I was going to start this, my first entry in nearly two weeks, with some grandiose statement about the state of my life. “Jesus, Jenny,” I immediately thought, boring a divot into my backspace key. “You’re so dramatic. Way to have a Sarah Bernhardt moment.”
[This is, no doubt, a direct reflection of things my parents [...]
There’s Your Karma.
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Tag Archives: work
If That’s All There Is, My Friends, then Let’s Keep Dancing
Three Things.
ONE.
I can’t believe I’ve waited a month of unemployment before using my blog as a plea for writing gigs, but here goes: DO YOU WANT ME TO WRITE SOMETHING FOR YOU, NOT FOR FREE? I’LL DO IT.
TWO.
I ALSO TAKE PICTURES.
Look! I made these!
[The Features, Monolith Music Festival 2009. Red Rocks.]
(More from this set at my [...]
Day One. Or: How Barbra Streisand Got Me Through My First Day of Unemployment.
When New Year’s came around and you asked me about resolutions, I told you I had none. That was a lie. I had one, known only to myself, whispered when the clock struck midnight: I’m going to leave my job by the end of 2010.
I did not expect it to happen in the middle of [...]
Yo Mama
Now that our agency is focusing so much on online placement and behavioral/contextual targeting, I find myself really paying attention to what ads I get served on a regular basis.
So I know the technology behind why I am consistently seeing ads for American Apparel’s Maternity Line.
I get it. I read McSweeney’s AND mommyblogs. But it’s [...]
Let it out and let it in
As you can imagine, working at an ad agency does not come without its twinges of moral discord. There’s always a part of me that’s like, “You just placed a print ad for a cosmetic surgeon. Your soul just died a little.” Or, “You just placed a steakburger commerical in The Biggest Loser. You are [...]
Doing a Body Good
At home, my parents still use dial-up. They’re going to make “the big switch” to high-speed relatively soon, and I was telling my mom how much it will open up her world, and by “open up” I basically meant “waste away your time.” I explained that, before, when you had a brief moment of nostalgia [...]
A Pie Chart Summary
Okay okay - about this:
ONE!
Lockerbie Pub. My favorite bar in the entire world. Largely because I frequently gather there with my favorite people. Moreover, it is the quinessential, no-frills, no-bros kind of establishment. The jukebox is kickin’, the drinks are strong, and the conversation is stellar. Love love love.
TWO!
Jeff at Lockerbie Pub. Speaking of love, [...]
Encounter.
I haven’t touched on this yet, but during my blogging sabbatical some MAJOR SH*T happened at my place of work. The dramz revolved around our largest client, who is now our former client. Most of you know who this former client is, and because of online search capabilities and residual contractual obligations, I will not [...]
Did he say “Barama”?
I received an e-mail stating that Dem SUUUUPERDELEGATE Joe Andrew was giving a press conference this morning in the gym. Instead of, oh I don’t know, working - I made my way over there and scouted out a spot, perched up in the rocket, where I watched the whole thing.
THAT’S MY WORK in THE BACKGROUND, GUYS. ON CNN. I EAT [...]
591
Let me preface this entry by saying this: I love my work, for the most part. But if you don’t have something about your job that is utterly and completely ridiculous, you are lying to yourself. Especially at the entry-level – dear God – something inane happens on a daily basis.
I was asked [...]
Hoppy Hour
Sometimes at work I’ll compile press contacts for markets where there are new Steak N Shakes. Today, for example, I was working on the Pittsburgh area. While completing this task I get to look at a lot of RIDICULOUS local radio websites, but this one has been my favorite so far.
FROGGY 104.3. [...]
Camille.
Okay, I’m at work, and I feel like cah-rap. I never, ever [knock on wood] get sick, ever. I get head colds like, twice a year. I can’t remember the last time I went home from work due to being sick, and the last time I vomited due to causes excluding alcohol was 1993, and [...]
The only bowl I like is the kind that gets passed around. IfyouknowwhatI’msayin.
I went bowling last night.
The friends that have known me for a long time are going, “Wha? Bullshit.” That’s because I never go bowling. I fully understand that bowling is a perfectly well-rounded group activity. And it’s not so much that I hate the sport itself – it’s just that I hate being bad at things in front [...]
MAKE IT WORK!
I put this picture of Tim Gunn on my bulletin board at work.
…makes me feel like if he’s always watching over me, I will be sure to produce my best work.
Suck It, Google!
No more! No more shall people Google my name and see that I was suffering from some mystery ailment! Instead, they shall see that I am in a state of PROGRESS — the announcement of my job in the Indy Star! If you’ve seen the actual Star, you will see that my fugly picture graces the [...]
