Archive for the ‘SUBURBAN RUT’ Category

Jack Valenti is still dead.

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

A few months ago, I dropped about $30 on one of those keychain USB flash drives. Mine holds 1 GB. I needed to help a friend move some files from an ailing computer, and for some reason, USB was the only option. So I bought the drive, put it on ...

I’m being technical.

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

I think this might be the most ironic Easter ever.

Farmers and schoolchildren.

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

Today was supposed to be Daylight Saving Time, says my alarm clock. It would have made more sense today, I think. Now I'm going to have to watch this alarm clock until the end of time. Can't ever trust it again.

Officium perfeci.

Friday, January 12th, 2007

Today is my last day. My work is all wrapped up (for the most part), and now I'm just waiting around, answering dozens of last-minute questions, and filling out the questionnaire for my exit interview in a couple of hours. I'll miss the people, I won't miss the job. On Monday ...

My favorite letter to write.

Friday, December 29th, 2006

To Whom It May Concern: I hereby resign my position at [name of company], effective immediately. Sincerely, Scott Jennings

‘Tis the season.

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Yesterday was, hands down, the best day of the year. It was the day that the Flavor of the Day at Goodberry's was eggnog. I was there. Oh, I'm not even kidding. If you need to know my weakness, if you need to know how to bring me to my knees ...

Where the author makes an important and liberating discovery.

Monday, December 4th, 2006

I wanted to tell you all first — I've decided not to enroll in law school next fall. The more I thought about it, the more stressed about it I became, and the more I began to realize that this move wasn't about what I wanted to do with my life ...

From now on, I’m only going to blog conversations we’ve already had.

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Oh, holy shit, I'm totally a middle-aged woman now. I was in the break room at 10am making a packet of organic apple cinnamon oatmeal from the good folks at Nature's Path, when I noticed that for the third consecutive day, some asswrangler had set two pies out on the table ...

Wherein I set a goal for myself.

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

By this time next week, I will have written at least seven short (2-5 minute) screenplays. More later.

My challenging experience voting in Chatham County.

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

There's a whole lot I love about living in Chatham County. I'll list some of them right now: Total seclusion and quiet and lack of sprawl Embarassingly low property taxes The do-gooder Orange County transplants who work hard to keep #1 without changing #2 But voting sure was a pain in my ass. My ...