This is the first of what will be a series of lessons on how to behave when out at a bar or restaurant...

LESSON ONE:
No Separate Checks

Here's the thing about separate checks. First of all, NEVER just assume that your server is able to separate your checks after you've already ordered a few rounds of drinks and a meal. Whether they are working ( Read more... )

i'm checking my facebook. no big deal. one of my friend updates is about chris--"christopher ain't up for it". i thought "ah... i haven't heard from him in a while... wonder what he's up to. i'll look at his profile. dum dee dum dum ( Read more... )

so i had another tornado dream that was really different from the others. i'll spare details, but it took place at my old house in oneonta with people i work with at cleos ( Read more... )

i just realized that my fake laugh is very loud and convincing. i think i developed it from waiting tables and bartending when people make stupid jokes and you have to pretend shit is funny ( Read more... )

last night after work, i was waiting for the bus to go home at damen and armitage. there was a crazy drunk guy across the street, drinking out of a paper bag and yelling things about charleton heston dieing, how we need to love each other, look at you people in your cars, and slow down. SLOW DOWN ( Read more... )

i went to the ARCC website because i needed to download and print some copies of the class schedules ( Read more... )

I slept on my couch, last night. I usually like to drift off while watching TV or a movie. When I initially woke up this morning I still had a few more hours before having to get up. For the first time in a while, I felt like I wanted everything to be quiet and dark, so I turned off my TV. For a second I got scared. Sometimes my apartment at night ( Read more... )

it's no secret that i've been in love with Michael Showalter (of The State, Wet Hot American Summer, and Stella) for years.

today, i listened to his CD, Sandwiches and Cats, for the first time. i laughed out loud (more than i did when i listened to Michael Ian Black's), and realized this:

Michael Showalter is my soulmate.

that's right. SOUL MATE ( Read more... )

i have this new job. i have to get up early for it. i get worried about getting up early. so i go to bed around 11 or so and wake up between 3 and 4am. if i manage to fall back asleep for a second, this is what happens. i'll give a few examples that have occurred just in this past week ( Read more... )

i'm at work right now. i'm sitting at a desk. if the phone rings, i'll answer, "ARCC ballet. this is maggie. how can i help you?" and then, most likely, a parent will ask me how to enroll their 2-8 year-old child in ballet classes ( Read more... )