postgraduationhaze

February, 2003

RogerMexico: It takes a lot of looking to find the bananas that are just
ripe enough, but won't turn brown for a while.
RogerMexico: And sometimes you have to get to the supermarket really early.
lucyfordwannabe: thats a fantastic way of putting it
lucyfordwannabe: i should write that down
lucyfordwannabe: early as in birth
RogerMexico: And fight with that Slavic women who only says "No! No!" over
and over again.

i think erick should be a writer for the Daily Show. He could be their music commentator/lead writer.
maybe then he'd be able to meet greats like Amy Sedaris, who incidentally was on Letterman last night. Best part was her pointing at her imaginary baby and making a face and then saying "Angry Clown."

Also, while watching The OC, I was hit at how infuriated Eddie gets when I mention how I think marissa, or the actress who plays her, is pretty.
he will say in a higher pitched voice "hi, i look like a toad."
Why that makes me laugh so hard i'll never know. But its nice when he calls at five am and wakes me up, just to say that he loves me.
...Maybe it was finally my turn at the supermarket for those bananas after all.;)

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Girl in wreck survives 10 days on noodles, Gatorade
'It's amazing she was able to live that long'

Um.

... is that story about me? I am not even in a wreck and thats what I live on.
I mean, I know its very serious and sad but it is sorta funny too. What a headline.

Detroit today=
(i wrote this in an email to Erick today):

Today's weather is fantastic. I really love it when its nice out. The interviews I am doing are going alright, fairly short and to the point. The men in Michigan are much more forward than I am used to, though. I get approached a lot more which makes me mostly uncomfortable. I miss Chicago aloofness.

I met the rest of the ACT staff today. Our chief of staff is like this little black woman who if you saw on the street, you'd just plain never assume she'd be in this business...you probably wouldn't assume that about most of our staff. My first and probably only friend is Zack, this guy who is younger and very funny, John Stewart style...he's married so that takes off that inevitable "are we just friends" pressure which I hate so much. The Royal Oaks area downtown is quite hipster...and its right below a salon so we hear the click click of heels and boots all day--we have the entire basement...there's offices which to me only resemble room-sized cubicles set up symetrically downstairs. I don't know which one I get yet.
The director is funny, his name is Lon. He's from DC (Everyone is! And they all claim to be originally from MI but they're so funny about it:)--he wants to do some big publicity thing tomorrow be/c its tax day to to get the word out to DC that we're an active branch and also so that the media gives us some attention right away. Its nuts. He amuses me, and he took us all out to lunch today and ate a hamburger about the size of his head. He told me he felt like the waiter was challenging him and he loves a good dare. This from the man who also ate two boxes of cheerios in college just be/c someone said so...odd what ticks people's clocks.
But Zack is really the coolest. He's funny and makes me laugh. We evidently have alot of ties within the office with Senator Lieberman, and Zack assured me he could hustle me into his office with a couple phone calls at the end of this whole campaign, but truth be told I don't know how I feel about Lieberman or DC at this point either.
But anyway. Thats all at least seven months away from now. I am at the library (our office hasn't any phone lines or internet access yet. I don't know why we were even there today)...its such an amazing place. They even have a drive through.

I have three more interviews today and then who knows. Yesterday I went shopping and bought an insane amount of clothes out of boredom....I bought like two of everything. I haven't shopped like that in ages. I can't keep doing that but I honestly haven't much else to do.
Anyway...

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The" cold noodle" Entry
Date: 4.13.04
Climate: cold! gray! feels like MN
Eating: --
Drinking: gatorade
Feeling: lightness and loneliness
Listening to: all is quiet
Watching: --
Reading: hateful article on outsourcing

Chess went to Moscow. He's pro now. I am so proud of the little skater.
I talked to Eddie last night for three hours. Its comical how much we like to retell our getting together story...remember that sex and the city episode with Charlotte and Trey? Well, we don't torture anyone else with that information, but we do it to ourselves. It is a guilty pleasure.

But his sweetness carries my loneliness...he said "good night, my perfect girlfriend."
Lena commented (albeit also recently hit with the true love bug, if such a thing exists) that she's never heard me so happy for such a long time...and its nearing one year.
But thats all in one half of my brain.
I start interviewing the fifty odd applicants I have tomorrow at nine. And we move into the new office. And sad to say, the OC will be on:)
And then I get to hear the dept. of ed. sect. speak on Thursday night. And friday...chicago. At last.

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The" Ebb and Flow " Entry
Date: 4.12/04
Climate: sunny in the motor city
Eating: --
Drinking: gatorade
Feeling: tired
Listening to: the hum of computers and florescent lighting
Watching: --
Reading: The Wall Street Journal

Back in Detroit.
Easter was nice, except a small incident which will remain anonymous for my own sanity.
I miss Eddie already.
I have a sweater he gave me to wear as I drove back last night (Mmm, I love it when they shut down two lanes on 94 so that it takes an additional two hours. I got in a little after two am...and I left Glen Ellyn at 8:30. Regardless of the time change, it took me two hours longer than it took me prior. I hate driving.
I am getting sick. Thats also fun.

I really am not as down as this entry may seem, just sorta tired and drained. I miss my friends and family and I really don't like Detroit.

Eddie and I played some skateboarding game, and I got to pick out the skater and customze him. I named him Chess, gave him flip flops, blue ish hair, shorts and a hoodie with that Girl logo on it and then we watched as Chess took flight from Jersey skater to amateur skater in California. It was very moving. I liked it. I think I want a play station now. I played for a little bit but I don't know how to do all the tricks.
We also went to the Signature Room, which is like my favorite spot except when its a Friday night with tourists. Yuck. The view is incredible though and the martini's are so good.

So anyway. I am going home again this weekend.

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