What a day

So today started normal, then quickly went downhill. Work was pure drudgery, my co-workers went from mildly annoying to unspeakably inhuman, and it turns out there isn't enough work for all of us so there was plenty of time to be bored. I marked this one up as a bad day, but thanks to some advice from an excellent friend I think I will mark it as a turning point instead.

I know that I am one of the most stubborn people on earth when I know what I want. I know that I almost always know exactly what I want. But I also know that I have zero patience when it comes to getting something I want. This has never led me to cross any lines in an effort to speed things up, because the thing I am most stubborn about is my integrity and morals, but often I find myself running out of steam and giving up on something because I bashed my head on the front door one too many times trying to get there, or stood staring at a blank edifice until my eyes watered.

What David taught me today is that if I step back and look for the right tools (or weapons) to do the job, and then get them and use them effectively, not only can I get what I want faster, but I can get cool bonus items along the way as well. I've always known intellectually that such a course of action was preferable, I guess it just took this situation and this discussion to get it through my thick skull in a way that I can not only understand, but implement.

My new weapon shall be humor, and it shall be the bridge between myself and other members of my sex, as well as my new job security. An ancient weapon, it is literally the Swiss Army Knife (or Gerber, if you prefer) of human interaction, and in the hands of the right person it can cut devastating swaths through the masses.

My enemies beware, and my friends rejoice. A new day is dawned for my kingdom, even as the shadows in the West deepen.