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cheers!
Jenny
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Top 10 Reasons: Why I don't have a boyfriend
10. The last guy I dated had a major case of friend disease. Nice guy, no attraction.
9. The guy before that was a pompous ass with a Napolean complex (and no, your big paycheck does not make you a bigger man).
8. The guy before that was from Georgia - we met in first class on a Saturday morning flight from ATL-LGA. I was hungover as hell and long-distance was not in the cards.
7. My 2 roommates do not go out.
6. My office is 70% female, 20% gay and 10% married (the estrogen is just too much sometimes).
5. I live in Chelsea.
4. I have a serious addiction to wine and prefer to drink it on my couch (in my apartment, in Chelsea, with my 2 roommates who do not go out).
3. My profile on Match.com attracted all of the B&T rif-raf who exceeded my age ceiling by 10 years (note to potentials: I do not have an age floor).
2. Law & Order is my favorite show. I like to watch all episodes and it is on from 5pm - 1am everday on TBS, USA, Spike, Bravo or NBC.
1. I've been trying to leave the city since I got here, hence a huge lack of commitment to anyone I meet. Does that mean it's all my fault? ;)
And for my single chicka's, what are your excuses..........??
9. The guy before that was a pompous ass with a Napolean complex (and no, your big paycheck does not make you a bigger man).
8. The guy before that was from Georgia - we met in first class on a Saturday morning flight from ATL-LGA. I was hungover as hell and long-distance was not in the cards.
7. My 2 roommates do not go out.
6. My office is 70% female, 20% gay and 10% married (the estrogen is just too much sometimes).
5. I live in Chelsea.
4. I have a serious addiction to wine and prefer to drink it on my couch (in my apartment, in Chelsea, with my 2 roommates who do not go out).
3. My profile on Match.com attracted all of the B&T rif-raf who exceeded my age ceiling by 10 years (note to potentials: I do not have an age floor).
2. Law & Order is my favorite show. I like to watch all episodes and it is on from 5pm - 1am everday on TBS, USA, Spike, Bravo or NBC.
1. I've been trying to leave the city since I got here, hence a huge lack of commitment to anyone I meet. Does that mean it's all my fault? ;)
And for my single chicka's, what are your excuses..........??
Tethered, White Island Camiguin
All I have to say is wow! This is an amazing photo. Makes me want to quit my job right now, move to somewhere in the southern hemisphere and live simply. Oh wait - I wanted to do that a year ago when I was backpacking through Australia and New Zealand. It would have been an ideal scenario for me if only I didn't have those damn loans...
Monday, November 28, 2005
Pandora and The Big Picture
There are a lot of cool things you can find online - not all of them are really that useful though. Here are a couple that have some real value.
www.pandora.com
Let's you type in the music you like (or song you like for that matter), and recommends artists/songs that have similar style or musical qualities of what you like.
So, I just tried this and it is pretty damn cool. I have a slight obsession with the Counting Crows. I have been forever changed by the 1994 Mr. Jones... and now I still love the whiny sleepless sounds of Adam Duritz.
Anyway, I simply typed in "Counting Crows". The first song that came up was a Counting Crows song - I think they do this to ensure that they got your query right. Next song is called "Every Waking Moment" by Box Set. I like. I really like. Now of course I will have to check out the other songs by Box Set before I decide to download from iTunes - Or, wait - you can actually buy it on Pandora.com from Amazon or iTunes. Genius! Wonder what kind of business model they have going with Amazon. And you can even add songs to your favorites and rate them. Finally, good recommendations for music....
The Big Picture @ news.cnet.com
This is truly an innovative tool. News stories are visually interconnected with other news stories (color-coded in black), companies (color-coded in red) and topics (color-coded in green). You can navigate around the "Big Picture" of any article and see how it relates to other things going on in the world of Technology News. I can't wait until this tool is used not only on Cnet, but on other information sites as well. Check out this article on the "Big Picture":
http://news.com.com/2104-1012_3-5973440.html?tag=st.bp
www.pandora.com
Let's you type in the music you like (or song you like for that matter), and recommends artists/songs that have similar style or musical qualities of what you like.
So, I just tried this and it is pretty damn cool. I have a slight obsession with the Counting Crows. I have been forever changed by the 1994 Mr. Jones... and now I still love the whiny sleepless sounds of Adam Duritz.
Anyway, I simply typed in "Counting Crows". The first song that came up was a Counting Crows song - I think they do this to ensure that they got your query right. Next song is called "Every Waking Moment" by Box Set. I like. I really like. Now of course I will have to check out the other songs by Box Set before I decide to download from iTunes - Or, wait - you can actually buy it on Pandora.com from Amazon or iTunes. Genius! Wonder what kind of business model they have going with Amazon. And you can even add songs to your favorites and rate them. Finally, good recommendations for music....
The Big Picture @ news.cnet.com
This is truly an innovative tool. News stories are visually interconnected with other news stories (color-coded in black), companies (color-coded in red) and topics (color-coded in green). You can navigate around the "Big Picture" of any article and see how it relates to other things going on in the world of Technology News. I can't wait until this tool is used not only on Cnet, but on other information sites as well. Check out this article on the "Big Picture":
http://news.com.com/2104-1012_3-5973440.html?tag=st.bp
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Jenny's Favorite Things - Part One
Just like Oprah, I have favorite things too. Here are a few:
Bumble and Bumble Shine Spray - the best stuff you can do to your hair. No wonder why mine looks so great.
Anderson Cooper - probably the best looking journalist in the history of journalism. Not to mention he's objective, fair and is getting more and more airtime from CNN. Thank you Time Warner.
Chanel Glossimer - For most, I don't need to say more. For those who haven't tried you are doing your lips and your image a disservice.
The University of Michigan - having spent six years in AA, my veins bleed maize and blue. Hail to the Victors. Yeah. Uh Huh.
NYSC Total Body Conditioning - Sculpt, sweat and EARN that nice ass. More specifically if you are really interested try the 7.30pm class Tuesdays at 36th and Madison. Rick will rock your world.
Bumble and Bumble Shine Spray - the best stuff you can do to your hair. No wonder why mine looks so great.
Anderson Cooper - probably the best looking journalist in the history of journalism. Not to mention he's objective, fair and is getting more and more airtime from CNN. Thank you Time Warner.
Chanel Glossimer - For most, I don't need to say more. For those who haven't tried you are doing your lips and your image a disservice.
The University of Michigan - having spent six years in AA, my veins bleed maize and blue. Hail to the Victors. Yeah. Uh Huh.
NYSC Total Body Conditioning - Sculpt, sweat and EARN that nice ass. More specifically if you are really interested try the 7.30pm class Tuesdays at 36th and Madison. Rick will rock your world.
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Stream of Consciousness
As I was trying to fall asleep last night, it occurred to me that maybe sometimes the randomness of life is not really random at all. It is a function of the actions, reactions and interactions of you and everyone around you. And therefore we all have something to do with it. Sometimes the impact is small, and others it is large. This isn't a new philosophy at all. Once in a while I internalize these thoughts to the point where I go beyond my day-to-day interactions and take a 50,000 foot view of the web in which I surround myself. Most of the time though, these thoughts are a little too complex for my everyday mind and that is why today's title is 'stream of consciousness'. The funny thing is that I have trouble even articulating, in a concise manner, how it all works together. An example might help.
Random Occurrence: I'm walking down (rather up) 6th avenue with a good friend about 2 summers ago. Out of the corner of my eye I see someone staring at me headed in the opposite direction. I try not to look, because you don't look at people in NYC, but my curiosity wins over. It is my ex from 3 years prior who I haven't spoken to in over 2 years. We do a stop and chat for a couple of minutes.
Now here's where the stream of consciousness kicks in. I left NYC when we were dating, moved away, thought I'd never see him again. But if I didn't meet him at work, and work didn't help me get into grad school, I wouldn't have been in NYC that summer doing an internship. And the specific friend I was walking with I met because we lived in the same building at school. She happened to live in Chelsea and I wanted to live in her area. I found an apartment on craigslist also in Chelsea and the only reason we were walking up 6th avenue that sunny Friday afternoon is because we both had the day off and time to kill. I only had the day off because I chose the cushiest summer internship possible. The main reason I chose a cushy job was because I worked around the clock prior to grad school, at the same job I met my ex, and the most important thing at the time was to have a life - or, rather, time to kill on a Friday afternoon.
Now cut to last summer. I walk into a bar in the East Village with some friends. And who is sitting next to the door but my ex. We exchange some niceties but it is forced. I don't really want to see him and I know when he says he'll call, he doesn't mean it. If he's still in the same apartment, he lives in the neighborhood - it is probably his local haunt. Why was I there? Only because my friends chose the place. My friends who I met in grad school that I got into because of the job where I met my ex.
This stuff happens all of the time, to everyone. And I'm not the first one to think of this either. But I think the neat part is dissecting the interrelation between seemingly unrelated events, decisions or people. It's really not that random at all. And that's why my philosophy has never been about fate - fate is a stupid way to rationalize why life is the way it is. We always have a way to influence how our lives pan out - so as my sister says, 'go on and do something about it'!
Random Occurrence: I'm walking down (rather up) 6th avenue with a good friend about 2 summers ago. Out of the corner of my eye I see someone staring at me headed in the opposite direction. I try not to look, because you don't look at people in NYC, but my curiosity wins over. It is my ex from 3 years prior who I haven't spoken to in over 2 years. We do a stop and chat for a couple of minutes.
Now here's where the stream of consciousness kicks in. I left NYC when we were dating, moved away, thought I'd never see him again. But if I didn't meet him at work, and work didn't help me get into grad school, I wouldn't have been in NYC that summer doing an internship. And the specific friend I was walking with I met because we lived in the same building at school. She happened to live in Chelsea and I wanted to live in her area. I found an apartment on craigslist also in Chelsea and the only reason we were walking up 6th avenue that sunny Friday afternoon is because we both had the day off and time to kill. I only had the day off because I chose the cushiest summer internship possible. The main reason I chose a cushy job was because I worked around the clock prior to grad school, at the same job I met my ex, and the most important thing at the time was to have a life - or, rather, time to kill on a Friday afternoon.
Now cut to last summer. I walk into a bar in the East Village with some friends. And who is sitting next to the door but my ex. We exchange some niceties but it is forced. I don't really want to see him and I know when he says he'll call, he doesn't mean it. If he's still in the same apartment, he lives in the neighborhood - it is probably his local haunt. Why was I there? Only because my friends chose the place. My friends who I met in grad school that I got into because of the job where I met my ex.
This stuff happens all of the time, to everyone. And I'm not the first one to think of this either. But I think the neat part is dissecting the interrelation between seemingly unrelated events, decisions or people. It's really not that random at all. And that's why my philosophy has never been about fate - fate is a stupid way to rationalize why life is the way it is. We always have a way to influence how our lives pan out - so as my sister says, 'go on and do something about it'!
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