Nov. 1st, 2004

FOAFOAF

Nov. 1st, 2004 11:10 am
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Update from my 2-hour crying jag on October 23:
1) The guests who used the cabin were very pleased. Obviously, it went as expected for the man.

2) We've been left a 6-pack of guiness + a 6-pack of bass by the couple that used the cabin. mda thinks that's to make black & tans. Perhaps I'll try 1.

3) I came home on Friday and found a vase w/3 roses waiting for me on our dining table, w/a card from mda. They were for our 7th anniversary, which was actually last night (or at 1-2 am this morning; I don't know, but generally we say Halloween). That was v.sweet and thoughtful. I think last year we just e-mailed each other.

4) Friday night, we went to Le Shed (I suggest checking out the photos section for Le Shed. Pasty, corn-fed Wisconsinites at their finest). Anyway, I had the sense that WI-C wanted to talk a little about my emotional breakdown, but there was too much going on, and it was a lot more fun talking to his co-workers or sometime co-workers. My breakdown, I suppose, became the high point emotional drama of the week. Well, when you almost yell the word fuck twice at someone who is an acquaintance, and it's 9:30 in the morning, that puts out some emotional vibes into the ether.

5) Currently, my feelings regarding this are the same as they always are, although the bitterness that I've been using the last, mmmm, 10 months or so to coat my sadness and disappointment has abated temporarily. Now I'm back to the sort of passive sadness. I noted this last night. It's a tradition, for some reason, at the end-of-the-season party, to go up to R&J (I say, "for some reason" b/c by the time people go up there, it's fucking pitch black). 1 guy stayed behind to propose to his g-friend. She said yes, of course. laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (the sound of me sticking my tongue out and allowing it to loll around).

Awards

Nov. 1st, 2004 12:18 pm
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In 1998, I began our end-of-the-season awards for the tour program. Eventually, these awards have been broken down into several parts:

1) We have a listing of various crazy stories that have been collected over the year, such as one person saying to me, "My guide at the Dana house told me that FLLW designed Tal. with rooms for both his wife and his mistress!"

2) general staff awards

3) Awards for the various departments involved in tours: tour guides, house stewards, bookstore staff, office staff, and a new one this year, drivers (in part b/c I got reamed out last year by someone b/c I didn't have a category for them. That's the problem w/giving the awards--someone's always pissy).

4) Answers to the question: "What is the biggest lie you've ever told a tourist?" My answer was, "Our restoration architect was a dream to work with!"

5) Answers to the question: "Aside from 'How tall was FLLW?' what is the most frequently asked question?" Including things like, "Where's the House on the Rock? How late is the HotR open? How much does the House on the Rock cost? Do they have bathrooms there?" and things like, "How do you pronounce this word? Tally... tala... talahassee... talisman... talispin?" etc., etc.

6) And answers to the question, "You know it's late in the season when..."

I had wrestled with the fact that, for the first time, I would not be giving the awards this year. cut for friends pages )
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Polls. Electoral college. Voter fraud. Voter intimidation. Voter exhaustion. How the Seahawks did. The Red Sox winning the World Series. Osama Bin Laden on tape. The "October Surprise." The "bulge." Mobile phones users. Swing states. Battleground states. Senator Bunning. 527s. The weather on election day. Lost absentee ballots. Lost ballots from the Armed Forces. Halliburton. Chief Justice Rehnquist. The Sinclair Broadcasting Co. Fox News. Florida. Ohio. Iowa. Wisconsin. Minnesota. Michigan. Iraq. Afghanistan. Iran. North Korea. Israel. Palestine.

Oh, yes, and don't forget: black box voting and Diebold.

AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

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