I can’t believe I haven’t dedicated at least one post to how I hate Citi-bank. But I just looked (briefly) at my list of old posts, and didn’t see anything about it, so I’ll re-cap: I hate Citi-bank. More specifically, I hate Citi-Mortgage. This is because a while back, I saw an advertisement on my … Read more
At work on Monday afternoon, I spent six and a half hours single-handedly doing this: So that on Tuesday, they could do this: The new furniture is all match-y and stuff. When it’s not still covered in boxes, I’ll take a picture. I think it looks nice, but unfortunately an entire office of new laminate … Read more
One of my favorite blogs came to an end today. It’s not listed in my sidebar, because…well actually I’m not sure why… Maybe it wasn’t public? If you follow this link, does it take you anywhere? If so, that’s her blog, you should check out a few entries while it’s still up. I read this … Read more
I was going to tweet this morning–not like the early bird that catches the worm, but on Twitter, but then, as I was punching my pithy yet profound thoughts into my Blackberry, the a message popped up suggesting that I upgrade to the new improved Twitter. I thought–hell, why not? What else am I doing … Read more
And not a lot to show for it. I took the car to the shop because it intermittently won’t start, but after three days, they couldn’t replicate the problem, so didn’t do any work on it. At work, things are busy as classes begin next week. This past week we’ve had surprise land battles over … Read more
From my recent posts, you might think it was social-y, with movies and such. And kind of, it was, but it was really much more about being sick. Just a cold I think–but just-a-colds for me tend to involve a long and fierce battle with bronchial congestion, and an utter exhaustion component, and this cold … Read more
The campus where I work is connected by areas mainly intended for pedestrians. To encourage this, there are several of these automatic gates, which I think only open for campus service vehicles. The gates are equipped with signs like this…I have a hard time envisioning the logistics of this, because the arm only rises when … Read more
I’m sitting at my desk at work, and I’m just thinking about how happy and grateful I am. I’m doing this insanely long expense report, and for days I’ve been entering £1.50 bus tickets and converting them to US dollars based on the conversion of the specific date, and now I’m entering a large stack … Read more
I’ve been gluttonously, without any self discipline whatsoever, re-reading The Hunger Games. Beyond the narrative, it makes me think of how we first-worlders, like the citizens of the Capitol in the book, are capable of cocooning ourselves in our own concerns, which of course are petty in the eyes of half the world. And it … Read more
One of the reasons I take the bus to work is that I have bad parking ticket karma. Of course, I live in L.A., so maybe that means I’m just asking for it. If I want to park my car in peace, I should move to a Dakota. Today, instead of taking the bus to … Read more