Saturday, February 28, 2015
SOUNDS LIKE TONS OF FUN
People who do nothing but bitch and moan about how much they hate where they are. Although if there had been a "marooned in Gainesville" or "marooned in Florida," period, meetup, I'da joined in a heartbeat: http://www.meetup.com/Marooned-In-DC/?gj=ej1b&a=wg2.1_grpn
Friday, February 27, 2015
Thursday, February 26, 2015
"NOTHING IS HARDER TO LIVE WITH THAN FALSE HOPE"
Brendan Coyle
And few things are crueler than to KNOWINGLY give people false hope. Boo.
And few things are crueler than to KNOWINGLY give people false hope. Boo.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
JOB FAIRS ARE A TOTAL WASTE OF TIME
Some of them have vendors who aren't even hiring immediately. And some of the people there are hostile because they don't want to be there and don't get paid extra for their trouble. Others aren't even recruiters--they are either schools or resume services or stuff like that. And some aren't even local--others advertise jobs that are entry-level or extremely specialized.
And what's worse, I went to one last week and was told to go to another one today for one of the vendors. I could just as easily have applied online, although some online application processes are a hellish experience on their own.
And what's worse, I went to one last week and was told to go to another one today for one of the vendors. I could just as easily have applied online, although some online application processes are a hellish experience on their own.
Monday, February 23, 2015
WOW. THERE SURE ARE A LOT OF THINGS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT WHAT NOT TO SAY TO PEOPLE
and pregnant women. And people with cancer. And the recently bereaved:
https://andreadrugay.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/10-things-not-to-say-to-an-unemployed-person
And this little treasure suggests you offer to pay an unemployed friend for helping you paint with pizza and beer, or buying them lunch for running your errands. What is this, slavery? http://www.theawl.com/2011/04/understanding-your-unemployed-friend
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And this little treasure suggests you offer to pay an unemployed friend for helping you paint with pizza and beer, or buying them lunch for running your errands. What is this, slavery? http://www.theawl.com/2011/04/understanding-your-unemployed-friend
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Sunday, February 22, 2015
SIX WEEKS UNTIL I CAN DRINK AGAIN
I have been craving whiskey sours. I guess I will ask for a sour without the whiskey.
YES, I REALIZE I HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT LOTS OF THINGS
But I don't need to share all of them. Opinions are like assholes--everyone has one.
GOOD ADVICE
Or, the circle of kvetching: http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/07/opinion/la-oe-0407-silk-ring-theory-20130407
Saturday, February 21, 2015
PRAYER REQUEST
I don’t normally ask for prayers, etc, but an opportunity may come to me very soon—if it does, great, if it doesn’t, it wasn’t meant to be. Whatever the outcome it will involve some major decisions—please send prayers, good thoughts, positive energy etc. Thanks so much!
I WONDER WHICH IS WORSE--
The fact that DC people can't drive in snow or the fact that outsiders constantly complain about it. I wish they would all shut the fuck up.
Friday, February 20, 2015
IN HELL THEY MAKE YOU OPEN AN ACCOUNT
No, it's "create" an account. What the heck do they mean by "creating?" It's not a work of art, for heaven's sake.
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BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THESE ARE KOSHER
And you can eat them on Ash Wednesday or any Friday during Lent: http://m.lance.com/index.php/snackdetails/index?title=bolds-bacon-cheddar&category=14#.VOckgtLF_79
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Thursday, February 19, 2015
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
REMEMBERING MY FATHER WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN 91 YEARS OLD TODAY
And remembering his twin sister, Aunt Margie, who IS 91 years old today.
LAISSEZ LES BONS TEMPS ROULER!
Lent starts in less than 24 hours. Although as I am working tonight I'm not starting until Wednesday night.
Monday, February 16, 2015
WHAT A STRING OF DAYS:
Lincoln's birthday, Friday the 13th, Valentine's Day, President's Day, Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday and Chinese New Year
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YET ANOTHER REASON I NEVER GOT MARRIED
Because human beings are not like jobs. Or apartments. Or cars. There have been times when I was offered one job, accepted it, and immediately offered another one. The same with houses/apartments, stuff on Ebay etc. And I am worried if I married a man (or even got seriously involved with one) and a better one came along I would regret it. Or hurt at least one of the men involved.
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Sunday, February 15, 2015
Saturday, February 14, 2015
WHAT YOUR FAVOURITE DOWNTON ABBEY CHARACTER SAYS ABOUT YOU
Hearing "you are your parents' least favourite child" sucks when you are an only child: http://www.hypable.com/favorite-downton-abbey-character
THE KABBALISTIC PROACTIVE FORMULA
1) When a situation arises, acknowledge that it's from the Light.
2) Identify your reaction.
3) Restrict, stop reacting, allow the Light to come in. Or ask the Light for help.
4) Now deal with the situation.
2) Identify your reaction.
3) Restrict, stop reacting, allow the Light to come in. Or ask the Light for help.
4) Now deal with the situation.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF VALENTINE'S DAY MOVIE
Picnic at Hanging Rock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WcJpdg5Euk
Freaky as all get-out. The first time I saw it I couldn't sleep. R refers to it as "hanging bra."
Freaky as all get-out. The first time I saw it I couldn't sleep. R refers to it as "hanging bra."
Friday, February 13, 2015
I WANTED TO STAND UP AND HISS
We've seen shit, but never like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28W23UtuWCk
Saw Fifty Shades of Grey. Waste of celluloid, time and money. Dumbest movie I've seen in years. Last Valentine's day saw Winter's Tale with R and one of his friends. I t was somewhat better, other than the fact that Jessica Brown Findlay has tuberculosis. It will be nice when she gets to be in something in which she doesn't die tragically.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28W23UtuWCk
Saw Fifty Shades of Grey. Waste of celluloid, time and money. Dumbest movie I've seen in years. Last Valentine's day saw Winter's Tale with R and one of his friends. I t was somewhat better, other than the fact that Jessica Brown Findlay has tuberculosis. It will be nice when she gets to be in something in which she doesn't die tragically.
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YAY!
I am losing weight again. Now if I just didn't feel so tired all the time. But I am feeling a little better now.
I DISAGREE
Not all bossy little girls (or boys) have leadership skills. Some are just brats and need their asses kicked.
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THE GUY NEXT TO ME IS MAKING WEIRD CHEWING NOISES.
And the librarian is talking really loud on the phone. Guy next to me also smells like urine. Whatever happened to silence in the library?
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50 SHADES OF GREY
Will probably go see it anyway: http://catholicexchange.com/theology-body-vs-fifty-shades-grey
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Thursday, February 12, 2015
"JOY SHE GAVE"
"And joy she has found." That's what's on the late Kathleen Kennedy's tombstone. There is also a saying "all visitors bring joy--some by arriving, others by leaving." I want to be remembered as bringing joy.
BETTER CALL SAUL
Saw the first two episodes. One of them involves a severed head: http://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/breaking-bad-references-from-the-first-episode-of-better-c#.qe7zPNq2G
THE QUESTING BEAST
Wikipedia describes it as having "the head and neck of a snake,
the body of a leopard, the haunches
of a lion and the feet of a hart."
King Pellinore (and all his family) have been chasing it for years for no good
reason I can discern, and all they find are fewmets. Kind of like when Uncle
Joe went bear hunting and all he found were bear turds.
Then Pellinore takes up
with Sir Grummore (no idea of the real story of their relationship) and says
"since then I’ve been letting my beastly
Beast go and hang itself on the wall, what?” As well he should. I have no idea
why anyone wanted to catch it anyway. For food? Milk? Clothing? Eggs?
Fertilizer? In one account the beast languishes for lack of attention from
Pellinore, so the king nurses it back to health and starts chasing it again.
Stupid Pellinore.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
I SAW YOUR PICTURE
And no, I am not turning Japanese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmJ-VWPDM4
It's been so long I had almost forgotten what you looked like. I had to Google you. But no, I am not stalking you.
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It's been so long I had almost forgotten what you looked like. I had to Google you. But no, I am not stalking you.
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GREGSON IS DEAD
I didn't think they'd kill him: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/02/08/downton-abbey-recap-edith-makes-her-move-and-mary-is-so-so-cold
And there's Atticus. The Granthams/Crawleys/Whatever they are's seem to object less to his being Jewish than they do to Tom's being Catholic. Maybe, because as Isobel said, they wouldn't expect Rose or anyone else to convert.
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And there's Atticus. The Granthams/Crawleys/Whatever they are's seem to object less to his being Jewish than they do to Tom's being Catholic. Maybe, because as Isobel said, they wouldn't expect Rose or anyone else to convert.
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ENERGY CRISIS...
...was an oft-touted phrase during the '70's (kind of like "closure," "empowered," "move on," and "let it go" are now) and it's what I've been going through personally. Sure gas prices are lower than they were in a long time (doesn't make much difference to me as I don't own a car) but I don't nearly have as much energy as I used to--sleeping 15 to 16 hours per day and not feeling refreshed when I wake up. At least now I'm getting better--slept less than 12 hours yesterday and woke up feeling better than I had in days or weeks. And as we learned in kabbalah class, somethings don't follow a logical timeline.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
CAN'T START A FIRE...
...without a spark. And that's how I'm feeling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cibZydv3XLM
TIKKUN
Something that came up in tonight's kabbalah class. I had forgotten it. Still working on my personal tikkun: http://www.newkabbalah.com/tikkun.html
ONE THING I GOT FROM KABBALAH CLASS TONIGHT
Sometimes it really is that simple. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow0lr63y4Mw
THEY'RE PLAYING SUZANNE AT STARBUCKS
We first read it in English class freshman year in college and I heard it right after I left H for the first time. If I had only known how good things would get: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w45ERQh0uII
Monday, February 09, 2015
Sunday, February 08, 2015
THOMAS
No, not the Tank
Engine, although I get them confused myself. The underbutler on Downton Abbey. And yes, he is an asshole,
although I’d like to think it is not entirely his fault. He’s gay and can’t come
out in England
Saturday, February 07, 2015
HARD TO BELIEVE
The Roofer's Union in Adams Morgan is celebrating its first anniversary this weekend.
WILLIAMS TEMPORARILY OFF-AIR
Brian Williams says he is taking himself temporarily off the air at NBC: http://news.yahoo.com/brian-william-taking-himself-air-temporarily-214707487.html
OKAY, I GET IT.
Brastfeeding is a natural thing. But so is pooping, peeing, belching, farting and nose-picking. And if I can't wear a mini-shirt or a tight, low-cut dress to work, why should someone be allowed to breastfeed? See http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/02/va-house-of-delegates-passes-breastfeeding-bill-111260.html
YEAH, YEAH
G-d always answers our prayers. But more often than than not the answer is no: http://catholicexchange.com/agony-garden-unanswered-prayers
Friday, February 06, 2015
"DO YOU WANT A SANDWICH OR A MEAL?"
Has replaced "do you want fries with that?" And it's probably even more irritating. If I wanted a fucking meal I'd ask for it.
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AT WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTRE
Waiting for a mammography. But I am not too worried. I have been told I have great boobs.
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Thursday, February 05, 2015
This is mean but still kind of funny
I wonder if I could ask people to fart to help me stay in my condo?
And speaking of farting hard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82e283rqxrY
A TWENTIES MEMORY
"That year I went to Paris a second time to talk with a thin, nervous European composer with aquiline profile and remarkably quick eyes who would someday be Igor Stravinsky and then, later, his best friend. I stayed at the home of Man and Sting Ray and Salvador Dali joined us for dinner several times and Dali decided to have a one-man show which he did and it was a huge success, as one man showed up and it was a gay and fine French winter."
Woody Allen
Went to the Phillips Gallery to see the Man Ray exhibit.
Reminds me of the quote from the movie Rebecca "Oh not this modern stuff, I hope. You know, portrait of a lamp shade upside down to represent a soul in torment."
Woody Allen
Went to the Phillips Gallery to see the Man Ray exhibit.
Reminds me of the quote from the movie Rebecca "Oh not this modern stuff, I hope. You know, portrait of a lamp shade upside down to represent a soul in torment."
Wednesday, February 04, 2015
Tuesday, February 03, 2015
THE JAMES GANG HAD THE RIGHT IDEA
And we heard the same thing in Kabbalah class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_4iQDYDVNo
FULL MOON TONIGHT
V says "the weirdoes around here don't discriminate---they'd howl at any ol' moon, full or not."
MY TOP TEN PERSONAL FAVOURITE SUPER BOWL SPOTS
Monday, February 02, 2015
MORE THAN 24 HOURS LATER
All the Superbowl 2015 spots: http://www.businessinsider.com/all-the-2015-super-bowl-ads-2015-2?op=1
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SOUNDPROOF UNDERWEAR WOULD BE A GOOD THING, TOO
See http://myshreddies.com/store/flatulence
C farts a lot and says his ex-wife was a great burper. Yet the marriage failed.
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C farts a lot and says his ex-wife was a great burper. Yet the marriage failed.
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IN ADDITION TO BEING GROUNDHOG DAY....
...today is also the feast of the Presentation: http://catholicexchange.com/presentation-of-the-child-jesus-in-the-temple
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GROUND HOG'S DAY
Happy Groundhog's Day! Patapsco is the closest thing I have to a real groundhog:
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Sunday, February 01, 2015
Patriots beat Seahawks 28-24
V put it well in his invitation "Death by Frito Lay at Dr. Clock's. Come pop a squat and watch the biggest assholes in the NFC duke it out with the largest collection of pricks in the AFC. There will be drinking games (for example drink every time Belichick grimaces or every time Pete Carroll bounces up and down like he's decked out in bloomers and pom-poms)....Or you can watch it "MST3K style", as there will surely be ample wisecrack fodder."
SPOT ON
Measles are the big story now. Mumps somewhat below them. I have had at least three measles shots in my life, don't want a fourth.
ANY ASSHOLE CAN MARCH IN A MARCH.
Or wear a button. Or put a bumper sticker on his/her car if he/she even has one. Regardless of your political leanings, it takes more to actually DO something.