I turned off my TV yesterday after watching half of the Daily Show and falling asleep. When I woke up today it was set to Comedy Central - paid programming. Usually the infomercials in the morning tend to run the gamut from health/gym to cleaning to makeup/acne. Today was the exception - the infomercial was for LuvRub, the lube for "Him or Her and of course they can be used together." What kept me watching for 3 minutes (yes, I timed it) was the fact that the infomercial featured three couples: 1 jewish couple, 1 latin couple and 1 white, old, WASP couple. They all sat around the coffee table littered w/bottles of lube and talked about their sex lives. Even in infomercial all the stereotypes were right there, played up to no end! The blonde jewish girl was all over her bf as they both gushed about the wonderful sensations and longer/stronger erections while ahving sex. The latin couple - the guy was a joker, the girl was a slut and although they wer supposed to be a couple, she definitely saat at the far end of the couch and mentioned how she is always looking for something new to do in bd and likes to keep a tube by her bedside for her...err..partner. The old couple...yeah...the guy said how he didn't want to go to the MD and get a prescription b/c that would entail him telling the MD all th partiuclars of his sex life and he didn't want to share those. Well, buddy, you are right, why keep it in the privacy of the doctor's office when you can just go on national TV and let us all kno just how wonderfulyour sex life has become.
Then I switched to MSNBC Squak Box, nothing like waking up with a little sex news and market nes in the morning! I caught the interview with a hedge fund guy who is against the bail out. He was sharing the screen with another man who I assume is pro-bailout. I loove how diferent they were! The hedge fund guy never twitched, looked hot and calm. the other guy was gesticlating so wildly that half the time his arms didn't fit on the screen. His voice would raise and fall and it was jsut hillarious ot watch the scrawny "boy man" battle the man. My favorite was when the boy/man made a point about something and ht eman dodged it by saying "Thank you for bringing up that point, I as going to tak about it later, however, let me now talk about my third point which I believe is even more important." That's his answer to a particular question! I love it! What a great strategy! And mind you, never twitched a muscle!!!
OK I am going back to sleep now.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
gross
ok if you choose to eat an apple during class at least choose to use a napkin and please don't keep putting it on the dirty desk. it's gross, you pick up germs, and i don't want to later put my stuff where your saliva has been. yuck. it's called NAPKIN.
It has arrived...
I turned on my cell phone this morning only to receive a video message from one of my former coworkers. Ladies and gentlmen, the new generation of text chain letters has officially arrived. I can't believe that that's what it has come to. It's cute...sorta. It's pretty much a little video a la anime. The message: "Give this heart to evryone you care about including me if you care. Try to collect 5, it's not easy. I may not be the most important person in your life but at least you can smile when you hear my name and say that's my friend because i am your friend and i love you." Sweet, sure! However, think of all the junk mail you get, now, let's say your plan charges you for video messages, you think you'll have many friends left after their bills skyrocket? Also, collect five of what? So if I only got 1 of these, I don' t have friends? But if I get 50 cents worth, then I have friends? Great! And really, aren't we a little too old for these? I am always amazed when my cousin, who is an amazing doctor and runs a private children's ER clinic forwards me the most ridiculous chain letters. I can't understand how someone so clever can actually believe the latest "fwd this to 10 friends if you want to have good luck or else!"
In other news, as you know I have been following the Alitalia saga, for purely personal trip related reasons. Apparently, they are holding a public "for sale" campaign. So, if you happen to have unused liquid assets lying around, and you can guarantee "medium term" continuity of service, then here is all the info you need to know:
I am not huge on the Onion, but this one's good
Obama Promises To Stop America's Shitty Jobs From Going Overseas
In other news, as you know I have been following the Alitalia saga, for purely personal trip related reasons. Apparently, they are holding a public "for sale" campaign. So, if you happen to have unused liquid assets lying around, and you can guarantee "medium term" continuity of service, then here is all the info you need to know:
"Such expressions of interest shall have to be received at the offices of theYep. I hear it's a bargain!
Extraordinary Administrator, at Via Marchetti 111, 00148, Roma, within 30 September 2008, 12.00 a.m., together with all the documents necessary to evaluate such expressions of interest in view of starting potential negotiations."
I am not huge on the Onion, but this one's good
Obama Promises To Stop America's Shitty Jobs From Going Overseas
Monday, September 22, 2008
I"m Back!
Hmm, I actually typed up an entire post, and then something happened and it didn't save :(. That's not cool at all!
I am not going to retype everything but suffice to say I am going to try to keep this thing from now on. We'll see how that goes!
I am not going to retype everything but suffice to say I am going to try to keep this thing from now on. We'll see how that goes!
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Just a thought
Yes, the blog is officially BACK IN BUSINESS! :)
So, i'll start with this question: In today's world of dating, what are the benchmarks by which you can judge where you stand with the guy when you first start dating?
I used to believe that certain things objectively meant that, even if he is not exclusive with you, he is leaning toward it. I always thought, for example, that when you meet each other's friends - no let me re-phrase it - when you meet the guy's friends, it's a sign that at least they like you enough to do the the "show'n'tel'n'judge" w/the boys. Now I am not so sure. Calling? What if that's just the guy's way of doing things? It's almost as if some of these things aren't happening then you are definitely NOT going anywhere. So, all I have left for "markers" is, really, either "the talk" or meeting the parents. What else is honestly left?
Thoughts?
GO BARACK!!!!!!!!
So, i'll start with this question: In today's world of dating, what are the benchmarks by which you can judge where you stand with the guy when you first start dating?
I used to believe that certain things objectively meant that, even if he is not exclusive with you, he is leaning toward it. I always thought, for example, that when you meet each other's friends - no let me re-phrase it - when you meet the guy's friends, it's a sign that at least they like you enough to do the the "show'n'tel'n'judge" w/the boys. Now I am not so sure. Calling? What if that's just the guy's way of doing things? It's almost as if some of these things aren't happening then you are definitely NOT going anywhere. So, all I have left for "markers" is, really, either "the talk" or meeting the parents. What else is honestly left?
Thoughts?
GO BARACK!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Goodbye My Ipod
Dear Ipod,
You've been with me for, a month shy of, three years. I still remember getting you in February, 2oo5. You arrived so perfect in that cute box and, unlike the IPods of today, you even had a real "in the wall" charger!!! I remember staying up nites to upload music and I've amassed over 2999 songs! I have so many memories associated with you! You were there for me! You've outlasted two of my boyfriends, countless sleepless nites, long train commutes and being dropped over and over again. In return, you got to go to Washington DC, Boston, Albany (ha!), upstate NY, NJ, San Francisco, Chile, cruise, London, and on countless trips to Long Island. You held music and for me and my eclectic (weird?) taste in music you held memories, of better and worse days.... I only wish I were not so stupid as to keep putting off and putting off backing you up on my laptop. After that big fiasco with the crushing of the laptop I lost all my backed up music :(. I also wish I remembered to transfer the list of songs out. Some of the songs I painstakingly looked for everywhere, others came from my wonderful friends, not so wonderful ex boyfriends and even less remarkable random dates. Ipod, I'll miss you.
You've been with me for, a month shy of, three years. I still remember getting you in February, 2oo5. You arrived so perfect in that cute box and, unlike the IPods of today, you even had a real "in the wall" charger!!! I remember staying up nites to upload music and I've amassed over 2999 songs! I have so many memories associated with you! You were there for me! You've outlasted two of my boyfriends, countless sleepless nites, long train commutes and being dropped over and over again. In return, you got to go to Washington DC, Boston, Albany (ha!), upstate NY, NJ, San Francisco, Chile, cruise, London, and on countless trips to Long Island. You held music and for me and my eclectic (weird?) taste in music you held memories, of better and worse days.... I only wish I were not so stupid as to keep putting off and putting off backing you up on my laptop. After that big fiasco with the crushing of the laptop I lost all my backed up music :(. I also wish I remembered to transfer the list of songs out. Some of the songs I painstakingly looked for everywhere, others came from my wonderful friends, not so wonderful ex boyfriends and even less remarkable random dates. Ipod, I'll miss you.
Monday, January 7, 2008
Cashmere Mafia
I saw the first episode of the Cashmere Mafia series yesterday. I couldn't resist. I was watching Desperate Housewives and smart people at ABC knew to follow it up with this new, and highly anticipated, show. Let me first say that I am a huge Sex and the City fan. I've seen every episode numerous times and watch it all the time on HBO on Demand. I don't love each and every episode and some I don't particularly care for, but overall, it's truly one of my most favorite shows of all times and I can't wait for the movie to come out in May. I keep hoping for a new Sex and the City that would be, if not bigger and better, but at least on par or not too far below. Did I find the replacement in Cashmere Mafia? Sadly, no.
I think, to me, what made Sex and the City special was the message I always got out of it - if you have your best girlfriends, determination, hope and drive you can do it. You can have it "all" and the "all" is not a cookie cutter concept. Every one's "all" is different and that's what makes our lives interesting. Each character brought something unique to the show and, at least for me, I could see a part of me in every one of them: Carry, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte. I guess, to me, yes it sounds silly, the show was always so positive, there was always that aura of optimism and a sense that yes, things will be great in the end. As I said, that's just me. I always got a warm fuzzy feeling inside from it. Go on, mock me, I don't care :).
With Cashmere Mafia, I don't know. Those rose glasses come off immediately. I think if the show seeks to empower women, it fails miserably. Essentially, I got two messages from the first episode. Well two and a half. The first was positive and reminiscent of Sex and the City - with your girlfriends by your side, anything is less miserable and life goes on no matter what else is crumbling around you. All you need are your trusted friends to sit you down and hand you a glass of wine. That part I liked. The other message(s) were less touching. There is no humility. The messages are (at least right now): the woman must ultimately pick between family/husband and great career. Message #2 was that men are dogs who cheat on their wives/can't put up with their girlfriends' success and ultimately just want to get laid and have their egos inflated Sure, I am not naive, I know it must be extremely difficult for powerful women to balance careers and having a family. I also have experienced first hand what it's like to have your boyfriend be jealous of your accomplishment, regardless of how silly that jealousy seems. I also understand that the premise of the show is to show it "like it is." One of the characters, after revealing to her friends after one of the friends saw her husband making out with their mortal enemy that she and the hubby have an arrangement that he gets to cheat on her, that "what can we expect from these men who earn less than we do, are not as powerful as we are ...blah blah." I understand all that with my mind, yet, at the same time, do I want this onerous message reinforced to me every Wednesday night at 10PM? I think not. I think I'm better off holding on to my Sex and the City ideal that for a modern woman in NYC, given time, it is possible to have "it all," whatever that "all" may be. In this world of positive thinking, I think we can all use a little more of that, no? Here is to hoping that NBC's Lipstick Jungle will be better!
With Cashmere Mafia, I don't know. Those rose glasses come off immediately. I think if the show seeks to empower women, it fails miserably. Essentially, I got two messages from the first episode. Well two and a half. The first was positive and reminiscent of Sex and the City - with your girlfriends by your side, anything is less miserable and life goes on no matter what else is crumbling around you. All you need are your trusted friends to sit you down and hand you a glass of wine. That part I liked. The other message(s) were less touching. There is no humility. The messages are (at least right now): the woman must ultimately pick between family/husband and great career. Message #2 was that men are dogs who cheat on their wives/can't put up with their girlfriends' success and ultimately just want to get laid and have their egos inflated Sure, I am not naive, I know it must be extremely difficult for powerful women to balance careers and having a family. I also have experienced first hand what it's like to have your boyfriend be jealous of your accomplishment, regardless of how silly that jealousy seems. I also understand that the premise of the show is to show it "like it is." One of the characters, after revealing to her friends after one of the friends saw her husband making out with their mortal enemy that she and the hubby have an arrangement that he gets to cheat on her, that "what can we expect from these men who earn less than we do, are not as powerful as we are ...blah blah." I understand all that with my mind, yet, at the same time, do I want this onerous message reinforced to me every Wednesday night at 10PM? I think not. I think I'm better off holding on to my Sex and the City ideal that for a modern woman in NYC, given time, it is possible to have "it all," whatever that "all" may be. In this world of positive thinking, I think we can all use a little more of that, no? Here is to hoping that NBC's Lipstick Jungle will be better!
I think it's appropriate to follow up with this article from the NYT
Fashion & Style
The Falling-Down Professions
By ALEX WILLIAMS
Published: January 6, 2008
For lawyers and doctors, gold-embossed diplomas are no longer so golden.
The Falling-Down Professions
By ALEX WILLIAMS
Published: January 6, 2008
For lawyers and doctors, gold-embossed diplomas are no longer so golden.
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