Simple Words For Livin' & A Classic

TRUTH.

I felt it specifically appropriate to add this in for today.
This is something with which I constantly fail, even in my greatest efforts. That's both the beauty and curse of being human, blessed with God's endearing grace and mercy; I will fail at this, but God never fails at anything. I was prompted to go seeking some encouragement in scripture form to post up at my desk after some happenings at work this morning; this is what I found, and it is now printed and hung directly in my immediate line of sight. I am confident this will serve as a daily reminder to me that I am a witness, daily, to the people that come in and go out of my office. I don't know the first thing about their lives outside this office past what we discuss while they're here, and I've found too often that the nature of my job fools me at times into falling into a colder frame of functioning than I intended.

Simply put, it's easy to become callous in my job, if I'm not careful. Guilty.

I don't know if you've noticed lately the tagline at the top of my blog, but I am in fact a kid on a journey, in a world that is not my home. I'm a guest here, and while I am, I need to be a light, not a burnt out bulb.

Just a little thought niblet for the day. I needed it, so maybe you did too. If not, pass it on :)

Oh, and it's a-stormin' down here in St. Clair County, so naturally, everything electric is on the fritz. We managed to still watch The Voice [in and out due to the storm]. In between reception times and afterwards, we opted for one of my favorite classics: Annie! -- And yes, the 1982 version. By the end of it, Sydni was singing along and dancing in the living room. Love love love.

P.S. - I also love checking out the "then-and-now" galleries for stars of those types of films. Check it out :) 

aileen quinn ... aka - annie!
[all grown up ;) ]

I happen to be one of those people who loves storms [in moderation, of course]; It's time to call it an early night to go and lull away to the rain... *yawn.

Happy Tuesday :)
xo | cmd

Kisses & Made-Up Words

One of the things I tend to enjoy most about the day-to-day routine of my job is the seemingly natural tendency people have to fabricate words out of other existing words in order to convey a point. There's a certain point up to which I find it tolerable and mildly acceptable only given that individual circumstance, but there are other times that send me wandering in deep thought all the way down to the root of our educational system.

I personally appreciate the spice that this type of thing adds to my day. It's not my intention to poke fun at these folks individually, but rather to marvel over the general concept of creating new words at perhaps the most inopportune time: interview time.

For example, over the past week or so, we've began compiling a list of new and purposefully used words that have infiltrated conversations and face-to-face interviews. It's comical, now that I think more on it; not only did people use these words intentionally and without hesitation, they repeated them multiple times to ensure we heard them. We did: loud, clear, and questionably. My personal favorite was shockitifed, as it was coupled with an exclamation point at the end over an entirely separate but major resume blunder. In case you needed a contextual example of how to best use these new words in a sentence [spelling-bee style]:

1. [new candidate] "I had put in a application like last week and needed to verificate did ya'll get it?"
2. [in response to asking what set a candidate apart from other applicants]: "I have over 13 years of really high level managatorial skills, and always had to keep up with new company managatorial policies."
3. [in reference to a resume hacked and inappropriately re-worded]: "I would never write that; I didn't see it until just now, but I am shocktified!"

Lesson for today: stick with simple words until it's proven that the more intricate ones aren't just counterproductive. :)

Sidenote:

Here's my annual thank-you to Jess back at my old Cincinnati branch for introducing me to the Christmas edition Hershey Kisses. I snagged a bag of the candy cane kisses as well as some mint chocolate kisses, and as expected, they are proving to be quite the hit with the audience.

Another sidenote: Tomorrow's Friday.

Yesssssssssssssssssssssssss.

xo | cmd