December 2010
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Okay -
I’m spending the rest of the evening in bed with Scoop, once I tell you I am years behind in realizing this is where the Daily Beast got its name from.
/can’t even fucking take the day off in fiction.
“They asked me to show up on the first day of senior year with thirty thousand...”
– Paris Review - The Art of Nonfiction No. 3, John McPhee
Why I am good at saving and bad at math
My checking account balance was -$1.37. A DOLLAR thirty seven, until I just ran to the ATM and deposited a five I had on me.
I swear, I am uber-anal about my finances. To the point that I just dropped all my Christmas money in savings and but then forgot I had paid for my bridesmaid dress for OCTOBER.
SIIIGH.
notnadia:
Tumblr, what do you usually do on your...
I was all ready to dive into Census data when,...
*CRIEZ*
In funnier news, I am counted in the state of New York for the next 10 years, and a demographic sample in Maryland for the next 2 (I got the american community survey in June)
Pandora just threw acapella version at me
Oh, its Ben Folds. Makes sense.
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GUYS - if you're going to reblog something
and yes I am guilty of this a bit too - please check it out - a lie spreads quicker than the truth can get its shoes on
/schoolmarmish journalist PSA
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Things I would like to do in 2011
Putting them here to shame myself into doing so:
Go to Mount Rushmore with my mom
Go to Geneva to meet up with a friend doing an fellowship with Eli Lilly
Reduce total student loan debt 10%
Freelance 2 articles outside of job
Yeah, that’s about enough. Might add on as I think of it. Funny how these are all money related in someway.
Things I would like to do in 2011
Putting them here to shame myself into doing so:
Go to Mount Rushmore with my mom
Go to Geneva to meet up with a friend doing an fellowship with Eli Lilly
Reduce total student loan debt 10%
Freelance 2 articles outside of job
Yeah, that’s about enough. Might add on as I think of it. Funny how these are all money related in someway.
Monday, Dec. 27th
“Hi, I’m calling to see if anyone has approached the county about having contact with the rabid kitten.”
Actual voice mail left minutes ago.
Other things I have done on Christmas Eve
Researched cost of lenses for precious-will-be-mine
Cried inside.
Watchfujiidom:
betternovembers / thedailywhat / inothernews:
Christmas Miracle of the Day: From The New York Times comes the heartwarming tale of a charming couple from Chelsea who mistakenly received hundreds of letters addressed to Santa and decided to try and fulfill them.
“Are we really the ones equipped to handle this?” “We were able to move a lot of letters.” “Yeah, but not all of them.”...
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“Because we’re breaking a men’s record, we’ve got a lot of...”
– UConn coach Geno Auriemma says fans dislike women tying men’s streak - ESPN
Geno Auriemma, my hero. They go for 89 tomorrow.
I’d like to think that Dan Rydell would have been pumped by this.
When you a journalist, you also get the DUMBEST,...
To wit:
The following are a few tips from Dr. Toodumbname “Like I’m giving you anymore google juice” booklet which you are welcome to print to help enlighten readers:
1.) If you are being accosted by a male perpetration, the female should fake a seizure, throw up, start convulsing, roll your eyes back to throw off the attacker.
2.) Think through the scenario of someone...
Okay, immediate panic stuff over
Time to get some first dinner* and see how much I can finish before I head downtown to DRINK. A LOT. FANCY DRINKS AT BUSBOYS.
In other news today has included:
Trying to figure out Jewish law. Wild Goose chases with phantom water main breaks. A rabid kitten.
I am SO close to vacation.
Man I had forgotten how CHILL thievery corporation...
Also they are an awesome live act (surprising to me!) and are DC-based.
Someone in dc media world just tweeted "truck no...
It’s that kind of day.
