Working Wo(man)

I am tots tired (I don't know if Americans abbreviate 'totally' like that... I know us semi-Americans of the Japanese islands do)

But, I am (almost) officially a working gal (as soon as I finish all of my forms). Yay.

Looks like what I'll be doing is marketing. Yay.

That basically means that I'll be surfing other law office websites to figure out what website is cool and what isn't, and why ours is or isn't up to par yet. It's basically looking websites, interfaces, and all that good stuff that Cliff Nass talked about in the first two quarters of my sophomore life, which, sadly, makes me wish I had paid more attention to his classes last year. But not to worry, I will be Ok.

Japanese customs in the work place are so, I don't know. I guess I don't have much to compare it to. My first day started with an extensive (not really) orientation about forms, ID keys, Security cards, and the time card/punch thing (which I have successfully failed to use as I left the office today). I started with a 6'5" (I know because he told me) Wisconsonian (?) who happened to be a "sound guy" for theater prior to his Japanese studies and English teaching. It was an odd coincidence to be starting at a Law Firm that has absolutely no relation to theater whatsoever (besides maybe us two) with another fellow techie who knew the job of a stage manager. And then this young Japanese girl started giving us a tour of the building (of which 6 out of... 9? 10? floors are occupied by 'my' firm) and then dropped off the Wisconsonian (whose name is Matt) off at IT and then we proceeded to my cubicle thing... I share it with a very... odd... to say the least, lady who seems not to be too social. But I can't blame her. She has to sit in a cubicle for 8 hours translating documents from English to Japanese, and then Japanese to English. I'd be weird after a while too. What else... Yeah, that's about it. I guess work starts tomorrow!

And now... As a request from Ms. Pacheco:

The feature of the day today is a joke.

The World's Funniest Joke

Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other guy whips out his phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps, "My friend is dead! What can I do?". The operator says "Calm down. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead." There is a silence, then a shot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says "OK, now what?"

Okay, i don't know if that's even that funny, but apparently it is, according to wikipedia.

Sweet.

bjs
C:)