6
Jan
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photo credit: nevermindtheend
Let’s talk keyboards. See, I’m working with one—how do you not work with one? It would be almost like working without a computer, and goodness knows how we’d get anything done then!
Anyway, when you’re a freelancer you end up getting put at any number of desks with any number of keyboards. The only thing they have in common, really, is that they all have keys, unless you’re working at a really low-brow sort of institution. Oh, and they’re all dirty as hell. (I apologize for the picture and if it makes you want to throw up, cause it makes me want to throw up, and in fact I am averting my eyes quickly so as not to do so.)
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Tags: buffet chinese food, burritoes, cubicles, dirty gertie, dirty keyboards, e.coli, freelancing, old friends, sauvignon blanc, shrimp foo young, west village
6
Aug
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photo credit: Zervas
Hey ya’all!
I’m in Nashville (YUD spent some of her most formative years about an hour and a half further down in the deepness) visiting an old, dear friend.
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Tags: aldi, BA in English, compost pile, corrieri's formaggeria, danielle gantt, half-priced wine, hiring freeze, journalism counselor, las paletas, nanny's tender stretch diapers, nashville, paige, professional job seeking advice, ramen, sauvignon blanc, teaching jobs, UTJs, what the fuck, who's the bigger moron, writing coach
15
Jul
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YUD has long been a fan of Discovery Wines (conveniently located in her hood, carrier of her most favoritist summer Gruner) and, of course, emporiums of drinking deliciousness such as USQ and Astor Place when she’s venturing further afield. But imagine her surprise when she discovered this little gem en route to a dinner party somewhere west of Times Square!
Yes, the outside was no-nonsense, and featured one of YUD’s pet peeves: words spelled wrong on the billboard.
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Tags: astor wines and spirits, discovery wines, gruner veltliner, high-powered PR exec, jealous bitch wine, marilyn monroe dress, night train, richie richerson, sauvignon blanc, times square wine, USQ wines
