13 Things I Did While Not Working

May 1, 2008 · Filed Under Life ·

To continue my last post, I thought I would participate in this week’s Thursday Thirteen, even though it is almost Friday. So here you go, here are thirteen things that I did today while I should have been working, but wasn’t.

Wrote down each and every thing I need to accomplish work-wise for the next week.
Spent a truly incredible amount of time on Twitter.
Did a lot of random blog hopping.
Ate two packets of Ramen. In fact, I seriously never want to see another packet of Ramen again given the number of packs I have eaten in the past week.
Watched Judge Maria Lopez–while eating Ramen.
Thought long and hard about playing Virtua Fighter 5 (most addicting video game ever, especially since I kick some–No, I kick a lot of ass at it) after Judge Maria Lopez was over.
Cursed the no coffee creamer having gods of the universe, making me switch from my usual coffee to water–with Pur Flavor Options.
Came to the conclusion that Pandora is one of the Best. Websites. Ever.
Checked my MySpace and marveled at the intimidating amount of people who have obviously lost their minds so early in life.
Got groceries–And nearly made love to the Creme Brulee Coffee-Mate coffee creamer.
Watched television with the boyfriend. (Hooray for quality time that we haven’t gotten to spend with each other much lately.)
Had sex. (*gasp*)
Came back to finish this post–You know, after the television-watching and sex-having.

Tags: business, day job, memes, Thursday Thirteen

I Need a Change of Scenery

May 1, 2008 · Filed Under Life ·

Or at least I think that’s my problem. Really, I don’t know what it is, but something definitely must change around these parts or I’m going to be a poor (yes, I believe with this economy it may be possible to be more poor than I already am) and very, very sad woman. The first order of business, you know, as soon as I hit the lottery is to get a laptop so I am no longer chained to a desk in a room that keeps getting smaller as the hours pass right on by.

Here’s a little look into my day job. I have been sitting here for over four hours trying to get a website for a client done. Now, these past four hours are only a glimpse into the amount of time I have spent trying to get this website done; really, it has been three days. Three days! Three days and I have a background image done–I think I’ve made amazing progress, don’t you?

My feminist coverage as of late has been shotty, to put it in the most “socially acceptable” terms and I will work on putting more time into bringing you, the viewers, my various responses to several fucked up things going on in the world.

And since I am now incredibly too far behind on all of my work, I shall see you folks later. Send inspiration and motivation if you have any to spare.

Tags: business, day job, inspiration, motivation, web design

Third Edition of Feminism at its Finest

January 13, 2008 · Filed Under Feminism at its Finest ·

feminism at its finest blog carnival The third edition of Feminism at its Finest is here! This week was a great turnout, a lot more than I expected. Thanks to everyone who contributed.

Firstly, my favorite feminist post I’ve seen this past week is from Cara of the The Curvature. In Whose Abortion? she talk about a new men’s rights, anti-abortion movement that seeks to change political and personal language from “I had an abortion” or “she had an abortion” to “We had an abortion.” This is definitely a must-read; I know I was seething from beginning to end!

Madeleine Begun Kane presents a great little piece on bras, Keeping Abreast Of Bras. Bras…a subject I am all too familiar with, yet not so familiar with at the same time. I know I hate them, I even know how much I hate them! This and much more is at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

D Robinson wrote a post warning people about an incredibly offensive T-shirt website that completely degrades women and uses their merchandise as their little sexism playground. Men behaving badly: sexist t-shirt slogans.

She also presents a post, ‘Right to Life’ bias in pregnancy counseling, which talks about anti-abortion pregnancy centers and pro-life extremists, citing a specific website, Pro-Life Victoria. This website has pictures of alive children and of course, being the extremists they are and carrying the entire pro-life “movement’s” belief that women have no idea what they are doing or are too unintelligent to care when seeking an abortion, aborted fetuses. For this, I issue a trigger warning because these types of pictures, while unnecessary and uncalled for, are rather disturbing. Both of these posts can be seen at Australian Women Online.

Vishal Gupta wrote a post, along with every other person in the blogosphere, about the one woman getting the most publicity in the media, Hillary Clinton. Iron my shirt?- Sexism and Leadership is posted at A Business Professor’s Weblog.

Megan Bayliss presents a great post on the traveling bra project that All For Women have going on right now, All for women, two sheilas and under cover BRAvery. She says:

Some women wear their bras on the inside, some on the outside. I wore mine up the street, in full view, as a consciousness raising walk about women’s issues and the circle of friendship between women the world over. Who stopped to talk to me about the bra - WOMEN.

Read this post at Imaginif child protection became serious business.

blue skelton presents Slippery Slope Movie Trailer, a trailer for a movie about Sarah Shenck and her dream to direct meaningful movies with a feminist message, but desperate for finances, finds herself directing a porno film. Could be interesting, especially if done right. This can be seen at Blue Skelton Publications.

For all of the business women or business women hopefuls out there, Bonnie Krueger has a post about business grants and loans–Where Do Women Go To Find Business Grants Or Loans? This is posted at Women Personal And Business Loans.

This week’s turn out was great! Thanks to everyone who submitted their posts, you can start submitting any feminist posts you may have for next week’s carnival!

Tags: 2008 election, blog carnival, bras, business, films, Hillary Clinton, porn, Sexism