August 2011
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July 2011
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May 2011
2 posts
I was a great hostess. The job requirements were as follows: college-aged, polite, pretty. I learned I fit the last requirement during my interview with the owner and his wife: she told me so, and asked him, “Isn’t she pretty?” He nodded assent. During training she used my personal style (knee length skirts, a rotating rainbow of flats) as an example of proper hostess attire. To...
January 2011
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November 2010
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October 2010
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September 2010
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I’m really interested to see what my life will be like once I have a “real” “normal” job.
Yesterday I set up my fourth and fifth first interviews in a two week span. Logically, one may think at least one or two will lead to second interviews and offers. Hopefully, one would be correct.
I’ve spent a lot of time over the past year or two putting things off until...
August 2010
1 post
three weeks' notice
“You’re tan,” he noted. I sat there on the train platform bench, looked up, followed his eye down to my outstretched legs. I was.
“Yeah. I am this year.”
“I just noticed.” I had actually pointed out my pronounced bathing suit tan line a month ago. I remembered this shortly afterward, as the F creaked along, far above 9th Street. A month ago: my birthday...
June 2010
2 posts
“Everything is possible. … Through hummus, we can achieve so much.”
– This article also talks about a peanut butter hummus, the idea of which makes me never want to eat again.
“You’re right,” I said, expecting him to know exactly what I was talking about. We’d only had the conversation two hours prior: a workday eternity. I slumped into a back room chair, next to where he sat counting our tips.
“I know I’m right.” Not everyone would be so blunt; from him I’d expect no less. But I wasn’t thinking about his...
May 2010
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March 2010
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“No matter what else happens with the Mets this season, even if Jose...”
– RICKETS. RICKETS!! Meanwhile, as I watched ESPN at the gym yesterday afternoon, the reporters cataloging the NL East chuckled (they really did) and asked, “How long do you think the Mets can stay in it?” The reply? “They’re in it right now!” And more chuckling...
February 2010
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January 2010
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December 2009
3 posts
Everyone hated 2009, right? I didn’t. I think it was my best year in many. Here’s why:
I thought I loved my co-workers in midtown, then transferred to Brooklyn. I miss very few, and love everyone I’ve met through this store with a fierceness I couldn’t have expected. They’re amazing. Finished school. Finished school. Finished school. Thought about, decided upon, made...
Sloan "All Your Handsome Words"
perpetua:
DOWNLOAD IT!
This may not be a definitive Sloan best-of — there are a few hits missing and I entirely skip two of the band’s albums — but I do believe this mix gets across what I enjoy about their music, and stands as a strong career overview. What to expect: Hooks, harmonies, grooves, songs that get stuck in your head for days. If you like power pop, you’re going to find at least a...
“I told her I actually felt fine and perfectly clear, especially about being free...”
– For Vegans, Sweets of Their Own. In which veganism has never sounded more publicly eating disorder-esque. Gross. Eat some goddamn cheese, and give me cookies laden with real butter and eggs.
Love, A healthy and happy five-year vegetarian.
October 2009
1 post
September 2009
6 posts
So far
gennnna:
anniehinton:
This season of Parks and Recreation > This season of The Office
this is the factiest of facts. parks and recreation last night was so enjoyable, and amy poehler was soooo good. it really doesn’t deserve living in the shadow of the office.
I third this. <3 Amy and Aziz.
“Coney Island-bound N trains run express from Pacific to 59 Sts
Sep 26 – 27,...”
– So says an MTA alert. In case you don’t live in Brooklyn, that’s a really fucking long distance. Obviously, the MTA knows there’s nothing I’d rather spend my weekend doing than taking trains five stops past mine and waiting for a local back. Oh hey, F/G: love you, boo, and...
Nigeria Demands Apology For District 9 →
“With scenes like the one in this clip, where a local gang pulls the “cat food scam” on the hungry alien prawns, you can see where the Nigerian Ministry of Information might get offended. Then again, it’s funny because it’s true.”
“The legislation also has provisions to … cut down the number of questions...”
– House Passes Bill to Expand College Aid. I did my own taxes while in college, but sought help with the FAFSA. The maximum Pell Grant was also frozen during my time. Oh, to be a few years younger.
“The Self Storage Association notes that, with more than seven square feet for...”
– The Self-Storage Self. As someone whose family has been through all this over the years—the foreclosure, the downsizing, the multiple storage units, the timer-lights and frigid hallways, the realizations that something has to give and stuff has got to go, the painful process, the moving into...
The Un-Arepa →
Venezuelan-style arepas and scallops tie for my favorite foods. Naturally, it follows that my favorite restaurants in the entire world are Taverna Kyclades (Ditmars Blvd., Astoria), a Greek fish joint, and Valencia Luncheria (Norwalk, CT), a Venezuelan cafe. When I read Mark Bittman’s column and saw the photo today, there was a lot of “wtf?!?!??” Because that sounds and looks...
August 2009
12 posts
the process / I basically laughed through the...
(Special thanks to Taylor for gorgeous photos. Click through, already.)
“The concern is way overrated with “Mad Men”, because their numbers are still...”
– Pandagon. Last night (after another “Premiere later! Excited! Blah!” outburst from me) a co-worker (who does not yet watch the show) said, with a straight face, “I don’t watch shows that glorify misogyny and alcohol abuse.” I stared at him for a few seconds, and then...
“There won’t be much good on SNY between now and October 4. There will be...”
– Faith and Fear in Flushing
“In preparation for what is likely to be a furious debate, Mr. Schumer has called...”
– Oh, Chuck. Where to begin.
July 2009
9 posts
Related: Yesterday I told a co-worker that I’m 26, and didn’t realize my error for a good ten minutes. “Not for another week!” I told her. She said, “Aww!” Thankfully, she’s older, not younger, and therefore gets it.
As much as I don’t want to rush anything, I’m more comfortable with this birthday than I have been in years. Last summer I went...
taylorlong:
“I was trying to help but I guess I...
The Google Reader vs. Tumblr Problem
Tumblr loses every time, for reasons of ease and number of friends reading. Anything I would’ve posted here six months or a year ago, I now just share with note.
New York --> Boston
magicmolly:
The bus ride from New York to Boston is a nice one, confirming all your hopes about what such a drive might be like. Greenery flanks the highway, there are towns named “Saugatuck” and “East Norwalk”, and roadside diversions include billboard ads for Connecticut.
There is no ventilation inside the bus but it is obvious that the air outside smells great. Traffic is consistently stuck...
Hey, you know what sucks? Finding out that not only do your upstairs neighbors pay less rent than you, they have a washer/dryer. “Oh, you don’t?” they ask, seeing you waddle up the front steps with your laundry basket. No, we do not. “Well, you probably pay less rent!” No, we do not, but they don’t know I know what they pay. I smile, “I don’t know...
Oh lake vacation, you truly are the gift that keeps on giving: leftover semi-sweet chocolate chips (from my singular feeling that baking for a group is more relaxing than watching TV), melted with fresh cherries.* Perfect semi-healthy dessert.
If you’d like to see how gorgeous everything was, and become jealous of what fun I and my attractive and hilarious friends had, well, you can do...
June 2009
6 posts
All the Above
“I’m not here to make friends.”
I actually said this to her. Two months after she transferred to my store, we’re finally used to each other’s personality quirks, having fun like we’re supposed to. It’s just coffee.
“If I do? That’s great. But mostly I’m here to work.” A few days later I had one of our semi-regular store family...
“This Court is not aware of, nor has Plaintiff alleged the existence of, any...”
– US District Court Judge Morrison England, Jr. (via Consumerist)