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hateful
Just got called hateful by someone attempting to fundraise door-to-door. They managed to talk to my wife first, which is good, because I would have opened the door and shut it immediately. As someone who is a seasoned fundraiser, over phone, email and in person, I have to say, door-to-door is really really hard. Speaking of shucking and jiving, ( Read more... ) -
Life update: job hunt and first interview
So, I finally had my first real interview since I started hunting for a job a few months ago. I think it went poorly. Here is the basic breakdown ( Read more... ) -
Life update: job hunt and birthday
I had a great birthday party yesterday with a few friends. It was a tea party! With warm water and such. There was cake, scones and so many cookies. I definitely gained quite a few delicious pounds ( Read more... ) -
Been a while! Job Hunting . . .
Is terrible! Which I'm sure everyone knows ( Read more... ) -
The downsides of public funding
Is that sometimes you don't get it. My job is winding down by next year, or so my current boss has said. My hours are getting cut starting November and then it'll all go downhill until next September or so ( Read more... ) -
A curmudgeon's guide to Paris
Do you have few feelings for the French? Do you feel like you have an overabundance of money? Do you enjoy long lines? Do you think all tourist destinations should only have one entrance? Then Paris is the city for you. If you actually want to see the beauty of France, I imagine Marseilles, Avignon, Cannes or Nice would do quite nicely, and ( Read more... ) -
The end of a horrible week
We were at Charlie's Kitchen a few hours ago when news finally came in that the last known living suspect had been apprehended. I was happily, tipsily drunk since the lockdown had lifted and cheerily read the closed captioning from far, far away from the TV. As soon as everyone there knew, there was a collective cheer and a bunch of applause ( Read more... ) -
So, uh, yeah, Boston this week.
So, there was a shootout and an MIT Campus Police officer was shot and killed last night. Two perpetrators were chased to Watertown: one died and the other remains at large. These are the people who are suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon. We're currently on lockdown. Our public transit service is suspended and all public events and areas ( Read more... ) -
Today's bad news
Hi! By now you may have heard that there were several bombs planted around Boston during the Boston Marathon and that about two of them went off this afternoon. Two bombs were defused. Controlled detonation is being used to take care of suspicious looking packages. People have been injured and two have been confirmed as dead so far. If you are ( Read more... ) -
TVM: Somerville Theatre Feb. 9, 2013
Just reminded by a castmate's post to shamelessly plug Theatre @ First's production of The Vagina Monologues. See me in the flesh at either the afternoon or evening show. :) Tickets are available online through Vendini at the Somerville Theatre's website here.