January 2011
11 posts
“Anyone who loses respect for someone on the basis of age has a problem. Slan.”
– After a day of dealing with a bitch of a source, my Irish editor always knows just what to say.
Reading-a-Bad-Feminist Confessions: Part 3 of an... →
Received my first-ever reader request today (“Plz write on the new Lena Chen plz plz plz”), just like a real blogger! It’s always nice when you guys come up with the topics for me; plus your comments give me an ego boost!
Anyway, given how much the Internet has already said on the topic of troll-victim empowerment, I can only assume my BFF reader is referring to LC’s post...
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“It sounds so sad when you put it like that.”
– Two people, actually, in response to two different evaluations of life/situations I gave during casual conversations this week, neither of which I found particularly sad or, rather, not any sadder than anything else. How far am I now from understanding how I am actually coming off? Is fiercely...
'Forget a Desk Job: Young foodies are betting that... →
“Bespoke s’mores”? Fucking really, “bespoke s’mores”?
On work
From boss:
I saw your email volunteering to take extra weekend on-call/clips shifts. Be careful what you wish for. This weekend BD received several calls from a man who repeatedly demanded to speak with someone in charge, and when BD wouldn’t put him through without a reason for the call, he claimed he was going to come to campus and start shooting people. The cops traced the call to New...
“Sensitivity in its highest form is intelligence. Without sensitivity to...”
– Jiddu Krishnamurti - The Collected Works Volume XV (via adsertoris)
(via towardsthehuman)
Well this is too true and too depressing today. Not only am I losing my sensitivity, I am being moved Milton-style to another office so a new hire a few pay grades above me can poach mine. My boss’s...
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Listen:
Just because we had one stoned-ass conversation about performativity and the erotic nature of friendship does NOT mean you can send me grainy SMS photos of yourself and multiple texts with the phrase “open-mouth kiss[ed].”
Like WHAT is with dudes thinking their cell phones are a Safe Place?
“The only way to write something good is to write... →
Poynter offers some simple but important insights into the writing life from William Zinsser. These lines struck me as very astute:
A lack of confidence is one of the biggest obstacles to good writing, Zinsser said. As a teacher, he has been surprised to see how many of his students lack confidence — especially his female students.
“I think this society, for all its famous freedoms,...
On restlessness
I hate coming to work but I love being at work. I’m only productive in the mornings but find it impossible to wake up every day. What should I want to get out of this position? I wish performance reviews were really just about performance. I saw a tiny plane flying over the most beautiful sunset today; I thought it was bug on my window and tried to smash it against the glass. I can’t...
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