happy windsday, eeyore!
I've been dealing with some personal stuff lately, wherein "personal" means I am not allowed to blog about it unless I want to die. This has wrecked my carefully balanced life scheduled: three days out of the office for every two days in, filling up my gas tank twice a week ($81 paid today alone), never getting to tackle the ever growing subscription list in my Google Reader, and continuing to add to the mess that is my room. There is literally no floor. LITERALLY. What's crazy is that I even had my mom do all my dirty laundry for me (I KNOW) and so now all the clean laundry is in a hamper and STILL there is no floor. I can't talk about it.
But watch me bury the lead.
I was voted Starbucks Customer of the Month this month! No, I don't get anything for free. No free drink every day. No free drink ever. No coupons, no discounts. I get the HONOR of having my photo framed at the register. I had to go in for the photo today so I put make up on. My whole office was like, "why are you so dressed up?" and then they didn't even blink when I told them it was for the photo. They know me too well.
One of my coworkers even wrote a press release about it. Some selections:
Managing Editor of J-- commented, "Abigail has been working hard for this award. She diligently sojourns from our building down the street to the Starbucks daily to let her presence be known."
Her other accompanying office friend, B--, who is the Chair of the Employee Advancement Committee agreed, "It is not a surprise to me that Abigail is the Customer of the Month. She is one of the few employees of our office to have been honored multiple times as Employee of the Day. Her excellence just shines."
Now working ----, she plays a pivotal role in the production of events when she is not playing on her Super Nintendo and/or drinking.
It is likely that this event will be chronicled by Abigail on her blog.
It is unlikely that being Customer of the Month for June will materialize any free products for Abigail, but the smiles she's entitled to have are definitely a gift.
Is that not the best thing you've ever heard? You should have seen it. It was all coded up in html with sidebar ads and totally looked legit. I know you all wish you could work at my office.
And here's another reason: I bought a Super Nintendo! and set it up at my office! I've been thinking about doing this forever, really, since my N64 broke three years ago. But it was the above vaguely-mentioned drama in my life that made me re-activate my eBay account and choose which system I wanted to get re-addicted to. The choice wasn't hard: I spent much of last summer in a Tetris Attack daze and I think this summer's success depends entirely on me reprising that daze. ALSO, I got Super Mario World and I am going to try to beat it all by myself with no cheats or anything. I realize that most of you did that when you were 12, but some of us are late bloomers. In about ten years I'll get a Wii.
Comments
Customer of the Month, Abigail Schilling, with plastic man.
Local woman, Abigail Schilling, 23, was honored today with the highest achievement a Starbucks customer can attain.
Posted by: heather anne | June 4, 2008 5:29 AM
I never beat Super Mario World, but I beat Zelda. Nerd!
Is Zelda good? Do I need it?
Posted by: Jennie! | June 4, 2008 5:50 AM
we never had a nintendo when i was a kid, so i've never actually beaten super mario world, either.
which is why i just bought it for my DS off of ebay.
i think i win the late bloomer award.
I don't even have a DS. But I did finally buy an iPod!
Posted by: kat! | June 4, 2008 6:15 AM
remember the semester of jezz ball? that is where i would go if i had a time machine.
also, congratulations.
Actually conversation in my office:
A: I love this computer game so hard and I would totally buy it and download it but it's PC only.
P: You know who could probably help you get around that? Joey.
A: You know, if you get a hold of him can you have him email me Jezzball?
P: He has a beard now.
A: What? Gross.
(the computer game is cradle of rome and it is awesome)
Posted by: heather nicole | June 4, 2008 8:53 AM
Congratulations. Especially on the Nintendo. I love the video game world, I tell ya
It is the best world. After Hogwarts.
Posted by: Jill | June 4, 2008 9:34 AM
Remember "Nintendo Neck"?
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
I've been taking precautions. For one, I'm sitting on a couch rather than the floor. And two, I'm not allowing myself to lean into the game. Instead, I kick my feet up when I jump. It's... a sight.
Posted by: Sally | June 4, 2008 9:53 AM
1. Wow, I didn't even know Starbucks did that. You must be pretty intense with that coffee shit.
2. I, too, have never beaten a video game, even when I downloaded all the cheats and tried for six months. LAME.
3. I hope you get your cookies soon so you won't be sad.
4. We are the same age and that means we have a bond (not logical).
THE END
One time when I was all up into Super Mario for N64 I was OBSESSED with the cheats. Like I would download these super detailed instructions for finding all the stars in every course. It made my head hurt and yet I could not stop.
I so look forward to those cookies. Also, yay 1984!
Posted by: Ashley | June 4, 2008 3:59 PM
We have zelda. We'll bring it to the video game playing party, but I really really want to play mario. I love mario.
IM SO EXCITED.
Posted by: Cate | June 5, 2008 12:02 PM