September 2008
53 posts
The end of a not very exciting or important era
I just deleted my MySpace account. I hadn’t signed in for ages. And I mostly just can’t deal with people’s backgrounds and how long it takes to load.
“Also learn how to use the system. Many companies don’t even glance at all the...”
– Shortcuts - Job Hunting Is, and Isn’t, What It Used to Be - NYTimes.com
So it’s good to be a monkey in your cover letter. Just repeat back to them what they say they want exactly! Because what companies are looking for is yes-men with no creativity.
I had dinner with my old boss on Sunday...
“I was going to warn you that all work and no play can make Laura a dull girl....”
– From Rhonda: my old ice skating coach is wise in the ways of the world.
The first U of C alumni event I've actually...
I went to Phoenixfest last night at Bambuddha Lounge in San Francisco. Phoenixfest is this annual U of C drinking party/alumni get together at the beginning of the school year. I’ve been to a couple of these events and I always feel awkward and end up drinking too much and just hanging out with the people I came with.
Last night’s was the first one I actually enjoyed, and I’m...
WatchThe Great Schlep on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
“WTOP has learned Mendelsohn’s new Capitol Hill restaurant, Good Stuff...”
– Where’s the beef? For this Top Chef, it’s in the alley
Tom would NOT be happy to hear this.
Pet peeve #17
jameskoh:
Misspelling “peeve”.
laurao:
Pet peave #491
Spelling is never my strong suit. Edited to be correct, per my favorite copy editor’s direction.
“Recently, I passed Drew’s Eatery and noticed his green leaf logo and “organic...”
– NEWCITYCHICAGO.COM: Street Smart Chicago (via jameskoh)
1) James, has the media situation in Chicago gotten so bad that you are forced to read New City?
2) Mmmmm. Drews. So yummy in my tummy.
The previously mentioned friend who cannot respond via the appropriate venue is at it again! I sent him an email yesterday; he responded with a text message!
I went through stages with this song. Mostly the...
Pet peeve #491
I am quite the texter. Not that I’m good at texting; I can barely operate my Samsung T9. More than I would almost always rather text someone than call them. I get awkward on the phone, and sweaty sometimes, and I never know how to cut off phone conversations.
I texted a friend yesterday and he had the nerve to call me back. Like on the phone. To talk to me. Needless to say, I believe that...
God I miss it →
Forget what this article says — though what it’s saying is true, for the most part. But Jimmy’s is also a college bar, full of drunk sorority girls, and people who’ve had one too many and NEED a cigarette now.
It is funny that they mention Obama. When I was in France, Isaac send me an IM/text, ecstatic that Obama was in Jimmy’s. After a couple of back and forths (me...
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch/$20...
The previously mentioned bathing suit arrived today. Upon its arrival, I discovered why it only costed $20. Taken again, by the sale rack at Anthro!
Not OK
When I can’t track down your profile on a network with either your email or your profile name and I ask you for what your profile picture looks like… please do not send me a picture of your junk. A description, like “it’s a picture of my junk,” would suffice.
FM 100 Hue Test →
Well this was sort of fun, actually. I scored 12.
Oh well (Political Photo-Name Matching) →
oliviaisferosch:
robot-heart:
markyb:imkevin:(via jbishop)
well, I got an F so I’m gonna stop the political posts until the next election.
I got a B.
I got an A. (Which makes me feel like I’m 8 again and need to feel embarrassed for doing well.)
I got a B+. Way to go, Liv, for showing up the nerd. I’m not sure if I feel pleased or guilty that I didn’t know what Ehud Olmert...
Junior Studio w Private Entrance! →
The sad things is I saw this and my first two thoughts were:
1) $900!!! What a steal! and
2) I haven’t really been cooking much lately anyway…
The moment
ernie:
This weekend I met someone who recently moved here from Phoenix. He’s only been here for three weeks, but he’s already met someone and he’s changed his profile photo to include the both of them. They look adorable.
I have lived in the Bay Area my entire life.
Clearly, I am doing something wrong.
No you aren’t. Because when that “relationship” ends, they’ll...
“Very drapey, breezy, beautiful skirt. Dress has white silk fabric down the...”
– - An excerpt from an eBay listing I’m running, a.k.a., I am so full of crap, a.k.a., I really should have stayed in PR (via oliviaisferosch)
What the balls are you selling?
On that note, I ended up buying that yellow dress from Anthropologie that you have with the sort of white lace at the bottom....
Mom allegedly uses daughter's ID to be cheerleader... →
I pretty much couldn’t wait to be done with high school. Not even the promise of being a cheerleader and possible — gasp! — popular, could woo me back. The saddest part is how she got caught. Even as an adult she couldn’t afford the fees.
Recommendations
oliviaisferosch:
Never get so drunk that you have your pants unbuttoned and sliding off your hips while a most-likely sketchy dude is sitting next to you, as was witnessed last evening at Moonshine (blerg). And, if you are foolishly in the absence of friends and you are fortunate enough to have a complete stranger (me) talk to you calmly and try to help you find your shoes and purse, tell you...
Minnesota and Illinois fare well in Esquire's list... →
oliviaisferosch:
(via twocities)
Interesting list. Includes my favourite bars in the city: Violet Hour and the California Clipper. Really surprised to see the Chipp Inn on there. I dig that place, but oh-so-obscure. (The drunken spelling bee really is a blast.)
Ooh. VH. CC. Love those places. But I think, for me, the Chip Inn will always be associated with the drama that occured afterwards....
WatchSo it wasn’t Rory Lake. But SingStar in my friend Nick’s apartment in SF was a surprisingly awesome substitute. One, you never had to wait more than three songs to get to sing. And two, Nick sang this No Doubt song.
“When you’re in an awkward moment, place your hands on top of each other, and...”
– Urban Dictionary: awkward turtle (via nickdouglas)
For the record, I’ve been doing this for a while. Which I got from my friend’s 15 year old kid. High schoolers, they are trend-setters, I tell you.
(via ernie)
I, too, have been rocking the awkard turtle for a while. I think I originally picked...
So I’ve been hearing that Ingrid Michaelson song a bunch on the radio and it just came up on the lame Feist-y Pandora station I’m listening to at work.
Here are the lyrics to The Way I Am (not to be confused with the much more awesome Timbaland “The Way I Are”:
If you were falling Then I would catch you You need a light I’d find a match Cause I love the way you...
Nom.
oliviaisferosch:
W and I went to Mundial Cocina Mestiza at 18th and Ashland last night after checking out a space. It was very tasty—squash blossom empanadas and shrimp with pumpkin seed mole. However, when I looked it up online, I got this listing on Metromix, which claims it is in “Little Tuscany.” Has anyone ever heard of this as a Chicago neighborhood? Little Italy, sure, although I’d say it’s...
“I started to wonder what my good reasons for supporting Obama were. Did I really...”
– The Swing Voter - TIME
Portland, ME - Time Out Chicago →
Remember when I used to be a writer? Before I joined the whole web 2.0 thing? I was in Maine when I was interviewing at Ning, part vacationing, part working on a travel piece. Even though I feel pretty content to not be working as a writer right now, it’s still pretty nice to see my name in print.
oliviaisferosch:
laurao:
And how does the high school drama coach afford a DVF top? Not that there’s any reason why I know why her top is DVF…
how did/do pet magazine writers and nonprofit drones afford DVF gear(, laura)?
We have VIP friends :p
And how does the high school drama coach afford a DVF top? Not that there’s any reason why I know why her top is DVF…
Why is new 9010 rocking this whole Regina George-Mean Girls plotline? Seriously, the couldn’t think of ANYTHING original?
And the sad thing, is I really love Mean Girls.
“She’s been the commander of the national guard in Alaska.”