Inspiring Video

Click on the following link for a touching video. http://www.b-roll.net/tv/view_video.php?viewkey=dc2a6340e258630febd5

Why I love* my job

Gregg's first words to me this morning, after being gone for two weeks, were these:

"So this is how you take care of my poinsettia, huh? Letting it die?"

Eye.... twitch.... returning....


*"love" can denote any range of possible emotions I feel right now. My job description has never included watering Christmas plants that are two months old. All rights reserved.

Matt. Matt's so hot.

At Prosper, hilarious messages would hit our voicemail frequently. We were the receptionists, so any call went through us if others were not rung directly or the caller was waiting for over a few minutes for another line. This one was at the end of a Success Story left by a student. I cut out the rest of the message and just kept the best part at the end.



I didn't expect it to happen at BYU, where my line is completely private and only accessible if you dial my direct extension. I will not tell you who this is, though I can see the number it is from and know EXACTLY who left this voicemail. The question is - did she call me on purpose and then didn't realize it was recording a message? Did she bum-dial me on accident in the first place? I don't know, but I had a good laugh. Blackmail.

THE Column.

All yearlong, I anticipate one newspaper article with an almost paralyzing excitement: Miami Herald humor columnist Dave Barry's Year in Review.

The article appears in New Year's newspapers across the country. I was first introduced to Dave's writing in my freshman English class at BYU. He had an entry in one of our textbooks and I read it probably 10 dozen times. I became obsessed with it, reading it out loud and acting it out to everyone I knew, much to their utter annoyance, I'm sure.

I loved it, though, and then found out about his yearly review articles. I know not everyone shares a common sense of humor. I have sat through many painful standup "comedy" routines at talent shows and the like, wondering why the people were laughing.

Dave's humor is spot-on for my likes, however, and I hope you enjoy it too:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/01/01/v-fullstory/1992746/dave-barrys-2010-year-in-review.html