I am a copycat... just an update from the land more southern.

Just thought I would shed a little insight into the new jobby job down south. It's amazing really. Did you know that there are places you can work where people don't talk down to you? There are jobs where people laugh and enjoy what they do? There are! It's amazing. I work at one of those places now too! My new work people are friendly and laugh about the times where they screwed up and even more amazing is there are no bad feelings about it. Nobody got fired or reamed or made to feel like a total idiot for leading being a half-point off. So what if I am making toothpaste tubes and hemorroid cream containers? They are beautiful and endlessly more creative than the mindless drivel we were spewing out at ICE. They trust me here to do my job. There is no never-ending chain of approvals. I get a file. Work on it. Make the film and send it out to the line. Done. No hierarchy to give me their okay even tho they have never created ANYTHING in their lives except a catchy "So sorry you're leaving" quote on another going away (aka escaping) card. I do my job. That's it. They let me. Awesome. It's pretty amazing how much you can get done in an hour when you don't have 15 people "helpiing". My supervisor? I have seen him maybe 5 times in the four weeks I have been here. Most of those he was just checking with other folks about questions (legitimate questions) about things that were already running. Next month we are all "volunteering" at Bonnaroo as a department. We are givers here. ROFL... I wanted to go to Bonnaroo but it is hopelessly expensive and I didn't want to spend that much on a music festival. Now I am going (with fun people) and don't have to pay a dime. I have to pour beer and listen to the bands. It's my job. :) Life is good. Hang in there Mavvy. Yours is coming!!