bowl me over, tiny dancer

Nico's a blogger.

2012-02-12T00:42:00.003-05:00

Today, I had to feed Nico a pill for his tummy medications. Now I know what a bear wrestler feels like. Or maybe a lion tamer. Seriously.

His thoughts can be found on his blog at www.nicosays.blogspot.com. Meow.

GO NINERS!!!!

2012-01-19T15:40:00.003-05:00

I stole this from someone on Facebook. It's too good not to share:

You know it.

It's the end of an era, part two.

2012-01-14T22:37:00.003-05:00

After 5+ years of Elite status, I was not re-Elited this year on Yelp. No warning. No "please write more." Just...deemed not worthy. *lifts eyebrows* No matter how much they give encouragement in their form email that one can always try for it throughout the year, I say eff that - I'm taking it personally, especially since people less active than I were re-Elited. Sooooooo...

I'm retiring from Yelp, effective immediately.

So long, Yelp.

I know my sports.

2011-12-17T13:29:00.001-05:00

I went to the hockey game at MSG earlier this week and had a memorable sports moment.

Guy sitting next to me who was watching the New York Giants football game on the TV screen: "2 to 0?? How the **** did they get 2 points?"

Me (turning to him): "Safety."

Him: "Ohhhhhhh."

Yes, my dad and bro would've been proud. :)

Happy holidays!

2011-12-11T00:33:00.004-05:00

I volunteered to wrap presents tomorrow to help fundraise for scholarships for my alumni group. It just so happens I LOOOOOVE to wrap presents.

Doesn't the universe work in mysterious (and mysteriously wonderful) ways? :)

<--- This is me.

Boom boom boom boom! I want you in my room!

2011-11-22T20:44:00.003-05:00

Do you remember this song? I do, and now it's guaranteed to be stuck in my head (and yours!) for the next 24 hours, minimum. *sigh* Happy Thanksgiving to us?

Halloweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!

2011-11-03T11:17:00.003-04:00

So, who else is pigging out on leftover Halloween candy? *raises hand*

I love Nerds. LOVE. 'EM. Both types. ;)

P.S. Here's Nico's costume. heh heh heh

He's such a good sport.

It's the end of an era.

2011-10-20T11:28:00.001-04:00

I just canceled my Netflix subscription.

P.S. I like how spell check thinks "Netflix" should be "Nettled."

Noch einmal in Deutschland...

2011-10-02T18:05:00.003-04:00

...ohne Woerterbuch!

Jetzt bin ich in Muenchen fuer Oktoberfest! Deutsch macht Spass! (Und Wurst ist lecker!)

Then I'm heading to Milan and London. Yay.com/odderiesEuropeanVacation.html!

Flying Solo

2011-08-22T23:26:00.003-04:00

I already do a lot of things by myself: go out to restaurants (both fancy and casual), see movies in the theater, see shows on Broadway, travel to foreign destinations (and all of the "solo" things accompanying such travel), etc.

But, until this weekend, that "etc" had never included: (1) going to the karaoke joint by myself and (2) going to the beach by myself.

So, yes, this past weekend, I did both things...by myself.

It was totally okay, and I ended up chatting with a bunch of random people when I was invited to join someone's karaoke party. At the beach, I shared laughs with a couple of girls who were also jumping the waves. I had fun both times.

What surprises me, though, is that, when I mentioned having done these things this weekend - and they find out I did them ALONE - a lot of people reacted somewhat in sympathy...like they felt a little sorry for me and sorry that I couldn't find anyone to take along. Hrm. If I don't feel sorry for myself, then why should someone else? It's odd... Sometimes I wonder if I'm too independent and self-sufficient for my own good (or at the least for others' comfort levels).

Hola!

2011-07-31T18:38:00.001-04:00

Como estas? Me llamo odderie. Como te llamas?

I'm taking Spanish lessons! Having free time is wonderful. :) Yay, non-law firm life!

I'm a maniac, MANIAC! :)

2011-06-03T22:14:00.003-04:00

For books, that is. I've been plowing through a bajillion books a minute (well, maybe not quite that many), but I just finished one that was a disappointment.

Have you ever had that happen to you? You're keeping pace and reading quite happily for a while, but then you read a clunker and now have lost your momentum? I'm not sure what to read next to "get back on the horse," so to speak.

My Free eBooks Obsession

2011-03-28T19:24:00.006-04:00

Ever since I got my iPad and downloaded the Kindle for iPad app, I've been obsessed with acquiring free ebooks. I now have upwards of 150+ ebooks, all of which I've acquired gratis. Even with this abundance of digital reading material, however, I can't help but continue to love - and I mean LOVE - DTB (that's "dead tree books" in the ebooks community, i.e. physical books made of paper).

I have a ton of DTB, which I don't ever foresee relinquishing. What I've been marinating on lately, however, is the medium and pricing. I already feel that an ebook should NOT cost the same as a DTB. Isn't there a parallel here where the prices of CDs were way higher before the market for MP3s was established?

If I own a DTB copy of a book, it feels like I should be able to buy the electronic version at a discount. I mean, we can rip a song off a CD and have an electronic version easy. Why not an easily acquired electronic version of a book, too? That said, something doesn't feel "right" about the reverse - a discount on the DTB if one already owns the ebook. Doesn't that, in and of itself, show less of a "value" to the ebook, whether it is just perceived or actual (e.g. being able to resell the DTB, costs of the physical production)? So, why do publishers insist on making the ebook the same price as the DTB?

New Year...New You?

2011-01-06T19:41:00.002-05:00

j/k...I am not an infomercial for Jenny Craig (Weight Watchers? - can't remember).

But it IS a new year...so I'm wondering, what's everyone aiming for this year?

I'd just like this year not to suck. A year of coasting as things are now, while lacking significant progress, would provide some stability I feel.

Losing my friend was very difficult and now it would just be nice to reach an equilibrium point. I think life has a semblance of normalcy at this time, so maintaining that level would be a positive thing.

And as an aside, my new year's "resolution" is to floss at least once a week.

What can I say? I'm realistic (and obviously not a dentist). :)

RIP

2010-10-28T18:39:00.004-04:00

One of my best friends passed away this week after losing his battle with cancer. I am at a loss for words, and I start crying over anything and everything. I hope he knows how much I loved him and that he will always be close to my heart.

I recently reactivated my Facebook account (shocker of shockers, I know), and I wanted to post the following to his page. However, apparently there is a 1000 character limit to Wall Posts. I just need to memorialize these words.

Roddy, I hope you are noraebanging your heart out with a stone bowl bibimbap and a Midori sour at your side.

***

"In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night... You--only you--will have stars that can laugh!" - "The Little Prince"

Roddy, you always knew how to make me laugh. You were always there for me through everything. I only hope you knew how much you've meant to me all of these years. I remember all of the times we shared - the 10PM trip in the Rodmobile to Gibney's, your green shirt for the pink v. green tournament (yes, I'm still green with envy), Skee-Ball match-ups...a lot of them, when we freaked out at seeing that guy with the Carlton face shirt at APW (and then you got me a Carlton face shirt for Christmas!!!), picking up Joolie at the bus stop (me: "hey, isn't that Joolie?" and then you drove around the block for us to pick her up) and getting bubble tea, the epic hooky meal at Jean-Georges and all of the shenanigans that followed, last minute road-tripping to DC and making the executive decision to stop off at AC on the way up, the picnic in Washington Square Park that led to said road-tripping, our first night at Izu when we closed that place down after singing "Umbrella" (how many times did we shut it down afterwards? too many to count), how we refused to call it Karaoke Kave/Cave after it changed its name from Izu, going to dim sum...which turned into a 5-destinations-food-stop at dim sum, Baohaus, Doughnut Plant, Quickly, and Sugar Sweet Sunshine, going to BAM to watch "The Way We Were" with Robert Redford's in person interview (and racing NASCAR arcade games and playing Skee-Ball at Chuck E. Cheese's while we waited), how you drew "the flowchart" (with such accuracy and precision), clown-car-ing it in the photobooth on RDO and standing in a Hess gas station parking lot for 2 hours, how you were as excited as I was about New Kids on the Block floor seats at MSG (and how you confirmed that my touching Joey's jacket = yes, I touched Joey), White Castle in the parking lot like fugitives (yes, I know you loved it, and that's why we were both thankful to find I liked their mozz. sticks because that meant I wouldn't pull a face every time we wanted to find food at 2AM...which was often), talking until 4AM about anything and everything (um, yes, you do have work in 4 hours...and didn't I just pull a 16 hour day? "oh well"), countless nights at Izu, Verlaine and WRL (not to mention Bon Chon, Artichoke, Amy Ruth's, Cha-An, etc.)...I'll miss everything.

But most of all, Roddy, I'll miss you. I miss you so much already. I look to the stars, knowing you're smiling down on us.

Love to you and your family.

***

May peace be with you, Roddy.

I blessed the rains down in (South) Africa.

2010-09-27T21:06:00.004-04:00

South Africa was awesome.

Getting off work at 6:12PM today was awesome.

My life is pretty much awesome. (First time I've said that non-sarcastically in a while.)

Taking Another Bite

2010-08-24T02:33:00.002-04:00

Of the Big Apple, that is.

This is my last week at the firm (woohoo!). In September, I'll be going in-house here in NYC. That's right - not moving back to California in the near future, it seems. I'm really psyched for this in-house gig because it seems like it could be a great change in lifestyle and lowered stress levels. I was very close to writing off lawyering altogether, but my new job seems like a perfect compromise of seeing how lawyering is like in another (hopefully more positive) setting.

Oh, and another intrinsically HUGE positive: no. more. billable. hours. YAY!

NB: I'm taking a few weeks off between jobs, and I am going to SOUTH AFRICA. Ahhhh!!! Very random and impulsive choice - booked my flight on Friday of last week, and I fly out next week. I'm waiting for my safari to confirm, but barring any unforeseen circumstances, I'll be safari-ing, using my Fairmont hotel vouchers that I won on a few nights at the Fairmont lodge in SA, and heading to Cape Town. I also have a full day's layover in Dubai. Needless to say, this trip is costing me a small fortune, but leaving big law life is surely worth the celebration, no?

I love the smell of [____] in the morning!

2010-08-04T23:51:00.005-04:00

Where [_____] = "Daria" on DVD!!

Step 1: Acquire "Daria" on DVD when it came out.
Step 2: Determine years of cat-sitting-on-top-of-VCR/DVD-player have resulted in killing said VCR/DVD player.
Step 3: Purchase NEW VCR/DVD player.
Step 4: Set up aforementioned new VCR/DVD player.
Step 5: SEE ABOVE!!

yay.com/lahlahlaaaahlahlah.html

heart

2010-07-01T23:18:00.001-04:00

I *heart* my new apartment. :)

The Happiest Place on Earth!

2010-06-11T17:27:00.003-04:00

Yes, I drank the Kool-Aid. I was in SoCal for a friend's wedding last weekend (gorgeous wedding, gorgeous bride!), and I couldn't help myself - I went to Disneyland!

It was a lot of fun, and I totally took pictures with Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, and MICKEY! I also am now the (proud?) owner of a pair of plushie ear clips with Minnie bows.

Yes, I am a grown, mature and responsible adult.

:D

Nico and I are movin' on up...

2010-05-12T23:01:00.001-04:00

Movin' on up to the West Side!

And, while my rent is a chunk more than $1600, I'm quite pleased with my new place. AND I still save $700+ on my rent!

yay.com!

Oh! And I ordered DARIA ON DVD!!!!

yay.com x 2!!! :)

oh. em. gee.

2010-05-02T14:55:00.001-04:00

I just gave my 60 days' notice on my apartment. OH. EM. GEEEEE. So my plan is to move to another apartment (likely to a less swanky zip code) in order to save more money. Like....a SIGNIFICANT amount of more money. My budget will now be $1600, hoping to get a 1BR but okay with a studio, take a cat, and not in the UES or Midtown East (hoping for UWS or Midtown West). Anybody? Bueller? Bueller?

To flee or not to flee...that is the question.

2010-04-26T23:45:00.004-04:00

So I have a week of vacation that is as yet unplanned. Week 1 of the vacay has already been allocated to California. Week 2, however, is completely open to interpretation.

I've been thinking of a few things:
1) Fleeting trip to Peru (with main goal of seeing Machu Picchu) with the following itinerary: Fly into Cuzco/tour Cuzco (depart Sunday night/arrive Monday - Day 1), Machu Picchu (Day 2), Fly into Lima/Lima (Day 3), tour more Lima (Day 4), Lima/return to NYC (Friday night/arrive Saturday - Day 5). Yes, I have Fairmont/Swissotel hotel vouchers for Lima (hence the Lima-ness at the end there). I'd probably book a package for the Cuzco/Machu Picchu portion because that would be easiest in terms of hotel and getting my butt up that mountain. Total cost of flights (NYC --> Cuzco --> Lima --> NYC), hotel and Machu Picchu package, give or take a couple hundred, ~$2100.

2) Cruise. I know I know...a total cop-out. There's something to be said about having everything figured out for you and eating as much as you want, whenever you want, then going to lie on a deck with a book. Based on my available dates, it'd be a five day cruise from NYC up the Canadian coast to visit St. John and Halifax (never been to either). I've solicited cruise bids from this website and they are quoting ~$1070 for a balcony stateroom for just me, not inclusive of tips, etc.

3) Round trip to somewhere random, tropical, and not necessarily high on my list of must-see/must-do, but suitable for an escapist approach (e.g., Costa Rica, the Bahamas, etc.). Considering I've been to Belize and Fiji (not to mention the Omani beaches), I'm not sure if I need another beach vacation. Then again, there's something to be said about lying on a beach with a book - similar to the cruise escape idea. It does sound nice...and would be pretty affordable. I'm seeing under $1000 or so for flight and hotel, 5 days/4 nights.

4) Do nothing?

*shudder*

Pretend I didn't say that.

5) I'm open to suggestions. Anything from the night of June 13 to the night of June 19. Any ideas?

Nico has something to say.

2010-03-15T18:31:00.001-04:00

And I'm thinking of creating a blog for him to say it.

Um...categorize this under "cat lady"...?

Epic Timing

2010-02-06T15:38:00.002-05:00

My Blackberry died. (See immediately previous post.)

Is it possible to curse an electronic mobile device?

Blackberry: 10 Things I Hate About You

2010-01-30T12:17:00.002-05:00

This week I went to a free creative writing workshop to see if I wanted to start taking classes with this program. It was pretty good, and I ended up writing a short blurb on our favorite modern technological leash: the Blackberry. The prompt was to write for five minutes about something uncommon that you hate. I'm sure many of you will understand.

"The red blinking light of my Blackberry haunts me. It's funny to think that the Blackberry did not exist ten years ago - at least, it didn't exist in my world. Now this electronic manacle is constantly and without question always there. Movie theater? There. My brother's graduation? There. On a date? There - along with me, furtively typing in a bathroom stall. How can one two-and-a-half inch by three-and-a-half inch device bring so much pain? The red light blinks. It could just be another administrative announcement - or it could be the end of my life."

Meh.

2010-01-27T23:08:00.000-05:00

I got the shaft at work. Nice to feel so (un)appreciated.

This is an experiment.

2009-12-19T15:25:00.003-05:00

So as some people know, I bought an ab-fab Prada bag about a year ago...and it is purple. And as many people know, I am typically anti-purple - just don't like the color, to be honest.

So out of curiosity, I googled my bag to see if it was still available (and to check that I really did get an amazing absolutely unbelievable price when I got it on sale at Barney's). Turns out there is NO online picture of my purse.

Thus, my experiment.

My purse: Prada Vitello Daino Bowler in Viola

My picture:

Now I'm gonna go Google it. :)

Jury Duty

2009-12-15T00:38:00.002-05:00

And not the Pauly Shore* movie, either.

So I got a jury duty summons. Awesome. A GRAND JURY duty summons. One of my coworkers mentioned he knew someone who served on a grand jury for 30 days.

Yes, 30 DAYS.

I can just imagine the conniption the head partner is gonna have if that's how long I'm out.

I've never done jury duty before. Thoughts?

*P.S.: Whatever happened to Pauly Shore??

Deal of the CENTURY

2009-11-29T22:49:00.005-05:00

So I just got back from spending Thanksgiving in San Francisco. As of Wednesday morning, I did not know I would be there. Allow me to explain: It wasn't until I got into work and looked up a flight on a whim that I discovered flights back to SF for Thanksgiving were INSANELY reduced. How insane?

I flew back for $240 roundtrip (tax + fees included).

Yes, $240. Like I said - INSANE. The only explanation I can think of is that, at the point where people are looking up flights that take off within 24 hours, they obviously are indifferent as to whether they fly out or not...which puts the onus on the airlines to convince/incentivize these people to buy a ticket (provided the airlines have empty seats still available, of course).

Being back in SF was great, and Thanksgiving with the fam was actually a lot of fun. I got to catch up with a lot of my aunts, uncles, and cousins, most of whom I hadn't seen since Christmas of last year. We played some card games at my dad's side of the family (Apples to Apples and Bang!), and my aunt made a wicked apple pie. On my mom's side, all of us cousins picked names for Christmas gifts, but the twist is that we are stuck with a strict $5 limit (before tax and/or shipping, thankfully).

Honestly, it was all very American-flag-waving-homemade-apple-pie (as, in fact, there was courtesy of my aunt) traditional holiday, other than a few dishes of eggrolls, dumplings, Chinese broccoli, and sticky rice, that is. It's funny to me (not in a ha-ha way, but in a hrmmm - something to think about) to think that we are but a generation or two away from our immigrant F.O.B. generation.

How long does it take for a family to lose its cultural roots? And how ironic is it that it will likely be later generations who want to find them again?

888 Week!

2009-10-30T21:05:00.003-04:00

888! Very lucky!

I hesitate to jinx it, but this week has been pretty...lucky!

I raffled (or, more accurately, my friend raffled and gave to me) into amazing seats for the New York Rangers v. Phoenix Coyotes hockey game on Monday. ($210 each tix!) (Side note: Doesn't a "Phoenix hockey team" sound on par with a Jamaican bobsled team?*)

*bonus points for naming that movie!

Then...I found out I won a free night at a Fairmont hotel - ANY Fairmont hotel in the continental U.S./Canada. (~$400/night) I'm leaning towards one of these two. Lovely, no?

(Well, I should have outright won two nights, but due to a mixup in the back office, I am splitting the prize with the other person, and I'm STILL ELIGIBLE to win two nights for future contests - a good thing!)

FINALLY, I raffled (or, more accurately, my friend at work raffled and then can't end up going) into half-court Club seats for the Knicks OPENING game tomorrow. ($240 each tix!)

So that's like...winning a buncha money without doing anything! Cool!

Thoughts on which Fairmont hotel I should choose? Old Quebec looks beautiful... :)

How much is that doggy in the window? (Ruff ruff!)

2009-09-29T20:12:00.005-04:00

On Sunday, I walked my dog through Brooklyn.

"What dog???" you may ask.

As part of Improv Everywhere's latest outing, 2000+ people walked invisible dogs throughout Cobble Hill/Boerum Hill on what turned out to be a surprisingly pleasant Sunday afternoon. After awaking to a damp and rainy morning, I was expecting to be fairly miserable while spending the afternoon outdoors. However, Mother Nature cooperated, and the outing was so much fun!

Here is my account of the afternoon, with my favorite encounter copied below:

I was walking by a place of religious service, and it had just been let out. A group of old guys were on the steps. Corky the Yorkie-mutt had just stopped to sniff a tree nearby.

Old Guy 1 – Lady! Hey lady!
Me – Hi there! What’s up?
OG1 – What…what is this?
Me – He’s a dog. His name’s Corky.
OG1 – But I mean…what IS this?
Me – A dog. I got him at the shelter.
OG1 to OG2 – It’s a dog. Do you see it?
(OG2 shakes head.)
Me – He’s very friendly. (pats near Corky’s head)
OG1 to me – Do YOU see it?
Me – Of course. He’s right here. He’s black and brown. (wiggles leash a little)
OG1 is taken aback – He’s…he’s moving.
OG1 to kid who walked up – The dog is moving.
Me – I think he likes you.
OG1 – Can I touch him?
Me – Sure. He’s friendly.
(OG1 bends down.)
OG1 – I…I don’t feel him.
OG1 to group – Do you see the dog?
(Everyone in group is either bewildered and frowning, bewildered and giggling, or shaking their heads.)
Me – Maybe he’s shy.

*****

Finally (because everyone loves pictures!), here is Corky (my invisi-Yorkie-mutt) hanging out with a feline friend. :)

Trazzler/NYCGO Writing Contest - I'm a semifinalist!

2009-09-03T10:38:00.002-04:00

So I entered into this writing contest to win $10,000 and a two week trip...to NYC. Yes, to those astute folks out there, I am already in NYC, but who am I to sneeze at a free hotel room for two weeks *coughs "where I can throw a hotel party or five for my awesome friends who help me make it to the FINALS of this contest" coughs*.

Anyhoo, I'm now a semifinalist! Out of ~900 entries! The way to make it to the next round (the Finals!) is to have as many people as earthly possible "wishlist" my trip entry on the website Trazzler. I've copied the link below and the easy steps to "wishlist" my entry about my experience watching the sun rise over the Arabian Sea when I went to Oman earlier this year.

It's soooo easy to "wishlist" my trip and help me along with this stage of the contest that I hope you'll take a minute or two to do so. Here are the steps:

1) Click the link below.

http://www.trazzler.com/trips/users/odderie/ras-al-jinz-oman-in-ras-al-jines-oman-om

2) Click the green "add to wishlist" button beneath the picture of my Tropical Punch-painted toes.
3) Sign in - you don't even need to sign up for a new account because you can sign in using your Facebook information.
4) If you could click the link above again just to make sure you were registered as a "wishlist," that would be great. After that, you're done! (I think!) :)
5) (optional) Please spread the word to all of your friends, Romans, countrymen, lovers, family, guy who serves you coffee, cats-who-lolcat-and-log-into-

websites-and-use-their-paws-to-vote-on-stuff, etc. Please twitter to all of your friends! Under 140 characters: "Help @odderie make it to the finals of the @Trazzler / #NYCGO contest - "wishlist" her trip here: http://bit.ly/6ZEeJ Thanks!" Please work it into your routine at karaoke! You know what to do! :)

Thanks so much to everyone, and I hope to spread some good news soon. Hope all is well in the blogosphere! :)

Now Paging: odderie's New Profession

2009-08-23T21:11:00.001-04:00

j/k - not quite.

But...I've decided to sign up for some acting classes. Particularly stage acting.

California Dreamin'

2009-07-28T21:25:00.003-04:00

I'll be back in CA August 11-15. LA and SF. Let me know.

P.S.: On an unrelated tangent, Nico smells like body lotion.

On Food Snobbery

2009-06-20T00:44:00.004-04:00

I like food. Food is good. However, with that said, I do have some food dislikes. Onions would be public enemy numero uno on that list. That list would also include ginger, oysters, white meat, and most Mexican-origined cuisine. With that said, I'm sure a number of people have drawn back in horror, readily accusing me of a closed mind and unsophisticated taste buds.

I used to feel like I should be a little ashamed of my food hangups.

No longer.

I'm reading a book that goes over (in layman's terms) the thinking behind de gustibus non disputandum - "over tastes let there be no dispute." Basically "in matters of taste, it is generally not appropriate to talk of error...if you say you like tomatoes and I don't, we agree to differ: something is right or true for you but not for me. In such cases truth tracks sincerity: if I sincerely say that I like something, I cannot be wrong - it is true (for me)."

I read these lines. Then I read them again. Hallelujah!

So many food snobs out there are eager to write you off or they "just don't understand you" if you can't appreciate the fineness of xyz or the complexity of abc. And it's so easy to say "sure, that's great"...but what if you JUST DON'T LIKE IT??

I think the food snobs might be the closed minded ones in this case. If we take the above as true (that something is not wrong if I am sincere in saying I do not like it), then trying to convince me of my wrongness is just...wrong.

I realize this is semi-circular reasoning, but seriously...do you feel me on this one?

(Apologies for the 1AM rant, but this was inspired by meeting someone today who ALSO does not like onions and ginger. How often we are so unfairly judged!)

Oh man, Oman!

2009-05-08T00:52:00.002-04:00

As an update, I ended up going to Oman for my vacation. It was amazing, and I saw nesting turtles lay eggs at night. Here's a taster of what I saw...let me know if you want a link to the full album. :)

Dude, Where's My Laptop?

2009-04-15T20:38:00.002-04:00

Back in ye olde days of law school, we put on the Law School Musical "Dude, Where's My Laptop?" Wellllllll, my friend was kind enough to load it up online, so it is now available here, for your viewing pleasure: Law School Musical 2005

Enjoy!

Forking Egg!

2009-03-03T20:56:00.002-05:00

Crappy cabbie experience #2 of my NYC experience. Paraphrased except for the QUOTES.

Me: Uh, you went the wrong way.
Him: I was going to go to xyz and then turn onto abc.
Me: Yeah...well it's faster (and more direct) to go the other way.
Him: "So whatchoo want me to do? Kill myself over it?"

WTF?? Seriously?

I was so pissed I left the cab (and walked 12+ blocks in 24 degree weather back home).

What I should have said?

Uh, no...but you could NOT be an ASSHOLE over it.

USA for Africa

2009-02-20T01:07:00.001-05:00

Got my vacation time approved. Yay!

Now trying to decide where to go...

Morocco was in the lead and a 90% deal, but now Tunisia is looking pretty awesome.

Decisions decisions...

Random Observation

2009-01-15T22:00:00.002-05:00

I sometimes see hospital workers who head to work in their scrubs, riding the subway, walking the [dirty, dingy] streets of New York, buying their morning coffee, etc.

Call me crazy, but aren't scrubs supposed to offer a sanitary sartorial presence? How does wearing your scrubs from your apartment, sitting on gum on the subway, stepping your Crocs into some dog crap on the sidewalk, and letting the 8,000 different smells, noxious chemicals, and who-knows-what-else-you-encounter-in-transit permeate your threads aid any way in a hygienic workplace?

Happy holidays and happy new year!

2008-12-28T14:10:00.001-05:00

Just got back from a trip home, and it was great. I feel more homesick when I go home, though, and it makes me wonder when it'll be my time to pack up from the Big Apple. Regardless, I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season and best wishes for the brand new 2009 year!

Sign me up!

2008-11-25T23:25:00.001-05:00

Um, where can I find a 19 year old Hugo Boss model for myself? NOT to say I condone this type of behavior...but just...you know...hypothetically speaking...

President-Elect

2008-11-05T23:59:00.001-05:00

President Obama. It has a nice ring to it.

Thanks for getting it right this time, America.

New Kids on the Block, Part Deux

2008-10-28T00:29:00.003-04:00

Floor seats at Madison Square Garden.

I

touched

Joey's

jacket.*

Lemme just say....AIIIIEEEEEE!!!!!!! (Yes, I screamed like a ten year old girl throughout the concert.)

*Question: Does this count as touching Joey?

Either way...*swoooooon*

New Kids on the Block

2008-09-28T16:52:00.002-04:00

This weekend. Atlantic City. Me, my friend from high school, 3000 others of New Kids' closest fans (who bought tickets that sold out in 5 minutes), and the NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK.

Seriously one of the best experiences of my life.

And, yeah, I was within 10 people of Joey Joe McIntyre.

Oldboy

2008-09-06T17:02:00.002-04:00

I watched "Oldboy" for the first time today. Hot damn. What a ride. It was really really really good, but definitely disturbing. Let's just say...it takes a lot to shock me movies-wise and I'm not given to much profanity in the normal course of things, but this is the first time in a long time that I've exclaimed (out loud, alone) " what the fuck??" and "holy shit."

I might lose fans for saying this, but...

2008-08-29T16:06:00.004-04:00

I hope McCain's wrong in thinking that snubbed Hillary supporters will be happy just to vote for a vagina...

Feed me!

2008-08-16T19:35:00.001-04:00

When I'm lying on my stomach and reading and Nico really REALLY wants something, he just jumps up and stalks back and forth between my face and the book. Effective.

Mr. Darcy

2008-07-25T00:38:00.003-04:00

If you love (1) Mr. Darcy and (2) BBC miniseries as much as I do, then you definitely need to check out "North and South," all four hours of which I watched the other night...and finished up wishing there were more!

Mr. Thornton is this gal's new Mr. Darcy. :)

Munch is my hero.

2008-07-17T20:32:00.002-04:00

Watch this lost Sesame Street video and chung-chung-chuckle. :)

The "Twilight" Series Phenomenon

2008-07-12T16:38:00.003-04:00

So, I don't know if you all know this, but I have a thing for vampire movies and characters. Apparently I am not alone. I never got into Buffy (I know I know -- sacrilege!), but I dig "Interview with the Vampire" and was into all of those vampire teen books when I was growing up. I recently was made aware of the whole "Twiligh t" series phenomenon, which was originally a series for young adults, but which, like Harry Potter, has taken on a life of its own in the adult books category. Is it worth it for me to take up these books? Will I be wholly consumed in the way that Harry Potter ended up taking over my nights during that first-night-of-release? And I know this will sound horrible, but can a Mormon housewife come up with enough stuff to keep me interested? Thoughts?

The Bar Exam -- It should be noted...that you'll [probably] be just fine!

2008-07-01T23:25:00.004-04:00

...Or..."how I can make all of you feel better by sharing my Bar Exam experience."

As people gear up for the home stretch of this summer's Bar Exam season, take comfort in my slackerdom as I share some words of (maybe not so wise?) wisdom:

Don't freak out.

No, really, with this one I'm serious. DON'T freak out.

It's okay to go to the Argo Tea/Starbuck's/Insert-Indie-Coffee-House-Name-Here and use the wireless while you "study." Just don't spill tea/coffee/free-trade-coffee on the BarBri materials, okay?

The truth: Really, I spent my days after the BarBri course from around noon/1PM until 5PM or 6PM at the Argo Tea, sorta studying and um...sorta chatting online...

It's also okay to skip a couple of the BarBri essays. Just make sure you do a couple on your own and do a couple that are graded -- just to light the fire under your butt!

The truth: Really, I think I only turned in two essays for grading -- the first one and the last one.

While it's okay to cram a little the day before (no matter what they say at BarBri, you're gonna do what you're gonna do in the end), it's NOT a good idea to be awake (and definitely 100% NOT a good idea to be STUDYING) at 3AM the morning of the Bar Exam.

The truth: I spent the day before the Bar Exam cramming while sequestered in my hotel room, only leaving to acquire [and bring back to my room] sustenance. Around 3AM, I took an email break and went from the dining table to the desk. I checked my email. I got up and headed back to the dining table. And my laptop CAME WITH ME as my foot caught on the cord. Yes, my laptop, ON WHICH I WOULD BE TAKING THE EXAM IN A SHORT 6 HOURS, slid off the desk. As I watched my laptop come tumbling from the desk to the floor in slooooooow moooootion, it hit the carpet on one corner and then cartwheeled off another corner only to come full stop at my feet, lid shut. A thousand thoughts flew through my head as I watched The Fall in horror. Thoughts ranged from "Ohmigod, where can I buy a laptop at 3AM??" to "Will they let me download the software for the Bar Exam on a new, unregistered laptop...???" I gingerly picked up The Fallen. I placed it on the bed, kneeling before it in what I now realize is something of a prayer-like position. I closed my eyes. I took a deep breath. And I slowly lifted the lid. And...IT'S ALIIIIIIIIVE!!! My breath whooshed out of me as I took in the blessedly NORMAL-looking screen, and I typed a couple of nonsense words for good measure. Lesson: Sometimes you just get stupidly lucky, but it helps if you ARE NOT awake at 3AM the day of the Bar Exam.

Finally, it's okay to think you failed. Seriously. Everyone feels dumb after the Bar Exam, and if you don't, then...let's just say the one person I know who said it was "easy" ended up um...not really on the "pass" list.

The truth: After two grueling days of spewing out and applying arcane law to situations that were 99% likely never to arise in my practicing career, I felt like I made up about half the stuff I said in the essays, and the other half I threw in within the context of one of those infamous BarBri-advised "It should be noted..." sentences. I felt pretty terrible and had a feeling um...February would NOT be out of the question. This feeling, it seems, is actually quite normal. In case you didn't know, I passed. And all went well. And, if you've been attending your classes and doing at least half of your homework, all will likely go well with you, too. BUT...even if it doesn't, allow me to reiterate point 1 above: DON'T FREAK OUT. It's not the end of the world. Because...if it were...then I'd guess at least half the lawyers out there -- including the former dean of Stanford Law School -- would not be lawyers.

That's all I got for now, y'all. Break a pencil!*

*But not a laptop! :)

This makes me sick.

2008-06-27T00:41:00.002-04:00

Usually I'm the epitome of not-religious, and I'm more than happy to let bygones be bygones, as long as it's not hurting anyone, etc etc.

Even so, this story about how a number of church groups are trying to stop an 11-year-old from having an abortion (after she became pregnant when her uncle raped her) makes me angry. Very angry.

Teenage Mothers

2008-06-19T21:23:00.001-04:00

A "pact"...?!?!?

Are you FREAKING KIDDING ME?!?

Reef Flip Flop Built-In Bottle Opener

2008-06-15T22:47:00.002-04:00

The title says it all -- Reef has created a flip flop that has a built-in bottle opener in the sole.

While I usually admire innovation, and while this new product of convenience will likely find an audience with the beach-bonfire crew, something just kind of...grosses me out at the idea of using the BOTTOM of your shoe to open up the top of your bottle, out of the mouth of which you will be drinking.

Done 4.

2008-06-06T20:46:00.001-04:00

I paid off my (high-interest private) loans this week.

Feels...

pretty
darn
good. :)

Hodgepodge

2008-05-17T23:14:00.004-04:00

Berlin and London were awesome.

As a side matter, what's up with Clinton supporters who are saying that they will vote for McCain if/when Obama is on the ballot? Isn't that cutting off your nose to spite your face?

"Ich bin ein Berliner."

2008-05-09T03:10:00.002-04:00

In fuenfzehn Stuenden werde ich nach Berlin fliegen. Ohne Woerterbuch.

!

This is really funny.

2008-05-03T18:06:00.002-04:00

THIS

Hehehehehehe...

I knoes my maffs.

2008-04-26T23:36:00.002-04:00

It's not that I was BAD at math; it's just that I never really LIKED it. In school, I was always a good math student, and I scored well on the typical tests that measure such things. HOWEVER, may I just say that I think that this New York Times article is spot on??? Give me a 40(t+1) = 400 - 50t equation ANY DAY over the damn "two trains going in opposite directions" example. Those trains were the bane of my K through 12 existence!

Maybe I'm naive, but...

2008-04-19T12:27:00.001-04:00

I don't understand how being First Lady gives you that much "experience."

Being a Lawyer v. Something Else

2008-04-12T16:06:00.003-04:00

I think I figured out the typical professional conundrum many of us face:

Time, money, sleep -- pick two.

I'm...ah....ah....AH-CHOO...sick. :(

2008-03-31T22:48:00.004-04:00

Once in a while, a random thought process leads me to wonder which of the five senses I'd be willing to "lose" if I had to choose one (morbid as that sounds). Okay, so while the "five" number may be debatable amongst the fantastical sixth-sense believers, work with me here: sight, smell, sound, taste, touch. 99 days out of 100, I'd say "smell." I never think I'd miss it much (at least, not as much as the OTHER senses), and it always sort of made sense to me in an evolutionary way. If memory serves me correctly from my days way back when in Psychobiology class, the part of the brain that processes the sense of smell was one of the earliest to develop in our ancestors. As such, evolutionarily, getting rid of my sense of smell kind of made sense (hardy har har) in light of the new and fabulous other senses that we've developed.

BUT...that being said...I've been sick the past couple of days. Can't smell worth crap. Heck, can't SMELL crap (but maybe that's a good thing). This would be that one day out of 100 that I think to myself "man...I'd really love to smell (1) that burger, (2) the furry smell of Nico, my kitty (hey, it may sound weird, but it's a comforting smell!), or (3) the fresh laundry that just got back from the laundromat.

And, as an aside, why am I sick again??? I'm like.....NEVER sick. Before my sparring bout with the flu last month, it had been seriously YEARS since I'd been sick. But this cold marks TWICE in two months. W-T-F...!

Two Things

2008-03-19T00:16:00.001-04:00

I just got home from work. (Sux.)
They're filming this outside my apartment right now: New York, I Love You.

Desert Island Food?

2008-03-18T01:49:00.003-04:00

Someone I was talking with recently said something about a "desert island" food. This statement got me thinking...what would I bring on a desert island?

Specific answers to that question aside, I've reached a point where I think I might just be satisfied with the initial response I have of "I don't know."

For the most part, I don't understand "favorites." People have favorite brands, favorite colors, favorite drinks, favorite cars, favorite animals, favorite celebrities, favorite websites, and the list just goes on and ON.

Maybe I'm just really...UNopinionated (?), but I have always wondered how you can pick ONE thing and have that be your end-all and be-all favorite [fill in the blank]. Rather than unopinionated, I've instead always seen this kind of non-favoritism in my life as something of a desire more to be fair and weigh all the options. How am I to decide that this one person/place/thing is The It of that category for me?

I guess what I'm saying is...in the end, isn't there a season (turn turn turn) and a time to every purpose for everything?

N.B.: Thus ends my 2AM musings for this week.

Eliot Spitzer

2008-03-12T22:31:00.002-04:00

Okay. So I'm sure a big reason it's getting SOOOOO much press is that he made his name, to paraphrase the nytimes.com homepage's description, enforcing standards of ethics in public life.

But really...

Am I the only one who's kinda thinking "who gives a flying f who the Governor f'd?"

Who needs the outside world, anyway??

2008-03-08T14:55:00.004-05:00

Recently I joined Netflix, and let's just say that things have gotten a little *ahem A LOT ahem* out of hand. I've discovered not only the DVD portion of the site, but also the "Watch Instantly" portion, which has been my downfall. Seriously.

In the past three weeks, Netflix has been responsible for my becoming a serious recluse as I have watched the following thanks to its oh so awesome "Watch Instantly" and overnight delivery of DVDs:

DVD:
The Namesake
Becoming Jane
Donnie Darko: Director's Cut
Once
The Assassination of Jesse James
Little Miss Sunshine

Watch Instantly:
The entire season 1 of "Heroes" in the span of 5 days. (Yes, that's 24 episodes...)
The Way We Were
Pan's Labyrinth
Stand By me
The Seat Filler
The Usual Suspects
Helvetica
Right At Your Door
The Good German
The Shining

Yes, that's over the course of THREE weeks. My name is odderie, and...I have a problem.

spazierengehen

2008-03-02T20:31:00.002-05:00

Today I meandered my way to Chinatown, going through the Village, SoHo, and some of Little Italy en route. On the way back, I spotted a playground game of street hockey. There is something inexplicably beautiful in its simplicity in using tipped over trash cans as the "goal."

It IS easy being GREEN.

2008-02-03T00:18:00.001-05:00

According to this article, 500,000 plastic bags are used worldwide each MINUTE. Please consider bringing a reusable bag next time you go grocery shopping. This website sells them or you may already have some tote bags or canvas bags lying around the house, just waiting to do their part to save a little corner of mother earth.

C'mon...you know y'all wanna do your part. :)

Birthday Wishlist (A Work In Progress)

2008-01-27T21:31:00.000-05:00

DVDs

10 Things I Hate About You
Step Up
True Lies

Different?

2008-01-15T00:28:00.000-05:00

One of the drawbacks to being friends/chatty with one of your parents is you end up hearing the dirt. The bad stuff. The "I don't think I should be hearing this" stuff.

And it makes you wonder..."why?"

"Why" what?

Why...all of it?

You may always be just a "dumb kid" in their eyes, but at this point, are you ever actually still a kid after hearing all the dirt?

And then you think...maybe it would be better off...different.

And then you think you're a traitor (to your parent, to your other parent, to your sibling, to your family) for thinking that.

This Ain't Your Average Delta

2008-01-10T02:43:00.001-05:00

Call me a dork, but I think this video is SO cool.

OSU v. LSU

2008-01-07T19:58:00.000-05:00

How bad is it that a part of the reason I like college football better than professional football is that, in college football, those smooth and muscley calves are bare and nekkid?

Uh, yeah...

2007-12-30T05:59:00.001-05:00

Just because 6AM seems like a good time to go to bed.

Confession

2007-12-14T01:30:00.000-05:00

The Christina Aguilera fansite that I sometimes check has had a placeholder up saying it is "moving to a new server in a few days" for the past month.

Is it pathetic that I am actually aware that it has been longer than just "a few days?"

"No Country for Old Men"

2007-12-07T00:01:00.001-05:00

Today I was that asshole whose phone rang in the movie theater. Dammit. Allow me to explain (before you condemn). So I'm going to see a movie because...well...just because, okay? So I decide to see "No Country for Old Men," and, not having read any reviews, let alone read the book, I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

And WHEW. That was an excellent movie. Seriously seriously excellent. However...midway through it, my phone rings. WTF?! I thought I turned off the sounds!!! And I did. It turns out that, because my new phone opens two ways (it's a flippy Samsung that opens both lengthwise and widthwise), I needed to mute it in BOTH length and width modes. I didn't know this, and so...in the middle of the show...I hear a familiar ringtone, which sets my heart racing in utter horror and embarrassment. Dammit...I am NEVER THAT ASSHOLE. But...it seems I was tonight... :(

Well now...that's a first.

2007-12-03T22:24:00.000-05:00

Now that I broke the barrier (so to speak) with using my kitchen the other week for Thanksgiving, it seems I now "fear no recipe"...! Prior to Thanksgiving, I had used my kitchen maybe once since moving into this apartment in...July. HOWEVER, after Thanksgiving is a whole other story. I baked cookies last night. Cinnamon sugar cookies. Num num. Now the only question is...what's next?

And...

2007-11-26T23:49:00.000-05:00

Voila! Not a complete disaster.

So...

2007-11-20T22:50:00.000-05:00

I bought a turkey.

Hello.

$150 Worth of Relaxation

2007-11-09T23:02:00.000-05:00

Tonight I spent 0.5 hours with Nico playing fetch and watching him hunt down my rubber hair band.

Meh.

2007-11-04T23:28:00.000-05:00

Crushes -- good or bad? I have one. It kind of sucks. There's a reason they're called "crushes," I suppose. However...have you an argument for? Surely it exists, my dear JSA-ers and debate club kids out there.

*****

Unrelatedly, I took a meandering walk around the neighborhood tonight. I saw a bunch of stuff PLUS figured out what happens when people think the washing machine/dryer ate one of their socks.
This is a sock. A black sock. Specifically, this is a black sock I saw lying on the ground outside a laundromat. It appears to have fallen off of someone's heap of laundry -- whether clean or not I have no clue. However, it does appear to solve the anthropomorphic issue of a washing machine/dryer eating one's sock.

Also unrelatedly, there is this "Tiles for America" display on a chain link fence at a street corner near my place. I'd only really had a vague glancing look at it in the past, but I finally took some time to read some of the tiles and look at the website. I'm not one for sappy, but I think the overall idea is very powerful. Not only that, but some of the tiles were very moving.

The heart on this tile appears incomplete as it seems to be missing a bottom corner. Something about that speaks to me in that it appears the country is not whole -- although I'm sure such a message was not the original intent.
No words.

Rainy Days and Mondays

2007-10-27T15:55:00.001-04:00

WANTED: Cuddlebuddy. Details negotiable. Must not snore.

Now accepting applications.

Whatever happened to...

2007-10-06T17:39:00.000-04:00

Nads?

Streetwalkin'

2007-09-21T11:57:00.000-04:00

When I go for a walk, sometimes I'll see an empty condom wrapper on the sidewalk, and my fertile imagination will go wild.

Pet Peeve of the Day / H20

2007-09-19T10:02:00.000-04:00

When people use water to hose down and clean their sidewalks when a simple broom would suffice.

Coked Up Kitty

2007-09-01T12:26:00.000-04:00

No, NOT me. I don't even do caffeine, remember?

But this article makes me wonder...what is this world coming to?!?

Thanks, dlisted.

If a tree falls in the forest...

2007-08-30T01:20:00.000-04:00

You know that saying "If a tree falls in the forest and nobody's around to hear it, does it make a sound?"

Well, more relevant and applicable to my life in the concrete jungle that is NYC, "if an associate is in the office until 5AM and doesn't send out an email, was that associate ever there that late/early?"

Let's just say...work. Has. Sucked. By the end of Tuesday "night," I had billed 42.8 hours.

Belize Break

2007-07-27T02:45:00.000-04:00

Hrmmm...I wonder if anyone still checks this. *listens*

*crickets*

I was in Belize this past week. It was incredible. Here's a picture that will hopefully placate the masses. This photo is the mouth to the cave Achtun Tunichil Muknal.

Crazy, Cool, or Cute?

2007-07-07T03:10:00.000-04:00

It may just be the fact that it's 3:10AM, but I'm slightly obsessed with this pink dolphin...and, no, that is NOT a euphemism or brand name for anything remotely scandalous.

Old, New, Borrowed, Blue

2007-07-05T01:20:00.000-04:00

It's kind of weird to think that, at my age, my parents were married.

On the 6

2007-06-24T00:42:00.000-04:00

The train ride back home today was host to a most entertaining conversation. Two guys -- a skinny Asian guy in ripped jeans and a pretty built black guy are sitting across from each other on the train. I picked up this snippet of conversation after overhearing the Asian guy say "I watched my first porno when I turned 18." Then I lost the conversation and somehow I picked it back up at this point:

Asian dude ("A"): Have you ever seen that pig movie? That Disney pig movie?
Black dude ("B"): You mean "Babe," right?
A: Yeah, "Babe." ...I like pigs.
B: Me too, pigs are the shiz.
A: Hell yeah, you know what pigs got? Pigs got BACON. And that shit is delicious.
B: Mmm...you know what's good? Bacon with bleu cheese and some ranch dressing.
A: Ugararrrgh. Bleu cheese tastes like BUTT.
B: ...you know, butt doesn't taste too bad, either.

Assisted Suicide

2007-06-19T01:00:00.000-04:00

A couple of weeks ago I watched the documentary "Dying at Grace," which depicted five people at the Salvation Army Toronto Grace Health Centre who were days away from death. A thought-provoking film, my viewing of it coincided oddly enough with some Jack Kevorkian news -- namely that he was released from prison after 8 years.

While watching these men and women speak about death, hope, life, and their accomplishments (and also while being able to perceive their silent regrets), I couldn't help but wonder what I would want in a similar situation. Would I hold on, keep fighting, accept myself as having reached my complete journey? Would I struggle for that last gasp, go peacefully, wonder how I had made it this far? Which then led me to wonder about whether what Jack Kevorkian did was really worthy of such vehement censure.

When we say we have control over our lives, should death be one of them?

N.B.: Please note that this is NOT meant as a personal post, but rather as an abstract and thought-provoking one. I'm curious to know others' views.

A "Seinfeld" Episode: Birdbrained

2007-06-16T23:54:00.000-04:00

I don't/didn't watch "Seinfeld," and I personally think it's pretty dumb. However, tonight I had a distinctly "Seinfeld" moment (as confirmed by an avid watcher of "Seinfeld").

As I threw open the living room window, I slid my birdfeeder (which was suctioned to the window's surface) right off the window and watched in horror as the feeder fell to its presumed demise five floors below. I stuck my head out of the window, all the while thinking a-mile-a-minute dire thoughts about liability, how a quarter dropped off the Empire State building can kill someone, etc etc.

I looked down...and breathed a gust of relief that, due to the construction they are currently doing on my roof (which has yielded heavy work boots-stomping on my ceiling at 8am -- a whole OTHER rant I could go into), there was scaffolding below that stopped said birdfeeder one story before hitting street a.k.a. liability level.

As my visitors and I got a laugh out of the Birdfeeder Incident, I can't help but continue to be amused by wondering what the roofing gents will think when they arrive on Monday morning to see a sunflower seeds explosion.

Note to Subway Riders

2007-06-05T21:38:00.000-04:00

If you are going to hold the railing above your head, please remember to put on deodorant before boarding.

Thank you.

Gendered Bike-Riding

2007-06-02T00:50:00.001-04:00

I don't know how to ride a bike.

Now, growing up in SF, I never thought this was a big deal. There are HILLS there for Pete's sake! It's hard to pedal up HILLS.

Anyway, a friend of mine recently mentioned not knowing how to ride a bike is different if you're a boy (and not a girl) where boys should know how to ride a bike...and girls...don't need to?

I am not sure if I follow this logic.

Truffle Truffle, Buffalo Buffalo

2007-05-14T12:04:00.000-04:00

I love truffles, but I hate truffles.

My point? What's up with chocolate truffles' being called "truffles" when the mushroom fungus truffle is called a truffle? And they are...completely different things.

Another example, courtesy of loojie, is the sentence Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. Now THAT is loco, no?

P.S.: And, just to clarify, my first "truffles" = the fungus, and my second "truffles" = the chocolate.

Um...I don't understand?

2007-05-11T00:08:00.000-04:00

Obviously my high school education was lacking and I seem to have missed this class in between the AP US History and Trig...but...what's the difference between hanging out and being on a date? I just don't get it.

Jigga WHA???

2007-04-26T21:19:00.000-04:00

This is the Jerry Maguire kid. Wow.

Thanks, dlisted.

Also true for a "Law Firm Chick?"

2007-04-21T12:25:00.000-04:00

Satire, but a bit frightening for the accuracy of the diet-comped dinner dichotomy.

Discuss.

HOW TO: Get a Banker Chick (for the non-banker guy)