December 2008
42 posts
if only...
roxana:
Since I’ve been home, my dreams have became progressively bizarre and detailed.
Two nights ago I was trapped in a castle/U of I building and there was some sort of huge water park attached to it. Alan was a king and Rebecca Russell was queen. They were both wearing crowns and sitting on dragons. I think this was after I played too much Wii Mario Kart.
Last night I was best friends...
haiku 2.0?
Roxy: twitter will be fine for me unless i am following more people than i have followers
Roxy: then it will be the equivalent of having less than 200 friends on facebook
Roxy: social suicide.
I miss LIS →
boxee is a mac, apple tv, and soon-to-be windows application that lets you turn your computer into a media hub.
it’s currently in alpha build, and the devs are looking for user experience testers to provide feedback on the overall experience. yay for library science!
the nice thing about running this on apple tv is that it allows you to stream hulu, cnn, cw, and (coming soon) abc content...
MCC web developer "does the math" for ‘Numb3rs’ →
I love reading Roxy’s stories/powerpoints about anything. I want to watch Numb3rs now!
roxana:
It’s a good thing I use Google Alerts.
I completely forgot about this story. I was writing it around the end of the school year and remember being accepted to Teach for America on the same day as interviewing this lady. It was a really rough time for me and there were literally weeks where I...
vpa apple
Alan: Santa can't cancel Christmas
Alan: Why can Steve cancel his kenote!?!?!
Roxy: There is no answer.
I spent all day watching Battlestar Galactica...
in honor of "a day without a gay"
If only Laura brought them to Murphy's on a Thursday night...
In my 4th semester class.
Ellen: Teacher! Today me see Steve kiss...
Class: (freaking out about the mention of the word "kiss")
Ellen: ...kiss boy!
Calvin: Wait, Steve, boy or girl???
Steve: Boy.
Everyone: (laughing, including me. He was so frank about it.)
Me: (attempting to teach them about tolerance in a country where "gays don't exist") Well in America, it's okay if two boys kiss.
Class: Really??!?!?!!!
Me: Yes.
Brian: Sexyyy!!!
Farewell, Polaroid (1948-2008) →
Tribune Files for Bankruptcy →
sidewalkbagatelle:
Oh. my. god. We are all fucked.
The only good thing that can come about this is if they sold the Trib building on Michigan Ave and converted it into trendy-yet-affordable loftspace so yours truly can finally make the big break to the city. Otherwise I’m very sad to see my favorite Chicago publication in such dire financial troubles.
“Even with the loss of people when they lost those accounts, we shouldn’t...”
– http://adage.com/agencynews/article?article_id=133079
—When I was reading this comment this morning, I first though “oh, someone’s trying to be really funny.” When I saw who posted it, I said “Well now that makes a lot of sense.”
The Real Generation X →
Thanks, parents’ generation, for causing the credit crisis and buying gas-guzzling SUVs. I’m going to love paying off all of the debt you’ve cost us for the next 60 or so years.
Hate you the most,
adods
“Alan: can we go to the upper east side and be like GG?
Roxy: that is what I...”
– NYC in MAR? (via adods)
- Yes, a thousand times yes!
(via roxana)
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Alan: I might have just tumblr’d us
Roxy: I all ready loved it and reblogged it. I love us.
“Alan: can we go to the upper east side and be like GG?
Roxy: that is what I...”
– NYC in MAR?
last.fm best tracks of 2008 →
<3 last.fm for getting new trendy tunes
“The temperatures outside are dropping rapidly, and many of you will find your...”
– http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20081120142756793
back to work tomorrow
How I left things last Wednesday, on a conference call:
My Account Director, on the line with our client: Well I hope everyone is excited for Thanksgiving. Does everyone have their plans in order?
Client’s President of Marketing: You know, I always start whenever the strippers tell me to.
*Uncomfortable silence & glances between my (female) Director and myself.
Me: Well it looks...
my dolla-dolla edu
Today my first student loans payment went through for my undergrad education. It looks like The Department of Education and my Chase account will have a long relationship for many moons. And here I was getting giddy for my MBA…
