Update to Conversation-1.
So, I did call at 7:45am, right after jumping out of bed. While listening to “nobody’s there” signals, I also cleaned my teeth, changed my sheets and made myself first cup of coffee (and I don’t use drip). Finally, in the war of nerves, I won: a post office clerk, annoyed by the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘in transit’
Conversation-2
Posted in let's talk, tagged casual stupidity, in transit, life's trifles, state on November 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Conversation
Posted in let's talk, tagged casual stupidity, corruption, in transit, life's trifles, state on November 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
-Good morning! Thanks for picking up. Can you find out what happened to my package?
-[with heavy Chinese accent: "but", for ex., becomes "baaaah?"] Oh, package. You break up. Was it package or a letter?
-Package. A week ago I received first “notice of absence” from a mailman “. It said on a notice that you will [...]
Job opening: Cinderella. Japanese version.
Posted in let's talk, tagged designer's tales, economy, in transit, on the job, review on November 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Honestly, I didn’t change a word in this Monster ad (underscores are mine):
Interior Designer, Intermediate (NYC) Responsible for interior, façade & structural*** drawings. Prepare presentation materials for interior design projects using computer & 3D rendering programs, coordinate work w/US & Japanese clients in all phases of design.
Required Bachelor in Interior Design or Architecture, IDP(?) certification* [...]
In the breadline
Posted in let's talk, tagged domestic duties, economy, ethics, in transit, turbulences on August 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
[in response to Perry's post here]
You reminded me of the time my family was on public assistance. It was 4 months after we immigrated into the country, 17years ago, our hosting agency’s [charity] assistance was over, and both me and my then husband were occupied at re-training courses. Our whole capital ($600 that we were [...]
Choicy bits
Posted in let's talk, tagged artifacts, blogs, bon mot, in transit on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Reading witty, sceptical, funny, profound and concise authors remains the best part of blogging. I’ve exempted some (on and off my blogroll) below.
* Xooro has given the idea an American twist, contriving to put filling inside the churro. I didn’t fully realize the implication as I ordered in enthusiastic haste a Triple Chocolate with Mexican [...]
Blog vacation
Posted in let's talk, tagged holidays, in transit on June 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I’m taking a vacation from blog-writing (not necessarily from blog-reading) till the end of the month.
See you in July!
Fleeting moments
Posted in let's talk, tagged in transit, New York, photos, turbulences on May 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Urban living, close to water
Posted in let's talk, tagged apartment hunting, architecture, in transit, photos on May 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I spent some time showing the city to a 1st-time visitor, a traveler from Toronto. Well, Toronto is the latest on his list of the places he lived in, after Moscow, Tel-Aviv, London, Berlin and Malta. Among things we chatted about was pleasure of living in a city close to a waterway.
Today I remembered [...]
Incoming links, per WordPress
Posted in let's talk, tagged in transit, inter-nets on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
..are not what we think they are.
It doesn’t mean WordPress brings me a link to a post, out in ethereal Net spheres, where the name of this blog is mentioned and/or linked. Or even better, provides me with knowledge, which of my posts was linked. As it is done on ljplus.ru.
No. It signals “incoming link” [...]
Protected: Reminder
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged in transit, life's trifles, me on February 18, 2009 | Enter your password to view comments
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