for your reading pleasure...

a review i posted of my most favorite UNPAID INTERNSHIP of all time. to be anonymous here so i don't get sued...

Out of the 10+ internships I have had over the past 10 years, this was the WORST. I was told during the interview I would be involved in the creative process and it would be very hands-on. Some of the tasks I ended up doing: arranging lamp shades and vases in the office by size order, vacuuming the rug, walking the dogs and picking up their poop.. I have 2 degrees and a professional accreditation - talk about being under-utilized. It's my strong belief that they wanted someone to do all the dirty grunt work in the office for free. I didn't learn a thing and didn't even open CAD up once. Do not work here unless you are a robot (mistakes are not tolerated and you will be fired for them!) who doesn't mind doing bullshit work and enjoys working in the most anal, oppressive environment imaginable (The number on the stereo volume dial was spec'd in the employee handbook - why didn't I run then and there?). The way they treated me is disgusting and kind of turned me off the industry - isn't the premise of an unpaid internship that the slave laborer will take/learn something? I truly believe there's more than a bit of evil in some of the employees here.

this is the place that fired me under the pretense of a messy binder - which my boss probably did, and then didn't pay for my metrocard as was verbally agreed. it was all of $25, which i'm sure would have really broke their bank but could have helped me out some. GET EVERYTHING IN WRITING.

friendster: profile+delete

= not found. hmmm, how fishy!

birthday fails

28 has proven to be the worst birthday. i was apprehensive about going to a wedding over the weekend and flying home on my birthday, but did it anyway. the first flight out was delayed almost 3 hours. luckily, the airport had free wifi but still! then we missed the connecting flight by 20 minutes - it was also delayed but didn't wait for us. we were on stand-by for a 9:30pm flight and trying desperately to get confirmed on any flight to anywhere in the tri-state area because if not, we'd be spending the night in atlanta in the airport because delta was not going to comp us a hotel room. after much anxiety, i think they changed the flight to a bigger plane and 2 seats opened up. 9:30 delayed to 10 which delayed to 10:51. we spent over 4 hours in that airport. it was pure hell!

renouncing sunday as my birthday since it was so shit, i decided to do a small celebration yesterday. i don't know what is going on, but i can't even catch a mini-break. i had an interview for a job job and a temp in hr screwed up and the woman i was interviewing with wasn't in the office. i went down to chinatown to buy some frozen dumplings and two stores were completely out. more wasted time and money! well i got nice and wasted last night anyways.

i hate fashion right now

after emerging from my 1.6 ID bubble, i tried so hard to buy some new clothes because i'm sick as hell of everything i have, but i couldn't find anything i like. i hate the dropped crotch look and will gag if i see another color-block dress. everyone might as well go around wearing a potato sack.