The Pink Shoe Diaries

my mother has this bit of advice that she imparts to me on a weekly basis. the advice?4 little words

"keep your options open"

she says it in reference to everything: plans for the night, relationships, jobs....as if i should always act as though whatever is happening to me at any given moment is temporary and easily replaced. And I should always have an eye out for a better deal/situation/time. I have to admit that i have adopted this foot-out-the-door mentality although i don't know that my mother, who has been married to the same man for 28 years and working at the same job for 25, should really be talking about it. maybe she it trying to live vicariously through me. interesting...


work was insane today. very very very busy but in a way that i enjoyed. however, has anyone else noticed that CEOs are the babies of the corporate world? they can do nothing for themselves! i encountered this phenomenon when i temped as an executive assistant: but it is a sad state of affairs when i have to stop uploading ads (something that has to be done within a very tight timeframe!) to help Mr. CEO transfer the phone numbers in his cell phone into his computer;s Outlook account... manually. >:o he is what you might call "eccentric" (although i might call it "irritating). he won't check his voice mail because it is "too hard" so i am forced to take pages of
handwritten messages

i wonder if he is really this easily-puzzled? nah, more than likely he is like "i'm fuckin' rich! i don't have to do anything myself ever again!". that's what i would do. i would pay some girl who is a size 9 to break in my shoes for me. boo-yeah.