Oh yeah, time to lay down the law, time to turn up the bad-assery, time to be a motherfucker ’round here!
Today is all about new (scary) starts for me. I’m walking in to a huge new job opportunity filled with opportunities, benefits, scary new situations, and real life challenges. Typically, situations like this get my anxiety-riddled, worry-wart brain in a tizzy.
BUT NOT TODAY.
No, today you and I are going BAMF and facing down our fears, our procrastination, our little worries, our big hesitations, our sorry excuses for why we can’t. Today is the day we can.
So lift that chin up at work today. Tell your kids “NO,” and say it loud and proud – and put them down for a nap if they bitch. Do your shit and do it well, and give anyone who gets in your way the stink eye.
You are a BAMF. I am a BAMF.
If you can’t seem to summon the BAMF energy you need, then give this a video a quick watch. I guarantee you will be ready to take over the world by the time you finish it.
How are you going to be a BAMF today?
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HOLY SHIT IMMA BAMF!
I just had a REALLY high-up official at my university walk right into my office, shut the door and ask me to be one of eight people at the university to be on a high-level continuous improvement team! Imma toot my own horn here, but I was previously selected as one of 29 individuals to be trained in this, now out of that 29, they want me and eight others to be SUPER CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PEOPLES!
I RULE!!!!
I’m so stoked!
Fuck yeah, that’s awesome!
HOLY SHIT.
You take BAMFing SERIOUSLY.
p.s. How awesome is it when bosses are like, “I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ARE AWESOME”?
That’s so awesome! Congrats!
I have great things in the work for the fall. Lots of new things to adjust to though.
Oh man. The Fall.
I am not even remotely prepared to begin to consider the notion of Fall.
Are you prepping teaching materials?
change is… different…
I was sort of BAMF today, since I stepped up and basically took lead during field work when the two usual lead guys were injured (one just had surgery, the other hurt his back over the weekend and just called people about it this morning). But, I wasn’t supposed to go into the field today, though, since I had a bunch of requisition/reimbursement paperwork that I needed to do instead. So I shirked one thing that I didn’t want to do to take lead on something I did want to do. Â Â Â Soooo…. call it even?
Hey, that counts.
You were like, “I AM GOING TO PRIORITIZE MY RESPONSIBILITIES SUCH THAT I DO WHAT I MOST ENJOY.”
That’s pro BAMFing, imho!
AAAAAAHHHH YOU GUYS. I just got the cover art for my next book!
LOOOOOOK!
I’m a little excited.
It looks amazing! Do you have a release date yet?
Thanks! And yes, thanks for asking, it comes out October 15!
Awesome sauce! Time to go mark the calendar.
Just in time for my birthday!
Holy Shit, Bryn.
That is a hawt cover.
I have the calendar marked, FYI. I assume this will be purchasable somewhere? Amazon, mayhaps? A personal website, if not?
Awwwww thank you! It may seem silly, but it was a lot of hard work, and I’m very proud of it!
It’s from Carina Press, the digital imprint of Harlequin. So you can get it on Amazon, the Barnes and Noble website, or the publisher’s website for your Kindle, iPad, Nook, or what have you. :)
I need this to get me through our big day of travel. Â I need this to get me through CUSTOMS with three hugs bags, two carryons, and a 2-year-old, by myself. Â I NEED THIS. Â I am a BAMF and no customs person can tell me otherwise.
Oh man. Good luck! You can do it!
Oh heavens. I am sending all the BAMF energies your way. Yes, you WILL need them, but you know what? You’re going to rise above. You’re going to exceed expectations. Most importantly, you aren’t going to let those customs agents screw with your travel!
O dear Asgardians the girl is wonderful! And is it ironic that YT puts an ad of The Secret Doesn’t Work underneath it?
I wish I saw this earlier today though, maybe at work. But maybe I can use this on the cover letters I’m planning to write tonight.
Yes, I recommend this for ALL the cover letters!
Everything is so shiny and new! Let’s run around and gasp at the sheen off of the widgets and that new server smell. Ahhhh.
This morning I BAMFed running around doing errands, bought new leggings + a couple shirts, went on a fruitless hunt for a Canadian makeup brand that apparently imitates MAC (it’s called Nyx? We only found a partial selection), then did some groceries. Now I’m volunteering at my crisis hotline and then going to Dyke March volunteer training downtown!
That’ll be my final BAMFing of the day, I think: Talking to strangers. Who are all going to be gorgeous queer ladies. Blushfest 2012.
Wow. Now that is a day.
I love when BAMFing means we can put our powers of bad-assery to good use.
You get +10 points for having to talk to strangers. :X
This is totally how I feel today. I am writing all my thank you notes for interviews, working on my project for work, getting the house cleaned, knitting up a bunch of shizz.
It also helps to have the possibility of a job that’s not here! Alaska here I come!
I have had several friends who ended up moving to Alaska for jobs only to discover they loved the area and wanted to live there ever after.
How obnoxious are interview thank you notes, anyway?
SHOW THOSE THANK YOU NOTES WHO’S A BAMF!
Not sure if I can bamf out too much today. It’s been a long week of traveling but I’ll find something! I’m going to bamf my ability to bamf.
And then I’m going to try to adjust to this new layout…
Yes, this new layout takes some adjustment, eh?
I have to say (in my completely objective opinion) that I’m loving the black and white and typewriter font.
Also, BAMFing your BAMF ability is totally legit. In fact, I would argue that doing so is the primary purpose of BAMF days!
I BAMF-ed my plant beds into submission. I HATE weeding, but forced myself to do two 20/10s on them, and now I feel like a real grownup.
I wish that I could have a garden filled with herbs and flowers and vegetables, but honestly, every plant I own dies because I can’t care for it properly. I always admire people who can keep things alive.
… Maybe I should avoid children.
+20 points for cultivating your green thumb!
And, AND, I mowed the lawn. Field-straight lines and all!
We got a makeover too?! Sweet.
And the topic itself is very timely, I’ll be getting back to work right away, after saying I can’t watch that video, because all I can think of seeing that still shot is that a toddler is going to fall backwards off that vanity and crack their skull open.
I feel like she’s gonna pee in the sink.
Uh-oh, now that’s all I can see! A TODDLER ABOUT TO DIE.
That’s not funny.
But today is a good day for BAMFing, and so will be Tuesday. BAMF IT UP. YOU CAN DO ANYTHING!
Testing.
Do we have a new theme or has my computer gone wibbly?
Working!
JUST WATCHED THIS EPISODE FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY! Â That whole exchange was hilarious and brilliantly timed. Â (I am being an anti-BAMF and hiding from bar review.)