May 12, 2006 Archives

won't be a nothing anymore

posted by catherine / May 12, 2006 / leave a comment /

ahh, one more post. i'm all into the radiohead youtube today. via greenplastic, here is a sweet 13-year-old video of radiohead's performance at the mtv beach house, performing "anyone can play guitar." check out ed's awesome pirate shirt. and thom's hair. the horror. still a pretty great song.

oh. mah. lord.

posted by catherine / May 12, 2006 / 1 comment /

the logistics of this summer are going to bite me in the ass, i can feel it. i write down the following not at all because i think it would make an entertaining blog post, but more for my mental sanity, which is slowly unravelling.

so this is where the schedule stands thus far:

  • wednesday, june 7: in an ideal world, i would have sublet my apartment, shipped my furniture to dc, and found housing at atlanta at this point, but it's not looking real good, especially considering that's something like three weeks away. frick.
  • thursday, june 8, night: fly to minneapolis
  • friday, june 9, 10am: present finished project from this quarter to the star tribune.
  • friday, june 9, 7pm: somehow be on time for a wedding in d.c. that i am determined beyond all reason to attend. yeah, haven't figured out the whole minneapolis-->dc thing by 7pm, but i will. i have a fabulous dress. it must be worn. and i kind of like the folks getting married, too.
  • saturday, june 10-undetermined point: hang out in dc. maaaybe go back to chicago to take care of apartment stuff.
  • monday, june 19 or monday, june 26 (leaning towards the latter right now): start work at CNN.com in atlanta, ga. bust shit up all over the internet.
  • june, july, august, september: atlanta.
  • september 19: start my final quarter of medill back in dc. that's right, i have an option to do a dc quarter. i wasn't going to do it previous to this fellowship thing, but the whole moving from chicago to atlanta to dc back to chicago thing is, let's face it, enough for me to kill a man. just to watch him die. so whatever. the dc quarter is a political reporting one, which should be HILARIOUS for everyone involved, including whatever congressman i'll have to be stalking. god. it's going to be a total embarrassment. catherine andrews, political reporter, my ass.
  • sometime in december: finish graduate school! get job that pays me millions! etc!

    so all of this is without me even really considering the following: can i find somebody to sublet my apartment to (it's cute. you should rent it.)? will they want the walls painted back? will they want my magic futon, cause i sure as hell am not moving that thing anywhere? how will i get my furniture to dc? how will i find decent furnished three-month housing in atlanta? where should i even live in atlanta? how will i put my financial aid on hold? how do i suspend my scholarship for one quarter? how do i even take off a quarter? will people ever read zunta again after this poo of a post?!? this plus the twelve-hour days and weekends i have been and will be working for the next three weeks, and IT'S ENOUGH TO DRIVE A LADY CRAZY.

    which it clearly has! so, with that in mind, i'm off to drink booze and watch a movie with some folks. but, um, if you have any coherent thoughts about anything, feel free to share them with me. i obviously could use them.

  • bleg

    posted by catherine / May 12, 2006 / 5 comments /

    can anyone point me towards a torrent for "the office" finale? it's called "casino night," i think, and i must watch it!

    i like to get my jollies in where i can

    posted by catherine / May 12, 2006 / 1 comment /

    tommy and the rest of the echoditto crew are celebrating their company anniversary by going up to annapolis and racing boats, i think, amongst other sailor-like activities. i believe eating crabs will be involved as well. and it looks like tommy is appropriately-dressed for the occasion, as emily has just documented:

    heh.

    there's hope yet

    posted by catherine / May 12, 2006 / leave a comment /

    this "arpeggi" song is not half bad.

    of course, now that i won't be here in chicago when radiohead is playing, it doesn't matter that i don't have tickets. doesn't look like they're coming close to atlanta, either. sigh.

    woe is me

    posted by catherine / May 12, 2006 / 3 comments /

    the cleaning lady hates me.

    my life is sad.

    as many of you know, i am a big water drinker. i can't imagine the actual ounces of water i go through in a day. my water bottle is my savior. otherwise, i would be paying $1.25 every time i wanted a new bottle. as it is, i save my water bottle and refill it constantly at the fountain. it is important to me. i am saving the environment along with money.

    but the cleaning folks always throw my water bottle away in this classroom. this is in spite of the fact that: 1) i put it on the little shelf above my computer, which to me designates DO NOT TOUCH and 2) stuff it in my mug so tightly that you could not extract it without a lot of effort.

    last night i grew weary. i had been in the classroom from 8:30 until 8:30, and if my effing water bottle got thrown away again, i was going to lose it. my friend suggested taking one of the little placards that rests on the table and says "DO NOT THROW AWAY: NIE ODRZUCA" (polish version) and wrapping my water bottle in it. which i proceeded to do. with tape. so, to recap: my water bottle was on my little shelf, stuffed in my mug, AND wrapped in a note that said do not throw away in multiple languages. how else to make it clearer?

    of course, when i arrived this morning, the bottle, it was gone. i can't imagine this was done out of anything other than spite. cleaning lady, IT IS ON. my next step: glueing my water bottle to ceiling. try to throw that away, biatch!

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