one of my favorite pasttimes while eating shrimp, ham, drinking wine at 5 p.m. and sitting in my pajamas all day in front of the internets is obsessively searching job listings. it's too early for me to apply to any of them (i won't graduate till august or september), but i still like keeping tabs on what's out there. and i'm glad i did today, because i found a listing that any fun, hip, young journalist would die for: pop culture reporter at the washington times. witness:

Did we mention this is a dream beat? It encompasses movie, television, CD and concert reviews; essays and think pieces; artist profiles, trenders and other features; even investigative reporting. Pretty much anything on the pop culture horizon, as long as you can report aggressively and write with intelligence and style. Dream applicants desire stimulation of the imagination and intellect, unusual room to roam across subject boundaries, and wide exposure. They also are ready and able to write a ton and improve rapidly. And to have fun, an indecent amount of fun.

it is difficult not to imagine that addendum, "...an indecent amount of fun," being whispered maniacally with much cackling and rubbing together of evil conservative hands. of course, an "indecent amount of fun" at the washington times is likely the equivalent to the amount of fun that katie holmes is having being the indoctrinated zombie child bride-to-be of tom cruise, but still. different strokes, etc.