Love on the Lower East Side

Entries from September 2007

Guess Who’s Employed?!

September 26, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Well, the obvious answer is: Me. I’ve finally got a job. I’m scheduled to work on Friday, at which point we will discuss my schedule for next week! Hurrah!

This means: no more unproductive couch-sitting all day long, a more regular sleep cycle, earning money(!), and spending more time near Union Square (which is a big bonus). I’m super excited, too, because the cafe where I’m now employed is nice, small, and independently owned; no uniforms, no satellite radio, and no corporate oversight.

I’ve been really reluctant to spread the news, because I felt like I was being kept in the dark about the final decision. No one ever said to me, in so many words, “Congratulations, you’re hired. We think you’re perfect for the job, and it’s yours.” After offering only vague predictions about my employment status to my family and a few friends, I finally feel comfortable telling the world (or the internet which, as Hannah points out, cannot really take the place of the world): I am employed.

When I’ve been working there for a while, maybe I’ll tell you where it is, and you can come get some coffee.

Categories: Finance · Home Life · Work

This Is Why I’m Not Hot

September 22, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Why I’m not hot, in a mathematical and graphical explanation I can get behind.

Mims’s “This Is Why I’m Hot”: A Graphical Dissertation on America’s Number One Song by Rob Harvilla

Categories: Interwebs

Old Time Religion

September 18, 2007 · Leave a Comment

It’s a good song and a good music video (via boingboing)

YouTube – Familjen – Det snurrar i min skalle

Categories: Interwebs

Unfulfilled Murder-Suicide Fantasies

September 17, 2007 · Leave a Comment

I am a teacher, barely.

It’s only Monday, and already the 150 students I have are absolutely nuts.  Granted, most of them are 13 years old, but c’mon! It became abundantly clear today, that education is totally devalued in the community I work in. Students, who can’t divide or multiply, won’t let you get through a 10 minute lesson, and complain if there are 10 questions for homework, are so disinterested in actually learning that they can’t be bothered to come in for tutoring. Bah!

I think tomorrow will be better.

Categories: Work

Gimme a high five, partner!

September 15, 2007 · Leave a Comment

We are totally partners.
We are so totally partners.

 

Today we went back to the City Clerk’s Office. After about an hour in line, we sat down with a clerk and he filled out our certificate for us. They use a computer form (and they only print it out after you hand them your money order), and a small confirmation box popped up letting us know that our certificate had been successfully created. It had no title, and we decided it should probably say “Congratulations!” Except that some people are getting divorces.

So, Hannah and I are officially and legally domestic partners, which is really cool, because now we’re going to call each other partner, like, all the time.

Hannah

David

Categories: Home Life

At least is wasn’t an unmitigated disaster…

September 13, 2007 · Leave a Comment

So, I went for this job interview today. It turns out to be a job I don’t want (which isn’t all that surprising), but a job I would take, nevertheless. It also (the job interview) successfully tore Hannah and myself away from the City Clerk’s office, where we were attempting to become legally partnered. We’re going back tomorrow, because domestic partnership puts us one step closer to marriage, and we like that kind of shit.

On another note, I’m about 100mb away from being a power user+ at OiNK. Hot.

Edit: Actually, it’s closer to 500mb, but that’s hardly anything at all.

Categories: Home Life

Alabama Chanin

September 13, 2007 · Leave a Comment

My enviro roots coming out. And the links on this site are great too. Ah, the south isn’t ALL bad, thank goodness.

Alabama Chanin

Categories: Environment

Let’s get unconscious

September 13, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Oh wait, that’s a Madonna song. And David’s current state of being since he’s still in bed. I’d like to get domestically registered today so he can be covered on my insurance. What a fairy tale.

First we met in Oregon and fell in love. He asked me to marry him after 3 weeks because he was moving away. Now we’re getting domestically registered, and maybe one day we’ll actually get married.

Ahahaha!

Categories: Home Life