February 2012
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Ain’t Got No Home by Frogman The internet...
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“Try to find a practice that enables you to maintain a human existence … time for...”
– Justice Scalia advising Law Students at UChicago I knew I was doing something right. Check that one off the list. Also, there goes my dream of being the top google search link for #Cleveland and #UChicago. Damn.
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A Scarf!
Just wait until you are an alumnus. I got a deck of cards for ONLY a $25 charitable donation! cielablue:
i just got a scarf in the mail from uchicago. a scarf.
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January 2012
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At a stoplight one tuesday evening...
Girl in Car Next to Me At Stoplight: Listening to punk rock music and singing along.
Me: Waves
Girl: Flicks me off
Me: Mouths "Marry Me?"
Girl: Switches to her ring finger and mouths "Fuck No."
I also was convinced she would smile at the end of it and I would know her punk rock music is the kind of thing she only sings to at night when she is feeling nostalgic "and shit", but no, she was serious.
oldfay:
I drunkenly set up an OKCupid account last night but I just shut it down a few minutes ago. I recognize now that saying that I like “Game of Thrones” in my profile was a mistake.
My Favorite Part of the Job Interviews:
Interviewer: So you majored in biology?
Me: Yup, but I also have 3 years experience in hospital administration.
Interviewer: Hmm. But whats up with that?
Me: With my job? It's on my resume, I worked in a grants center.
Interview: No, why did you major in biology? I mean what do you want to do with that?
Me: Oh, I don't know, research? (Nothing without another degree).
Interviewer: Where do you see yourself in five years? Are you pre-med?
Me: No (Yes.). I LOVED my time in working in the admin job and really want to explore it as a career. (I really want four figures while I wait for med school).
Interviewer: Why? What do you like about hospital administration?
Me: Rules, I love rules. And puzzles. (I hate it, but it's the only job I seem to be getting interviews for).
Usually at this point they begin the let's get your parking validated, thanks for stopping by talk.
CVS sees into my soul
CVS Cashier: So are you going out tonight, just like everyone else who comes in here?
Me: Yep
Cashier: Like to a bar or something?
Me: Yeah, I'm going out to a bar.
Cashier: Oh, I thought you just didn't look like a drinker.
Me: Um, no, I drink, I guess ... what does a drinker look like?
Cashier: You can just tell sometimes.
Me: Do you mean that I don't look like an alcoholic?
Cashier: No, you don't look like you drink at all.
Me: Oh.
December 2011
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November 2011
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harmlessbalderdash asked: I really like the design of that drawer, does it work well?
October 2011
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Dad: Let's watch TV.
Me: No, Modern Family is over, go to bed.
Dad: What's the show on next?
Me: Oh, Happy Endings, you won't like it because their jokes aren't for old people. Go to bed.
Dad: Is that the one where they talk too fast? So fast that it clearly isn't real?
Me: Yes.
Dad: And there is that gay black dude?
Me: No, he is not gay, he is married.
Dad: No no he is gay. In real life he is gay.
Me: No no he is not. In real life he is a Wayan.
Dad: Oh, well why didn't you tell me.
Me: Fine, let's watch Top Chef Just Desserts.
Dad: Now there is a gay black dude!
Me: Correct.
August 2011
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July 2011
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Bummer Summer Reading
Wanted to buy a summer reading book from an independent bookstore, because I am picky about getting certain retails locally. But my favorite bookstore, Joseph-Beth, is closed. (I got Deathly Hallows there at midnight, it is stupid, but still I am nostalgic damn it.) The only place I can find doubles as a wine bar and sells preachy books about counterculture, beat poetry, and sustainability...
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June 2011
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Notes from a Children's Hospital
Here are a few of my favorite parts of my job:
At lunch, I like to sit in the atrium by the entrance to the MacDonald’s Womens Hospital. These men with worried brows come pacing, scuffing shoes and walking circles, trying to find a gift shop. Daddies-in-Waiting… just smile, you will do great, and seriously, get some chocolates with them flowers.
I am on the top floor, so when I...
May 2011
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February 2011
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