Has it really been 2 and a half weeks since I last updated?
I'll make this quick because I'm tired. Yesterday I got food poisoning. I was so violently ill that my abs were sore for the rest of the day. Intense! I'd made this really weird pork chop recipe that called for a mix of ketchup and ginger ale, so go figure.
It's Tuesday night. I'm sitting here with my roommate and my roommate's friend half-watching Dancing with the Stars. It's like American Idol only not as good because the judges aren't brutally honest.
Tomorrow I have a date, thursday I have a work-related Diwali dinner, Friday I have a party, and Saturday who knows! Busy busy busy.
Music obsession update: "Echoes on 'A' Street" by Dropkick Murphys is a kick-ass song.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Oops
Has it really been a month since my last update?
Hmm, well things are good for the most part. Work is good, roommate is good, New York is good. Last night was Halloween, i.e. the WORST night to try to get from Manhattan to Brooklyn. I was at a bar with Greg, Ted, Juyoun and Renata up around 70th street, and then Renata and I left to come back home. We took the subway for a while, walked some ridiculously long transfer, waited for a while at the next stop, and then decided to get a taxi. It took us a while to find an on-duty cab, and then the trip back took a long time because there was so much traffic. City living at its dumbest.
It was funny to see thousands of people strolling the streets in costume. The city was pretty nuts (Friday + Halloween + warm weather.....duh). I picked up some blinking devil ears from a street peddler to not be completely lame. I'd hoped I could put together a hipster costume this year, but it just didn't happen. Oh well, there's always next year.
Okay, gonna wrap this up because Saturday time is precious.
Music obsession update: Why didn't anyone tell me about Innervisions by Stevie Wonder?! It's better than The Bends, better than Dark Side of the Moon, better than Led Zeppelin's debut, better better better!
ps. I met someone :)
Hmm, well things are good for the most part. Work is good, roommate is good, New York is good. Last night was Halloween, i.e. the WORST night to try to get from Manhattan to Brooklyn. I was at a bar with Greg, Ted, Juyoun and Renata up around 70th street, and then Renata and I left to come back home. We took the subway for a while, walked some ridiculously long transfer, waited for a while at the next stop, and then decided to get a taxi. It took us a while to find an on-duty cab, and then the trip back took a long time because there was so much traffic. City living at its dumbest.
It was funny to see thousands of people strolling the streets in costume. The city was pretty nuts (Friday + Halloween + warm weather.....duh). I picked up some blinking devil ears from a street peddler to not be completely lame. I'd hoped I could put together a hipster costume this year, but it just didn't happen. Oh well, there's always next year.
Okay, gonna wrap this up because Saturday time is precious.
Music obsession update: Why didn't anyone tell me about Innervisions by Stevie Wonder?! It's better than The Bends, better than Dark Side of the Moon, better than Led Zeppelin's debut, better better better!
ps. I met someone :)
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Anecdote:
Last night I went to a stand-up comedy show with Christina, a friend from work. At one point one of the performers singled me out and said, "I think it's great how it's Rosh Hashanah and we have like the least Jewish-looking guy here. Seriously, you could be a Nazi poster child or something."
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Back
Ugh, I already suck at updating!
What should I say? Well, life in Brooklyn is pretty good so far. I'm just getting the hang of my job, and I think I'll really like working there. My company, TheLadders.com (100k job listing website), seems like a great place to work. It was a bit unsettling showing up to work last Monday to hear that a mile away the financial world was melting (bye bye Lehman Brothers), but it might just mean more business for us since all those high-level people are now looking for jobs.
As a "resume critiquer," one of the better parts of my job is laughing at how awful some people's resumes are. On Thursday I saw one that was entirely in Caps Lock in a font that resembles handwriting. That was just the beginning of its problems but the funniest thing was that at the end it said "Hobbies - cricket." That'll get you 100k a year!
OH and I got a roommate! Friend of a friend, same year at Conn, was acquainted, seems really nice, already has full-time work in New York. She's moving in probably next weekend, just in time to save me from bankruptcy. And she's bringing a couch! Good news all around.
This weekend Lori and Skylar came to visit. It was good to see them, although Lori hates the city. If I lived in Manhattan she probably wouldn't be able to handle it.
Music obsession update: I bought "Cassadaga" by Bright Eyes recently. So good! Sprawling, sophisticated, world-class stuff.
Alright, let's call this a second entry. I'll try to do better. Now I'm an adult of sorts, I'm gonna actually try to establish some order and balance to my life, and not let work dominate everything like last year at college. I'm going to get back into art, reading, running, cooking, etc.
Till next time, lonely frigid blog!
What should I say? Well, life in Brooklyn is pretty good so far. I'm just getting the hang of my job, and I think I'll really like working there. My company, TheLadders.com (100k job listing website), seems like a great place to work. It was a bit unsettling showing up to work last Monday to hear that a mile away the financial world was melting (bye bye Lehman Brothers), but it might just mean more business for us since all those high-level people are now looking for jobs.
As a "resume critiquer," one of the better parts of my job is laughing at how awful some people's resumes are. On Thursday I saw one that was entirely in Caps Lock in a font that resembles handwriting. That was just the beginning of its problems but the funniest thing was that at the end it said "Hobbies - cricket." That'll get you 100k a year!
OH and I got a roommate! Friend of a friend, same year at Conn, was acquainted, seems really nice, already has full-time work in New York. She's moving in probably next weekend, just in time to save me from bankruptcy. And she's bringing a couch! Good news all around.
This weekend Lori and Skylar came to visit. It was good to see them, although Lori hates the city. If I lived in Manhattan she probably wouldn't be able to handle it.
Music obsession update: I bought "Cassadaga" by Bright Eyes recently. So good! Sprawling, sophisticated, world-class stuff.
Alright, let's call this a second entry. I'll try to do better. Now I'm an adult of sorts, I'm gonna actually try to establish some order and balance to my life, and not let work dominate everything like last year at college. I'm going to get back into art, reading, running, cooking, etc.
Till next time, lonely frigid blog!
Friday, September 5, 2008
First entry
It's been 2 and a half years since I ended my LiveJournal. At the time, I'd half-intended to start a blog, but I knew it'd be a while. Now seems like a good time to start up the internet-journaling thing again, since I've just started my life over. My LiveJournal was a pretty unhinged place where actual documentation of my life took a back burner to comment-whoring. It didn't feel like a chore to update because I didn't take it seriously at all.
Assuming some sort of linear progression from that format to this, I'll fill in the gap:
When I ended LJ, I was a sophomore at ConnColl, and I'd just recovered from lung surgery. I was behind in all my classes and generally having an awful semester. The rest of sophomore year never stopped sucking, but I got through it and celebrated the end with a trip to California. Summer '06 was like a crappy sequel to summer '05: shorter-feeling, pizza delivery wasn't as lucrative, more home friends were moving away. Junior year of college was great, mostly because I went to Barcelona for spring semester. Summer '07 was also interesting, since I did my CELS internship in Maui as an editor for a local paper. Last fall was awful, returning to Conn and constantly stressing about classes and replacing spine labels at the music library. Spring semester of senior year was a lot better, since there were tons of end-of-college events and I went to Miami for spring break.
(God, I'm already boring myself to tears here. How am I supposed to make this interesting? I hope this comes back to me.)
Then graduation happened and I suddenly found myself back at home with no concrete plans and no direction, discovering that total freedom is actually pretty scary. But a month ago I accepted a job in Manhattan, and two days ago I moved to Brooklyn. Everything has been fine so far, except that oh yeah I have no roommate and don't know ANYONE living here. But tonight I think I'm going to Manhattan for dinner/drinks with Renata and some of her friends, then she's staying over here for the night. She was my year at Conn and commutes from New Jersey.
Okay I'm already sick of this, and calling this a first entry. I kind of hate journalling but I'll get over it. In 30 years I'll look back on this and be grateful for it, right? Right?
Assuming some sort of linear progression from that format to this, I'll fill in the gap:
When I ended LJ, I was a sophomore at ConnColl, and I'd just recovered from lung surgery. I was behind in all my classes and generally having an awful semester. The rest of sophomore year never stopped sucking, but I got through it and celebrated the end with a trip to California. Summer '06 was like a crappy sequel to summer '05: shorter-feeling, pizza delivery wasn't as lucrative, more home friends were moving away. Junior year of college was great, mostly because I went to Barcelona for spring semester. Summer '07 was also interesting, since I did my CELS internship in Maui as an editor for a local paper. Last fall was awful, returning to Conn and constantly stressing about classes and replacing spine labels at the music library. Spring semester of senior year was a lot better, since there were tons of end-of-college events and I went to Miami for spring break.
(God, I'm already boring myself to tears here. How am I supposed to make this interesting? I hope this comes back to me.)
Then graduation happened and I suddenly found myself back at home with no concrete plans and no direction, discovering that total freedom is actually pretty scary. But a month ago I accepted a job in Manhattan, and two days ago I moved to Brooklyn. Everything has been fine so far, except that oh yeah I have no roommate and don't know ANYONE living here. But tonight I think I'm going to Manhattan for dinner/drinks with Renata and some of her friends, then she's staying over here for the night. She was my year at Conn and commutes from New Jersey.
Okay I'm already sick of this, and calling this a first entry. I kind of hate journalling but I'll get over it. In 30 years I'll look back on this and be grateful for it, right? Right?
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