Meet the Minions!!! Part II

 This week, we profile the last (but certainly not the least) two Southside Messenger Minions. Stay tuned next week for our revered leader Averett Jones’ take on making, having and ruling over his terrible tribe of troublemakers.

Minion: Norma Jean Gillispie

Job Title: Reporter, Feature Writer, Photographer, Advertising Sales Rep, Route Delivery, Receptionist, Client/Subscriber Customer Service

Hobbies: Paranormal Investigator, Self Appointed Queen of Abilene, Official WFLO Junkie and Call FLO Show Addict, Mimicry, Big Word User

Past Life Incarnations: Evita Peron, Boris Karloff, Phyllis Diller, Carl Jung

Comments about Norma Jean from Fellow Minions:

“Norma Jean is the life of the party.”

“Somebody needs to crawl under that desk, hook up wires and plug in the new stuff. Get Norma Jean to do it — she’s little and weird.”

“Norma Jean has a car without a working radio. She asked if I had a transistor radio she could borrow. I told her she was definitely showing her age.”

“Having a desk beside Norma Jean is like working next to Scarlett O’Hara on steroids.”

“She ain’t wrapped too tight but Norma Jean keeps us laughing upstairs. She always keeps things from getting too serious and boring.”

Random Comments Uttered by Norma Jean:

“If I’m supposed to be the new face of the Southside Messenger, then y’all better start putting money in the plastic surgery jar.”

“When I pass away, I’m giving whatever is left of my body to Science. Ideally, I want to be the skeleton in front of a college biology classroom. Italia said she would find me and make sure there’s a red wig on my giant bald cranium so that I can continue on in this realm with some pizzazz…”

Minion: Linda Snyder

Job Title: Layout and Design Specialist, Graphic Designer, Digital Media Coordinator and Web Mistress, Advertising Coordinator, Accounting, Billing, Client/Subscriber Customer Service, Receptionist

Hobbies: Baking, Feeding the World, Saving Animals, Creating Bracelets, Playing Hidden Object games on her computer, shopping

Past Life Incarnations: Betty Crocker, Ray Krok, John Candy, Somebody’s Jewish Mother

Comments about Linda from Fellow Minions:

“Linda definitely tests high on the scales of telepathy and clairvoyance. I haphazardly tell her what the client wants and she has the ability to actually create it, bringing something beautiful into existence from absolutely nothing.”

“While Linda has been braiding her whip to keep us all in line, she has done the best job ever with this newspaper. And she cooks pretty good, too!”

“I like Linda. She brings me food.”

Random comments uttered by Linda:

“Today is press day. Whatever you want is NOT a priority.”

“You know me, I’m all about the food!”