Oh man. Fridays at ZB are sure interesting.
Not only did the Rollo Fairy leave me a Rollo this morning, but s/he left me a little Nestle Crunch bar as well! 🙂
A few people set up a mini beach retreat for all of us. They took one of the conference rooms, added a beach chair, some beach towels, beach scents and sounds (Jimmy Buffet CD & Homedics noise machine set to “ocean”). The kicker was that one of those REALLY BRIGHT sun lamps was added, and people could sign up for ten-minute sessions. It was AWESOME. In addition, they made smoothies for us (but I drank plain pineapple juice, because honestly, I don’t like lumpy drinks, and even though they’re called SMOOTHIES, let’s be honest. They should be called LUMPIES.)
So, there was the mini beach retreat. We’re all rallying to make it a permanent thing.
Then, there was a mini reception for the mini art gallery. Some of the art and design (A&D) people got together and made this little gallery, and the installation changes every 2-3 weeks. This week, there is a domino exhibit up. Last time, it was an actual “Art” gallery. Meaning, it was a gallery full of pictures of guys named Art. Anyway, there was a reception for that at noon.
THEN, I was copy editing some ancillaries, and came across this lovely sentence:
Ronnie was passing so fast and so hard that Xander couldn’t catch his balls.
After laughing for five minutes, and discussing it briefly with some other copy editors, we decided that the sentence NEEDED to be changed. NEEDED. I wanted to check, because I know I have kind of a dirty mind. But everyone was thinking what I was thinking, and if WE were thinking that, then who KNEW what a 5th grader would think, so yeah. Red pen, commence. It was fun.
I changed it to:
Ronnie was passing the basketballs so fast and so hard that Xander couldn’t catch them.
Better, yes?
Now that I think of it, I should have changed it to:
Ronnie was passing the basketballs so hard and so quickly that Xander couldn’t catch them.
Poop. Oh well.
One more mistake I noticed this week: A story about a female lion. The problem? The picture of the lion had a mane. So um… yeah. FEMALE LIONS DON’T HAVE MANES! I changed the text, rather than change the art. Much cheaper. Plus, the art is super cute.
Someone’s cell phone played a lively tune which caused all the people in her pod to either dance, or say “I didn’t do it!”
Yesterday, after the staff meeting, I came upstairs, wrinkled my nose and kept it wrinkled til I got to my desk. Then I yelled out “WHY DOES IT SMELL LIKE A BIG POOP BACK THERE?” Heather thought that was really funny.
Tonight, a bunch of them are going bowling, but I have other plans. Good times.
I like my job.
See ya!