my boss drew me a picture of a lindt truffle. and a picture of the BAG they come in. so i'd understand what to buy for her son.

I just can't stay here any longer. I've done what I can; there's an essay/series of essays/fucking enormous BOOK forthcoming, but this has got to End. Sometimes I think I'm going to lose my mind in this cube. If it weren't for gchat and surreptitious pricing of '86 mets replica jerseys (that I will never be able to afford) - I don't know what would ( Read more... )

It's my own fault I drank 3 lattes yesterday and couldn't sleep all night. Back in the old days, like, a month ago, it would have been fine. But look, I've successfully cut back to one espresso drink per day. Now, it all comes fucking full circle (yeah, i know there's no fucking circle, shut up) because my boss called me and said: "does your ( Read more... )

hi, there you are. i haven't posted in over a year. mainly that's due to my work blocking our access to LJ, but it's back now. i started lj-ing b/c i was about to quit my last job and needed an outlet for my accumulating tales of jewish institutional life. i find myself now, over 3 years later, in the same situation ( Read more... )

Have I told you about the extremely senile, over-the-top Zionist rabbi who works on my floor at the Ac? Didn't think so.It didn't seem worth writing about in the early days. He was definitely a highlight of the day, prone to unexpected bouts of colonial rage, *screaming* at me one day to "LOWER [my] VOICE!!" when I'd said nothing. Developing a ( Read more... )

Alarmist subject line notwithstanding, WTF is SAVING DARFUR really about? And why is no one talking about it???!!! Am I an idiot and there's actually been a huge outpouring of radical critique of the phenom ( Read more... )

Things I've discovered during my prolonged absence from LJ ( Read more... )

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thing i hate right now ( Read more... )