9/28

My film review blog, Movies, Briefly, is finally ready. There are 138 reviews on the site, all but two of which have been on this blog in one form or another. The two new ones are The Pajama Game and Angels with Dirty Faces. Add it to your RSS feed and enjoy!

The only reason I was able to get it ready before the end of September is that I have NOTHING to do at work right now. I actually reorganized the administrative stuff on my desk yesterday, items I haven’t touched since I started here in March. I just asked for more work on Thursday, so I can’t ask for more just yet.

I would like advice on something. Our legal assistant, who is beginning to allow me to describe myself as “long-suffering”, takes off her shoes shortly after she gets to the office and walks around either in socks or barefoot all day. And I don’t mean around her desk – I mean to the copy room, to the kitchen, into the attorneys’ offices. The rest of us are wearing shoes, so I can’t understand how she thinks this is a good idea. It’s her choice what she exposes her feet to, of course, but I find this habit unprofessional and pretty gross. It’s not something I feel comfortable bringing up with my boss, because 1) I’ve complained about her enough already and 2) it’s really the kind of thing I should say to her myself.

Should I say something?

Speaking of gross, yesterday as I was (damply) coming back from the courthouse, I passed the bus stop and saw a woman licking salad dressing out of one of those little plastic cups you get at restaurants. She was holding an open styrofoam container, which I presumed contained the salad. There were white gobs of it on her chin. It was one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever seen in real life.

A couple of weeks ago, BF received a small prerelease poster of the game he’s currently working on. For the first AAA title he worked on, on which he mostly tested but did some design, he was given a poster which he framed and hung up in our computer/video game room. The second AAA title did not warrant a poster, unfortunately. But this third one has pretty neat design and buzz, so he wanted to frame and hang the poster alongside the first one. I know it’s something he’s been meaning to do for a while, find a frame and hang it up. Last night I went to A.C. Moore and bought frames for it and for another item I’ve been meaning to frame (for much longer, though – over a year, I think). It was my lucky day for frames at A.C. Moore; they were on clearance AND buy-one-get-one, which meant an 18×24 and an 11×14 together cost me $16. I brought them home, framed the items, and hung up the game poster.

I knew that BF would be happy that I had gone on and done this for him, and although I guessed that he might have liked to pick out the frame himself, he would probably be a lot happier that it was taken care of than he would care that he hadn’t chosen the frame. Plus, I knew that he would probably be perfectly happy with whatever frame I picked out; he enjoys my taste. (I was right; he was very pleased when he got home.)

With this action, I declared a resolution: I’m not going to worry about this anymore. I’m going to listen to BF and take care of this kind of thing, buying items for our home without worrying that I’m somehow trampling his own preferences for style and taste by making the decision for both of us. So far he has been fine with whatever I buy, and I know that if he really hates it, he’ll tell me and I’ll get rid of it.

I’m excited about this. One more piece of anxiety and guilt dropped out of my life, and all I had to do was let it go.