I don't respect in an organisation that is mishandled. No more work for a group I am not passionate about and for little recompense. Hurray for freedom!!!!

And the best way to celebrate will be at Big Day Out this weekend!

Oh yeah!

k

I just entered the office as a client was standing at the front desk waiting for someone, while pulling out a massive wedgie… I considered waiting at the glass front door until she was done but I sincerely couldn’t be bothered so as I opened the door I turned my head as if I had been looking at something away from her general direction and when our eyes eventually met I said a brief (pardon the pun), ‘Hello’.

Yesterday one of our regular volunteers (and a former client) was at the front desk dressed as a sailor (complete with hat). The week before Christmas he was dressed in a Santa outfit and I hadn’t really paid much attention (it was Christmas after all). Apparently this guy always dresses up in some costume… He is also apparently a bit of a regular on the public transportation system, dressed in a blue public service outfit, carrying a clipboard and asking to see people’s tickets.

Awkward people that make me smile and encourage me to play longer…

k

Happy 2008!!

I hope everyone had a splendid break between Christmas and new years. I headed to the Woodford Folk Festival as a volunteer for the opening and closing ceremony fire events. We spent the week immersed in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, in a fantastically disgusting mud bath. We made lanterns, giant sea horses, dancing stilt puppets and candle displays. We got massages, danced to artists, hung out with friends and made new ones. We jumped in puddles, giggled at kids and ate plenty. And by the end of it all, we were refreshed, happy and cleansed. Such is the Woodford experience.

It has been a rough year for but it is over now, so good riddance to 2007 and happy 2008 – a year of calm, love, learning and light!

k