the nazi camp counselor has returned...

an he is exhausted. heatherfeather says she is scared of "business fritz". i don't think there is really any reason to be scared. yes, i have high expectation, but they're not unreasonable for anyone in the their mid-20's. in fact, i am a rather enjoyable person to work with (ok, not at 8 am probably, but after i have some fuel i.e. coffee in the tank, i am quite nice, courteous, collaborative, supportive, understanding). yes, there are times when i have to be a bad ass. we all do. but this is usually when someone does something injust or doesn't hold up their end of the bargain when there have been clearly defined expectations and i feel it is quite appropriate to call someone on it. in my opinion, there is not enough of this today. we're so focussed on being nice. well, being nice all the time quite frankly doesn't help get things done always and it doesn't help people grow. all those people you've worked with who you think, "how the heck did they get into that position?" probably never had someone be honest with them and thus have never grown and have simply contributed to further disfunctionality. my gift in the past week (haha) has been to show people that, in cities like DC and New York:
(a) you have to walk places
(b) sometimes you have to hurry in places like this
(c) as a result, you have to walk faster than strolling from your car on campus to a class where the professor probably doesn't really care if you are on time
(d) five in heels are probably not condusive to any of these.
but in the end, people probably just think i expect things that are unreasonable which is probably why everyone clapped for all of the other organizers except for me. that was a great feeling.
also please realize that if you are aware of the above but happen to be present when "business fritz" comes out, that you shouldn't take it personally and realize that maybe you are not the problem.
here i am at the UN general assembly. there is actually no feed, but it is kind of a fun picture i think.