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Name: Brigitta
Gender: Female
Interests: bocce ball, soccer, and world domination
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7/22/2006
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| One thing I strongly believe. you should never pass up drinking with the boss.
not in that dirty if I sleep with him i'll get a job kind of way, just in that, getting to know him better letting him have time to learn to trust you kind of way. Being is politics is much like high school or a small college. Everyone learns things through gossip. No one ever gets the whole story right. And whoever can hold their liquor and therefore their tongue the longest wins.
Sad that our entire governmental system can be broken down to so few words but it is completely true. The lobbyists buy the drinks. The drinks stimulate the conversation. The idiot that lets a slip of the tongue come out first due to drunkenness loses. I'm going to need to buff up my tolerance if i'm ever going to make it in this game.
I don't think i learn a mass amount when i'm tagging along at these after hours drink events, but i enjoy watching people i don't know fawn over my boss. We always knew he was kind of a big deal, but when i watch people from other congressional offices interact with him and see how they treat him with a level of awe, I must say i'm shocked. I know DC is not a land paved in gold or anything, but if the man i'm working for can draw so much attention i'm encouraged, and a little embarrassed (because if he's a top dog, good lord!). | | |
| Tonight I was both complimented and detested for my detachment. The greatest mountains are not that high and the greatest valleys are not that low. Why get worked up over nothing? I'm still going to have to make 35 phone calls regardless of what a poll says and I'm still going to have to fill things in the gaps. If we're down the same is true. Nothing predicts the level of production better than attitude and why should i let someone else tell me what my attitude will be? Perhaps I should be more empathetic but really, for the job i'm doing right now I just don't see how that would add to my productivity. | | |
| wow. i am so good at blogging it's almost frightening.
I have started my first real "job." That's right I am no longer a volunteer/lackey. I find work to be no more challenging than college. In fact it is almost easier because if handled properly you can outsource a good deal of your work. Of course this always starts with, "I'm sure you're much more experienced than I am at this," and "you did a really good job at that last time" etc. The long hours are a small price to pay for keeping the house. Although let's face it we're definitely not going to keep the house so if I am going to find a job after this my candidate MUST win. what a bad time to decide to be a republican.
Although about that, I don't think you really decide to be a republican. I think you just wake up one morning and realize you're smarter than at least half the population. Do you think they teach people the difference between a republic and a democracy? I, as someone who takes phone calls from quirky people regarding their politcal philosophy all day long, have come to strongly believe our public school system is failing somewhere around U.S. history regular. But that could just be that I've gotten the wrong impression from the gazillion people I talk to on a daily basis.
Anyway, work is exactly like college. It's as hard and fruitful as you make it. And...I like to think I make it darn productive. | | |
| So I created this blog with unholy intentions. My first act as a blogger was to terrorize a fellow co-worker. And much to my chagrin he was not spooked by my comment as intended, he was instead infuriated at the thought that our boss may be checking up on his blog.
Since my prank backfired immediately I have decided to turn my energy towards actually blogging. minus entering any identifying facts about myself or my "job" (because apparently it is shrouded in secrecy).
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