31
Dec
Posted in Five Stages | 2 Comments »
photo credit: bsteve76
My mom has always said that on the first day of a new year you should do all of the things you hope to do throughout the year. I mean, not in a crazy-high expectations sort of way, like finishing your entire novel in one day, but if you hope to write a book during the year, at least spend time on that first day writing a bit, and ditto with all of the other aspirations you have: get some exercise, love yourself more, cook a nice meal, whatever.
But if the first day of the new year is dedicated to those sorts of positive-future-bringing activities, what of the last day of the old year? I would guess, maybe, that it’s for doing all the bad shit we still want to do in 2009. Getting it out of our systems, if you will.
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Tags: 2000, 2009, 2010, bad shit, basil plant, bonus for super, brand new decade, christmas, exercise program, first day of new year, mad men, mom says, new jeans, new year's eve, over and out, self-loathing, unspoiled milk, writing a novel, y2k
12
Oct
Posted in Appreciation | No Comments »
photo credit: joshua aaron
Happy Columbus Day!
True, it’s one of our more dubious American holidays, placed so closely with Canadian Thanksgiving as to seem a second thought (not that Canadian Thanksgiving is a second thought, at least not to Canadians). Today, many hardworking American folks aren’t even awarded the day off for Columbus’s troubles.
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Tags: 2009, canadian thanksgiving, christopher columbus, columbus day, columbus's diary, discovery of america, europe, finding a job, fourth grade, getting lucky, indian trails, italian, Job Search, navigational skills, october 12, pumpkin ale, spain, syphilis, the new world, unemployment rate
11
Oct
Posted in Dad-vice | No Comments »
photo credit: abdultaiyeb
I promised you a Dad-vice, and a Dad-vice you shall receive. Whether it’s 1972 or 2009, and you’re looking for a job or wandering the streets, it pays to keep them eyes peeled.
The Reality Show
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Tags: 1972, 2009, 34th and park, chinatown, grand central station, job assignment, Job Search, long island, midtown, muggings, new york city, purse snatcher, safety, the great white way, vigilance
