July 2010
34 posts
there should have been a class
there should have been a class in college that teaches you:
how to deal with the stress of unemployment
how to make “gap time” appear marketable on your resume
how to determine what a comfortable living salary is for various parts of the east coast
how to decide whether to hold out for something better (aka dream job type scenario) or take whatever you can get in this shitty...
call me super nerd
so after starting a tally of rejection letters in 24 hours (the most i’ve had is 4…let me know if you can beat that and i’ll send you a sympathy card) today i received a “we-would-like-to-interview-you” email! WOOHOO!!!
the job is super super nerdy and i don’t even care because I LOVE ECON!!!!!!!!! so count me in for next monday at 10:30 am! get excited!
Teeny: Roberta, truth or dare?
Roberta: Truth.
Teeny: Just how big are your boobs now?
Roberta: Drop dead.
Teeny: She has to say, doesn't she, Sam?
Samantha: She doesn't have to say if she doesn't want to.
Teeny: Then can we see them?
Roberta: No, you can't see them!
“best friend, never gonna let you down, best friend, always gonna be around, you...”
– s club 7
bread and water
my mom doesn’t believe in keeping food in the house (real food that is) and the only thing i seem to be able to find to eat is 9-grain bread from costco and a glass of ice water. the leftovers are either 1. leftover for a reason or 2. nonedible because they were stored incorrectly
i think i had one of the worst days in the world today, just one of those days where nothing seemed to go my...
i am a princess. all girls are. even if they live in tiny old attics. even if they dress in rags, even if they aren’t pretty, or smart, or young. they’re still princesses. all of us. didn’t your father ever tell you that? didn’t he?
“the heart was made to be broken”
– oscar wilde
two new obsessions
today i bought a plant
…granted it was a fake plant, because i have a black thumb, seriously though, last summer i bought a little succulent who i christened bjorn (because he was white & powdery and therefore scandinavian). well poor little bjorn barely had a chance against the variable humidity in my dorm room and died shortly after my return to SHU. so today i bought a spring floral arrangement from...
“All women are princesses, it is our right.”
– A Little Princess (via fairiesandfeatherdusters) (via gabrieyell)
harrypotterhouses:
peeves:
jsalvador:
...
promotion
so in case you missed it dear readers, i got a promotion at michaels, and i now supervise cashiers and get to have keys (the most exciting part of my new job). this also means that i don’t have to work the sales floor, something i truly despised at all my other retail jobs, so i’m quite excited about it. today was my second day at the new job and the managers believe in just throwing...
