Monthly Archives: September 2009

The Office Snack: Chips

Sometimes your cubicle is just a fishbowl. Like if it’s in the middle of a floor, surrounded by offices, like mine is. Everyone can hear everything you say. And everyone can see everything you see, whether they want to or not. I’ve often wondered what the little things we do at work say to our coworkers about our personalities. For instance – the humble potato chip. You know what I’m talking about. That three o’clock daze hits you and you’re headed to the vending machine to get some chips. But what to get? Better yet, what not to get?

Cheetos. You don’t want to eat this at work. Trust me, I tried. That orange, cheesy coating will not get off your fingers no matter how hard you try. Plus that pixy-like orange dust will coat everything from your keyboard to that important memo your boss wanted delivered to the CEO. Step back from Chester Cheetah, folks. He bodes you no good.

Cheetos say “I am a messy person who has no regard for office furniture or important work projects.”  Continue reading

Jay Sean is Phat

Had to share this vide of Jay Sean talking about his favorite things on MTV.  (Admit it, I knew who he was before you did :P) Check out this video, in which Jay Sean recalls the time his mother sent him Valentine’s Day cards to encourage him to lose weight. In his words “When I was a young boy, I was overly nourished, horizontally advantaged. I was fat. Basically I was a big, fat boy.” But no worries.

Apparently his mother’s way of encouraging him to lose weight was through cards that ostensibly came from girls who had crushes on Sean. Cruel. Oh so, cruel. But effective. You know what I would do if someone wrote me a Valentine’s Day card suggesting that I would be “cute if I lost a few pounds.” You don’t want to know. But it would be bloody. Oh yes it would.

Tania from Norfeast Philly

Anyone been keeping an eye on Tania Mehra?  This lovely Philadelphian is one of the contestants on VH1′s “My Antonio,” a show filmed in Hawaii which features a group of losers smart, intelligent women trying to woo the heart of one Antonio Sabato Jr. Yeah, I don’t know why, either. 

Point is, Mehra’s a Philly girl (as I learned on Sepia Mutiny). Well, that’s what her bio says. “Tania may have grown up in a strict Indian family, but this free spirit prides herself on being a modern woman. She knows what she wants, and she’s willing to do whatever it takes to get her man.” Er, okay, girl. You do your thing. Her MySpace lists her as being from LA. But her Desiclub (*gulp) swimsuit bio says she’s from the Northeast.  So there you go, she’s a Philly girl. Follow her on Twitter, or watch the show. But please tell me when she gets eliminated from the show so I can stop caring. Thanks.

Letter to My Sister

Hey there kid,

So I heard you’re starting college this year. Just a couple of tips you might want to keep in mind as you start school:

Don’t let anyone push you around. That includes advisors, professors and students. When you start school, you’ll probably have a five minute talk with some sort of advisor who’ll try and tell you what you should be doing. Five minutes isn’t enough to decide your life. Don’t pick your major until you’ve done everything you can do to educate yourself about your choices. And no, don’t listen to your parents. College was different when they went to school. The world was different when they went to school. If you can, go through two years of college getting your required courses out of the way and then decide. Give yourself the opportunity to explore courses of study you’ve always been curious about. You won’t get the chance again (until you’re retired, probably). Continue reading

“Keep it Local, Keep it Stupid”

I get trade magazines. I really do. You have your fellow businesses that you’re trying to reach. It’s all one big cozy industry and everything stays in the family. But  this particular trade magazine, Philly Ad Club’s Ad News happens to land on my desk every month so I assume they have some sort of a larger audience that they happen to know reads the thing. Today I opened up to the guest editorial written by one Michael Gillespie Jr. The piece started out fine, quoting Jefferson and his “Given a choice between a free government and a free press, I would surely choose the latter.” Cute, cute. Then Gillespie went on to discuss the closing of The Philadelphia Bulletin. Okay, fine. And then he talks about how the Bulletin would’ve survived if only it had Brian Tierney. Continue reading

More Asians Kids Get Thrashed

So remember in February when that Pakistani kid got the stuffing beat out of him by kids at his school?  Jeremayah Daniels, that kid my parents knew whose nose was broken by his classmates? This week (right in time for school), Philadelphia Weekly is running a story called “Asian Students Under Assault,” which profiles Daniel among other Asian immigrants targeted by their classmates.

Here’s what they say about Daniel.

He was in the stairwell, exiting Fels at the end of the school day. Other students who walked by never offered to help. With blood pouring down his face and splattered all over his clothes, Daniel left the building, stopped only by a safety officer who asked if he wanted to see the nurse. No one called 911. No reports were taken by the school that day. No one from the school called afterward to learn about his condition. And no arrests were immediately made. 
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