i recently found out that after my second interview, the two other girls that make up the development department checked out my myspace page and liked it. this reportedly sealed the deal on hiring me. cool for me ( Read more... )

on tuesday morning, bright and early, i was to report to the brockton courthouse for jury duty. there i sat in a room with other sleepily annoyed people complete with two clean bathrooms and a stocked vending machine. luckily i came prepared with a book i had not started yet. so i sat and sat and and my ass started to fall asleep and finally we ( Read more... )

so, it's been awhile, so here we go:

this weekend i will be in portsmouth, nh with mike. our first weekend away since we moved. i'm looking forward to it! i have some vacation time coming up in september and hope to go on a longer trip. i was this close to going to australia with elissa, but, you know, it's almost $2,000 for just the plane ticket, ( Read more... )

Name: emily ( Read more... )

it is smotheringly hot in my apartment. but, i kind of knew that was coming. there is a big lilac tree just outside the window and if i press my face up to the screen i get a big whiff of the flowers. my favorite, coincidently.  i heart my apartment.

i'm in the midst of a full on nick cave obsessive compulsive overload. that's just how i am. while ( Read more... )

this is me giving my new job a chance:  so far stuff is ok, slow to start, people are friendly, i'm learning a bunch of stuff to the point where i am left alone to do them. nothing really matters since it is all triple checked and then checked again by another department. i have a cubicle which i am decorating one thing at a time. today: pens and ( Read more... )

i should marry a weatherman. i could listen to him talk all day about high pressure and low pressure and under what circumstances he chooses to say party sunny versus mostly cloudy. oh take me away on your cumulus cloud ( Read more... )

Go to IMDB.com and look up 10 of your favorite movies.
* Post three official IMDB "Plot Keywords" for these 10 picks.
* Have your friends guess the movie titles.

1. Railroad Car / Fireworks / Brigadier General
2. Milk / Surrealism / Masturbation Scene
3. American Abroad / Expatriate / Train Station
4. Anti Hero / Dysfunctional Family / ( Read more... )

so, this is kind of weird: i did my taxes last weekend and i said i wanted a paper check for my federal return, but for my state return i had to either get an email check or direct deposit. i opted for direct deposit. all week i have been checking my account to see if it went though, mike's went through yesterday, so i'm getting impatient. today i ( Read more... )

i have a confession to make:

i love those geiko commercials. you know what i'm talking about; so easy a caveman can do it. i giggle like a schoolgirl at those uppidy cavemen.