First Thoughts

I am currently interning at a medical device company, hence the name, “Short Pink Intern”. It is here where I am constantly reminded of my height and how odd it is that I wear pink everyday. I am not that short, just shy of 5’2”, however, whenever I can’t reach anything, then I am bombarded with a bundle of short jokes. My favorites came very recently: My younger brother now only calls me “Lord Farquad” (the king from Shrek) and my friend recently told me, “You are so afraid of heights that you didn’t grow very tall.” Oddly enough, the best jokes come from my younger brother who happens to be 10 and shorter than me.

My favorite color is pink and has been for about 4 years now. I don’t really remember how it started; all I know is that now everything I own has to be pink (within reason, of course). I have been told that I am attracted to pink, like to north end of a magnet to the south end of another magnet. I cannot deny this, because after that comment was made, I immediately ran to something that was pink that I was in no need of; however, I still felt the need to get a closer look.

I am currently living with my dad and I feel sorry for him. He has to put of with me and everything that I make fun of him for. For example, there is his “cool” car – the station wagon that just screams “I am old and have no taste whatsoever!” Or the fact that he thinks that it is cool to wear socks with sandals; I don’t know much about fashion, but I do know that that combination is one to stay far, far away from.

I went for a walk around my building today because my mind had shut off. Usually about every afternoon I have to jump start my mind again. This is accomplished in one of three ways: 1. Drilling a hole in my head and pressing the “START” button (however, this plan fails because we have safety rules at work and drilling through your skull to restart your brain falls under one of the “DO NOT’s”). 2. Walking around the building – this restarts my brain, but the batteries run out a short time later. This can also fail when it is cloudy outside and raining, like it was today. 3. Diet Coke or simple caffeine. This has the longest-lasting effect, maybe because I am still not fully thinking of my work, but boy do I feel GREAT! If all three happen to fail, the only thing left to do is go around talking to people while eating chocolate taken off of Chad’s desk.