January 2010
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“And after all of that commuting, after all of that loneliness, after all of that...”
– I’m biased because I work here, but this post is really, really good.
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am I what the french call "les incompetents"?
This doesn’t make sense to me:
Five journalists plan to lock themselves away in a French farmhouse with access only to Facebook and Twitter to test the quality of news from the social networking and micro-blogging sites.
When they arrive they will be relieved of their smartphones and will be given mobiles that cannot connect to the internet, and will then be reminded of the strict rules...
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It appears that part of my block was TP'd last...
Wait — don’t answer that.
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cringe-worthy
Just opened up an old Word doc — something I’d written in college — and winced.
Comic Sans.
Let’s hope my writing back then wasn’t as bad as my taste in fonts.
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“All we really knew of each other were the things we hoped to be true.”
– the courting garden
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“Honestly? It looks like it could be (500) Days of Twee, a movie about people...”
– (gawker, via theotherjen)
I loved the decor in both Summer & Tom’s apartments. Unrealistic? Probably (esp considering Summer’s admin assistant job), but I’d rather see a ridiculously well-appointed, somewhat-reasonably-sized* apartment than a ridiculously expansive loft that...
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I'd like a general excellence for $400, please
Oh ASME entries. How I love to hate you. The good news is, I seem to be hitting the old one o’clock stride. So there’s that!
Also, this was maybe one of the top 5 most fun/exciting nights of my life thus far. And since I got to go when I was a lowly EA, I’m OK with making up for it by writing these entries for as long as I’m employed in this industry.
I hate, hate, hate, hate, HATE it when...
lizlemon:
someone calls you for something at work that could EASILY be handled with a quick email.
Leave. me. alone!
I don’t mind phone calls at work, but I hate hate HATE voicemails. I’d rather come back to my desk to find multiple high-priority (!!!) emails than to see that red light glowing on my phone.
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progress report
“Was it ‘two-hand touch’?”
“Yes, but I didn’t get anyone out. Or whatever you call it.”
“Hahahaha, you didn’t get anyone out. Right. Good work. Well, maybe next week you’ll get some action. Just keep practicing your swing.”
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