March 28th, 2012
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I came back to LJ to look for a post from 2005 and started reading my various entries, thinking it would be something like looking back at old inscriptions you wrote in the back of your friend's yearbook and thinking oh shit, did my brain really used to say crap like that when it was younger? On whole, I love what I wrote back then and have zero embarrassment or shame about it. I don't know if that means I was more mature years ago than I remember or I haven't grown one bit since I was 26. Little from column A, little from column B? Oh, and for the record, I still use LJ as my personal diary. But you jerks will never see the tawdry things I write in there until you hack my account and expose me. |
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March 24th, 2011
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Never good when you are in a consultative relationship with your client and your PM starts a conversation like this. |
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April 28th, 2010
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I've had this in my list of things to-do for a while. This is an email exchange between me, the protagonist, and one of my ex-coworkers who I truly hate and wish nothing but ill will for. We will call him Antagonist X. We had an email exchange back in 2008 when I heard a company he was high up in blew up. He also made sure to trash my good name all around the company of asshats and act like I somehow sank the shithole company (instead of his incompetence). =-=-=-=-= Protagonist Jake: How's life treating you Antagonist X? Antagonist X: Hey jake good to hear from you. I left [company name deleted] couple months ago and am looking to find the next adventure PJ: You taking it easy over the holiday season? Any new adventures look appealing yet? AX: Hi Jake. Yes, right now just taking in easy. I will start looking for a job starting January. I did work on another startup idea for the last 3-4 months but it is a tough market to get funded. How is your life/work? PJ: Good. At frog design, a global innovation firm, as a senior designer working on some really cool mobile device UI and other innovation projects launching in 2010. Looking forward to the extended holiday break starting on Wednesday, as I've been working my butt off. There has to be some cash out there. My husband just became employee #1 over at kashless.com. Martin Tobias scored $5m for that venture. So it hasn't completely dried up (yet). How has life been after [company name deleted] went all pear-shaped? =-=-=-=-=-= Oh it felt so good to be spiteful. |
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January 3rd, 2010
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Hi 2010! So I've been working non-stop over my holiday break on this podcast game show of mine. I've been wanting to create game shows since I was a little kid and got the idea back in the Bacon Salt days to be very guerrilla and new media about this whole thing and get a podcast going. And I've been talking about this podcast for years. One day, my lovely husband said, "You know. You've got the talking part done." So I started doing it. I've edited two episodes almost fully, have a good cut on the third episode, taped a fourth one, lining up contestants for the fifth one, and have answers written and ready to go for the sixth one. This pursuit has taken up almost all of my free time. If I spend time with friends, it really can't be for more than an hour. My social life has diminished and my waistline has grown for ditching the gym for a dream at game show stardom. (When I envision myself as a game show magnate, I saw myself as skinny and pretty. At this point, I'm choosing surgery and not self-control.) I was thinking about putting my thoughts about producing game shows or working with GarageBand in this post and actually making it educational or valuable or at least entertaining to read. But I suspect not a soul reads my LJ anymore which is fine by me. If any of you want to know more, the first episode is tentatively scheduled for release on Wednesday January 6 on iTunes and the website (URL TBD). The game is super-fun to play. If you want to play it, please please please leave me a comment. No money is involved. We're lower budget than NPR. |
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November 17th, 2009
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And I'm wondering why I'm posting now. Hummm ... I do miss you on occasion LJ. |
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October 16th, 2008
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Back in 1972, Nixon cruised to an electoral landslide against George McGovern and Sargent Shriver in one of the most embarrassing elections in modern history. To celebrate his tremendous defeat, McGovern and Shriver had this stage built: What a loser. |
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October 8th, 2008
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Love this infographic. |
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October 5th, 2008
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I just had an idea for an advertising concept. Scene: A dirty open field. There is a fence in the distance. A very fast, driving song is playing (in the spirit of Apex Twin) A male criminal is fleeing a large number of law-enforcement people in the distance, who are blurry. He is running fast, he keeps looking back and sees a clear path over the fence and away from danger. He jumps and quickly scales the fence until a slow-motion rubber bullet is shown hitting his skin. The music abruptly stops. His face is in shock. He falls to the ground before getting over the fence A female police officer enters the scene, kneels on his back, handcuffs him. The scene fades to black with the message: “Women are 330% better than men at taking down a fleeing suspect.” (This fact is made-up.) Screen clears and shows: “Be a woman. Be a cop.” Thoughts? |
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September 22nd, 2008
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I thought it would be helpful to let you all know how to register to vote here in Washington state and how to request a permanent absentee ballot. Make sure to register by October 4. Otherwise, you will have to register in person. (Yuck!) First, what is voting permanent absentee? It means you choose to vote by mail instead of at a polling place. You will receive your ballot several weeks before the election. You may vote anytime as long as your ballot is postmarked by election day. If you choose, you may drop off your ballot at your polling location in lieu of mailing it. Easy? Yes. Fun? You bet! If you are registering to vote for the first time in Washington, you should use the online voter registration site. You need to have a Washington state driver's license or state ID to do so. Go to the online voter registration website and follow the instructions. In order to receive ballots by mail, make sure to say "yes" to the question "Would you like to receive absentee ballots for all future elections?" If you don't have a Washington state driver's license or state ID card, you can register to vote by mailing in the paper form. But you really should get a driver's license here, right? Right. If you have moved and haven't changed your voter registration, things get a little complicated. If you have moved within the same county, you can change your address using MyVote without needing to re-register. If you moved to a different county, you need to re-register using the online voter registration tool. Unsure if you are registered to vote? Go to MyVote and check to see if your registration is active. You just need your name and your birthdate. Check your friends and family while you're there! If you registered to vote in Washington state quite a while ago, you may want to update your signature on your voter registration. It is the official way election officers validate the authenticity of your absentee ballot. Any signatures that do not match will be discarded. This wouldn't be a huge concern, except that the last gubernatorial election was won by 129 votes out of more than 2.8 million cast. (For those playing at home, that's a victory of 0.0045%.) In Washington, every vote truly counts. To update your signature, print out the voter registration form and mail it to the Secretary of State's office. Again, you need to register to vote by October 4. If you don't, you'll have to go to your county's auditor's office and register in person. I've done that once. It's not a pleasant experience. Take 5 minutes and register to vote now. Pass this on, please. Democratically yours. |
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September 18th, 2008
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July 28th, 2008
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http://www.lot23.com/play/groupthin I do love this game. |
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July 27th, 2008
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http://www.handsolomobile.com/ |
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July 26th, 2008
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July 22nd, 2008
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mood
 lovedI truly have the best husband in the world and the best job in the world. I am extremely blessed and I love where I'm at and all the people around me right now. Thank you. |
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July 18th, 2008
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Guess who was offended in this picture: This woman's offended by everything! So, the office slut wants a backrub ... c'mon! And this is the quote of the day: "Note that Stewart's joke about an old man, a Mexican and a disabled woman can contribute to a hostile work environment for this man, even though he is not old, Mexican or a disabled woman." |
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July 14th, 2008
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We might go down in history as the first couple to twitter our "I do"'s. So dorky! Read Tres' original post and our mention in Offbeat Bride. Get us on Slashdot, k? |
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July 2nd, 2008
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A desktop background. For ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=91.6){kind=small} destructiveform ... |
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July 1st, 2008
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http://tinyurl.com/68z4zc SEATTLE – One man was taken away by ambulance after an armed bank robbery this morning involving another man in a dress and wig. ohnoimdead: This was SUCH a Seattle bank robbery.velvetsmog: Yeah. Half-assed and kind of gay. |
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June 30th, 2008
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Work! Work! Job! Work! Job! Job! Work! Hugging old ladies! |
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June 22nd, 2008
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 Poll #1209090 50/50 shot ... Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 2 What say you? In South Korea in 2005, a woman was witnessed letting her dog defecate on a subway and refusing to clean it up. A camera phone captured the event to a horrified South Korean populace. A wide-spread campaign commenced to document her fecal crimes. One time, a gentleman offered her a tissue which she used to clean her dog after an incident but not to clean up the poop. Another time, a woman is shown forcefully asking her to clean up the shit with her ignoring the pleas. An online vigilante group found out her name and posted it on several heavily-trafficked South Korean web portals. The woman quit university in shame and posted a public apology on one of the South Korean portals. Sweet justice or ruining a life of an idiot for no good purpose? |
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1 (50.0%)
June 21st, 2008
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Take a look at Barack Obama at a meeting of Democratic governors in Chicago on Friday. I'm digging the new presidential-esque symbol there. With the flags and such, very stately! |
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June 20th, 2008
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Poll #1207862
50/50 shot ...
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 3 What say you?? Blame it on the rain ... I had a dream once where I was this world famous DJ. I was spinning at this fantastic club up in Vancouver, just had the place on fire ... people loved me, I was high energy, good times had by all. My DJ name? Vanilli Spumoni. I shit you not. EDIT: Srsly guys 3 votes? You muthafuckas are WEAK. |
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June 19th, 2008
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Jeepus Chrysler Supercar has a new sticker on him. I have three more if anyone else wants one. Just shoot me a note or leave a comment. UPDATE: BTW, am I the only person who likes politics? |
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Kansas values! Humble roots! Helping communities! And Mr. Obama is out first with the perfunctory biographical ad. |
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