Now that ‘woot’ has made it into the dictionary, I can safely use it without reprisals.

But the real purpose of this post is to share the news that my Etsy shop is now open and I’ve sold 9 buttons to 4 different people. Whee!

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• The construction workers building the new Italian restaurant next door are insane. They yell and scream and sound like pirates.
• Facebook is eating my life. Mousehunt has taken hold of my soul. It’s not pretty.
• My job still makes my brain hurt. Which is good. But it still hurts.

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So, I’ve been sucked in. I have a Facebook page, and I’m addicted.

The problem is, I only have two friends on there who I really interact with, so they’re getting bombarded with all the little thingies I get to send to people.

I need more friends so I can spread the love a little more broadly. So sign up and be my Facebook friend. It’s funner than it has any right to be.

Oh, and if you have any idea how to get a business Facebook page to work, clue me in. I’m having mental difficulties with that aspect.

And I’m super-excited about Chapel Bar on Monday! I’m going to walk the 4000 blocks from work to there, so I can stumble back and be sober before I find my car again. Well, it’s probably not 4000 blocks. Maybe 14. I hope it doesn’t rain. And I’m glad the walking back uphill part will be after I’m drunk, because my muscles feel no pain with vodka.

My new job is awesome. Really hard and confusing and unclear and humbling, but still awesome.

I’m actually at work right now, so I can’t write much, but I wanted to check in and let y’all know that I’m surviving.

I am The Marketing Department. I guess I need to learn about marketing now. Right now my priorities are to create a marketing plan, to get hooked up in various social networking avenues, (re)design a promotional postcard, and find ways to tap into the LGBT market.

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Yay! Woo! Last day at this job! Yippeeee!

Sadly, the only thing I’m going to miss is my laptop. I’ve grown very attached to my sweet little laptop, with its wireless internet and Adobe Creative Suite and all my favorite setting just right.

But it’s a small price to pay to be out of here and moving on to something that might actually be fun and stimulating and challenging and interesting and not requiring a logo-embroidered polo shirt and name-tag.

Wheeeee!

So I guess I should give a little more detail about the new job, now that my brain has calmed down a little and I can actually think. It was nice for my entire head to be filled with cookie-scented, rainbow-colored happy faces, but it did make it hard to focus.

So, the saga.

I had the interview, and I thought it went really well, and it seemed like she was impressed by me. After meeting the owner, seeing the store, getting sniffed by her puppies, and hearing more about the job, I fearfully bantered about the term “dream job.” So much variety, and a store filled with goodies that I’d actually like to own if I could afford it, and a boss who seems friendly and laid back.

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Holy crap, I got the job!

I’m too excited and flibbertijibbety right now to really say anything worthwhile or coherent about it, except YAY!!!

This has been a very buttony weekend.

Yesterday I spent a good portion of the day designing new buttons, and then using my brand new circle punch (which is awesome) to cut out the designs that already got printed. Then I used my lovely little button making machine (which is also awesome) to make a bunch of buttons. Then I set up my photo-studio-in-a-box (again, awesome) and took pictures of all the buttons I’ve made so far.

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I have found my purpose in life. It is to make buttons.

I’ve been using every spare moment lately to make button designs on Photoshop. Well, compiling ideas for buttons and then actually making the button designs. Next, when my circle-punch is ready to pick up, I can actually make the buttons. I can’t wait to see what they actually like under mylar with a little pin-back.

So far I’ve made about 80 button designs. And, if I may say so, I’m pretty darn good at this. And I’m having a ridiculous amount of fun.

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All of a sudden, I have three completely different job prospects. I have no idea how any of them will turn out, or if I’ll get offered any or all of them, and if I do get offered one or more how I’ll respond, but I’ve decided not to fret about any of that for now.

I’m just going to enjoy being somewhat sought after, or at least interesting enough to warrant phone calls and emails and meetings in person.

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