12/08/00: All New Everything

Well, since the vast majority of my six loyal readers know me personally, I may not need to tell you why I haven't updated in over a week. But in case you don't know, it's because I was laid off. Downsized, if you will.

It's all for the best, I guess. And I won't go into it here about why it was me instead of someone else, though I'm pretty sure of why and it's very, very, silly. I didn't do anything wrong. I just had a run of bad luck, technical and otherwise, and was in the wrong place at the wrong time when someone made what I believe to be a wrong decision. So there you go.

So... everything is new. But it's okay, really it is. I moved to a new place and the very first day I went in to work from my new place I came home without a job. I was locked out, and the light didn't work on the stairway, so it was really just perfect. I got to lie on the stairs and sob my eyes out for a half an hour or so.

Got a new roommate. She is really, really paranoid. She's convinced I'm listening in on her phone conversations since once she heard a click on the line I must have been moving the phone around and kind of jostled it on the cradle. She also thinks I'm fascinated by her financial situation and want to snoop through her bills or something. I only care when it affects me, you know? Like if the call waiting doesn't work because she owes the phone company a shitload of money. And then she says I'm snooping because I want to know if there's anything I can do to help her with the phone bill. But I'm only complaining. I just hate living with someone who wants to hate me.

Can I just tell you guys one thing, though? This girl, maybe I'll name her... Daisy... says she likes me a lot better on the phone. She said I'm so nice on the phone but not so in person. WTF? I have a theory on this, though: I think she likes me better on the phone because in person, I make her look really fat. Not because I'm so skinny, mind you. But because she's fat. Dammit, the girl is fat, fat, fat. There's nothing wrong with it. But it still feels good to say it.

Really, I'm a nice person.

honest.

I've just been watching too much daytime tv or something.