Much has happened since my last entry - which I will get into later posts - but I find myself looking at my little computer calendar and seriously questioning whether or not it is September 6th .... when the hell did September happen. Summer seems to have come and gone with little notice. I remember hot days, I remember trips to Tahoe, I remember drunken nights at the bar ... well not really remember ... but remember the stories that were related to me the next morning, and yet summer passed by ridiculously fast.

Of all of the things that I have experienced over the past month, the most significant of which is my change in profession. I quit my old job ... mainly because I just couldn't take it anymore. There is not enough drugs or bottles of Diet Coke that could have kept me sane in that place. I appreciate my time there and some of the people that I met, however being trapped in a small office space with a sexist, homophobic tool managed remotely by an incompetent boss, left very much to be desired. I thankfully got hired at another non-profit in town that is literally minutes from my house by bike. The fat girl in me danced with elation at the thought of no longer getting my ass out of my bed at 6:00am so I could traverse the hot, barren landscape of Reno on my bike for 35 minutes. I now roll my ass out of bed at 7:30am and take a nice "driving-miss-daisy" stroll downtown to my work.

I now work for a non-profit in town as an Administrative Aid. I have a newfound respect for AAs and secretaries. The work is hard and time consuming and sometimes I have the strong desire to break out my big blonde beehive wig, pump up my breasts, and start singing "9 to 5" by the glorious Dolly Parton. I enjoy it though. I love copying, laminating, faxing and do other generally menial tasks. Unlike other non-profits, I am not expected to work nights or weekends,  THANK GOD!!! I also have a boss that worked on domestic partnership benefits here in Nevada so during the interview I was definitely playing the gay social justice card.

"OMG you like working on behalf of underrepresented populations and minority communities against the tyranny of bullshit majority politics .... OMG ME TOO!!!!"

For where I am at right now in my life it makes perfect sense. I am not quite sure what I want to do professionally ... but this job will allow me to continue to act, sing, and dance which at the moment are my true passions in life. I'm not really quite sure where they are going to lead me ... hopefully a guest spot on Ellen and a tour deal with Lady Gaga ... but until that happens I'm pretty happy with where I am at.

Oh and here is my office space tip for the day: DON'T PISS OFF THE AAs - the AAs know everything, have access to everything, manage all the leftover food from board meetings, and with one phone call can make your life hell. :)