Chicago: customers are advised to allow extra travel time

(Hire a sitter so that the kid isn't yapping during the session.)

The worst was when she worked for the county in Virginia while I was finishing up college. They paid her a xmas bonus, but accidentally made it a recurring bonus (ie on every paycheck). Sarah assumed it was a raise. When they found out that she had been getting the extra money the whole time, they said she had to pay it back. They figured out some system where they TOOK a portion of each paycheck to pay themselves back for the mistake that THEY made. She was basically in indentured servitude for like a year.

the prep stuff was more along the lines of "cleansing" beforehand.

I don't really remember why I didn't just go into someone's office and start screaming at them. I guess I was in college and more mild-mannered then or something?

I like the two incongruous conversations going on here.

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sarah, not to be nosy nellie or anything, but any news on the law job front?

Apparently, I keep the bossman calm, cool, and collected. When I'm away, he throws fits.

Oh, well, not so much. I sent a resume to an employment law place but haven't heard from them. But then I was thinking maybe I should try for an Exec Secretary position instead, so I shot off a couple resumes.

You guys just need to pull off one bank job, and after that you guys (N & S) can just work part-time shifts at Laurie's Planet of Sound.

I am never working in any kind of customer service again.

Oh, unless I become a librarian.

Open Sarah's Starburst Clock Emporium.

hmmmm. maybe your co-workers need to petition to give you more money so you will stick around longer . . .

I can't stop listening to this today:

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Probably my favorite cover art of the year as well.

I can't stop thinking about all the wii boxing I'm going to do later.

Ahhhh, that story about Sarah's old employer is so fucked up. That can't be legal.

I would like to check that band out, but I cannot, as the AMG description calls them "irreverent." That can only lead to bitter disappointment.

Ahhhh, that story about Sarah's old employer is so fucked up. That can't be legal.
Also, they expected me to write them a check immediately. I don't remember how much it would have been but I was right out of college and living paycheck to paycheck. I started crying in HR basically. I kept saying "I don't have that kind of money! I don't know what to do! Why do I have to write a check right now?" And they said, "Now, Sarah, if it were the other way around and we'd been paying you less than you were supposed to get, I'm sure you'd be in here expecting a check from US pronto." That's when we worked out the overtime/paycheck deduction arrangment.

oh god Sarah. :( you have so much good job karma coming to you...

Thanks. That was 2000. I also didn't get paid vacation or sick days even though I worked there for two years since each year was a temporary annual position. I need to let it go!

I am relaxing by looking at craigslist apartment ads.

Apatow has a lot of stuff in production. Couldn't help notice this credit: Jack White ... Elvis Presley for "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story".

Same movie has a character named "Dreidel L'Chaim"

That was Jack White?!?!? We got a preview for Walk Hard before Superbad, but the Presley clip was very brief. We didn't get a Harold & Kumar trailer.

Wrong thread, Jordan?

No, actually I just didn't want to get involved in the Hughes v Apatow thread, and this is my default thread for dumping random trivia.

GOD WHY DID I EVEN BOTHER OPENING THAT

to complain about it? be honest.

No, just to look.

man. i keep eating more calories than i intend today. who knew those wonderful sesame sticks had so much packed in there?

sesame is the good kind of fat

that's why i didn't bother checking! but then i did check...

Calories schmalories.

I just had a brownie that was about 85% fudge.

fudge is also good fat????

i'm just going to not worry about it.

xpost: exactly. (to sarah)

xpost: that sounds awesome (to jordan)

i think i'm being sensitive since i've gained weight since the wedding & i liked being lighter than i have been in many years.

I want to be healthier in terms of what I consume, but I don't like the idea of counting calories. Kr told me last night that sometimes she estimates the number of calories in everything she eats during the day, which kind of blew my mind. I don't think I would enjoy food if I did that.

i kind of do that too. obviously, since i bring up now & again here.

I am having fish and green vegetables for dinner. I have got to start eating smarter. I've been pigging out for 2 months... I eat too much when I'm feeling confused and stressed, and work has been getting to me. Should I find a new job and lose some weight, or lose some weight and find a new job?

i feel like the honeymoon propelled leaf & i into pig out land. i want to get back to the place where i am satisfied with less & exercise more.

....and talking about food is making me hungry.

Yeah, I think it's a good idea to just be wary of what you eat in general. If you are eating fairly well balanced meals that aren't prepackaged and artificialized to death, you are probably on the right track.

My goal is to drop 10 pounds in the next month. And to do it with some reasonable variation on a paleo diet... meat, fish, nuts, fruits, veggies, basically anything that can be hunted or gathered, but not grains, beans, or dairy.

aren't prepackaged and artificialized to death

processed food is one of my #1 enemies. And a seductive one, at that.

And... don't drink soda.

Why not grains or beans, Kenan?

It was hard this past trip to the grocery store not picking up some of those frozen lunches. They are so easy!

And wait... Do you really need to lose weight, Kenan?

Not drinking alcohol is another surefire way to lose poundage.

Yes, not to mention the saddest one.

I've tried not drinking alcohol for periods of time, but it's hard to be social without it. By which I mean, I feel weird at bars drinking soda, not that I haven't done it. I know this is just an excuse though.