My Second Good Idea This Month:

I learned while talking to my former schoolyard chum Evan that he and I share the same job title. We are both Marketing Co-ordinators*, he at the Literary Press Group, and I at a publisher of community magazines.

"Marketing Co-ordinator" is like a catch-all for "employee used in a general context." Co-ordinators are often entry level workers who do everything, and usually know they're going to move on, whether up or sideways. For example, in my job I do departmental support, administrative BS, ad-jockeying, the occasional layout, and my boss's curious little errands. Marketing Co-ordinators are everywhere. And by some grace (I think on the employer's part), they are given a title that makes them sound like they could be management. Then again, depending on the size of the company they work for, they might be.

So my idea is to throw a Marketing Co-ordinators party. Real Marketing Co-ordinators only. And we'll make a wall of business cards that say Marketing Co-ordinator (it'll be sparse though, because many of us don't get cards). We'll do some other hilarious things and have a generally kickass time until the end of the night when we all trade jobs. Probably like when you throw your car keys in a bowl and sleep with that person at the end of the night, but without all the fucking.

How fun would that be? Everyone gets a turn at being the everyperson at a different company! It's even better than my idea that Chris (a juggler, once) and Jesse (a doorman, still) should trade jobs.

Plus I can make hors d'oeuvres. Sweet potato fries and something with phyllo.

Notes:
* Co-ordinator: I'm not sure if Evan hyphenates his Co-Ordinator or if he spells it Coordinator. Personally I'm into hyphenation because it gives both words (or prefix plus word) equal importance. And "Coordinator" looks strange to me. Of course, everyone at my party is free to spell it however they want.

p.s. Can anyone and everyone please buy a subscription to Shameless? I promise you won't regret it. I swears. They've just launched their third issue (today) and finished off their first publishing year. And they are a righteous read. A magazine for smart, sassy girls that turned the sidebar I wrote into a 2-page feature. What could be better.