I Didn’t Even Have to Write Today
But I am anyway. I think it’s interesting that everyone seems so enamored with my last entry – it was honestly a very easy entry to write. I just strung together a list of things that I love about my life and left out any negatives. I do think it shows the power of just taking an optimistic attitude towards your life though. And also the positive effects that optimism can have on others, for that matter.
I’m going to my work Christmas party tonight, despite the fact that I don’t even actually start working there until May. I’m taking Open Diarist Erin along with me, just because obviously two painfully shy people at a party are better than one painfully shy person at a party. Hopefully I don’t write another entry when I get back this evening over how I now I hate everyone that I work with – I’d like to at least save that entry for when I actually start the job.
Right, I can’t believe I just wrote an entry the day after MaJoMo either. Maybe I’ll become a more dedicated diarist yet!
Christmas parties can be painfully awkward for anyone, but it’s self-perpetuating: People get anxious about a Christmas party, they drink before/during/after, they do something stupid, they hear about it for a whole year. Once you’re in the cycle, you don’t get out until you leave or get fired. Just don’t be that guy. You’ll have less to worry about that way.
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I hope you have a great time! If nothing else, you can silently judge your co-workers or whisper your judgements to Erin. I am looking forward to the new frequent writing Matt.
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It would be nice to hear about the party. 🙂 Hope it is going well.
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Wait, how did I not note this? I read it earlier. ~I’ll be
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i hope the party isn’t stuffy and boring. 🙂
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Random: ‘Must I guard myself against the conclusion of my readers?’ I’m having a hard time writing this paper right now, because I can’t organise it and everything about the book is indistinct. Not to mention, the paper is going to get thrown in the rubbish bin anyway, so all I really have to do is throw a ton of words together and turn it in. I don’t even care. It’s rather pathetic. This is a book that has seemed closest to reality for me. I don’t know. The way it blurs the lines of social order I guess. Anyway, I love you.
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RYN: John Cena I believe his name is…the kid loved him so I went with it.
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RYN Tim, I guess. I just wrote two fucking pages about it, but “Tim” would have done it, I guess.
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Cool of them to invite you. I’ve only run into things like that at med school, but it costs like 50 quid and you need a suit.
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Listing things that make you feel good or that you love makes other people feel good because it makes them think about their own things. Like right now, I’m thinking about how much I love making fun of you, your accent, and your farm. I’m thinking about how much I love hating your lame readers “I’ll be… YOURS FOR NOW” and how I love wondering “What about later?” That’s it. Bye.
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