Um, yeah. Hi everyone!

I got a new jobWell, sort of. I'm still working the library, as my Facebook profile likes to say, but I got a side gig writing trivia questions for a restaurant in the valley with "interactive table games." Secretly I think it sounds a little lame, but they pay me the medium bucks so I don't complain. Especially since I'm ( Read more... )

Guess the movie!

1. Breakdance, Blackface, Time Magazine (2001) Zoolander
2. Double Cross, Homosexual Subtext, Face Slap (1941) The Maltese Falcon
3. Bus Ride, Tuberculosis, Male Nudity (1969) Midnight Cowboy
4. Audio Cassette, Beach, Marijuana (2004) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
5. Surreal, Cult Cartoon, Invasion (1968) Yellow Submarine6 ( Read more... )

Ye Olde Hometown has been in the news a lot lately, mostly under "Top Weird Stories!" The media pretended that this was because they found foot in a landfill that was MAYBE human, but it was really because they found a place called Spotsylvania. The foot turned out to be a skinned bear foot, but the place is still called Spotsylvania ( Read more... )

1. In which technology (almost) gets the best of me ( Read more... )

"How do you spell 'elite?'"
"I think it's 1-3-3-t."
(pause)
"...what?"

I've spent a little over a week out of LA and it's good to be back, and it's surprising how used to it I've gotten. You know all those ads that say, "Lowest internet in [locality] for the price," or, "Home Depot: [state]'s home improvement center?" It's always jarring to see them when you're somewhere new, because they look like always and then you ( Read more... )

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For the last couple days, the hallway outside my office at work has smelled like pizza. It has also had cardboard boxes stacked in it. I commented on this to my coworker, who agreed. "Yeah!" she said. And, "I keep saying that, but everyone else thinks I'm crazy ( Read more... )

Is it ever worth it to contest a parking ticket ( Read more... )

Besides, obviously, the money.

1. A publicist. Yes, I am absolutely narcissistic enough to think that my daily life requires press releases. Just think about how great it would be to have someone else come up with excuses for your behavior, "Michael Jackson has a skin disease, and that is why his skin keeps getting lighter" style.* I wouldn't have ( Read more... )