January 2010
2009 on to 2010
I spent a lot of 2009 in a self-reflective position. A position which many people do not take the time do. I worked at a simple job, saving up a lot of money, and working on myself. Working to become the kind of person I always knew I was capable of becoming. Am I that person yet? Not by any means, but I am a hell of lot closer that I have ever been before.
I don’t go into the personal...
December 2009
My Last Night
Tonight is the last night in my apartment. I will get up early on my vacation to move the rest of the furniture out of the apartment and then meet friends for breakfast.
I haven’t really been sad about leaving an apartment before, but this was my first own apartment, no roommates or boyfriend, just me by myself. I have always lived in expensive cities, or was a graduate student (hello,...
Oh and one more thing...
thecooknook:
Before you think I’m gonna be all “I am Julie. hear me roar because I’m so important” up in here, check yo self.
In 2010, I’ll also be sponsoring a woman through Women for Women International.
I encourage you to think about doing the same in 2010. It’s $27 per month and you get to help another woman learn to rebuild her life in often neglected, war-torn parts of the world.
From...
Really Wierd Response on Craigslist to An Ad I...
Hi, Please send a bit more info, including gender(s) of current occupant, parking, possibility of lease thru mid-August, whatnot, furnishings of apartment, blah blah blah. FYI I am not just a xxx alumnus (‘85 CompSci and Math) but also a professor at xxx (www.xxx.xxxx.ediu) and this request is for my 18-year-old son, not a stalker etc. :-) My office is xxx-xxx-xxxx and I should be...
I am waiting for my crush to get off work and Skype me.
Yes I am 29 and have a crush and I laugh about it because its fun.
Lazy Days
I had packed most of my belongings into boxes yesterday and my brilliant idea until Thursday, the day I have to be out of my apartment, was each time I go out to my car to take a box until my car was full. Well I did it all this afternoon.
Now I am sitting in an apartment that only has furniture (bed, couch, television). I stupidly packed away all my clothes and don’t know where they...
nyt's room for debate-what's missing in airport... →
graceinsmallthings:
I fly with my liquids in my carry-on and never surrender them, and I’ve never been called out for it.
And I fly roughly five times a month.
One of the most frightening stories I’ve read regarding this issue was in the Atlantic (“The Things He Carried”) last year. Makes you wonder why they even pretend to make an effort.
scenes-from-my-hood:
i have, by mistake, not...
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Why is it that
once something amazingly wonderful happens to you, something you have worked hard for, sacrificed for, etc.. Another amazing opportunity happens. Is it because you are sending out good vibes into the atmosphere or is it because your self-esteem and confidence is increased?
It’s like how you are single for forever and then once you have a boyfriend, you meet a million wonderful men.
But...
Goals for Today
pack up the rest of my belonging that I can do without until I move. I so don’t want to.
go to the store and buy packing tape. why are you not doing this? Also need new mascara.
meet up with Guse (its his last name and its pronounced Goosey).
Go to doctor
My vacation is sounding really boring right now. I need to spruce it up, but really all I want to do is sleep and watch movies.
“First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out —because I was not a...”
– Martin Niemöller
I know we live in the Age of Oversharing, but...
graceinsmallthings:
My good friend, a first-time mom as of about two weeks ago, did just that…two shots of her scantily clad with a baby to a boob. No nip, sure, but really? Is that really necessary? I’m all for posting newborn shots and Baby’s First Bath, etc. etc. etc., but you have to draw the line somewhere.
What do you all think?
Yeah, I’m gonna go with too much. My friend and...
I don’t mean to be a bitch, but whenever I see my sister I want to drink copious amounts of alcohol because she makes me feel so horrible about who I am to the inner core.
But I don’t do it, because I don’t give anyone that much power over me.
Luckily I only see her at most two to three times a year.
Wait. Is this stuff about new regulations about...
haguenite:
hurricane-k:
insomniacmeg:
Can someone point me to a link?
Looks like it, amazingly enough. Air Canada
Motherfuckers. It’s not gonna prevent a fucking thing.
Ughh I have hated these rules since they went into effect. I was on a red eye to Montreal the night the liquid ban went into effect, luckily I was stuck inside O’Hare aiport and didn’t have to dump all my...
tesslynch:
My parents are in town for Christmas, and they’re staying at the Beverly Hills Hotel, which is owned by the Dorchester group (which bought The Hotel Bel Air in 2008 and immediately installed some stupid-looking modern sculptures and fountains for no apparent reason). Ever since a very kind employer put them up at the Bel Air Hotel 20 years or so ago, it’s been where my folks stay...
I finally watched Slumdog Milliionare and I get what all the hype was about.
Great movie.
“If you have a roof over your head, keep your clothes in a closet and your food...”
– Unknown.
Just giving you a little perspective on this holiday.
My sister who is 6 years younger than me just got engaged tonight.
I kind of want to puke. But then again when I think about her life, its not what I would want. So ok I’ll be happy for her.
Ok so now I’m really starting to get stressed out. Before it was like ok, I got three weeks to pack. I bought a car, got an apartment, and now its about 8 days till I move and I have to pack. My mother also just informed me that my dad didn’t think he could fit all my stuff in a truck so I might have to rent a uhaul. Arghhh! The pathetic thing is, it probably isn’t really...
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I like lists, don’t you?
yosamanthrax:
My top 26 movies from the years 2000 – 209 because I couldn’t narrow it down to 20, in alphabetical order, heavily centered around the past several years because I have a bad memory, without descriptions because you don’t care about it that much, if at all! And I like violence! And laughing! And Lost in Translation isn’t on here, and neither is Eternal Sunshine!!
28 Days Later
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OMG I have to go to the DMV today to transfer the title of a car into my name. The DMV= airports during the holidays. Fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkk!
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The Interview Subject Pool
The should’ve hired someone for my position for now because they are completely wasting my last two weeks of work by not hiring someone for me to train. My job sucks. So glad three days left.
Here are the two people yesterday.
1. Girl came in with no bra on and a white blouse. Yes we could all see her nipples.
2. Girl answered the question, “How do you deal with stress?” ...
Arghhh! I don’t want to go to my job that I gave two weeks notice.
Even though I only decided to work one week, this week and take next week off. I am sitting on my couch watching about Amanda Knox, considering whether or not I should go in.
Like here’s the thing. My new job starts Jan 4th. This weeks pay would be nice, but its not necessary. I would just use it to buy a new...
So I was thinking! Ouch!
yosamanthrax:
Gosh Samantha, maybe you shouldn’t drink so much! This is what I yell at myself. But then I was like, well… due to your terrible social anxiety and poor self-esteem, if you didn’t drink, you would just be sucking it in and trying to not let your double chin show all night, and that’s if you ever even leave the house! You would be miserable and no one would talk to you because...
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A New Year
I’ve had a humbling year, which was filled with being severely underemployed, but I did it and I did with a smile on my face most days. I saved up my money with the goal of either finding a job or moving to a city that I liked and trying to find a job.
Well I found a job first and now am moving in a couple weeks.
I am doing my move different this time. Usually I move to a city and then...
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I’m moving to a city with no Trader Joe’s. What am I going to do?
RIP Brittany Murphy. You were far too young and talented.
Clueless will remain a classic.
Apartment hunting today. Never a fun task. Let’s see how many weirdos I meet. I promise a recount of today after I return.
Shit is getting Real
I just bought the car today! It’s wierd spending that much money at once.
I am hopefully going to sign a lease tomorrow.
Travel plans were sent to me via email by the organization for the first week.
I’m really moving and starting this new job.
I really hope I find an apartment.
I got the new job and it’s everything I want. But I am scared out of my mind. Moving, blechhh. Meeting new co-workers blechhh. Pay raise…YAY. Interesting and worthwhile job…YAY. Travel…YAY. Nerves…blechhh.
Freaking out a little bit to be quite honest.
Your Jersey Shore nickname is: The Ashlee Simpson... →
valeriek:
heykata:
I still haven’t seen this show.
This really was my nickname when I lived in Jersey. But Ashlee Simpson wasn’t even born yet. Weird.
Sorry I had to: Mine is SNICKERS. Ha ha.
I never thought
I’d have a job that requires the use of an iphone or crackberry or whatever other kind of smart phone has GPS and receives email while you are out doing your business.
Seriously I work in non-profits. I have rejected these phones on the basis that they cost to much and interrupt normal human interaction. I have rejected them as fads, that I hoped would die.
I have rejected them because I...
I really miss my best friend.
sunnynsassy:
There’s just something about being with someone who you love, who embraces your quirks (numerous as they may be), where explanations are unnecessary, and “remember that one time” creeps into the conversation over and over again provoking endless laughter.
Perhaps it is just because elements of last year are rising up in memory. Not only did we have a blast running around town, but...
I have no breakfast food in my apartment, as I am trying to clean out my fridge for my impending move.
I don’t feel like eating Pho at 8am. Shit I have to stop for food I am starving.
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Polyamory
is bullshit.
I met a guy and the first thing he tells me is that he’s polyamorous. I thought he was joking or that maybe because he wants to date more than one woman at a time he calls it polyamorous.
But then he goes into a diatribe about how it would be easier to be gay because its more socially acceptable than being polyamorous. He also said that being polyamorous is not a choice and...
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Is The American Dream Over? →
great article, do read it :)
Why can’t people just be happy for you?
Why do people say, “Your going to be miserable there?”
Or “Does the company pay for all your gas?”
People this is a really good job, just because you are anti my progressive politics and the work I do does not mean that it’s a bad job.
And just because I won’t move near you to be with you because I believe my...
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I'm Ok With This
Pisces 2010 Horoscope
Your 2010 might not be about luxury and lounging, Pisces, but your career ambitions will finally amp up to the point of seeing real rewards. The presence of four planets in ambitious and hardworking Capricorn, forming a very positive connection with your sign, strongly indicate that your time for success may have come! Though the reason isn’t clear, frustration could set in...
I’m not gonna lie, I kind of want part of the American Dream.
I don’t want the republican, white picket fence version.
But I kind of want to be married. I want to find that person who is absolutely meant for me that I can’t imagine life without them.
I haven’t found that yet. I stopped looking for awhile.
Then, mistakenly, I tried to make someone fit that mold, and...
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I literally got so angry with someone for playing a part in something that ruined my chances at another thing (I know, I wish I could be more specific) that I was shaking. Shaking with uncontrollable anger. And the worst part was that it was someone I really care about, but have realized he is trying to sabotage my career so that I move to the city he refuses to leave. Even though I will always...