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Celebrate Your Girl or Boy Friday
Since I’m like the crappiest girl Friday, I totally forgot today was Administrative Professionals’ Day. Thankfully the wonderfully together Notorious M.A.G. reminded me.
In honor of admin superheroes, here is my list of awesome girl and boy Friday characters:
Anne Elliot of Jane Austen’s Persuasion: She was always being sent here and there on stupid little errands even though she was running the show. Idiots!
Fanny Price of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park: Mrs. Norris so didn’t need a girl Friday, but she sure liked having one. That’s the way all boss-type people are.
Cordelia Chase of Angel: Etilia disagrees and thinks that Cordy would kick my ass, but it’s my list damn it! To me, girl Friday just means you’re not top dog, you’re a second banana. And I agree that Cordy would have a hard time admitting this, but that’s just because all girl Fridays are made of awesome and that’s part of the humor in the term.
Michel Gerard of Gilmore Girls: He always gets the job done and works with demanding personalities like Lorelai and Sookie. He feigns annoyance, I mean, he is annoyed by incompetence like every good boy Friday.
The whole admin staff on Ugly Betty–Betty, Amanda, & Mark: When their bosses say JUMP, they ask HOW HIGH? Betty pays homage to all the Fridays that came before her in tweed, with limp bows, and tragic cardigans good only for keeping you warm in a chilly office. Mark is ruthless in serving his boss. Amanda owns her headset like it’s the cutest little accessory. I wish I got to paw through The Closet during late nights in the office.
Dwight on The Office: Granted he’s a sales rep and Pam is technically the admin staff, but seriously, he is so Michael’s boy Friday.
Please add to the list!!!!!!!!! I know there are many more great admin superheroes!
And finally, Happy Administrative Professionals’ Day to me, Notorious M.A.G., Weltsie, and Violet the Bohemian!!!!!
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Mikey B Wants to Jump the Queue
Lately whenever I’m doing something remotely interesting, or even highly boring, I try to remember every detail so I can report about it on this here diary. I have loads of ideas, but never enough time to write about all of them—if I was more organized I’d keep a list of them handy. (Still to come are posts on how to handle the Miss Forward-a-Lot in your life, pictures of the flat, and a new how-to.)
Yesterday was a day all about connecting with old friends. I was online and at one point I had seven chat windows open. I chatted with Sashley, my old roomie, and Mikey B, a friend from high school. I wondered what would be considered newsworthy. For example, I told Sashley about our other roomie who I recently eloped. I decided she didn’t need to know the nitty gritty about redoing my floors. She told me about work and her broken heart that’s still mending. She left out the details about her trip to Las Vegas.
When I talked to Mikey B I caught him up on The Pink Fairy’s new blog. I told him about Notorious M.A.G.’s deal with her husband to get a cat and name it Bjork. I reminded him that I’ll always be Ms. Friday, whether or not I ever marry. He informed me that he is still so ADD that he can’t keep up his own blog—much less anyone else’s—or go on a lunch break that is shorter than three hours. He admitted that he liked to post pictures and when I asked him where he said, “The internet.” Hmm…yeah. I was hoping he’d narrow it down for me since there are lots of tubes and wires that connect this giant web-like system.
Despite Mikey B’s inability to focus or remember things, he checked my little ol’ diary this morning to see if in deed our conversation made the front page. To his chagrin he found nothing but yesterday’s Visual DNA thingie. Something else he hasn’t mastered? Patience.