Anyone out there collect miles? Have a United Mileage Plus account? Am I the only one who thinks miles are one big waste of time? I’ve never been one to hoard them, so I can’t speak officially. But let’s say…
Archives for 2012
Back-to-Back Resignations
Have y’all read the Goldman Sachs Op-Ed that’s sent the interweb into a tizzy? While I don’t fully agree with the author, I always appreciate people who voice their opinion. Debate is great. His tirade made me think of Amy…
Addictive Basketball, But Not March Madness
The gym glowed, surrounded by cars parked along the streets and lined up in rows inside the elementary school yard. Intermittent cheers erupted from inside. Referees sounded their whistles. I recalled enjoying the crowded basketball games as a student decades…
Fashion Friday: H&M
I’ve decided recently that I’m only going to shop at H&M from now on. Head to the store on Powell near Union Square and you will find everything you need: leggings, dresses, ballet flats, blazers, purses, underwear, scarves, umbrellas, men’s…
External Motivation
Successful people, in my mind, are self-motivated. They work hard not always knowing what they’ll get in return, but from the sheer fact that they care about doing good work. They care about quality. They care about the image they’re…
No, Woman, No Cry
No period. No pregnancy. I haven’t had my period in over two months. Took two home pregnancy tests that came out negative. Went to Kaiser to make triply-sure. Definitely no kiddo on the way. I stopped taking the pill in October…
Climb Every Mountain
It took me a while to recover from the blues, but now I’m all better. Peachy. Reeling from work, I fired my resume off to a handful of opportunities and happy to report that I secured two interviews. Yee-hah, with…
Shitty Leap Year
It’s good Leap Year only comes around every four years because on the 29th I got some news that twisted me into a depressed state that I could not mentally unwind from no matter how hard I tried. My comp…
Book Review: Never Let Me Go
I finished Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go last week. Not a long book. Ishiguro also wrote The Remains of the Day which won the Booker Prize. I’ll have to add that to my Amazon cart. The book goes quickly…
Money Monday: Raffle Ticket Scam
When I was in elementary school, we were forced to sell a certain amount of raffle tickets to raise money for the school. Now that I’m older, I’m still getting hijacked by parents peddling raffle tickets on behalf of their…