OMG, am I really back?

okay so... Ms. Jetsetter has gotten me back in stride again!! After my 2 or so years hiatus I am committing myself to TRYING really hard to blog my random thoughts again. So here we go...I am sitting at some hoteling desk (if you don't know what that is I'll tell you in a bit) at my BF's job. It's 7:12 p.m., and I've been here for at least 40 minutes waiting on him and his Mgr to finish a report. How the heck did I get sucked in on this? We were just supposed to meet for the gym after I got off work at 6 p.m.

I feel like a kid who visits their mom and gets hidden in an abandoned cubical and given folders to label to keep themselves busy. My job is creative, my BF's job is ultra corporate - thus the hoteling. At my job we have toys on our desks, music playing all day and a 52" tv in the client lounge. Here: there's repression, ties and the gun and the nod (you know, the fake I'm with ya sign) oh and there's...hoteling: a concept where transient consultants share desks in a bull pen fashion. Basically its a blank cube, with a phone and an internet jack and....NOTHING ELSE. They even have slogans to remind you about the power of being a corporate minimalist. Who in the hell has slogans? 1984 - Red Flag! Here is an example of their slogan, written on a post-card sized paper that is placed in each cube:

"What will you do w/ your space today?"
It's our space
It's your space

Hoteling: Clean Desk Policy
It's a shared space; please dont; leave a trace!
- (Company Logo here)

Who the hell crafts this corporate BS? I am sure I sound very "anti-establishment" right now but it's not that serious. I mean - it's just so subliminal it's OBVIOUS, patronizing and sooo damn corny. As corny as the company was for sending out a US wide email the Friday before MLK Day to remind employees that they will be honoring Dr/ King with a "day on" and not a day off. Don't get me started as if Dr King's work for civil rights in anyway equates to the capitalist agenda. They just want to bill hours, not pay employees to have a day off. Classic Spin Doctors... How about you send an email like that 2 damn days before 4th of July? People would flip - so much for the black man's holiday... but I digress

It's 7:22 and I'm still sitting here. The sad part is my house is like 5 blocks away but we've got to work out downstairs in the gym. If his manager asks him about House one more time I am going to bust up in there and yank his laptop out of the wall myself! Rescue me - arggggh

-creative mind trapped in a corporate bind