Just an update on those name-stealing no-goodniks, the Beets: apparently they are SUPER popular in Brooklyn. Like, one of the top-listed Shea Stadium recordings kind of popular.
There you go. Another example of how completely uncool I am.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY
I've begun to notice that this blog has turned into me regurgitating other blogs, but quasi-unemployment has enabled me to spend time reading things on the InterWebz, and it's impossible for me to keep some amazing finds to myself. So, in addition to re-twittering, posting links on theFacebook, and shouting wildly upon discovering some life-changing piece of blogwork, I'm going to post awesome things I find here!!! YAAAAAAY. I know. You're all excited. I understand.
Today's bit of insightful blogdom is courtesy of Thought Catalog, my current favorite snarky and intelligent culture-collector and commentator (HIRE ME HIRE ME HIRE ME HIRE ME ACCEPT MY SUBMISSIONS PLEASE). During my daily (i.e., hourly) Twitter search, I saw this article titled "Spending Money Like A 20-Something". The piece notes how, despite the fact that almost every 20-something lacks serious funds, we spend money on things like rent/alcohol/iPhones as if we have access to some everflowing fountain of dolla dolla bills.
The alcohol thing is particularly true. On an average night out in New York City, it's real easy to drop like six bazillion dollars on overpriced booze. $4 PBR and a shot Happy Hour special? AWESOME, DUDE! SO CHEAP!...and a few/six beer-shot combos later, there goes the rent money. And maybe whatever you ate that day.
Where is all this spare drinking/renting/life living cash coming from? Excellent question. When you find out, let me know.
Today's bit of insightful blogdom is courtesy of Thought Catalog, my current favorite snarky and intelligent culture-collector and commentator (HIRE ME HIRE ME HIRE ME HIRE ME ACCEPT MY SUBMISSIONS PLEASE). During my daily (i.e., hourly) Twitter search, I saw this article titled "Spending Money Like A 20-Something". The piece notes how, despite the fact that almost every 20-something lacks serious funds, we spend money on things like rent/alcohol/iPhones as if we have access to some everflowing fountain of dolla dolla bills.
 |
| tastes like pee, but oh so cheap...! |
Where is all this spare drinking/renting/life living cash coming from? Excellent question. When you find out, let me know.
Monday, June 13, 2011
The Craigslist (Time)Killer
One of the least/most mediocre things about being quasi-unemployed is taking advantage of the vast entertainment provided by Craigslist. I've been spending a lot of time on Craigslist looking for job openings, and I've come across some wonderful, wonderful listings. Here are some of Craigslists' most stellar recent gems:
1. Death --> "I am doing some research for an upcoming project and need your help. I am asking for written responses to the following questions. You may reply to one question or as many as you choose.
1-What is your personal definition of death?
2-Write about your first encounter with death.
3-Write about your first funeral."
2. Need Someone to Do My Dishes --> "Pretty straight forward, I have a sink full of dishes and I'm too lazy to do them, if someone want to come over and do them I'll pay them $15, I'd like this to be done tonight, email me your phone number and I'll call you."
3. Asian Female Braniac/Nerdy type for interview --> "I am looking for a young (18-26) asian female intellectual nerdy type to spend some time interviewing for a private project. Compensation is $25 per hour (plus beverages, snacks), several hours per week. Please send brief bio and pic."
4. $575 Decent Room4Rent Util. Incl Clean Responsible Working Females/Male...(Buswick, Brooklyn) --> "IAM A KOOL PERSON AND FRIENDLY GUY BUT MY RULES MUST BE ACCEPTED AND FOLLOWED IN ORDER TO LIVE HERE I DONT VIOLATE ANYONES PRIVACY OR TOUCH THERE THINGS BUT EXPECT THEM TO DO AS WELL N NOT VIOLATE MY PRIVACY OR TOUCH MY THINGS N GIVE ME THAT RESPECT IF YOU CANT DO THIS OR DONT I WONT ACCEPT IT NEITHER OR TOLERATE IT N WILL TELL U TO LEAVE BASICALLY I DONT ACCEPT ANY BULSHIT OR SHIT IN MY HOUSE AT ALL THANK YOU BUT IF YOU CANT KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOUR SELF OR MIND UR BUISNESS THEN YOUR OUT OF MY HOUSE AND ALSO IF YOUR NOT A ANIMAL OR PET LOVER THEN YOU CANT BE HERE AS WELL THANK YOU I HAVE A BIRD MY DOGGIE A TURTLE N RABBIT TOO BUT MY HOUSE DONT STINK OR SMELL OR INFESTED WITH BUGS OR ANYTHING ELSE AND ITS DEFINITELY NOT DIRTY SO WE MUST KEEP IT CLEAN ALWAYS!!!!! IF NOT THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT FOR YOU AT ALL!!.. Iam 420 Friendly Iam gay friendly but iam not gay at all completely straight just dont disrespect.... I also Have a 1 year old Jack Russell Chiguagua she is clean quiet friendly and adorable and cute too...Iam not asking for to much just for a clean person and not a liar that would say one thing and do and say and show another thing and way about them....Iam a very clean person and since you would be living in MY Apartment I Expect you to be CLEAN all around meaning not just your appearance and also since you would live here you must CLEAN i have to be very specific since others i had here claimed where CLEAN but where total SLOBS AND PIGS so please if you Aint CLEAN or want too CLEAN dont answer my ad this aint for you, dont lie to me or yourself..." (this just continues, read the whole thang for some real entertainment!)
5. Braid My Hair in Exchange for Cleaning Your Apartment --> "I did the big chop, so my hair is completely natural and would like to have my hair braided. If you are interested in exchanging your braiding expertise to have your home cleaned, let's talk asap. I live in Manhattan but can commute anywhere in the city. Thank you."
God, I love Craigslist.
1. Death --> "I am doing some research for an upcoming project and need your help. I am asking for written responses to the following questions. You may reply to one question or as many as you choose.
1-What is your personal definition of death?
2-Write about your first encounter with death.
3-Write about your first funeral."
2. Need Someone to Do My Dishes --> "Pretty straight forward, I have a sink full of dishes and I'm too lazy to do them, if someone want to come over and do them I'll pay them $15, I'd like this to be done tonight, email me your phone number and I'll call you."
3. Asian Female Braniac/Nerdy type for interview --> "I am looking for a young (18-26) asian female intellectual nerdy type to spend some time interviewing for a private project. Compensation is $25 per hour (plus beverages, snacks), several hours per week. Please send brief bio and pic."
4. $575 Decent Room4Rent Util. Incl Clean Responsible Working Females/Male...(Buswick, Brooklyn) --> "IAM A KOOL PERSON AND FRIENDLY GUY BUT MY RULES MUST BE ACCEPTED AND FOLLOWED IN ORDER TO LIVE HERE I DONT VIOLATE ANYONES PRIVACY OR TOUCH THERE THINGS BUT EXPECT THEM TO DO AS WELL N NOT VIOLATE MY PRIVACY OR TOUCH MY THINGS N GIVE ME THAT RESPECT IF YOU CANT DO THIS OR DONT I WONT ACCEPT IT NEITHER OR TOLERATE IT N WILL TELL U TO LEAVE BASICALLY I DONT ACCEPT ANY BULSHIT OR SHIT IN MY HOUSE AT ALL THANK YOU BUT IF YOU CANT KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOUR SELF OR MIND UR BUISNESS THEN YOUR OUT OF MY HOUSE AND ALSO IF YOUR NOT A ANIMAL OR PET LOVER THEN YOU CANT BE HERE AS WELL THANK YOU I HAVE A BIRD MY DOGGIE A TURTLE N RABBIT TOO BUT MY HOUSE DONT STINK OR SMELL OR INFESTED WITH BUGS OR ANYTHING ELSE AND ITS DEFINITELY NOT DIRTY SO WE MUST KEEP IT CLEAN ALWAYS!!!!! IF NOT THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT FOR YOU AT ALL!!.. Iam 420 Friendly Iam gay friendly but iam not gay at all completely straight just dont disrespect.... I also Have a 1 year old Jack Russell Chiguagua she is clean quiet friendly and adorable and cute too...Iam not asking for to much just for a clean person and not a liar that would say one thing and do and say and show another thing and way about them....Iam a very clean person and since you would be living in MY Apartment I Expect you to be CLEAN all around meaning not just your appearance and also since you would live here you must CLEAN i have to be very specific since others i had here claimed where CLEAN but where total SLOBS AND PIGS so please if you Aint CLEAN or want too CLEAN dont answer my ad this aint for you, dont lie to me or yourself..." (this just continues, read the whole thang for some real entertainment!)
5. Braid My Hair in Exchange for Cleaning Your Apartment --> "I did the big chop, so my hair is completely natural and would like to have my hair braided. If you are interested in exchanging your braiding expertise to have your home cleaned, let's talk asap. I live in Manhattan but can commute anywhere in the city. Thank you."
God, I love Craigslist.
Friday, June 10, 2011
What, Me Worry?
 |
| bleeding ulcer, yum! |
This is good news for me, since I am, for lack of a better word, quite a worrier. I worry about lots of things. Sometimes, these things relate to my academic performance, or the rise of the Tea Party, or impending apocalypses. Or my hair, because it's tempestuous and rowdy.
I am comforted, though, that people who worry tend to find success. Or, at least, that worrying drives people to find success. I've been worrying a lot about pesky things like money and jobs. They laid off a significant number of the staff at my internship on my first day. First day, first fifteen minutes that I started working there, in fact. Rough stuff.
Man.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Ch Ch Ch Changes
Several recent important life changes have occurred.
1) I graduated from college and have joined the ranks of the food stamp eligible.
2) I am semi employed at a legit magazine, but very unpaid, which is both wonderful and tragic.
3) I have moved back to New York and am living with my parents, like 85 percent of America. They have been very accommodating of me and the remains of my Baltimore apartment, now comprised of three duffels/four boxes/several miscellaneous shopping bags/a Hefty bag full of shoes.
4) I have spent many, many hours on Craigslist looking for an apartment in East Williamsburg because I am under the likely erroneous impression that this particular part of Brooklyn is a magical place filled with ponies and dandelions instead of hipsters and gangsters.
5) I will likely find housing somewhere in a sewer.
6) 90 percent of my job search thus far has involved sitting in my apartment wondering why I don't have a job, 8 percent has been googling what it's like to work at Urban Outfitters, and 2 percent has been fantasizing about becoming best friends with Todd P.
7) I have held no less than four (4) extensive conversations at rando bars with dudes who work at Goldman Sachs/Morgan Stanley/etc. about bond trading or whatever, and I still have absofrackinglutely no idea what they're talking about, yet I continue to feign complete interest.
Eep.
 |
| Look at me, I'm all growed up! |
2) I am semi employed at a legit magazine, but very unpaid, which is both wonderful and tragic.
3) I have moved back to New York and am living with my parents, like 85 percent of America. They have been very accommodating of me and the remains of my Baltimore apartment, now comprised of three duffels/four boxes/several miscellaneous shopping bags/a Hefty bag full of shoes.
4) I have spent many, many hours on Craigslist looking for an apartment in East Williamsburg because I am under the likely erroneous impression that this particular part of Brooklyn is a magical place filled with ponies and dandelions instead of hipsters and gangsters.
 |
| Hidy-ho, future neighbor! |
6) 90 percent of my job search thus far has involved sitting in my apartment wondering why I don't have a job, 8 percent has been googling what it's like to work at Urban Outfitters, and 2 percent has been fantasizing about becoming best friends with Todd P.
7) I have held no less than four (4) extensive conversations at rando bars with dudes who work at Goldman Sachs/Morgan Stanley/etc. about bond trading or whatever, and I still have absofrackinglutely no idea what they're talking about, yet I continue to feign complete interest.
Eep.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)