What the hell?!?! I grew up in North Jersey and had no idea that this goes on during halftime at JETS games.
When one woman appeared to be on the verge of obliging, the hooting and hollering intensified. But then she walked away, and plastic beer bottles and spit went flying. Boos swept through the crowd of unsatisfied men.
One woman was groped by a man standing next to her and the clip is on YouTube. I'm appalled.
This poor woman was standing on the corner with a man in a wheelchair and couldn't hail a cab. I saw at least 5 empty ones with their lights lit drive right by. I suspected it was because they didn't want to hassle with the wheelchair. I stood about 10feet in front of them, put up my hand and was able to flag down a cab pretty quickly. Then I waved them over and assisted in getting him in to the cab. The cabbie got out and helped, but you could tell he didn't like my deceptive technique....
Imagine that having to be part of your daily routine. Glad I was able to help - if only in a small way....
13 days until this damn exam... no more TV (Jen, I listened!), no more internet surfing, no more blog writing or facebook-ing until then..... I will have to upload the wedding photos to picassa/flickr, but otherwise nada!
The next two days are going to be busy at work, but HOPEFULLY, Wednesday and Friday won't be so bad. Next week I have the whole week to study/cram, assuming there is nothing urgent I need to handle work-wise --- this bit me in the ass the last time I took this test and I got called in to get a big report done the last few days before the exam. I know of one company that plans on issuing a press release that week -- I hope it is quiet otherwise.
I HAVE GOT TO PASS THIS TEST!!!!
We had such a blast in Florida this weekend! Very tough to come to back rainy and cold Philadelphia.
One of the shows hit hardest by the writers' strike is The Daily Show and The Colbert Report - fake news, needs fresh writing daily. I was happy to stumble upon this article today (yeah, I'm productive at work, I know) that mentioned a new webpage that has archived daily show clips -- don't think I'm going to get any more productive before the end of the day now!
I joined facebook a few weeks ago. So far, it has held my attention more than Myspace and I find the program easier to use, customerize, etc.... don't seem to know a lot of people using it, but every other day or so seems to bring another random friend/acquaintance from my past back in to my life..... some people (this annoying girl E in particular) I wasn't even friends with in high school, but I guess there are so few from my highschool class on facebook that she tracked me down. Easier to just agree to be her friend and then ignore her. In some cases I have though how do these people even think to track me down? -- like a former colleague/fling from my first job out of college. What made him think to even search for me?
Anyway, one of the Analysts I am friends with has a 14year old daughter. I've seen her in the office numerous times and we have a Gilmore Girls bond. She was also extremely handy when I wanted to chnage my IM photo (its 3 alternating tennis shots - pretty cool!). So, she friended me on facebook as well.
I couldn't help but notice the HUGE difference between her facebook profile, with over 300 friends and 600 instances where she had been "tagged" in a photo, compared to the roughly 20-35 people me and my other friends had, and normally 10-20 photos we each posted. The contrast was startling. Also, with the news-feed function, you can see how often people change their pages, are online, etc.... her page is constantly changing and it seems like she is on from when she gets home from school until she goes to bed.
It was interesting to see an article on this very topic today on slate.com. The author mentions that he can recall sending his very first email from college in 1996 - which is the same year I started college. I too remember how big a deal it was to first get email. And I also have a stack of emails from when my romance with Adam first began.
My age-bracket was one of the last years where students went off to college without having an email address. My highschool friends and I exchanged our school addresses and our dorm's phone number, if we happened to have it. My mom used to send me a letter about every week. She got email as a way to communicate with me, because I wasn't writing her letters back, but could easily keep her up to date with my life via email.... I got a hotmail account over Xmas break freshmen year because I couldn't access college email from home. I didn't get email until college and didn't get a cell phone until after graduation. It's amazing how far we've come. I'm not even 30 and I can barely keep up with all the cellphone gadgets - how do people older than me stand a chance?
Have I mentioned before how much I enjoy reading the NYTimes? I sound like a broken record, I know.
Interesting article recently about how difficult it is for corporate women to strike the right balance - appearance, ambition, assertiveness (mere coincidence I piked three A words). It really hits home for me working in this male-dominated business.
Our department has a surprisingly high amount of women. There are FOUR Senior Analysts that are women, 1 Analyst (me), and TWO Associates. This is considerable considering there are only 12 Senior Analysts, 3 Analysts, and 11 Associates. Over 25% of our department (excluding admin, which is exclusively female) is female. This is a considerable feat in this business. I would venture that less than 10% of the research department's at bluge bracket firms are female.
Anyway, I can relate to this article. As soon as I stand up for myself and don't take crap from someone, I'm a bitch. I want to look nice, but if I get something to go my way on a day I'm in a nice/attractive outfit, I have to hear a stupid comment about how my boobs got us something.
I'll about not offending women, but give me a break!
Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to women, it was reported Thursday.
Adam went to the hospital tonight for a visit. I literally just stopped working (its 9:30pm) so I couldn't go..... so much for working from home on a light day - it was a zoo -- but I digress...
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY REMI GRACE!
Gotta say this is pretty funny, a bank intern who claimed to be taking a day off for a family emergency got busted by photos of him at a party located on facebook. I know stories of others that have gotten fired for talking crap about their employer on their blog....
I have 2 work friends on facebook --- definitely not looking for anymore now!!!
