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Missing, not missing

Things my colleagues at the old job will miss:

• My bottle of Advil and my dental floss.
  
• My dry wit.
  
• My weekend warrior stories. (Typical Monday morning questions: "Ariel, did you run any marathons this weekend?" "Ariel, did you crash your bike this weekend?")

Things my colleagues put dibs on within five minutes of me announcing my impending departure:

• My flat-panel monitor.
  
• My pencil sharpener.
  
• My small collection of model commercial airplanes, which I inherited from someone who left before me, who inherited it from someone else.

No one has claimed:

• My teetering tower of approximately 150 java jackets, which for some reason I am unable to throw away.

Things I will not miss about this place:

• Ducking from flying nerf footballs.
  
• The constant discussion about getting A's tickets.
  
• Having restaurants that serve giant burritos, take-out Indian food, and sinful mac 'n' cheese all within half a block. It's just too much temptation.

Things I will miss:

• The Fruit Guys delivery every Monday. When else am I going to eat a kiwi?
  
• The people. My people.
  
• Working from home on Wednesdays.
  
• The guy on the right:

October 11, 2006 9:43 PM