Office Tales

The office manager sent us another email. It’s always helpful to learn about sad news through stories and fairy tales, rather than confronting the harsh reality of the situation head on.

Greetings,

Once upon a time there was a proud little elevator named Car #3 that lived in a older B class building in the middle of a great big city.

 Car #3 was proud because he could not only deliver people but also freight.

 Because of this special multi- tasking talent, Car # 3 thought he was better than the mean and kinda foppish pretty boy Car #1 and the sweet but ever so slightly masculine girl Car #2

He had always been strong and knew he could always out preform .

Or so he thought…

One morning Car #3 was  bringing down some rubbish to the Lobby of the older B class building in the middle of the great big city when he started to notice that it was harder and even  harder and then impossible to get up off of the Lobby floor.

Car #3 pushed and  pulled with all of his might but he just couldn’t rise to the occasion.

Something was definitely wrong…

He was sick…

He had burnt out his motor. 

THE END  
ELEVATOR CAR #3 IS OUT OF SERVICE FOR REPAIRS UNTIL MONDAY!

PLEASE TAKE THE STAIRS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

Time Waster Tuesday – The Hood Internet

I found out about The Hood Internet through one of kottke’s links last week, and I’ve been aggressively consuming everything on the site since. I can’t get enough of the shit they put out!

The Hood Internet creates some of the best mashups I’ve heard in the history of ever. The Chicago based duo, comprised of ABX and STV SLV [Aaron Brink and Steve Reidell, respectively], specialize in combining hip-hop and indie rock in order to aurally get you off. They succeed pretty much all of the time.

With several CDs available for download on their site, you’ll definitely find at least a few songs that will pique your curiosity. And once you begin the obsession, you’ll feel easy about the ridiculous downloading you’ll be doing knowing that it’s all gratis. Each CD varies in length, but we’re talking up to 70 continuous minutes of free music per CD, which means that your next party will be fully DJ’d and your friends will think you’re some sort of musical wizarding genius.

The Mixtape Vol. 3

And if you don’t want to download 100MB of data in order to get those two songs that you just gotta have, you can download tons of the songs by single, too. So they’ve pretty much got you covered on all bases. Meaning there really is no reason you shouldn’t be rocking out to this every morning on your commute.

And, if after ALL that, you still need convincing, just click play on one of these songs. Don’t complain to me when co-workers begin to wince over your awkward desk dancing, though…

I’m A Flirt (Shoreline) by R. Kelly vs Broken Social Scene

Shut Up, American Boy by Estelle vs The Ting Tings

EDITOR’S NOTE: For whatever reason, Shut Up, American Boy won’t play. The link is live and working, so you can click here to listen to it. Sorry!

Is MTV Everyone’s Guilty Pleasure

I know the show is about 10 years past it’s prime, but I’m obsessed with The Real World. Which is kind of disappointing because I usually do such a good job of ignoring horribly bad television. I escaped the dangers of The Hills, Laguna Beach, Rock of Love and more recently The City. But every time there is a new Real World or Real World / Road Rules: Challenge series, I totally just give in to my trashtastic needs.

This season, though, seems to be taking a different route than other seasons past. In the beginning, Real World was actually about seeing what happens when strangers from different backgrounds interacted and lived with one another. This was the cause of some really great conversations and learning experiences for both the roommates as well as everyone watching them. Then it evolved [de-evolved?] into a booze fueled sex binge. Which was also awesome, just in different ways.

This season, each single cast member has something about them that could be fuel for an insightful discussion and worthwhile episode. There’s an Iraq war veteran, a lesbian who is dating a man for the first time, the series’ first transgendered roommate, a sexually confused Mormon…these are just the things I’ve gathered from the first episode.

After initially being horror-struck about what this season could possibly turn out being [the lower east side has enough douches packing the bars on weekends, we don't need this running around and breaking a heel, as well]…

Trisha from RW: Sydney

I’ll say that I’m more than a little bit excited to see what happens this season. And even if it blows, I don’t care. It will just have to suffice as my immunization of all the other horrible guilty pleasure shows on MTV or VH1 that I’m afraid to watch because of the sick obsession I’m sure would follow.

Yep, I’m Back

After a long hiatus that primarily involved television, coast to coast flights, alcohol and whatever chocolate based desserts were within arm’s length, I’m ready to start blogging again!

The past month has gone by in such a blur, it’s hard to believe that it even happened. Having spent half the month in Seattle and the other half surviving the holidays, I didn’t have much time to quietly enjoy the end of 2008. Or, quite obviously, update my blog.

So now, back to our regularly irregular blogging schedule!

Oh, and happy new year!