Dear Diary,
I am feeling like I have lots of bad energy around me today, like I keep being mean but not on purpose. Like I can't even help myself, I'm just that mean. Here's something I learned today, never bring up politics at work. or ever. never bring up politics ever. Today at one of my jobs I looked like the big college girl pompous jerk when I made a joke about Barak Obama coming to town and no one got it. Everyone was like, "what's that?" And I was like "are you kidding. he is like the Brad Pitt/The Beatles/Ken Griffey Jr. of politics right now." (in fewer words than that) The three people I was talking to still had no idea who he was. I definitely made too big of a deal about them not knowing who he was, I didn't want them to think I was judging how dumb everyone was by if they had heard of a politician or not. That's not fair. It was okay and I was getting over it, but then someone announces, "I'm a republican!!" and I say, "why?" (cause shit, a girl gets curious in this day and age) And she says, "because....I like, think more of the same stuff that the republicans think than the democrats." and I say, "like what?" and she says, "like, um, I dunno! I have to go. (storms off)" So here I am, political asshole/whacko who felt better before the subject had ever come up at all. I'm all about being entitled to your opinion, but lets start with having an opinion and lets go from there.
HMmm.. in other news, I am realizing the value of not being all jaded and lame. People hate that. When you work with food and people, there is nothing you hate more than food and people. So shut up about it, no one cares, tips are good. Nothing is worse than meeting someone who has nothing to talk about but how much they hate their job. I am noticing this in other people, and it bothers me. It makes me think about that old piece of advice that you should look long and hard about what you don't like in other people and you will probably see it in yourself. Probably true.
Love,
Diana