tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57363443554370464742024-03-05T19:40:10.871-08:00Stamped By Patriarchy!Careers & Cocktails, Domestic Bliss & Paternal Oppression.
How's a Lady to Keep Up?Wee Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846646162163288027noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736344355437046474.post-60678898135438698042011-12-18T22:04:00.000-08:002011-12-18T22:04:40.604-08:00Stamped by LifeI realize no one may read this and that's just fine. The lady's had about 18 months of various stamping. Patriarchies come in all shapes and sizes, and she's currently shuffling around all oppressions be they professional, familial, religious or ovarian in nature. We must also make mention of a certain patriarch that might possibly be the littlest patriarch ever. Stay tuned.Wee Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846646162163288027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736344355437046474.post-89803900654696001572010-09-08T12:26:00.000-07:002010-09-08T12:33:51.154-07:00Stamped by Cat People!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVQfov9-sW4mw0jZn818QAQUFWcu0PT_ILMRPoHK1RdDUaKpXoKzQ4NCQQtM9GO4zopUEjJnWETXHKAq87063iy7eoFRxehdv23EKYJAnpwIHhX_FrrkBJL25-BGVO6UHLYwZGKoLm0Y3/s1600/catpeople1942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVQfov9-sW4mw0jZn818QAQUFWcu0PT_ILMRPoHK1RdDUaKpXoKzQ4NCQQtM9GO4zopUEjJnWETXHKAq87063iy7eoFRxehdv23EKYJAnpwIHhX_FrrkBJL25-BGVO6UHLYwZGKoLm0Y3/s320/catpeople1942.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>There are some things a woman doesn't want other women to understand </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>- Simone Simon as Irena Dubrovna in "Cat People" </i></span></div><br />
As the Lady completes six blessed months of returning to the workforce, she's been wont to reconsider the nature of what's stamping her on any particular day. Goodness knows it's always something!<br />
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It's possible that my superior probably should have questioned my feline vs. canine proclivities during the interview process. What I've discovered is that nothing makes the Lady drift into a reverie faster than an indepth discussion about multi-tiered cat trees.Wee Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846646162163288027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736344355437046474.post-18504089596458866652010-08-31T10:39:00.000-07:002010-08-31T10:39:48.949-07:00Job Searching with Charles Bukowksi: Godot Edition<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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"It's best to take walks late at night. It's best to do your business only on Mondays and Tuesdays. It's best to sit in a small room with the shades down and wait." - Charles Bukowski<br />
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Meanwhile, here's your daily dose of Spongebob:<br />
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"Forts win wars Squidward"<br />
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The Lady is not permitted to walk in scary Del Aire late at night, though she does have enough decorative pillows to build a formidable fort. When you're stamped you can never be too careful.<br />
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Why do I get the notion that igoogle's "Literary Quote of the Day" might be taking said quotes just a wee mite out of context?Wee Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846646162163288027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736344355437046474.post-75290164011539148522010-07-09T16:53:00.000-07:002010-07-09T23:18:39.238-07:00PSA: Fat Varmint Edition<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://view.picapp.com/pictures.photo/creative/squirrel-sitting-wood/image/5123659?term=squirrel" target="_blank"><img alt="Squirrel sitting on wood" border="0" height="320" oncontextmenu="return false;" ondrag="return false;" onmousedown="return false;" src="http://view3.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/5123659/squirrel-sitting-wood/squirrel-sitting-wood.jpg?size=500&imageId=5123659" title="Squirrel sitting on wood" width="211" /></a><script src="http://view.picapp.com//JavaScripts/OTIjs.js" type="text/javascript">
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Hickamore, Hackamore on the King's Kitchen Door. All the King's horses and all the King's Men couldn't get Hickamore Hackamore off the King's Kitchen Door.</span></div><br />
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A Shortstack update..... </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Firstly, The Lady is infinitely grateful to still be employed. It takes little more than a new lipstick or cocktail to remind her of those challenging days of.....5 months ago. I feel very fortunate. </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">However, I'd like to offer a bit of clarity to those searching and those kindly folks who must observe their friends or family go through this difficult and mind-numbing time:</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm pretty sure Domestic Patriarch was convinced my life was like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fBhMB9ExVk&feature=player_embedded#%21">THIS</a>. </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Which is great, because every time he came home to see me slumped on my side of the couch with a face full of Pringles, it was actually more like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw">THIS.</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But most days were kinda like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oabcM9SOF-E">this</a>. </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> That's when even the most industrious of squirrels need an adequate supply of wine, chocolate, best friends, and bad movies from the 80s. Then the quest doesn't seem so bad at all!</span></div>Wee Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846646162163288027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736344355437046474.post-59468463684843008812010-06-18T10:11:00.000-07:002010-06-18T10:11:34.498-07:00Friends I've Made: Baby EditionWe interrupt this blog for BREAKING NEWS - <br />
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<b>Babies Love Knitted Pups!</b><br />
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<a href="http://bellavita2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/boy-his-dog.html">I have Proof!</a>Wee Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846646162163288027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736344355437046474.post-53812483880270586462010-05-27T10:54:00.000-07:002010-05-27T17:00:05.637-07:00Let's Hope We Never Go Through This Again....<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://photobucket.com/images/brenda%20walsh" target="_blank"><img alt="kelly, brenda & donna Pictures, Images and Photos" border="0" src="http://i670.photobucket.com/albums/vv70/brendamckay/3.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">But, but you guys are my friends!</span></i> </div><br />
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Why, hello!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Lady is easing her way back, having gone through a litany of strange adventures lately - how to sum up many weeks worth of fried green tomatoes, Floridian swamps, Adrian Zmed and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P7_t4-WsB8">Grey Dawn</a>? I'm still workin' on it.......</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tragically (or rather, melodramatically), I've returned to the somewhat disheartening news that <b>SOAPNET</b> will be leaving my beloved TV Lineup, to make way for more kid friendly <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100527/tv_nm/us_soapnet_1">viewing</a>. How on earth "Days of Our Lives" did not pass muster for the 4 year old demographic, I'll never understand. Fraternal Patriarch certainly never suffered as a result of watching Stefano trap Marlena in a Parisian sewer in the summer of '93. As for the year of demonic possession, I plead the 5th.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mixed feelings abound regarding this news - Soapnet produced some of the most heinous holiday inspired promos of all time - Don't say I didn't warn <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIo8QEXriqo">you</a>. I'm <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbtdlsSIX2I">serious!</a> Regardless, SOAPNET got the Lady through many a trying afternoon while searching for that 'oft far-away place of employment. Episodes of the original "90210" benchmarked the day and certainly satiated any curiosities the Lady might had, including:</div><ul style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><li> How was Hilary Swank's character written off the show?</li>
<li>When did they officially jump the shark? Hard to say - I call tie between Kelly Taylor getting shot in the parking lot of LAX for no apparent reason only to awaken to amnesia WITH Brenda getting arrested for breaking into a science lab to liberate test puppies. </li>
<li>Is this why I love Blazers so much? </li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So I raise my red wine to the sky and say "Fare thee well, sweet Soapnet". The Lady prays she'll never need to seek refuge in your calm and cooling waters again and hopes that someday the incoherent and absurd ramblings of teenage angst might echo through Del-Aire once again.....</span>Wee Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846646162163288027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736344355437046474.post-10200433049314969702010-04-05T08:38:00.000-07:002010-04-05T10:36:14.020-07:00Friends I've Made: A Friend is a Friend Til the End of the End<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5S2v6hO6LyKz2CV-tV_0-zFvWUBbj9thirCTvhFzvognw8Sof-rVTJSsAur75NCjVyVyIeJy5I6bdg54msGLt-micorYD552YkYgaQ4LMCaB1nMnGV3D3kihzcu-rOBJnKqr6EWcPUDc4/s1600/DSC02547.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5S2v6hO6LyKz2CV-tV_0-zFvWUBbj9thirCTvhFzvognw8Sof-rVTJSsAur75NCjVyVyIeJy5I6bdg54msGLt-micorYD552YkYgaQ4LMCaB1nMnGV3D3kihzcu-rOBJnKqr6EWcPUDc4/s200/DSC02547.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorTK1ixQ_Es0yZsPW1yPcamYKmxYabj8rAGXXAyU4kE7eLEmi_PFjGaLdWiqs7pImUPczAdKB_wKGaibyjBH0AIb2TNpCrtHmjkWG15qAzXa6DivBi7z_oe7XT0lGiRm_yJj9ShUhv-Cy/s1600/DSC02548.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorTK1ixQ_Es0yZsPW1yPcamYKmxYabj8rAGXXAyU4kE7eLEmi_PFjGaLdWiqs7pImUPczAdKB_wKGaibyjBH0AIb2TNpCrtHmjkWG15qAzXa6DivBi7z_oe7XT0lGiRm_yJj9ShUhv-Cy/s200/DSC02548.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4WUslfCpz-T4e7sVMiDFaNFGEJUVrCIVQcF40_0ALoH9wrU52-oy7vXq31BDoVegYRHxXtzUFuBiGUMeFf-Ti39IQylP7A5kPNbbA0mctgPo9AKx5R5K5UrtUyjaZuXhvkRxZUbTwdX4/s1600/DSC02549.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4WUslfCpz-T4e7sVMiDFaNFGEJUVrCIVQcF40_0ALoH9wrU52-oy7vXq31BDoVegYRHxXtzUFuBiGUMeFf-Ti39IQylP7A5kPNbbA0mctgPo9AKx5R5K5UrtUyjaZuXhvkRxZUbTwdX4/s200/DSC02549.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A new friend somehow found his way to the lady's Del Aire estate just in time for Easter! That's a heck of a red eye from Shanghai! The Lady almost went certifiably insane while attempting to finish him up on Holy Saturday upon realizing that she'd sewed this Panda's nose, mouth and eyes to his bum! But he turned out thoroughly charming and full of cock-eyed character. He'll set up his homestead down south with Fraternal Patriarch and his Lady. In the spirit of this blog, we hope this Panda finds himself with<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeBw7fbiInA&feature=related"> employment</a> to make the world a better place. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And now a brief update on Eco-Pup. He faithfully resides with the kindest of couples at their WestSide Chalet - he clearly is not too good to bestow some kindess when it's merited to his former owners:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjtT2H6LhvOX4VqBKPXLmLwr92krV2U69lGqPlUghPX7L-vmJzvxIVwG0yEC6vuDB9qXMDbkgsHDlkbprTZisc5J4aHy9slcHdl9InLmgsfKcjEfFq3WPgCiI4LBKP6tkz9kzd4fjyRZMp/s1600/300px-William_Hogarth_002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjtT2H6LhvOX4VqBKPXLmLwr92krV2U69lGqPlUghPX7L-vmJzvxIVwG0yEC6vuDB9qXMDbkgsHDlkbprTZisc5J4aHy9slcHdl9InLmgsfKcjEfFq3WPgCiI4LBKP6tkz9kzd4fjyRZMp/s320/300px-William_Hogarth_002.jpg" width="264" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbPOQvvfJBh8fQMAWWmOxsUqqjU_gB0ONbbuST_8tRhJ2gVaac04zIWDUUpDCUFi6lVVP_YUs6cOwgcNv6uxaLS2QL49HpcKCAoVGeoP-4G8sbzgf1khJ_qVEsp3bYwz3NiCuEn2882Xe/s1600/Photo+3_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbPOQvvfJBh8fQMAWWmOxsUqqjU_gB0ONbbuST_8tRhJ2gVaac04zIWDUUpDCUFi6lVVP_YUs6cOwgcNv6uxaLS2QL49HpcKCAoVGeoP-4G8sbzgf1khJ_qVEsp3bYwz3NiCuEn2882Xe/s320/Photo+3_2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"The Shrimp Girl" or "The Saleswoman of Crabs" was on a Yemeni postage stamp in 1969. </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Lady is a lover of all things beautiful - chief of these is the study of art! I present to you the silliest name in all of art history - "The Shrimp Girl".</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
I like this Lady - she's buxom, happy to be storing clams and musssls in her giant hat while wearing a joyfully blank expression! Maybe being a "Shrimp" girl makes me chuckle due to the Lady's own small stature. Maybe I relate to her cheerily vacant look (despite her fishy life) since it takes little more than a cupcake and new lipstick to make the Lady equally as happy? Or perhaps she's just got a streak of 13 year old boy in her psyche to not giggle like a fool at being a purveyor of crabs (heh). </span> </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"></div><a name='more'></a><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">The Lady is so grateful to be working again, but it always bears repeating that even at the height of MY frustration that it could always have been worse - at least I wasn't born an 18th Century Fishmonger, even if my space cadet visage would eventually be immortalized by Hogarth. And Domestic Patriarch doesn't even care for fish - even remotely - what a terrible O. Henry story that would have been!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">For amusement's sake, let's examine just a few things that make me glad I'm not living in "The Shrimp Girl's" character building era:</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">1. Impossible budgeting for feeding of Domestic Patriarch due to his utter disdain for all of the ocean's creatures - how's a Lady to menu plan?!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">2. One in five women in 1700s London were prostitutes (see: immature crab reference above)</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">3. The Jethro Tull in your life wouldn't have been the<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJhAyg2LTEk"> fun one</a>. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">4. With no requirement for a license to sell gin, it would have been an entrepreneur's dream! With nothing but fish to feed Domestic Patriarch, he might just supplement his diet with lots of Tom Collins main courses. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">5. Recreation options for this class level would include Cockfighting, Bull Baiting and Public executions. No Minor League Baseball and $4 Schooner Value Drafts?! But how could either compete with entertainment such as<i> "<a href="http://forums.canadiancontent.net/history/48176-18th-century-london-its-daily.html">learned"</a> animals - pigs, mostly - who purportedly could perform arithmetic, play cards and tell fortunes.</i> Pigs telling fortunes? Mayhaps I spoke too soon!<br />
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6. Um, but then again: <i>Bethlehem Royal Hospital (Bedlam), a palatial asylum for lunatics in Finsbury Square, was open to the public until 1770 as a sort of human zoo. Visitors could pay a few pence to enter and gawk at the inmates for as long as they liked. Thousands of sightseers came each year, wandering through the wards and brutally teasing the patients in order to heighten the fun. At one point, Bedlam's governors felt that the sightseers were behaving so badly, they decreed "the doors be locked on public holidays against all visitors."</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">7. And what's more : your primary care doctor would probably be a barber-surgeon. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">8. <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Fashion involved wearing whale bone corsets making every day feel something like Winter Formal 1996 every day of the year. Say no more, squire. </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><span style="font-family: algerian; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">9. Having stared at my neighbor's neon yellow outhouse throughout the duration of their heinous 6 month destruction of the house next door, I'm grateful for indoor plumbing. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: algerian; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">10. The off chance of running into Johnny Depp as Keith Richards on a pirate quest doesn't sound as enticing as you'd think. I'd rather have penicillin. And not have to wear a hat that stores fish. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: algerian; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Lady realizes it's borderline obnoxious to constantly give the "it could always be worse" cliche a run for its money. But considering I don't have a ballcap of mahi mahi to unload in order to afford limes to keep the scury away AND to mix with the gin and tonics, she can easily say she's as happy as our delightful "Saleswoman of Crabs" appears to be. </span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">The Lady has just discovered igoogle's "Literary Quote of the Day":</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">"<i>I really would like to stop working forever - never work again, never do anything like the kind of work I'm doing now - and do nothing but write poetry and have leisure....Just a literary and quiet city-hermit existence.</i>" - Allen Ginsberg</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Join the club, Ginsberg! Your discomfort might be linked to why it's called "work" - and why the Lady will never be a beat poet. Unfortunately this city girl isn't ready to liberate herself from the fiscal enslavement that is integral to the joys of Cost Plus Wine, new shoes and Netflix. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thank heavens that I also have access to the Spongebob Squarpants Quote Generator! Today's offering:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Squidward: What can i get ya, stranger?</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>SpongeBuck: Gimme a shot.....of milk. </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Squidward: Milk?</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>SpongeBuck: Two percent</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Squidward: You think you can handle it?</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Ah, much better. Who's Spongebuck?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">This fantastic contribution to cinema certainly represents a different approach when it comes to job searching that the Lady had not yet considered. Lo, had the Lady not been stamped by her Domestic Patriarch, perhaps she too might have an opportunity to sail across the ocean, performing an elaborate series of 3 minute songs with more production value than Fantasmic! What a fabulous life - seducing old men named "Piggy", carousing with the Olympic swim team, not to mention shimmying with Algerian gypsy children in Fez Hats while I bemoan my own destitution.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCg9JrHafMM">WHERE TO BEGIN!?</a> At the beginning, of course!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">A Lady's Delight! </div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">PROS: Gorgeous, Beautiful Iconic Marilyn sings her signature ballad. Jane Russell is smart, hilarious and the perfect visual and comedic foil. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">CONS: Let's face it, with the sequins, buxom and witty leading ladies, and a cruise ship that contains mostly faceless, half naked, completely ripped men ready to dance to "Aint There Anyone Here for Love", the double entendres are not lost on this Lady. And yet, all this Lady can say is tant pis! Dames of every age and breadth can thoroughly settle into this delightful confection of cinematic hilarity - be it gay romp or otherwise. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Winning Quote from a 7 year old named Henry Spotford III to Lorelei Lee: "You've got a lot of animal magnetism". </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
Fearless and Pointed Writing: "When love goes wrong, a man takes flight, and women get uppity-O" (cue dancing gypsy children) </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
What I Learned: If you're going to be arrested for theft of a million dollar tiara, best do it in France. Their judicial system is easily run off its tracks by a showgirl costume, and very little is done to verify a witnesses' identity. It's also a coy and indirect way of letting a man know you love him. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Final Verdict: Dorothy's there for Love, Lorelei's there for cash, and yet (SPOILER ALERT) it all works out in the end. Let's face it, the premise is pretty sexist.......towards everyone! Old Men and Affluent Nerds are easily played by the skirts in the red lipstick singing about being little girls from Little Rock, while women are either vacantly digging for gold or an engagement ring. And, lest we entirely overlook the ending - it might even be considered a little nod to (fictional) sisterly solidarity -men be warned - we'd never make it that easy.<br />
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"I just love finding new places to wear diamonds!" And how!</div><br />
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</div>Wee Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846646162163288027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736344355437046474.post-74735442118740585592010-03-16T10:08:00.000-07:002010-03-16T10:08:53.111-07:00Stamped! Fox 11 NewsBreak Edition!Though the Lady has returned to the Big City Life, she has not forgotten her philanthropic endeavors. She still supports the notion of better living through fancy hats, Earl Gray, learning, self-respect, appreciation of others, and tea sandwiches. <br />
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Click <a href="http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/hot_stories/crown-jewel-club-tea-parties-20100304">HERE</a> for a fantastic primer on all that's good and wonderful about the Crown Jewel Club.Wee Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846646162163288027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736344355437046474.post-82937129788695353832010-03-15T23:35:00.000-07:002010-03-15T23:35:53.584-07:00The Song Remains the Same<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://view.picapp.com/default.aspx?term=John%20Cusack&iid=6640790" target="_blank"><img alt="2012 Photocall" border="0" height="527" src="http://cdn.picapp.com/ftp/Images/2/5/2/4/2012_Photocall_81dd.jpg?adImageId=11299996&imageId=6640790" width="380" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hi There! I'm actor John Cusack, here to warn you to NOT doubt the power of the mixtape. Otherwise, you too might up in a project called "Hot Tub Time Machine'. Just Sayin.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</script><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Lady is delighted to announce that she is on the precipice of her first month of employment since April 2009! She couldn't be happier - Domestic Patriarch is happily sipping his Tom Collins in gratitude, and the Lady is back to purchasing as many scarves and pancake makeup as her new salary might allow!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's a remarkable adventure, returning to the workforce - crimson lipstick and all. Best of all the Lady has a brand new commute - I've retired the carefree ocean waves for the hustle and bustle of downtown Anytown, USA! It's a gorgeous ride, and as such I've moved from the oppressive jabbering of morning time radio in favor of books on tape, podcasts, and the beloved, hallowed mixtape of yesteryear.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I decided, in the spirit of renewal, to clean the beloved Accord named Harold. In the depths of his compartments I found a curious CD, enscribed in the Lady's own writing (and I quote), "MISC - AWESOME!". I had absolutely no recollection of the formulation of this mix. I popped the disc in the player, and was quite proud. Though, I am curious, dear readers - if this mix merits "AWESOME".</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I humbly request that my lovely readers....make the call!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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Billy Joel</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4. </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBSghMLK9Po"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rosalita (Come out Tonight)</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - Bruce Springsteen</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5. </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvxLsZ9Myo0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lucky Town</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - Bruce Springsteen</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6. </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa52P9fCUP0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shadow Stabbin</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">g - Cake</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">7.</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x7Ta89QLo4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Aint No Other Ma</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">n - Christina Aguilera</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">8. </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qms7Vgcartk"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Slow Down Bab</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">y - Christina Aguilera</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">9. </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bed-pnf6oGY"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Young Americans</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - David Bowie</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">10.</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVs4jDL-JBo"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Faithfully</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - Journey</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">11. </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuWPseegaKw"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Home</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - Marc Broussard</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">12. </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmxVYzKvF98"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Girl, You'll be a Woman Soon</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - Neil Diamond</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">13. </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEnirmJIvno"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Crunchy Granola Suite</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - Neil Diamond</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">14. </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCgeWUKcumA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - Neil Diamond</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">15.</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZbp34ahDzs"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Solsbury Hill</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - Peter Gabriel</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">16.</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6AGa_adw5Y"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Big Exit</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - PJ Harvey</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">17. </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPswnZolFGE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Good Fortune</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - PJ Harvey</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">18. </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKbLfdSsKGQ"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One Line</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> - PJ Harvey</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">19. </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ0f8KDQmwU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> January Gir</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">l - Tori Amos</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My inclination is that this kind of rocks. What say YOU!?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">One night I sat on my kitchen floor cleaning my roomba.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">In each scene I noticed <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">one set of f</span>ootprints in the sand, and that of my roomba.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Sometimes there were both sets o<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">f</span> <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">f</span>ootprints, other times there were only my set of footprints.</div><div style="text-align: left;">This bothered me because I noticed that during the low periods o<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">f</span> my li<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">f</span>e, when I was su<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">f</span><span class="highlightedSearchTerm">f</span>ering <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">f</span>rom<br />
anguish, sorrow or de<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">f</span>eat, I could see only one set o<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">f</span> <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">f</span>ootprints.</div><div style="text-align: left;">So I said to Roomba, “You promised me Roomba, that i<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">f</span> I <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">loved you and cleaned you and changed your brushes that</span> you would walk with me always, and listen to my complaints, and find me a job, and make me dinner. But I have noticed that during the most trying periods o<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">f</span> my li<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">f</span>e<br />
there have only been one set o<span class="highlightedSearchTerm">f</span> <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">f</span>ootprints in the sand.<br />
Why, when I needed you most, you have not been there <span class="highlightedSearchTerm">f</span>or me?”</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Roomba replied, “My Child, it was then, that I got lost, knocked into some furniture, found the second bedroom and subsequently trapped myself under the dresser.”</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
The Lady often sees the face of God when seriously cleaning appliances that haven't really been touched in 4 years. It's got a point when it comes to self-determination, we can't rely on Roomba's good intentions to truly navigate us through the hard times. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Though I always knew deep down that Roomba was doing its best to clean the second bedroom, The Lady instead, might suggest a page from the <a href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/stories/fairytale/littleredhen/story/">Little Red Hen</a> of yesteryear, when tackling the insane, inconsistent, maddening, and daft world of job hunting. You'll do it yourself. <br />
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</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Lady understands the nature of spam, but she can't help but marvel at the sheer variety of opportunities that have come my way under the auspices of job hunting! Perhaps coasting on some pergo floors in an alcohol/percocet haze the night before banking my blood and two nights before flying to Nevada with my Single Christian Parent boyfriend to start my bunny ranch corporation just might be a piece the innovative entrepreneurial spirit that the Lady has been searching for since April 2009!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Brilliant. Now where's my wheelchair?</span> </div>Wee Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846646162163288027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736344355437046474.post-46428406613411096942010-01-26T20:22:00.000-08:002010-01-26T20:22:56.551-08:00Recession Inspired Entrepreneurial Spirit<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://view.picapp.com/default.aspx?term=puppy&iid=5064293" target="_blank"><img alt="Pillow around dog" border="0" height="253" src="http://cdn.picapp.com/ftp/Images/7/c/7/f/Pillow_around_dog_4462.jpg?adImageId=9527710&imageId=5064293" width="380" /></a><script src="http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.js" type="text/javascript">
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The Lady credits her faithful allegiance to Adam Carolla for enlightening her to Chase, Arthur Brown, and Hocus Pocus by Focus. She's better off for it.<br />
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And hey, it's a good way to cool your jets, throttle back, chillax and calm down before firing off that next resume! Enjoy!Wee Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846646162163288027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736344355437046474.post-40564904091093819102010-01-16T12:20:00.000-08:002010-01-16T12:20:47.097-08:00Yay, Team: Part 3; Playoff Edition<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://view.picapp.com/default.aspx?term=dallas%20cowboy%20cheerleader&iid=7521065" target="_blank"><img alt="Cowboys beat Eagles 34-14" border="0" height="602" src="http://cdn.picapp.com/ftp/Images/5/a/9/4/Cowboys_beat_Eagles_f6e7.JPG?adImageId=9103744&imageId=7521065" width="380" /></a><script src="http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.js" type="text/javascript">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When stamped by patriarchy AND recession, it is up to us as Ladies and Patriarchs to develop our own modes of maintaining composure, amusement, and levity when continually thrown into employment situations that are heinous, inane and inconsistent. We like to think this is where professional sports truly serve their purpose. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">January is a rather exciting time for football - an entire month of playoffs! As the Lady has worked hard to </span><span style="text-decoration: line-through;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">distract herself with</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> enjoy the pageantry and human drama of football, she has become partial to a few teams, thusly making her loyalty steadfast and unwavering and a pleasant distraction from the persistent stamping. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Lady presents her fabricated biases for this playoff weekend (and hopes to maintain her readership)*:</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Lady says: </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hmm. This is tough. Such divergent geographical locations. Grand Canyon vs. French Quarter. McCain vs. Nagin. Bird vs. Mystical Catholic Symbol. There's really no easy split. Who to Root for?</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My Fabricated Drama:</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Hmm. Well from what the Lady knows about Kurt Warner - he's old. Old QB's usually need a win or a championship as redemption before they hang up their mouth guards. Last year was their chance but the Steelers sure stuck it to them. Warner's back up QB is Matt Leinart : a Paris Hilton/Nice Lachey lovin' SC grad so smarmy that fellow alum Petros Papadakis </span><a href="http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/LOSANGELES-CA/KLAC-AM/Matt%20Leinart%20Parody%20Song.mp3?CPROG=PCAST?CCOMRRMID&CPROG=RICHMEDIA&MARKET=LOSANGELES-CA&NG_FORMAT=sports&NG_ID=klac1150am&OR_NEWSFORMAT=Sports&OWNER=&SERVER_NAME=www.am570radio.com&SITE_ID=727&STATION_ID=KLAC-AM&TRACK"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">can't stand him.</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> (The Lady, despite her Bruin roots, kinda loves Petros). As far as N'awlins - that Southern drawl can be down right intoxicating. The Lady has no additional cultural pinpoints other than a giant fleur de lis - the emblem of her beloved all girl's Catholic High School. Wait, now I'm starting to feel bad - I haven't been to church in a while. Catholic guilt creeping up..suffocating..visions of saints.....only one way to go!</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Lady's Team: New Orleans!</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> If only for the beignets and feeling bad about being born!</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Lady says: </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Wire was the best show to ever be on TV. EVER. It was about Baltimore. John Waters is from Baltimore, but his cultural importance is wildly overrated (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_(actor)">Divine</a> eating dog poop just doesn't smack of high art to the Lady). One of Tori Amos' first real songs was about Baltimore. But those Indy colors ARE crisp, and it's so hard not to like self-effacing Peyton Manning and his giant forehead, even if you'll never order DirecTV. Raven vs. Horse. Who to root for?</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fabricated Drama: </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yes, the Wire was amazing but it's also #85 on </span><a href="http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/03/09/85-the-wire/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">this </span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">list. It also didn't make me want to move there. And while Step-Paternal Patriarch loves few things, he does love the Manning Brothers and often muses how proud Archie Manning must be of his sons. Additionally, SPP is actually from Indiana, so the bandwagon aspect of his love affair would be non-applicable.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Lady's Team: Indianapolis! </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hipster proclivities be damned! The Lady cannot win a Superbowl for her SPP, but she can throw her loyalty to the Colts. Go Peyton!</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Lady says: </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cowboy vs. Viking - has a rather epic feel to it, right? Dusty lone heroes vs. pelted warriors with hearty beards. Big Hair vs. Icy Lakes. Romo vs. Farvre. Two states were Football is paramount either due to inclement weather or boredom. This is big. Who to root for?</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Lady Says: </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fantastic! Emblems from.....THE FUTURE! Futuristic Jet vs. Lighting Bolt. Navy Town vs. The Center of the World. The Lady's ready to chew this one up and spit it out. Here we go!</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fabricated Drama:</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Fabricated? Oh, this drama is very real! The Lady's freshman year roommate is from San Diego and an incredibly avid fan. Domestic Patriarch has an incredible affection for San-Dog due to his Naval time. Fraternal Patriarch still lives in San Diego after a glorious tenure at UCSD and would love love love a trip to the SuperBowl. Their QB is Phil Rivers, which always makes me think of Rivers Cuomo - and who doesn't love Weezer?! Their powder blue and goldenrod color scheme is just close enough to UC colors to make the Lady's Luc Richard Mba A Moute UCLA jersey completely appropriate. OH, and have you seen </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDiCxhtGMhc"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">THIS</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">?! Please SD, never, ever ever update that. How can the Jets compete? Beloved Indian friend lives in NYC, but she doesn't particularly care about football. Beloved Cousin is an NYC fan but of the Giants Variety. Named the Jets because they at one point played near LaGuardia? Kinda weak. And I won't say that their rookie QB Mark Sanchez is a </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcCZ2nTwrRk&feature=related"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Philanthropist</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, or anything like </span><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/pac10/2006-04-26-usc-qb-arrest_x.htm?csp=34"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, but it is nice to see him stick it to his former coach who claimed he was going nowhere fast. It's always nice to see young bucks stick it to the Patriarchy (ie. "The Man"). Who to root for?</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">However, during a lovely Recession-inspired Sunday meal at "The Habit", the Lady and Domestic Patriarch observed a particularly unforgivable fashion faux pas:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Domestic Patriarch and the Lady kicked off the first film of 2010 with the fascinating documentary </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxfThlCcfHI"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Marjoe </span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">from 1974. Marjoe Gortner got his name when his parents smartly combined the name "Mary and Joseph" and set him on the path to being the youngest Evangelist ever. He even married a couple at the age of 4. We get to watch old ladies get the vapors and people speak in tongues while Marjoe prances around each venue like Mick Jagger, blithering nonsense and working up a sweat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The story is fascinating, mostly because Marjoe (maybe in his 30s by the time he did this documentary) used the film as a vehicle to announce that he was a fraud. He discusses in detail how he plays a crowd and the business of religion. The relationship between Marjoe and his flock it's a strangely symbiotic - we're told it's not real, but the power of persuasion gets plenty of people fainting on the floor and swooning with God's grace. Seemed to me to be the age old idea that if you want something to be true badly enough, you can be persuaded to believe it is. I don't wish to draw judgement on deeply religious people, but that idea is what I gathered if Marjoe is to say he is a performer rather than a believer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I didn't gather Marjoe was a bad person - this life was the only one he knew. I was impressed with his honesty and the moral realization to come clean, but I am left with so many questions - do these leaders need to believe what they preach if their followers need it anyway? I can't answer that question though it does smack of creepy when they ask little old ladies to take their wallets out. I don't know. What I do know, that at the very least, is that Marjoe's followers are in deep, serious search for something real and powerful, which makes them inherently vulnerable. Thinking about that vulnerability prompted the Lady to scratch her head, without of course ruining her beehive hairdo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Lady stepped out on job searching towards the end of December. Some may recall this </span><a href="http://stampedbypatriarchy.blogspot.com/2009/12/i-wasnt-crazy-about-your-choice-of.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">entry</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> which really prompted her to check out during the Holiday Season. Delightful Melinda has been dutifully stalking me ever since with helpful advice to get her $400 from me as quickly as possible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here is a breakdown of her correspondence to me over the past few weeks, as I've not written one word, Ladylike or otherwise in return:</span><br />
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</div><a href="http://stampedbypatriarchy.blogspot.com/2009/12/i-wasnt-crazy-about-your-choice-of.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Initial critique</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> : The Lady, initially appalled, giggles. Sees that she has the option to give Miss Melinda $400 up front, or installments of $70/month with a litany of services at my disposal. It's Christmas, so that's not happening. </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">12/14:</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Subject Line: Marie, About Your Resume Critique</span></b></span><br />
</div><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Most Incendiary Line: </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I fear that you won't get called for interviews and I really want to help. </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i></i>The Lady, though occasionally optimistic about human nature, is not such a babe in the woods that blatant fear mongering will relieve her of $400. Besides, as of January 5th the only employers who have "Found" me are insurance salesmen insisting that I've got what it takes to sell life insurance to seniors citizens.</span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">12/17: Subject Line: Marie, A Hiring Manager's Perspective</span></b></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Most Incendiary Line: </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As A Hiring Manager, I've looked at a lot of resumes. Many of them are OK, but only a few of them are really good, and have captured my attention. And I remember some of them because they presented the candidate so well - both in content and visually - that they immediately made it to my YES! stack......A full jobfox resume package plus a customized cover letter runs $399 or 6 monthly installments of $69.95.</span></i></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Which is why even the cheapest of companies offer their employees hundreds of dollars for successful referrals. The Lady is not optimistic that anonymous searching will relieve her of this life of leisure. She has a sneaking suspicion it just might be connections, networking, and false eyelashes</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">12/21: Marie, Just checking in</span></b><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Most Incendiary Line: </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We generally don't offer this </span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">special promotion</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> because our resume writing service is already a great deal! The discount is 10% and applies only to the one-time payment plan. I thought I would reach out to you. </span></i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fear didn't work, but perhaps Lady-to-Lady she'll appreciate a good sale! Four days before Christmas and I'm asked to save $40. And by the way, the discount is only good until 5pm on December 22nd. Act now! As of this juncture, I'm impressed at her persistence, and delight in the chipping away of this golden offer. Can we do better than $40?</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">12/28: Reach for the Stars, Marie</span></b><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Most Incendiary Line: </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I like this time of year. Not just because I get to spend time with family and friends but because we get a fresh start. When the clock hits January 1, a new year begins. It's an optimistic time of year because we set up new goals and we try to </span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">REACH FOR THE STARS!</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.....If you purchase between now and December 31st we'll take </span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">15% off and throw in an interchangeable Thank you note at no additional cost.</span></b></i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Who IS this Lady!? Is her heart black? Is she miserly? Perhaps images of <a href="http://www.gothhouse.org/gh_parlour/posts/ghp000049.php">Thomas Kinkade </a>will loosen her money bag? How do I REACH the LADY!? Well, this Lady doesn't do well with cliches, let alone "Reach for the Stars". She might as well have said she's "over the moon" to help me out! And if someone can't cobble together their own thank you note, the Lady might be at a loss for words. </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Most Incendiary Line: </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now that the holidays are over, it's time to get back to business. And by business, I mean making sure you're ready for one of the biggest hiring months of the season......if you purchase a resume re-write by January 10th, we'll take </span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">20% off!!!</span></b></i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well, by the Lady's definition, this of course is what we mean by </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D8aAC4jrPM"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">business</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. Replay the down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For the record, DP has remarked that my resume, while hardly perfect, is far from a mess. The Lady couldn't help but feel that so many emails from Miss Melinda around the holiday season smacks of her desperation that my fear, stupidity, miserliness, optimism or possible love of my family might get the better of me. I do wonder how others might react in a more desperate situation should they actually believe that without Melinda they literally will be <i>missing out on interviews because they can't be found!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So from here on out I'm inclined to call my new best friend Melinda, the one who's constantly looking out for me - Marjoe. To all fellow Ladies and Patriarchs still looking, do your best to keep your vulnerability at bay, for it can be smelt a mile away through cyberspace and beyond. Be smart, be scrappy, keep your chin up and keep your gut instinct handy during every second of the hunt for employment - for you too might just encounter a Melinda in Marjoe clothing.</span><br />
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</span>Wee Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846646162163288027noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736344355437046474.post-10981407608810698572009-12-29T19:24:00.000-08:002009-12-29T19:24:45.185-08:00Yay, Team: Cautionary Tale (EPILOGUE)<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://view.picapp.com/default.aspx?term=UCLA%20football&iid=7109231" target="_blank"><img alt="NCAA Football: Arizona State at UCLA" border="0" height="520" src="http://cdn.picapp.com/ftp/Images/a/6/3/8/NCAA_Football_Arizona_1511.JPG?adImageId=8721373&imageId=7109231" width="380" /></a><br />
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Next time, listen to the Lady.Wee Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846646162163288027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736344355437046474.post-34291141988373570542009-12-25T11:05:00.000-08:002009-12-25T11:05:30.158-08:00Merry Christmas from The Lady!<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://view.picapp.com/default.aspx?term=christmas&iid=7429617" target="_blank"><img alt="Royals Attend Christmas Day Service At Sandringham" border="0" height="566" src="http://cdn.picapp.com/ftp/Images/0/9/c/6/Royals_Attend_Christmas_da26.jpg?adImageId=8644718&imageId=7429617" width="380" /></a><script src="http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.js" type="text/javascript">
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Lady and Domestic Patriarch wish everyone a very Happy and Merry Christmas, whatever the case may be!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Celebrate like Lady Bowles - listen to the Queen drone on, then watch 12 hours of "A Christmas Story".<br />
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</div>Wee Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846646162163288027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736344355437046474.post-32930111647777874512009-12-18T12:44:00.000-08:002009-12-18T12:44:29.699-08:00Friends I've Made<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvZu-0Hfpr-OuH0MY81luXMQ0dqp6GOfu5vLy0xzkCfssj_j3jCtXeUT48mGKf5WM1YHr5QU8zTvwlvDRSeeHzgX6LgRfigN6W-plVM-4O6LQxcHS6HLc25LzRx8hl8UDAMf0dXIlgp-D/s1600-h/DSC02449.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvZu-0Hfpr-OuH0MY81luXMQ0dqp6GOfu5vLy0xzkCfssj_j3jCtXeUT48mGKf5WM1YHr5QU8zTvwlvDRSeeHzgX6LgRfigN6W-plVM-4O6LQxcHS6HLc25LzRx8hl8UDAMf0dXIlgp-D/s320/DSC02449.JPG" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ahem, someone tried to join me for a glass of wine last night. A new friend! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As you can see, she's a shade shy but ready to party!</span><br />
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</span>Wee Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846646162163288027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736344355437046474.post-61939919880605723722009-12-17T16:09:00.000-08:002009-12-17T16:09:14.755-08:00"I thought of you for a job at Waste Management"<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://view.picapp.com/default.aspx?term=HBO%20sopranos&iid=5664690" target="_blank"><img alt="HBO Premiere Of "The Sopranos" - Arrivals" border="0" height="564" src="http://cdn.picapp.com/ftp/Images/9/d/c/f/HBO_Premiere_Of_952a.jpg?adImageId=8328478&imageId=5664690" width="380" /></a><script src="http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.js" type="text/javascript">
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Occasionally the Lady receives a job suggestion from Domestic Patriarch at which she cannot help but marvel. This vacancy, was for an Administrative Assistant for our local Waste Management service - with notoriously curious, ahem, connections.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Although nothing will compare to that singular UCLA Job which required a candidate to be stoic in the face of apathy, aggression and verbal abuse this one had some bite to it as well:<br />
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Copious use of the word "Rarely" concerns the lady, especially in an office setting!<br />
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Luckily Paulie Walnuts is here to set me straight, even if Garbage is Recession-Proof.<br />
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Fuggedaboudit.<br />
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</div>Wee Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07846646162163288027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736344355437046474.post-4583248703649029642009-12-12T12:41:00.000-08:002009-12-12T15:40:58.736-08:00"I wasn’t crazy about your choice of fonts"<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://view.picapp.com/default.aspx?term=puppy&iid=212719" target="_blank"><img alt="Puppy wearing party hat" border="0" height="506" src="http://cdn.picapp.com/ftp/Images/0209/ed7f1dd1-7a5c-4dd0-ad1e-62322ddfb037.jpg?adImageId=8259376&imageId=212719" width="337" /></a><br />
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</script><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That, above, was the penultimate & unsolicited criticism from a charming gal at a particular job hunting website. She also encouraged more "negative space" on my resume, insisting it was too cluttered with words that I like to call "experience". Additional critiques specified that my highlights were superficial and my resume suggested I was more "pudding in a cup" than "Creme Brulee". How dare she attack the Lady's proud crown jewel of tresses!</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oh wait, <b>career </b>highlights. Pish Posh!</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And to think, this Lady offered to solve this bland, blase and bourgeois single page document encapsulating my cultural worth for the low low price of $400!</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I won't say a few valid points weren't worthy, but it sure was a nice way to cap off a Friday after 2 weeks that included taking Domestic Patriarch to the ER, attending my <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">dying </span>Industry's XMas Party, pulling my beloved right foot's tendon (I walk on it! - Like, Everyday!), Christmas Shopping and knowing that somewhere, this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgbBP9Em00A">gentle-Lady, Gentle-Woman</a> is not only much more employed than I but in addition will probably be pensioned. A perfumed note-card shall be delivered to Domestic Patriarch for finding that gem. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lo, the world is held together by tenuous strings, indeed.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Go Gata!</span><br />
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