Okay, so this WON'T be a COMPLETELY locked out journal. Work gets awfully tedious at times, and everyone needs their outlet, as it were ( Read more... )

If there is indeed an upside to having a job in which one does pretty much nothing a good 70% of the day, it’s the fact that you can get all your web-reading\emailing\personal stuff done on a regular basis. Nonetheless, it gets a bit monotonous at times, and I was thinking about that very fact yesterday after work as I was on lake shore drive ( Read more... )

I started my new temp job at Bacon’s Information Inc. this past Monday. Bacon’s, in a nutshell, is a media database corporation which compiles and publishes a catalog which lists every single magazine, website, and newspaper in the country. My job is to call every magazine in the country and make sure that all the people that are on “the list” ( Read more... )

In one whole month, I was only able to rent 10 flicks from that whole Facets deal…kind of paltry, I know ( Read more... )

A more detailed and lively post is undoubtedly on its way, concerning betrayals, lust, and above all else, lots of human misery. But to tide everyone over until then, I came across this little ditty whilst idling the hours away on Amazon.com. Some guy has put up The “Kill Bill” Checklist , and I must say, even though these Volume 1 and 2 movies ( Read more... )

THE PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID ( Read more... )

So here’s how I’ve spent my past month of “taking a break” from work: Engaged in a massive quest to find someone datable. Began the arduous process of applying for grad school. Saw some movies. Didn’t write hardly anything. Got my wits about me and enjoyed some summer “downtime ( Read more... )

Not five seconds after I celebrate being able to write the film section for a new up and coming Chicago website, am I immediately smacked in the face by reality, left only to plummet back down to earth. The editor, who received numerous samples of my work and writing style beforehand and said that I was exactly what they were looking for insists I ( Read more... )

***Past 3 Months ( Read more... )