Category Archives: Fun at Work

Jun 10 2013
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Chicago Specific Fun, Fun at Work

Day 259: The View From Up Here

This experience goes in the tried-something-new-but-did-not-necessarily-think-it-was-fun category. I went to one of our board meetings at a downtown office on the 43rd floor of a VERY tall building. I really don’t like heights…

For the first part of the meeting, the blinds were closed for a slideshow presentation, however when that was over, the blinds came up and I did my best not to look out the windows. Towards the end of the meeting I faced my fear and attempted to enjoy the view of downtown Chicago an office on the 43rd floor provides. I did not necessarily succeed, but I’m glad I tried.

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Jun 06 2013
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Fun at Work, Theatre Fun

Day 255: Curtain Speech

At the theater where I work, a member of staff gives a curtain speech before every performance. Instead of playing a recorded message, a live person reminds you to turn off your phone and then takes an opportunity to tell you about exciting things happening at the theater. On Day 255, I did my first ever curtain speech for this theater. Even though it is only about two minutes or less, I was still nervous about talking in front of people on a stage. I just have to remind myself to be casual and personal, myself. And I have to prepare my words in my head so that I at least have a place from which to start. It went totally fine and the audience was responsive and nice.

Since this first experience, I’ve gotten much more comfortable making them and have even seen donations bump on my nights–this is another part of the speech, to tell patrons about our ongoing fundraising campaign. Then they have the opportunity to donate after the show. So that feels pretty gratifying.

May 14 2013
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Food/Drink Fun, Friends and Family, Fun at Work, Nightlife

Day 231: Closing Time

In a totally uncharacteristic move, I stayed out until 2am on a Monday. I was at an opening night celebration and I just did not leave until the bar closed. New friends and interesting conversation made it seem like very little time had passed. It sometimes feels good to do something outrageous on a work night. I certainly wasn’t thinking about my full Tuesday. I was living in the moment and enjoying myself. And that is pretty fun.

May 11 2013
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Fun at Work, Fun for Couples, Games

Days 224, 225, 226, 227, & 228

Let me just say, it has been one hectic week. Rather than write five individual posts about how hectic its been and how little time I’ve had to have fun let alone write about it, I’m opting for one long post on the week. See this is sort of how I envision the future of Year of Fun. After the initial Year is over, I want to keep blogging, but in a more thoughtful way. This isn’t to say that I have not been thoughtful all year–just that it is difficult to write the way that I would like to write and spend the time I would like to spend every day. In the future, I see myself posting once a week on a whole range of topics dedicated to fun, RA and just cool stuff I read, see, do, or find out about. These posts will be longer with more pictures, links, thoughts and recommendations.

But that is for after September 25, 2013. Now, I am in the 220s with over 100 days to go! And as I mentioned, this week has been a doozy.

Day 224, Monday–The craziness starts at work when an important element for a campaign falls through. Basically, I spend the whole rest of the week doing damage control. Every waking minute. But Monday night, when I did not think things were so bad, the hubs and I have leftovers and relax. It was probably the most rest I had all week.

Day 225, Tuesday–I stay home to try and get some work writing done. At the last minute we change a nominee for an award, so I focus on that all day. That night, the hubs introduces me to Ski Safari. It’s an app, and, I believe, a kids game, but it’s pretty fun.

Day 226, Wednesday–We start performances on Friday for our next show, everyone is crazy. So crazy that we have a short meeting in the bathroom while someone makes vomit packs over the sink. Ok that was pretty fun. I get to have dinner with friends with kids for about 40 minutes before rushing off to my next thing.

Day 227, Thursday–I spend the evening with a friend who is helping us out by editing a video. I have absolutely no experience with this but I really enjoy talking about structure and storytelling and the seeing him implement things into the video that make the structure and storytelling more sound. I also visit a Starbucks that is not playing the traditional indie soft rock but rather Blackstreet’s “No Diggity” at a volume that I’m pretty sure is against corporate standards. The employees were all singing along. It was pretty fun.

Day 228, Friday–Day of the show y’all. The air has a hectic/whirlwind vibe to it. People are doing whatever they can to get ready. At the last minute, a friends wants to have dinner. Instead I convince him to see the show with the hubs. The fun part is seeing them after the show and talking with them about how much they like it and how funny it is.

This doesn’t totally do my week justice, but it is pretty close. Tech Week. Am I right?

 

May 03 2013
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Fun at Work

Day 221: The Hire

Recently, I posted that I was interviewing a bunch of people for an apprentice position. Well today I was able to offer it to someone, and it was so satisfying to make that call. She was excited and ready to jump right on board.

I’m hiring these kind of positions every six months and, at first, I questioned how I would be able to find someone good each time. Now I’m realizing that each new person will come in with energy and enthusiasm that could help rejuvenate the rest of my department. Obviously they must meet other qualifications as well, but I’m noticing and appreciating the enthusiasm more.

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