Comments on: A cubiculo of one’s own http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/408 The daily organ of the Northeast Corridor Social Club Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:32:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lane http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/408#comment-622 Lane Wed, 10 May 2006 01:12:23 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/408#comment-622 and you've had too much mezcal and you’ve had too much mezcal

]]> By: adriana http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/408#comment-621 adriana Tue, 09 May 2006 23:08:44 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/408#comment-621 Lane, you are wicked and you will burn in hellfire. Lane, you are wicked and you will burn in hellfire.

]]> By: Lane http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/408#comment-617 Lane Tue, 09 May 2006 18:12:11 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/408#comment-617 I hate office decorating too. I mean I hate the idea of it. I've only had one (count it!) one real job in my life but I know what you mean about the fake sociality that underpins the office world. It's enough to make one . . . teach. ; -^ { I hate office decorating too. I mean I hate the idea of it. I’ve only had one (count it!) one real job in my life but I know what you mean about the fake sociality that underpins the office world. It’s enough to make one . . . teach.

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]]> By: Jeremy Zitter http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/408#comment-614 Jeremy Zitter Tue, 09 May 2006 04:43:15 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/408#comment-614 When I first got out of grad school, I wasn't sure I wanted to teach, and so I got a job as an editor of trade magazines (magazines like <em>Limousine and Chauffeured Transportation </em>and <em>School Bus Fleet</em>). I had a cubiculo of my own, with the requisite plant and smattering of photographs, and for a year I got more and more depressed in this incredibly debilitating environment. I swear it wasn't the 8-to-5 monotony or the hierarchical grid of smaller cubes among bigger cubes or even the annoying acronym-inflected (and bullshit-saturated) discourse. It was the constant and elaborate decorating, for every occasion: birthdays, holidays, promotions, passed gallstones, whatever. That's why I really went back to teaching... Great post, Dave. Thanks for reminding me not to get discouraged about my teaching gig (in Week 14, when I tend to get most frustrated)... When I first got out of grad school, I wasn’t sure I wanted to teach, and so I got a job as an editor of trade magazines (magazines like Limousine and Chauffeured Transportation and School Bus Fleet). I had a cubiculo of my own, with the requisite plant and smattering of photographs, and for a year I got more and more depressed in this incredibly debilitating environment. I swear it wasn’t the 8-to-5 monotony or the hierarchical grid of smaller cubes among bigger cubes or even the annoying acronym-inflected (and bullshit-saturated) discourse. It was the constant and elaborate decorating, for every occasion: birthdays, holidays, promotions, passed gallstones, whatever. That’s why I really went back to teaching… Great post, Dave. Thanks for reminding me not to get discouraged about my teaching gig (in Week 14, when I tend to get most frustrated)…

]]> By: Rachel http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/408#comment-610 Rachel Mon, 08 May 2006 18:24:35 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/408#comment-610 Remember the red stapler in Office Space? I read somewhere that when the film came out, Swingline didn't actually make its product in red, but after the film, demand grew to the point that the red model is now in standard production. Quite a symbol. Remember the red stapler in Office Space? I read somewhere that when the film came out, Swingline didn’t actually make its product in red, but after the film, demand grew to the point that the red model is now in standard production. Quite a symbol.

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