Thursday, November 20, 2008

a meat market, and not the good kind



Every morning, as I walk to the train, I pass a meat market. I should preface this with the fact that I'm not a vegetarian- I like steak and the rest of the commonly consumed game as much as the next gal... Before I have my coffee, though, the last thing I want to see is a reddish slab of uncooked meat. EW. And next to a pretty little coffee shop? That's just mean. Pumpkin muffins and bleeding prime rib? This does not evoke feelings of warmth. Epic fail.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

you may never actually work again

I mean, i'm a cat person. But seriously, who could deny themselves from this small pleasure (A LIVE FEED PUPPYCAM): http://cdn1.ustream.tv/swf/4/viewer.45.swf?cid=317016


In case the link is dead when you get around to reading this, the above is streaming video of six baby Shiba Inus, a Japanese hunting breed. According to Time Magazine, this little stream has generated "nearly 2 million happily distracted views since it was launched just over a month ago".

Monday, November 10, 2008

Job Opportunities at Go!Animate




Dear readers (all 3 of you):

I'm lucky enough to work with www.goanimate.com- an entertainment website that enables the simple creation of unique computer animated stories, satires and sentiments that can be shared with the entire online community. The site offers simple to more advanced innovative features that provide users with a multitude of possibilities for customizing their animations. We will constantly be enhancing and adding features, popular licenses and animations from well known comedians, animators and writers. REALLY cool site and a dream to work on. They are hiring for lots of positions! The most exciting one for you, probably, is the community manager position in New York. Okay, maybe that's just the most exciting position to me. In any event, check out the open positions at the link below... and spread the word! Recession proof? Check. Fun staff? Check. Great office? Check. Exciting opportunity? Check.

Here's the link. Even if you're not interested in the position, go make some animations: http://goanimate.com/go/career

It May Be Years Until the Day



another dinner in the office. le sigh. my work is my boyfriend. my cat is my surly lover who complains when I come home late. streaming radio is my sanity and drug of choice. blogging is my dirty little secret. I know i'm not special. we all work hard, this much i know is true. you know what makes it all worth while? the segment that finally runs on cnbc or the feature story in businessweek (i'm projecting now, but you get it). I think that makes me dorky. I think i'm okay with that.

Feist says it best in her song Mushaboom:
But in the meantime I've got it hard
Second floor living without a yard
It may be years until the day
My dreams will match up with my pay

on the train, again.


I write from the train on a monday morning with the feeling of monotony sitting in my stomach, camped out right next to hunger. Is it age? Innate personality? Is it normal? Sometimes music breaks up the train ride monotony- today, specifically, tales from iron and wine, damien rice, nina simone and their friends ground me to a mentality of the 9-6 (7? 8?) workweek. Often, it is after work activities that add this needed color. Don't get me wrong- work itself is exciting- pleasantly pressure-filled and chock full of opportunity to learn about new things everyday. All of that said, though, it's just not enough. A trip to greece helped... And then skydiving helped...and now an impending trip to chicago (I've never been, please advise) is helping. I suppose I'm just built to wonder "what's next." Believe me, this has got dual implications. I just realized this post may seem like a whine, and I assure you, it's not. Simply an observation- one made every monday morning on the same train, to the same place.