My Cardboard Balcony

Okay. So, I just got back from a Giants game (we lost, but it was still fun), and I know that I've put off a longer introspection for a while. A lot has happened - some bad, some good - and I'll try to get it all down without looking sloppy. First of all, my store received a new manager after the last manager didn't work out. Let's just say that the staff is a lot happier, and the store is looking a lot nicer. It's really sad that my last manager, a man I had a lot of confidence in, turned out to be a total dud as a leader and a supervisor. He ultimately took advantage of every worker in the store, delegating the tasks he should have been responsible for to us. It's difficult for me not to secretly wish that karma gets at him, but I think the damage is done, and whatever happens, I hope he's healthy and learning how to improve as a worker. Second of all, my dog of nearly sixteen years died this week. He was definitely deteriorating over the year, and whi...

Still not exactly finding older stuff these days. We'll see if next week, I'll scrounge something up.

When they told me to broaden my horizons, I sewed sails onto a boat and sailed for the eighth sea, one that the same "they" claimed did not exist. It didn't matter. They were the type of people who liked to chastise and not practice what they bragged about being good at. As for me, I breathed salt and tasted fresh air for several months, until the tides pulled me back onto shore and I carved my name into the earth of a brand new world.