Challah At Jen

April 30, 2008

I don’t need to be at work to have Beer Tuesday!

That’s right. Beer Tuesday. So take that all of you who questioned me for accepting this new job.

So, I have been missing Beer Tuesday for the last few Tuesdays because I have had to be at this other job. And, I know this is shocking, but I so want to quit this other job. PS: If you know me at all, you know that isn’t shocking because since moving here, I have been quitting jobs like, well, it’s my job. Don’t worry, I don’t want to quit because of Beer Tuesday. Mainly it’s because I’m pretty sure I’m useless there. Today was a long day and then I had to go to other work and then it was even longer. THEN, everyone left and it was just me and this grumpy old man. He’s not usually grumpy, I don’t think. Anyway, he’s always nice to me. But tonight he was a little grumpy. And, not like when I say that Dan’s a grumpy, old man. This guy is legitimately old and was SUPER GRUMPY. It was a little awkward because I was just proofing these pages that were mostly ads and no more than five sentences of copy. What should not have taken much time at all, took ages because I had to wait a good 10-15 minutes for each page. Then, I had to wait for the PDF of those pages to make extra sure it was right. I think I was also sad because DLV was going to the bar that she was telling me about and I couldn’t go because I had to be at stupid work. On my way home, I decided if there was any time I deserved a Beer Tuesday, this was it. Thank you, Brooklyn Lager.

I think my new roommate is here. I met her last night but I was super tired and not good at talking and it was really awkward. I am in a much better mood to meet people now but I don’t want to bother her. Her bedroom light is on, but I haven’t heard any noise. I wonder if she’s even home. If she’s not, this is a terrible waste of energy.

April 28, 2008

Lazy Line Painter Jane

Filed under: neighbors, noises, photos — Tags: , , — jen @ 1:28 am

Sometimes my neighbors above me are really noisy. It doesn’t really bother me. It’s just that I hear these thumping noises and I just can’t figure out what they’re doing! It sounds like they’re jumping for three second intervals. It’s weird. Maybe they have a Skip-It and they’re just really bad at it. Doubtful, but awesome if that was true. Maybe I should make an attempt to meet them. Meh.

I finally uploaded my photos from April 12-today. All 200 of them. I have a problem. I need to stop taking that camera with me everywhere I go because I’m totally that kid who takes photos of EVERYTHING. It’s like my thing now, which is silly because that was never my thing. I am usually so bad at remembering to take pictures of stuff. I’m a whole new person!

I have been sleepy for HOURS. Why am I still awake?

April 24, 2008

Sometimes I forget.

Filed under: cheese, mice, reality — Tags: , , — jen @ 12:07 am

The exterminator came today and plugged up all the holes that the mice were coming in from. Hopefully that’s the end of the mice that lived in my kitchen. But, I’m worried it’s not the end and they are going to be too smart and take over. So just now I was on my way to the fridge to put away the block of cheese I had been chomping on all night (because I was too lazy to make dinner) and accidentally dropped the tiniest piece of cheese on the floor. My first thought was, “OH GOD PICK THAT UP MICE LOVE CHEESE AND ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO RUN OUT AND STEAL THAT ANY MINUTE.” Then, I remembered my life isn’t a cartoon.

April 22, 2008

I jumped ship!

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: — jen @ 1:44 am

So, Becca helped me set up a new blog. And by helped, I mean she set the whole thing up. THANKS, BECCA! Thanks to those of you who signed up for Vox so you can comment! I’m sorry to complicate your lives and fill your inbox! The thing about this new one is that Becca made it and that’s cool because she’s cool. Also, ANYONE can comment. You don’t need to sign up for a thing. Not one thing. The best part is, I can link EVERYONE I WANT to link on the blog roll. I don’t have to be choosey like I do on vox.

Win-win-win x infinity.

As you can see, there are a lot of my old entries from the vox one. Ignore that they all say they were written yesterday. I may be nuts, but I’m not that nuts! Also, for some reason it is publishing that I wrote this tomorrow. WHAT? Well, today is 4/21/08. KTHX.

April 21, 2008

"I will make it my extra cirricular activity to find you a boyfriend!"

Filed under: Uncategorized — jen @ 10:03 pm

Okay. So I think the person I dedicate most of my entries to here is Cary. But, Rami Raff, this is for you! Rami, or Ramold, or Dramold, told me that he checks this blog every day and, unfortunately, I don't update as often as he would like. I am making a solid attempt though. For real. Sometimes I just don't think I have anything good to say.

ANYWAY.

My friend, Becca, has a really wonderful blog. I would link it but Vox won't let me add more links. This is one of the many reasons I think I'm going to make a tumblr. Sorry, Erica! I do appreciate you joining this site just for me though. Don't think that has gone unnoticed. So Becca's blog, plus minus: 2 girls 1 blog is kind of amazing. She and her friend divide things by +: things they like, -: things they don't like, +/-: things they aren't sure if they like, and ?: questions. It's very witty and I agree with a lot of things they +/-/?. Becca is great, okay?

I have heard a lot recently (at least 3 months) that I look like people's friends. I can think of at least three people in NY who have told me that I look like a friend of theirs. If you think I look like someone else, who is it? Only tell me if they're cool, okay? Thanks. I don't need to hear about looking like people you don't like. That will not make me happy.

Hey, look at my cousin's cat. This made me laugh for the longest time. We should make an LOLcat caption for it. Y/Y?!

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sorry i’m such a mess!

Filed under: Uncategorized — jen @ 10:03 pm

That has been my most used phrase in the last few months. I'm a mess, you guys. A hot mess!!! My room looks like a crazy person lives here. I have more clothes than I have room to store them. Also, there are stacks of CDs, DVDs, books, magazines and other things EVERYWHERE. O hai der post-apocalypse room. I can haz organizashun skilz?

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is anyone going to answer the phone?

Filed under: Uncategorized — jen @ 10:03 pm

I'm back! I haven't actually gone anywhere. The proper sentence here is that the internet is back. In my apartment, that is. I know you're ecstatic. And by you, I mean one Cary Finkelstein.

Things have been a little crazy. Jacqui and Chris moved to LA, I went into a slight depression about being on the opposite coast as my bestie AGAIN, I tried to make Dan my new bestie and failed, I got offered a full time job that starts sometime, and a mouse didn't get the memo that I got a human roommate and decided to move in. What a life. You know what else happened? I made a muxtape! To continue the dinosaurs theme, it's called jennisaurus.muxtape.com. I'm not sure if it's entirely representative of how I feel about music, but it's there!

I had such a long conversation with my youngest sister tonight. She's 13 and really adorable. Sometimes I forget that she's not a small child anymore and it totally freaks me out. She has a boyfriend, you guys. What?! I don't even have a boyfriend. I don't have boyfriends. Just crushes on EVERY BOY, apparently. This girl has her stuff together. And she is a dancer. I can't dance. I just jump around awkwardly. Also, she is super cute and tan and has NO FRECKLES. If you know me at all you know that while, yes, I am adorable, I am definitely not tan and definitely super freckley. Where is this girl from?

Okay, well I have run out of things to say. I'm thinking of giving up on this thing and going for a tumblr account. That will make this the third (?) blog that I have started and given up on. I'm kind of a quitter though. That's something you should know about me, before this goes any further. I'm glad we're finally on the same page.

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"But he said I was pretty!"

Filed under: Uncategorized — jen @ 10:03 pm

That's kind of the best reason to do anything. ANYTHING. I will excuse most things if a cute boy tells me that I'm pretty. Oh no. I've said too much.

I went to South by Southwest. I wrote a huge thing about it and then my computer went crazy and I lost every witty thing I said and I can't remember it all. True, I did attempt to write about it DAYS ago, but whatever. So I saw a lot of bands and drank a lot of free beer. A lot. I have a crush on like 5 thousand of our clients. I am maybe kind of inappropriate. Although, I do have about 2 thousand crushes on non-clients. So that's cool, right?

I had a lot of clever things to say but I just don't have the energy. I just don't want my most current words to be so Debbie Downer. This is probs the most noteworthy thing here: I added a new link to my friend Laura's blog. It's called Follow That Ostrich. Don't get confused- it's not actually about ostriches. Laura is smart and knows a lot about music. She also seems to see tons of celebrities. Oh, LA.

Maybe I'll post some photos of my current band crushes soon. 

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fight or flight? i’ll take flight with a dash of whining.

Filed under: Uncategorized — jen @ 10:03 pm

So I got mugged last night/this morning. I'm okay. A little sad and vulnerable and feeling dumb, but I'll be fine. I was walking home from the train after a long but fun night at Andy's birthday party. All I wanted was to be home and sleeping but that was just not the plan the universe had for me. A guy said he needed money for food and was kicked out of his shelter and whatever, and I was tired and it was cold and I felt bad. So as I reached into my purse to get him a dollar, he demanded I give him my wallet. "Are you serious?" was the only thing I could manage to say as he tried to grab it out of my hand, causing my last 3 dollars to spill onto the street. He backed off and let me run ahead for a second. As he tried to catch up to me, I pulled out my phone screaming "Please stop, I'm calling the police." Instead of going for my sad little wallet that he managed to break, he took my phone. As I was fighting to not lose my grip I kept screaming "Why are you doing this? I was trying to help you!" And with that, he got the phone and ran away.

One of the many things I learned from this situation is that demanding logic and attempting to make your mugger feel bad will not stop him. But if you scream loud enough, someone might call the police for you. They probably will show up 15 minutes after you run home, but at least they tell you they tried when you're filling out the paperwork at 7 in the morning. Also, when that boy you meet earlier in the evening tells you not to talk to strangers as you're leaving the party, don't laugh at him. He's probably right.

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must like dogs

Filed under: Uncategorized — jen @ 10:03 pm

I'm trying. I really am. But, I just don't like pets. Having a dog that pees on everything I own doesn't help. I don't really want to talk about it. It's not even my dog. Just know that he's here, and I'm trying my hardest to like him. It's true. So take that, all you haters who think I'm a bad person for not liking animals. Maybe people CAN change! No promises though.

My job is still not working out so great. I mean, the last couple nights were actually not so bad. I got to spend some quality time with a girl I seem to have been working with a lot and she's so sweet and helpful. A lot of people there are super nice. They started calling me Jenny though, and I'm not sure why because I have only introduced myself to them as Jennifer. I think it's weird because only a few people from my childhood call me Jenny, and absolutely none of them are in NYC. Anyway, some people at this restaurant are really ridiculous. I don't want to say they are bad people but they say terrible things. Today I had to listen to a long conversation about whether or not someone was a "faggot." Yeah, they actually used that word. I was shocked!  Then, the dude that creeps me out gave me a hard time because he claimed to have seen me "smoking a blunt" outside the freight entrance– a claim that is patently untrue. He spent the rest of the day asking me if I had "chronic" or a "doobie." Seriously. I can't make this up.  Then, he called a customer who didn't tip him enough a "slut." He proceeded to say that he hopes "she gets robbed." Maybe she didn't tip him a lot because he was creepy and instead of being a good server, he was too busy asking me for pot. Just saying.

Can we just talk about American Idol? Tell me why the girl with dead eyes and that Bride of Frankenstein lady who can only do bad Janis Joplin impressions are still there. Yet, that 16 year old girl who looks like my sister's childhood best friend and the other girl with the adorable grandma both are voted off. This is another reason why I don't trust American voters.

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