June 15, 200817 yr ^Next year me and the kids are participating. They do a great stumble and groan. Especially the 2 year old.
June 15, 200817 yr To answer an offline question posed me by David, here's the myspace page for the Columbus Zombie Walk: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=164490157 Additionally, here's a little context and history for Zombie Walks (all of which was news to me): From Wiki: Many critics of the modern horror film...have asserted that zombies act as a metaphor for our fear of the social underclass. In this analysis, they are the opposite of vampires, which are traditionally represented as a malignant form of aristocracy (for example, Lord Ruthven, Carmilla and Count Dracula). The rise of vast numbers of Zombies represents the rise of the downtrodden masses, overwhelming and consuming the comfortable lives of the middle and upper classes. In George Romero's classic Dawn of the Dead, the zombies are compared to mindless shoppers endlessly wandering a vast department store. ... Social activism Some zombie fans continue the George A. Romero tradition of using zombies as a social commentary. Organized zombie walks, which are primarily promoted through word of mouth, are regularly staged in some countries. Usually they are arranged as a sort of surrealist performance art but they are occasionally put on as part of a unique political protest.[10] The world's largest zombie walk was held on October 29, 2006 in Monroeville Mall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the setting of Romero's original Dawn of the Dead film. The walk consisted of 894 attendees who all were instructed to bring canned food for a local food drive. [11] Other organizations such as Zombie Squad use the genre as a way to promote disaster preparedness and to encourage horror fans to become involved in their community, through volunteering or hosting zombie themed charity fundraisers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie High-fallutin' subtext aside, it seems like a whole lot of fun. And I stand by my position on turtles.
June 15, 200817 yr Was the "I like turtles" kid there? He had a hard time keeping up with the other zombies, with so many folks out on High Street asking for autographs.
June 15, 200817 yr can someone point me in the direction of that turtle video? i don't know why i didn't bookmark the link it or save it the first time i saw it, it cracks me up. even <i>thinking</i> about it makes me laugh!
June 15, 200817 yr But he can go toe-to-toe with O'Reilly like nobody's business: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B-K4NGo2HE
June 16, 200816 yr I just sent my first text message ever in response to my boss asking if I wanted to pocket at quick $300 next weekend. I typed "yes" and pressed send. So this past Saturday I got invited to a "rock & roll dance party" at a bar which will remain nameless. The music was freaking terrible and the "DJ" was wearing a shirt that read "Who the hell is Mick Jagger?". He looked awfully impressive as he leaned over his laptop, one hand on his headphones, the other on his touch pad, and with young ladies whispering one lame request after another into his ears. At a certain point I had had enough and went up and having been annoyed by his shirt for an hour now requested a Rolling Stones song as a break from The Smiths and god-awful 21st century "rock". He asks for a specific one. Considering the flaky audience, I tell him to play one of their disco songs...actually I would love it if you played She's so Cold. He says he hadn't heard of that one, wants to know which album it's on, then immediately gets upset because some uncool looking guy in a shirt with no look-at-me phrase written on it steps up and embarrasses him in front of his womens. I was like "well, considering you're wearing that shirt, I thought you'd have that one". He gets all anxious then starts acting like he's interested as he ushers me away from his little one-leg table and the magical laptop that was resting upon it. I can't remember them verbatim (He was like "yeah, that song sounds interesting, I'll have to look it up"), but his parting words and mannerisms were just amazing...this guy was a born politician, a born self-promoter. On top of that, there was a girl there who asked for MY number last year at a nearby place, but then she acted like she didn't recognize me. She was so cold! It's like, last year was last year baby, and btw I text message now!
June 17, 200816 yr No one should have look-at-me shirts unless they're actually funny or witty. Anyone who wears a "who the hell is mick jagger'' shirt is just trying to look cool.
June 17, 200816 yr I was taking team photos for a T-ball league a few weeks ago and this mom who was about 25 yells to her kid when he's having his individual photo taken..."You're a Rock Star!". I doubt she has any clue what she's talking about, nor does anyone who uses that phrase. And honestly I don't even get the point of what's so "witty" about that shirt. Frankly I was tempted ask him "who the hell are you?" and do the point-at-the-chest-then-flick-em-in-the-chin-trick. Plus, my mom was 8 months pregnant with me when she went to see the Stones in the old Cleveland stadium, they had to let her in through the handicapped entrance because she couldn't fit through the turnstile.
June 17, 200816 yr Excuse my ignorance: Is it mandatory that we post articles in this format now? Example: GE to finalists: Double that space Business Courier of Cincinnati - by Laura Baverman Staff Reporter http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/06/16/story1.html No
June 19, 200816 yr I am boiling.......................... :whip: I am about to kill an intern. I gave this heifer a compliment on her skirt and belt and this $@#% had the nerve to say to me, "oh, so you think your Tim Gunn or Andre Leon Talley?" That entire section of the office just went quiet and put their heads down. It took all my might to just walk away. She don't know she just elected herself as "my personal bitch for the summer of 2008" and this afternoon I'm going to send her smartass to TG and ALT offices for no damn reason! My assistant has been given the green light to be a total bitch to her, not that he needs a reason (imagine a Puerto Rican MayDay). If any of you whippersnappers have any tasks that you hated or were asked to do when you were an intern, by all mean, please share with me. :evil: :evil: :evil:
June 19, 200816 yr ^Can you send her over to clean my office? It's amazing how much crap people accumilate in their office over time. I just helped someone clean out their office in the Leveque Tower and move everything up to a different floor. First of all, he had way more desks than he needed because the tenant before him just left all their crap and he had about 10 outdated laptops and desktops all from the early 90s. Hes a packrat. Some people refuse to get rid of sh!t they don't need. Old fax machines that were so old they were stained yellow. Those old desks are such a b!tch to move, too. If it weren't for the utilities being figured into square footage he probably could have negotiated staying in the 3 room suite for a smaller price, especially since half of Leveque is empty. Those oldschool desks were not designed to be moved! D@mn my back hurts now.
June 19, 200816 yr ^Can you send her over to clean my office? How about your apartment? That would be more fitting!
June 19, 200816 yr Touchy, touchy. I always hated when my boss made me get him coffee. Now, if I still drank coffee, I'd already have ms. thang on coffee runs.
June 19, 200816 yr She don't know she just elected herself as "my personal bitch for the summer of 2008" and this afternoon I'm going to send her smartass to TG and ALT offices for no damn reason! TG and ALT offices?
June 19, 200816 yr She don't know she just elected herself as "my personal bitch for the summer of 2008" and this afternoon I'm going to send her smartass to TG and ALT offices for no damn reason! TG and ALT offices? Lord....I thought you were quicker than that! Reread my post and look at the names. Are you per chance, blonde?
June 19, 200816 yr Touchy, touchy. I always hated when my boss made me get him coffee. Now, if I still drank coffee, I'd already have ms. thang on coffee runs. Send her anyway. Have her bring some coffee from a far flung place with an exotic request, then when she comes back say "Oh, thanks, but I don't drink coffee anymore. Can you just dump it?"
June 19, 200816 yr Touchy, touchy. I always hated when my boss made me get him coffee. Now, if I still drank coffee, I'd already have ms. thang on coffee runs. Send her anyway. Have her bring some coffee from a far flung place with an exotic request, then when she comes back say "Oh, thanks, but I don't drink coffee anymore. Can you just dump it?" Trust me she's getting the Mommy Dearest + Miranda Priestly + Leona Helmsley treatment. It's on! That sad part is she's smart, but she's to learn to control her mouth. At yesterday's assignment I gave here a "9". She has solid ideas....but nobody, and I mean nobody, insults my fashion sensabilities.
June 19, 200816 yr She don't know she just elected herself as "my personal bitch for the summer of 2008" and this afternoon I'm going to send her smartass to TG and ALT offices for no damn reason! TG and ALT offices? Lord....I thought you were quicker than that! Reread my post and look at the names. Are you per chance, blonde? So I reread your post, and the names mean less to me than the initials! Who are these people, and why are you insulted? And no, I'm not blonde either!
June 19, 200816 yr So I reread your post, and the names mean less to me than the initials! Who are these people, and why are you insulted? And no, I'm not blonde either! Andre Leon Talley is one of the most imporatant and powerful people in fashion worldwide, if he says you line is "a go" then it's good to go. As fashionable as I am, I not 1/8 as fabulous as ALT is. Tim Gunn is creative director at Liz Claiborne and formerly the Chair of Parson school of design. He's molded many. Dan...watch BravoTV sometimes...Your daughter will have a whole new respect for you. :wink: 8-) MTS, I try to read your stuff only once, more than that and I get a headache.. HA HUSH! ALT = Atlanta TG = :? No you didn't! lol
June 19, 200816 yr Anywhooooo, I need evil suggestions! Where are MayDay, CDM and KOOW when I need them? :wtf:
June 19, 200816 yr Dan...watch BravoTV sometimes...Your daughter will have a whole new respect for you. :wink: 8-) They ARE always trying to dress me!!! If it doesn't come out of a Lands End or LLBean catalogue, I don't wear it!
June 19, 200816 yr Sorry, MTS. There's an oppressive hedgerow of gay around this discussion. I can't get anywhere near it.
June 19, 200816 yr Sorry, MTS. There's an oppressive hedgerow of gay around this discussion. I can't get anywhere near it. Oh yes you can. I just need some punishment for a naught intern, surely your twisted mind can come up with some suggestions.
June 19, 200816 yr Dan...watch BravoTV sometimes...Your daughter will have a whole new respect for you. :wink: 8-) They ARE always trying to dress me!!! If it doesn't come out of a Lands End or LLBean catalogue, I don't wear it! God...I just pictured you in "crocks"
June 19, 200816 yr ^http://www.crocs.com/ 1. Send the heifer to the public library - have her grab, oh ten or twelve coffee-table sized books (architecture books are always good for that). Of course you need them before 1pm. 2. If you have one of those large watercoolers, have her replace the empty 'jugs'. 3. Find some whole-in-the-wall office supply company in the Bronx - you DO need paperclips, after all. 4. Those early meetings? You need at least ten dozen bagels by 8am. Oh, did I mention the early meeting will be canceled unbeknownst to her? That's a start... clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
June 19, 200816 yr "Sorry, MTS. There's an oppressive hedgerow of gay around this discussion. I can't get anywhere near it." THAT is a post for the "favorite quotes" thread! Seriously - MTS needs to hire an interpreter for you guys; I'd do it but I doubt he pays well. clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
June 19, 200816 yr "Sorry, MTS. There's an oppressive hedgerow of gay around this discussion. I can't get anywhere near it." THAT is a post for the "favorite quotes" thread! Seriously - MTS needs to hire an interpreter for you guys; I'd do it but I doubt he pays well. Ouch!! MayDay....damn! You 'spose to be my Judy!
June 19, 200816 yr Can you have her do anything personal for you, such as run to the bank to make a deposit or withdrawal, run to Tower City to pick up some tasty caramel corn, run to the post office to buy stamps? Call to make dinner reservations for you?
June 19, 200816 yr Can you have her do anything personal for you, such as run to the bank to make a deposit or withdrawal, run to Tower City to pick up some tasty caramel corn, run to the post office to buy stamps? Call to make dinner reservations for you? Na...I wouldn't trust her to do that anyway. I think having her go to the fall out office in jersey would be punishment.
June 19, 200816 yr You could do what my bosses did to me today... Tell me all week long to keep my Thursday morning open (my off day), then call me in to work, then as you spy me walking across the parking lot call me again and say someone else showed up unannounced to to the same job, so I won't be needed. Mmmm yeah and we're going to need you to come in and work some extra hours this weekend...... *sob* I am such a tool.
June 19, 200816 yr If any of you whippersnappers have any tasks that you hated or were asked to do when you were an intern, by all mean, please share with me. :evil: :evil: :evil: Can you make her change all the lights in the office? How about mind numbingly multiweek tasks involving Excel? Perhaps giving her a project that is outside her skill level and then giving her a horribly unreasonable time limit to do it? I swear I am not inherently evil.
June 20, 200816 yr I have to admit, I thought TG was going to stand for transgendered and ALT was Alternative Lifestyle something.
June 20, 200816 yr Sorry, MTS. There's an oppressive hedgerow of gay around this discussion. I can't get anywhere near it. I just need some punishment for a naught intern Well, since you put it that way, I have some ideas. But I doubt you would be interested in my methodology.
June 20, 200816 yr Make her handwrite several copies of a long letter to a "client" or someone, and then when she's done, rip them up and say that you accidentally gave her the wrong client.
June 20, 200816 yr From 10 Vice Presidents Actually Worth Knowing Published in the magazine Mental Floss by Linda Rodriguez - June 4, 2008 - 2:00 PM ... 3. William Rufus de Vane King: Franklin Pierce’s VP William R. King was sworn into office in Cuba, becoming the only executive officer to take the oath on foreign soil. King had gone to Cuba to recuperate from tuberculosis and severe alcoholism, but it didn’t work. He died in 1853 after being vice president for just 25 days. That might not be the most memorable thing about King, though. It’s widely rumored that the former VP was homosexual. Further still, he’s suspected of being James Buchanan’s lover. Neither King nor Buchanan ever married, and they lived together in Washington for 15 years before Buchanan became president. Of course, King’s predilection for wearing scarves and wigs only fanned the rumors. President Andrew Jackson used to call him “Miss Nancy,” and Aaron Brown, a fellow Southern Democrat, dubbed him “Aunt Fancy.” http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15456
June 20, 200816 yr Make her handwrite several copies of a long letter to a "client" or someone, and then when she's done, rip them up and say that you accidentally gave her the wrong client. Well after I let Cerberus, AKA my assistant, off his leash, he made her cry, with the tasks he gave her. One was to "think before you speak". When he stepped away from his desk and my other assistant left for school, she knocked on my door and asked could we speak. So I took her downstairs and we had a lil "heart to heart". She thinks she's off the hook......humph humph humph :evil: :evil: :evil:
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