Last week, I committed the ultimate interview faux pas. I was late to a follow-up. It was scheduled for noon. East coast time. Running around at the gym, I finished up around 10 PST to see several missed calls. With voicemails. “Apparently we had a time disconnect,” the voice on the message said. Yes, yes [...]
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The former unemployed guide to wedding season
Three weddings and counting and I have another lesson in life why being unemployed, or formerly unemployed, ruins your social life. You see I was invited to five, that’s right, five weddings this year. That number is not a lie. Starting in August and running through December; I’ve made three and sadly that’s where it [...]
My man purse and the movie theatre
Last night, I had a “this is my life” moment. One of my roommates and I decided for some reason that we had to see the fourth death-is-inescapable fiesta, The Final Destination. Not to be confused with the first in the series, Final Destination, starring disappearing act Devon Sawa and that chick who finally got [...]
Lessons from SeaWorld: how playing statue saved my career
This morning was bitter. It’s not easy right now. I’m really worried about a lot of the balls that are in the air. So, today I reflect. I go back to thinking about high-school-theater-Rachel and her summer jobs. Yay introspective Rachel! Oh how we missed her and her self-deprecating humor. I know I did. Once, [...]
On a clear day you can run forever
After an unfortunate night with a friend’s Wii game, and by unfortunate I mean it told me I was out of shape — a sad fact I knew but did not want to admit, nor did I want a computerized video game to remind me of — I woke up this morning to run. It [...]
Forty-Two
Finding the answer to life, the universe and everything.
The ultimate test
I was afraid to write this blog post. I’ve been afraid all night and not looking forward to it. I’ve been big on looking at my fears straight on and overcoming them. I went to be last night not wanting to overcome anything. I could blame it on the milkshake I had with dinner that [...]
Battling the red bull: managing deadlines
I am back. Like Batman, I’ve returned. I’ve visited with friends, lacked Internet access for a while and took in the occasional concert during the week. But my three week sojourn in the land of sans blogging would be best summed-up by saying I slacked. I slacked and I let my blog self down. Fail. [...]