KRISTA OVERBY BEST FRIEND

Yo, it’s your friendly neighborhood temp back with a new rating for this week’s temp locale.

1 = Hellish
3 = Are they serious with this shit?
5 = Fine, if you have no expectations
7 = Niiiice
10 = Are there any job openings?

And I grade the following perks: snacks and drinks, chair, other admins, boss man, location, and extras.

This week I am temping for a place I’ll call - Law Town 2 - Electric Bugaloo

• Snacks and Drinks :8 - You all know how important this section is to me. I didn’t know what to expect as the last law firm I worked at didn’t even offer water. So I was pleasantly surprised when I was directed to a fully stocked kitchen! Whooo. They offer water, juice, sodas, and even though they only provide shitty pod coffee and no snacks, they get an 8 rating because they stock Yoohoo. Now, I don’t drink Yoohoo, but I think it takes someone with a unique sense of humor to keep a stock of cold Yoohoos in a corporate kitchen. Awesome. They are also located directly above a nice cafe where I bought my lunch without having to get drenched in the rain. Nor’easter anyone?
• Chair: 10 - Hello Ergonomic Task Chair! Whoooooooo.
• Other Admins: 6 - What other admins? This place is like a ghost town today. Maybe there will be more people in tomorrow when New Jersey isn’t under water. It’s uber quiet here, which is a little disconcerting, but people seem friendly enough. No complaints.
• Boss Man: 7 - Everyone seems really pleasant…almost too pleasant…it’s almost like a stepford office. Maybe tomorrow I should bring some protection.
• Location: 7 - Oddly enough this is in the same building as the place I temped two weeks ago, the place with the waiters and glass elevators. However, remember last time how I was telling you about the offices with the beanbag chairs…um, no more bean bag chairs anymore. Where could they have gone? My goal is to temp in that office before I leave NYC…I just want to get a picture of myself sitting on a bean bag chair at work…haha, this reminds me of a funny story about me and a bean bag chair, which I can’t tell here because my mother reads this blog…
• Extras: 6 - I can’t think of any extras. They don’t seem to block any internet sites, but their nets do seem to be slow. It’s really quiet, which would be great if I were planning to meditate later, but since I’m not…it’s a tad boring.

Just a side note - I went down to Maryland to check out the camp I’ll be working at this summer (awesome). I stupidly didn’t get any pictures of the camp, but I did get a picture of a road sign that nearly made me fall over. Expect an update about that later tonight.

Hips Don’t Lie

Rehab

Just died in yours arms tonight - this one gets good around 40 seconds.

Say it isn’t so

In Da Club -this one has some inspired moments - minute 2.47 is awesome - I think the only black people this guy knows are at the mall

Hola, back by popular demand (Twinkie) it’s time for…Temp Rating System ™!
And because I have the time I am going to rate the place I temped at last week, as well as the place I am temping for this week.

Again - here is the rating scale:

1 = Hellish
3 = Are they serious with this shit?
5 = Fine, if you have no expectations
7 = Niiiice
10 = Are there any job openings?

And I grade the following perks:  snacks and drinks, chair, other admins, boss man, air tempertature, location, and extras.

This week I am temping for a place I’ll call - Law Town

• Snacks and Drinks: 2 - Um, what snacks and drinks…oh wait, you mean those in the vending machine.  Vending machine people!  Not since before the dot.com era have companies in NYC had vending machines.  They don’t even have water…like, not even a water fountain. 
• Chair: 5 - it is fine.  Nothing special.  It have a place to put my butt…and that is about it.  I’m filling in for a short person again and my back already hurts…damn short people and their little short chairs and low everything.
• Other Admins: 5 - There are two types of admins here.  Those who are super friendly and nice and those who are naaasty.  I have never temped at a Law Office before.  It’s nuts…everything is monitored so they can bill the clients.  Every copy you make is billed back, so you have to log in before you make copies, or fax anything, or scan.  It’s not hard, but the first time I did it I needed some assistance and this one admin was so mad I bothered her.  Another was printing off a bunch of stuff in front of me…so I patiently waited behind her, because I wasn’t shown where there was other copiers in the building…and she let me wait behind her for about 10 minutes before telling me it was going to be awhile and telling me where there was another copier. 
• Boss Man: 8 - He’s pretty cool.  He’s old as hell and doesn’t use a computer…yes that’s right, no computer.  So I have to print out emails and then print out the responses he has me make, but he’s cool.  He is doing pretty interesting work.  Basically, he’s assisting Jews get art that was stolen from the Nazis.  Yes, Nazis!  It makes me want to dress up in a dress I made from my curtains and sing songs in Austrian.
• Air Temperature: 7 - I might delete this topic from further ratings..it’s boring me. 
• Location: 6 - It’s close to the subway, I have to take 3 trains to get here, but it’s not that bad. It’s not close to anything…but that’s good cause I don’t have any money for anything anyway.
• Extras: 8 -Did I mention we are fighting Nazis!
• Temp Friendly Average: 5.1 - I’ll be glad when I have another temp assignment.  Fighting the good fight is cool and writing emails about Klimt paintings is awesome, but my back hurts and I miss places with free water. 

Last week I am temped for a place I’ll call - War&Peacemoney

• Snacks and Drinks: 9 - This place offered free water and had a soda fountain..and brought in Starbucks coffee!  Whooo.  They didn’t offer any snacks and that’s what made the rating go down to 9, BUT they did…I’m not making this up…have waiters and waitresses walking around all day delivering food!  Seriously…waiters!  In little vests!  The company had a website where you could order food all day..for free..and they would deilver it to your desk.  Sure, they only do this so their employees work longer…but as a temp, with nothing to do…I say, bring it on.
• Chair: 7 - It was a nice ergonomic chair. 
• Other Admins: 8 - Cool kids.  All seemed nice and helpful.  It seemed like most were actors and actresses waiting for their big break.  I kept getting NYC audition emails and emails from other admins telling me about plays they are in. 
• Boss Man: 7 - He said maybe 10 words to me.  He didn’t have any work for me..the phone rang twice and it was his wife looking for him.  She seemed needy…I’m thinking she might have been 2 steps away from in-house treatment. 
• Location: 7 - Good location, the building was interesting.  It was built, atrium-style) so you could see all the way up to the top floors when you were in the lobby and they had glass elevators so you could see the other offices…which was cool because there was one office that looked hella cool.  Everyone had beanbags!  Beanbags!  I think it was some dot.com or advertising agency.
• Extras: 7 -Did I mention the waiters!  haha
• Temp Friendly Average: 7.5 - Even though it got a high rating, I wouldn’t want to work there full time.  I would temp any time, but to work full time, blah…it’s still a financial company…and they all still suck.

This almost makes up for the whole irony incident.

Or maybe this is more your cup o’tea.

colorado, originally uploaded by kriscuz.

I wanted to formally tell everyone who reads this blog some exciting news. I’ve decided my time in NYC has come to an end and I am moving on. Moving on to bigger skies and cleaner air. Have you guessed yet? Here are some more clues…I’m moving to where the buffalo roam, the deer and the antelope play…actually I’m not so sure about that clue. While I was visiting there were some buffalo, but I’m not so sure how far they can roam and I must admit I didn’t see any deer or antelope.

Um, what else can I say…oh hell, I’ll just come right out and tell you…this city girl is moving to Colorado. Whooo! It’s the farthest west I’ll ever have lived.

I’ll be out of Brooklyn in May and then I’m spending the summer in Maryland, living in a cabin along the Chesapeake Bay and working at a camp. A sort of city detox before moving, if you will. haha. Then at the end of August I’ll make the big move to Colorado.

My lovely friends the J and Liz are out there already and have graciously offered to take me in until I get settled. Which hopefully won’t take too long. I am feeling positive about it all.

Yours,

Best Friend

Dear Best Friend,

A skinny bitch who said she was my friend, stole my prospect - can I cut her?

Yours,

Pacify or Pulverize

Dear PP,

I feel your pain.  That truly some sucktacular action from your “friend”.  I am assuming this not-so-much-friend knew ahead of time that you had it bad for this love interest?

People, are we so needy that we can’t be faithful to a friend?  When I mean faithful, I mean, let the crush cool a bit before running in a being all cute and single and shit.  I know we can’t all just run around putting little sticky notes on the guys/girls we like and say..MINE (God knows if we were half the guys in the city would have yellow tabs on their head that said - Best Friend), but on the other hand if a friend is crushing hard on someone what’s wrong with steering clear for a little while? 

In answer to your question, PP, you can’t cut her…well at least not on her face, but you can choose to cool your friendship.  Loyalty is a must have when it comes to friendship for me.  If you can’t trust a friend with your heart, how can you trust them with anything else?

Love and Kisses,

Your Best Friend

So I’m back temping again for Natasha…apparently she’s sick.  Who knows.  I’m not going to complain because I need the money and if this place wants to keep hiring me to come in and do nothing, who am I to make a fuss. 

I’m sitting here, it’s hot outside and therefore it’s uber hot in this building on Madison Avenue.  High rises always need a few weeks to get the temperature right and “we” the “corporate workers” have to pay.

Anyway, I wanted to make a temp update!  I’m looking around this cube and you know what I found…another religious image!  Her shrine is getting bigger!  I’m starting to worry about Natasha.  She has added a Special Masses for Healing card to the Buddha shrine.  Should I worry she has some horrible disease that I might catch typing on her computer…or answering her phone?  When I came in the HR lady gave me all of these disinfectant wipes.  Shit…there is probably some flesh eating bacteria crawling around on my face as I type this!

Do you think Buddha cares about the overlapping Catholic imagery?  Do you think the Virgin Mary is upset she is sharing space with this stone little Asian man?  If I were Natasha I think I would just make a decision and go with one or the other…sure you might be wrong, but if you are on the winning side…you are golden.

I have also done some digging around Natasha’s computer..what can I say…I’m bored.  It seems she is a bundle of nutty interests.  It seems she not only plays Warcraft, but she plays guitar and loves a good memorable quote.  She also has a link for Hospice care…oh shit…now we have an answer to the battle o’religious icons.  Ew, she has a link to Fox News.  I don’t know if we would get along, Miss N and myself.  I think she might worry too much and probably voted for Bush because of his “family values”. 

Part of me wants to leave a note for dear old Natasha…I think she may need an extended vacation…and I know just the temp to fill in for her.

snow monkey, originally uploaded by kriscuz.

I visit this site at least once a day and so should you.
http://www.jigokudani-yaenkoen.co.jp/livecam/monkey/index.htm
Ever since I saw a National Geographic photograph about the Japanese Snow Monkey, my dream is to one day be sitting in a hot spring along side of those darn monkeys.

I need more storage, originally uploaded by kriscuz.

This is what my cd storage looks like. I thought I might need a visual aid for my last post.