Back in the Swing

/ July 25, 2011/ life, the 9 to 5 gig, week in review/ 8 comments

First off, a huge, huge thanks to Miranda for taking over last week. I hope you guys enjoyed her entries as much I did. It’s been a little hard going for yours truly as of late. Without going into too much detail, there was a death in Hubby’s family. I had declared 2011 as a wake/funeral-free year, but obviously there

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Props and Office Needs

/ October 29, 2010/ file under wtf, image of the day, the 9 to 5 gig/ 2 comments

As the 9-5 job changes by fiscal year (no lie), I find myself searching for different things. Last week was no exception. The task: Find where one purchase book props. Pretty easy task. Of course, since the current incarnation of my 3 week temp job* is only a few months old, I’m still learning. No problem. Amazon has everything, right?

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Stupid Technology Mistakes

/ August 20, 2010/ life, technology, the 9 to 5 gig/ 4 comments

First off, Happy Friday! I’ve never had a week that dragged as bad as this one, so I’m glad the weekend’s finally here where I can read, go to the gym, and have some marathon editing sessions. But right now, I’m still locked into my desk with my brain too hopped up on caffeine to concentrate on anything. What did

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Week in Review

/ February 26, 2010/ excuses, life, the 9 to 5 gig, week in review/ 0 comments

I just love this, don’t you? Just an inch past 30 days since my last week in review, we’re doing another one. Sad to say, I did have an awesome post lined up, but work being work exploded and made a very sticky, nasty mess all over my workspace. So without anymore bullshit… Alicia’s Week in Review  Work Hubby left

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You Mean Business Writing’s an Art?

/ January 27, 2010/ goals, the 9 to 5 gig, writing/ 1 comments

Work has exploded all over my desk again, so this was not the blog I was planning for today. (Maybe this is the blog gods way of telling me to blog ahead of time? I didn’t think so either.) Confession time: I work for a big publishing house. Before you get all excited, no I can’t help you with that.

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