First, some back story: After 1.5 years at my job, I’m leaving next month because I’m moving. My boss, who is awesome, tells me every single day (even before we found out I was moving) what a great job I do and how sad he is that I’m leaving (proof that I’m not a total slacker, you guys!). Also: this week, I got a brand spankin’ new 27-inch iMac in my office (replacing a 5 year old 17 inch iMac). When it was installed, my boss and I had the following exchange:
Boss: “Isn’t that thing a little too big?”
Me: “Um, no! I’m going to have tons of windows, open all at once, and I won’t have to constantly minimize things! It’s gonna be great!”
Boss: “So really, what you’re telling me is, you’re going to be watching movies on that thing for your last month here.”
Me: “Yeah, basically.”
Back to the real story: So today, I’m sitting in my office watching this little YouTube video, which I found thanks to I Fry Mine in Butter:
Yep. Streisand and Celine Dion, circa 1997. Which, I find hilarious because it’s so cheesy and so 90s. Anyway, my boss walks in. Cue me trying to pause the video. It. will. not. pause. I finally hit mute, but the damage has been done.
Boss: “Whatcha doin’?”
Me: “Um, watching an awesomely cheesy video of Celine Dion and Barbara Streisand.”
Boss: *laughs loudly*
Me: *blushes furiously*
Boss: Well, come in here when you’re done, I need your help with something.
Usually, he enjoys teasing me mercilessly about almost everything, from whether or not I’m wholesome to the extent to which my shoes match my outfit (today he is rather amused that I’m wearing a blue dress, a green cardigan, and green suede sneakers with blue laces). Thankfully he exercised some restraint in the teasing over my embarrassing YouTube habits.
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