'merican idol

Theft is running rampant here at the firm. And not just the normal theft you expect from lawyers! Just yesterday I got a bottle of lotion stolen. I don't get it, why would you want to steal my lotion? Janelle, the new person I am sitting next to says she thinks whoever took it, took it out of spite and that if I get a replacement bottle I better keep it in my bag until the "spite" blows over. I am not sure what she thinks they could be spiteful over but she looked very serious while she was saying it so I am going to watch out.

The women around here are VERY involved in American Idol. When I say involved I don't mean they watch it every week and vote. I mean they not only watch it every week, they tape it and bring the tapes to work to share with their friends. They also spend the entire day chatting about it on the phone and over email. They print out pages and pages and pages of contestant bios and facts about the show. They are so into it that we have nothing to talk about since I don't watch it. How come they can't be obsessed with a good reality show like Top Model or Project Runway? Then we would have something in common.

I have nothing against American Idol. I love Kelly Clarkson as much as the next guy but when you need to send out emails to all your friends asking them to not include you in the American Idol discussion today because you have copies to make, I think it has gone too far. Everyday Janelle asks me if I am going to watch it later on that evening. I always say something like "well, i'm busy tonight but if i get a chance..." That is the best thing to say to shut her up. "Oh grayate bekos than weee wood hev sumthing tu talk abouut taaamaro" (That is sort of what she talks like). Twice this week, TWICE, after saying I wasn't planning on watching "Idol" Janelle has told random passersby that "Elizebeth plens un tring tu get intu Merican Idol!" (I still don't get her accent. She is from Pennsylvania, and so am I, so I don't understand why she talks like that. Perhaps just a speech impediment?) I refuse to watch "Mercian Idol", partly because the show is slightly annoying, and partly just out of spite. Not the kind of spite that makes you steal lotion, but spite nonetheless.

I just can't stand the thought of actually having something to contribute to these mindless conversations about how rude Simon is or how Paula is acting weird. I don't care if the person who got voted off went to your granddaughters high school, nor do I care if "Ace" has the most amazing eyes you have ever seen. There are a lot of things I don't care about but with every day that this "competition" goes on, American Idol is moving at am alarming rate to the top of the list.

Knock on wood but it has been a whole 24 hours since I have been reprimanded by Sheila. Yesterday morning it was because of some documents that were charged to the wrong number. Here at law firms you can't even go to lunch without trying to find some way to charge a client for it. I sort of have the policy that I only charge the client when I am actually doing work. Seems fair. Well there were a bunch of documents from a bunch of different deals, and a bunch of junk mail that I was supposed to send out.

Being the idiot that I am I assumed that since it was more than one case, and many of the materials included were not related to any case at all I should use the charge we use for general office administration. Apparently that was a mistake. It was all supposed to be charged to some company. How the fuck was I supposed to know? She sent me an email to correct the mistake, and then she called to make sure I was very clear on the fact that I made a mistake. I am kind of sick of having every single tiny mistake I make pointed out a thousand times. How am I supposed to know that I should go around charging people for things they shouldn't be charged for. Maybe that is what they teach in law school? Because they certainly don't teach anything about kindness and human decency. Sure it was a big huge company that probably does evil things and can afford it, but two wrongs don't make a right.

Anyway I am still waiting to hear about that job and I really see no reason why I shouldn't get it.