Breakfast: Smoked Salmon wrap
Dinner: Caesar salad with goat cheese, green beans with soy sauce and garlic
Last night was fun. Note to self though: After parties are fun, after-after parties are scary. But I did learn how to moonwalk and do a full 360 spin.
Only one tour today, but they were super cute and tried to tip me.
I'm looking into Australia. They pay really well for museum jobs, and I think it would be fun to have an adventure.
Fun Thing Learned Today: You have to apply harder and accept less pay for arts internships than you do for a real job. Thank goodness for this one-- there are a lot of cruel ones out there.
-Jezebel
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Weekend 4.5
Brunch: Left-over pasta with cauliflower, mushrooms, and onions
Dinner: Quesadillas
I was pretty productive today-- worked on my TFA application and cleaned. It wasn't especially fun, but I did take a break to make some silly spam for Shakes.
This one was my favorite. :)
I worked the Box Office before the show, and had a great time gawking at everyone coming in. One couple had berets that matched their coats-- one blue and one teal. Super special.
The show, of course, was fantastic. Now I'm off to go hang out with everyone. Yay!
Fun Thing Learned Today: My finances are super depressing. Welcome to my 20s.
-Jezebel
Dinner: Quesadillas
I was pretty productive today-- worked on my TFA application and cleaned. It wasn't especially fun, but I did take a break to make some silly spam for Shakes.
This one was my favorite. :)
I worked the Box Office before the show, and had a great time gawking at everyone coming in. One couple had berets that matched their coats-- one blue and one teal. Super special.
The show, of course, was fantastic. Now I'm off to go hang out with everyone. Yay!
Fun Thing Learned Today: My finances are super depressing. Welcome to my 20s.
-Jezebel
Friday, January 29, 2010
Weekend 3
Breakfast: 2 soft-boiled eggs, toast
Lunch: Quesadilla
Dinner: Rotini pasta with cauliflower, mushrooms, and onions
Today was nice and relaxing. I slept in, went and did my postering, got massively lost (why do I always wind up in another state?), found myself again, and got to see the dress rehearsal for the show that goes up tomorrow. It's really funny, but has some real-people songs to go with.
Now I'm all cuddled into bed with Jon Stewart. It's a good day.
Fun Thing Learned Today: Roundabouts are my kryptonite. Every time, I think I'm picking the right one only to be FOILED AGAIN! BLAST!
-Jezebel
Lunch: Quesadilla
Dinner: Rotini pasta with cauliflower, mushrooms, and onions
Today was nice and relaxing. I slept in, went and did my postering, got massively lost (why do I always wind up in another state?), found myself again, and got to see the dress rehearsal for the show that goes up tomorrow. It's really funny, but has some real-people songs to go with.
Now I'm all cuddled into bed with Jon Stewart. It's a good day.
Fun Thing Learned Today: Roundabouts are my kryptonite. Every time, I think I'm picking the right one only to be FOILED AGAIN! BLAST!
-Jezebel
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Day 19
Breakfast: Strawberry Pop Tart
Lunch: Caesar salad; Raspberry smoothie
Dinner: Quesadilla; apple juice
I was super productive today. I went on a tour this morning with some high school students to learn about a special exhibition, then managed to poster all the local hotels at lunch, and watched a rehearsal for the show. I was supposed to go poster this afternoon, but there was a super hardcore snow storm raging by the time I was ready. So I got a snow day! I'm going to come in tomorrow to go finish postering.
It was so cute to have the afternoon off. I curled up in bed and watched "Bones" and worked on posters for my friends' plays. Now we're having intern movie night with "Before Sunrise." We all agree we would not have gotten off the train with Ethan Hawke. He's kind of awkward. And skeezy. And you should never get off the train and talk to strangers with sketchy facial hair.
Fun Thing Learned Today: All the Calvin snow comics can be found here: http://www.angelfire.com/wa/zzaran/calvin.html
-Jezebel
Lunch: Caesar salad; Raspberry smoothie
Dinner: Quesadilla; apple juice
I was super productive today. I went on a tour this morning with some high school students to learn about a special exhibition, then managed to poster all the local hotels at lunch, and watched a rehearsal for the show. I was supposed to go poster this afternoon, but there was a super hardcore snow storm raging by the time I was ready. So I got a snow day! I'm going to come in tomorrow to go finish postering.
It was so cute to have the afternoon off. I curled up in bed and watched "Bones" and worked on posters for my friends' plays. Now we're having intern movie night with "Before Sunrise." We all agree we would not have gotten off the train with Ethan Hawke. He's kind of awkward. And skeezy. And you should never get off the train and talk to strangers with sketchy facial hair.
Fun Thing Learned Today: All the Calvin snow comics can be found here: http://www.angelfire.com/wa/zzaran/calvin.html
-Jezebel
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Day 18
Breakfast: Tomato and Red Pepper Soup
Lunch: Shrimp Ramen
Dinner: Soft-boiled eggs with toast, cucumber with dip, carrot cake
It's my roomie's birthday today! She's a grown-up 24 now. We almost had 3 cakes for her because everyone thought they'd make one. Thankfully we coordinated, or she would have ended her day in a diabetic coma.
I "tabled" today. That was exciting. I sat at a table surrounded by merchandise and tried to channel the friendliest person I know. I learned that I either do not know how to channel people or I do not know any friendly people.
I had a major panic attack today. I got invited to a final TFA interview, but my intern friend didn't. I'm really flummoxed, because she is so much more qualified than I am and frigging runs the children's center at the museum. I was really bummed out because it would have been nice to have someone to compare notes with and go together to the interviews and such. Now I'll be doing it on my own. Anyway, I had to pick a place and time to interview (it's a whole day process), but with virtually no transportation options. I ran around like a crazy person for an hour until my boss was like, "Honey, you can just take the van." I love my job. They're so nice.
Tonight we'll be skipping trivia. I'm just really not up for it. Maybe next week I'll be recharged and ready to get my brain kicked, but right now the prospect of another slap down of my self-esteem is not exactly appealing.
I need sunflowers this week, and I don't know why. They never seem to be in season when I want them around.
Fun Thing Learned Today: I know how to knock out viruses on my computer without my mother or the HelpDesk looking over my shoulder.
-Jezebel
Lunch: Shrimp Ramen
Dinner: Soft-boiled eggs with toast, cucumber with dip, carrot cake
It's my roomie's birthday today! She's a grown-up 24 now. We almost had 3 cakes for her because everyone thought they'd make one. Thankfully we coordinated, or she would have ended her day in a diabetic coma.
I "tabled" today. That was exciting. I sat at a table surrounded by merchandise and tried to channel the friendliest person I know. I learned that I either do not know how to channel people or I do not know any friendly people.
I had a major panic attack today. I got invited to a final TFA interview, but my intern friend didn't. I'm really flummoxed, because she is so much more qualified than I am and frigging runs the children's center at the museum. I was really bummed out because it would have been nice to have someone to compare notes with and go together to the interviews and such. Now I'll be doing it on my own. Anyway, I had to pick a place and time to interview (it's a whole day process), but with virtually no transportation options. I ran around like a crazy person for an hour until my boss was like, "Honey, you can just take the van." I love my job. They're so nice.
Tonight we'll be skipping trivia. I'm just really not up for it. Maybe next week I'll be recharged and ready to get my brain kicked, but right now the prospect of another slap down of my self-esteem is not exactly appealing.
I need sunflowers this week, and I don't know why. They never seem to be in season when I want them around.
Fun Thing Learned Today: I know how to knock out viruses on my computer without my mother or the HelpDesk looking over my shoulder.
-Jezebel
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Day 17
Lunch: Bagel with salmon and cream cheese
Dinner: 3 soft-boiled eggs, toast, 5 servings of edamame
Today was a driving day. I went all the way to Vermont and then all the way south. Albany got pushed until Thursday. It was nice, just kind of quiet.
My D&D blog got posted! It's here: http://blog.massmoca.org/2010/01/26/dd-cheat-sheet/
Everyone seems to like it okay, and the artists got a kick out of it too.
On my off hours, I'm trying to become friends with Photoshop so I can finish up these posters for the last shows I'm producing. We're not quite friends yet, but we'd do a bro nod if we saw each other in the halls.
My room-mate's birthday is tomorrow, so I think I'm going to make her a brownie cake for trivia night. Fingers crossed it doesn't turn out like the epic squash fail of last night.
Fun Thing Learned Today: North Adams is the least populous city in the state. No joke.
-Jezebel
Dinner: 3 soft-boiled eggs, toast, 5 servings of edamame
Today was a driving day. I went all the way to Vermont and then all the way south. Albany got pushed until Thursday. It was nice, just kind of quiet.
My D&D blog got posted! It's here: http://blog.massmoca.org/2010/01/26/dd-cheat-sheet/
Everyone seems to like it okay, and the artists got a kick out of it too.
On my off hours, I'm trying to become friends with Photoshop so I can finish up these posters for the last shows I'm producing. We're not quite friends yet, but we'd do a bro nod if we saw each other in the halls.
My room-mate's birthday is tomorrow, so I think I'm going to make her a brownie cake for trivia night. Fingers crossed it doesn't turn out like the epic squash fail of last night.
Fun Thing Learned Today: North Adams is the least populous city in the state. No joke.
-Jezebel
Monday, January 25, 2010
Day 15-16
Breakfasts: Sandwich with honey and brie yesterday; Left-over pasta with cauliflower and olives
Lunches: Pony snack yesterday; Tomato and Red Pepper soup, fruit smoothie
Dinners: Rotini pasta with cauliflower and olives; INTERN DINNER!
I know I'm getting behind, but it was a really crazy busy, fun weekend. I had a great trip to Wellesley, got to eat at all my favorite take-out places, and learned how to play Mah-jong. Badly. I ran into Sister Nancy and she introduced me as one of her "saviors." It almost made me cry. I ran into some trouble getting back from Swelles-- I lost my Amtrak tickets, had to buy new ones on the train (at least they let me on, thank goodness), and then got stuck in Pittsfield literally 1 cent short of bus fare without an open ATM machine in the entire town. I finally found a RiteAid and got cash back enough to make it back home, but oof, that was ridiculous.
Yesterday's tours were fun. The first one only had 2 people, so I had to make awkward forced eye contact. And they were Wanderers. We would go into a room and I would start talking and they would just leave! They would go to the farthest corners of the room and I was just all, "Oh...kay... I'll just... keep talking LOUDER SO YOU CAN HEAR ME ALL THE WAY OVER THERE." Very odd. I whipped through another book, and started the one on women book artists from my Secret Shaker. I've gotta go to the library again!
Today was rough. I finished my blog on D&D, and I think it turned out cute. We had an intern family dinner tonight, potluck style. The food was sooo good. We had jalapeno poppers, goat cheese and onion pasta, asparagus, and cheese. Let's be honest, I can cook one thing that other people want to eat: stir-fried green beans. The grocery store was out of green beans, so I hyperventilated for a bit. But, I've been trying to branch out, so I thought I'd try squash with brown sugar. It was undercooked. And I burned my knuckle on the inside of the oven. Great time, really.
I'm gonna try to keep on schedule from now on. I just have a lot to do outside work this week.
Fun Thing Learned Today: Vin Diesel played Dungeons and Dragons for 20 years.
-Jezebel
Lunches: Pony snack yesterday; Tomato and Red Pepper soup, fruit smoothie
Dinners: Rotini pasta with cauliflower and olives; INTERN DINNER!
I know I'm getting behind, but it was a really crazy busy, fun weekend. I had a great trip to Wellesley, got to eat at all my favorite take-out places, and learned how to play Mah-jong. Badly. I ran into Sister Nancy and she introduced me as one of her "saviors." It almost made me cry. I ran into some trouble getting back from Swelles-- I lost my Amtrak tickets, had to buy new ones on the train (at least they let me on, thank goodness), and then got stuck in Pittsfield literally 1 cent short of bus fare without an open ATM machine in the entire town. I finally found a RiteAid and got cash back enough to make it back home, but oof, that was ridiculous.
Yesterday's tours were fun. The first one only had 2 people, so I had to make awkward forced eye contact. And they were Wanderers. We would go into a room and I would start talking and they would just leave! They would go to the farthest corners of the room and I was just all, "Oh...kay... I'll just... keep talking LOUDER SO YOU CAN HEAR ME ALL THE WAY OVER THERE." Very odd. I whipped through another book, and started the one on women book artists from my Secret Shaker. I've gotta go to the library again!
Today was rough. I finished my blog on D&D, and I think it turned out cute. We had an intern family dinner tonight, potluck style. The food was sooo good. We had jalapeno poppers, goat cheese and onion pasta, asparagus, and cheese. Let's be honest, I can cook one thing that other people want to eat: stir-fried green beans. The grocery store was out of green beans, so I hyperventilated for a bit. But, I've been trying to branch out, so I thought I'd try squash with brown sugar. It was undercooked. And I burned my knuckle on the inside of the oven. Great time, really.
I'm gonna try to keep on schedule from now on. I just have a lot to do outside work this week.
Fun Thing Learned Today: Vin Diesel played Dungeons and Dragons for 20 years.
-Jezebel
Friday, January 22, 2010
Day 14
Breakfast: Caesar salad
Lunch: Caesar salad with raspberry smoothie (soooooo good)
Dinner Yellow curry with seafood, crab rangoons (I MISSED LEMON THAI SO MUCH)
It was a half-day at work, but a very productive one. I used the special magic thing for licking envelopes. I got to talk to Tripod and pretend to know things about D&D.
The rest of the weekend is at Swelles, and I'm so excited to see everyone again. Happy times!
Fun Thing Learned Today: Amtrak has plug-ins for computers. IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
-Jezebel
Lunch: Caesar salad with raspberry smoothie (soooooo good)
Dinner Yellow curry with seafood, crab rangoons (I MISSED LEMON THAI SO MUCH)
It was a half-day at work, but a very productive one. I used the special magic thing for licking envelopes. I got to talk to Tripod and pretend to know things about D&D.
The rest of the weekend is at Swelles, and I'm so excited to see everyone again. Happy times!
Fun Thing Learned Today: Amtrak has plug-ins for computers. IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
-Jezebel
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Day 13
Breakfast: Fire-Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper soup
Lunch: Shrimp ramen
Dinner: 6 eggs (2 soft-boiled, 4 scrambled. I needed to finish my perishables.), apple juice
I totally spaced on writing yesterday, so this one's a little late. It was a good day, but busy. I submitted my first blog for the museum website. It's a dialogue between 2 Sol Lewitt wall drawings about the new one that's being installed around the corner. I'll link to it when it goes up.
Wednesday nights are trivia nights, so we all went down to the Polish National Association and played our little hearts out. Trivia is 5 rounds of 10 questions each, and we got an overall score of 31. I knew a couple, which was nice, and it was fun to have our little intern team. The artists in residence came with and did pretty well for themselves considering they didn't know the state bird of Massachusetts (but then again, neither did we).
Fun Thing Learned Today: The state bird of Massachusetts is a black-capped chickadee.
-Jezebel
Lunch: Shrimp ramen
Dinner: 6 eggs (2 soft-boiled, 4 scrambled. I needed to finish my perishables.), apple juice
I totally spaced on writing yesterday, so this one's a little late. It was a good day, but busy. I submitted my first blog for the museum website. It's a dialogue between 2 Sol Lewitt wall drawings about the new one that's being installed around the corner. I'll link to it when it goes up.
Wednesday nights are trivia nights, so we all went down to the Polish National Association and played our little hearts out. Trivia is 5 rounds of 10 questions each, and we got an overall score of 31. I knew a couple, which was nice, and it was fun to have our little intern team. The artists in residence came with and did pretty well for themselves considering they didn't know the state bird of Massachusetts (but then again, neither did we).
Fun Thing Learned Today: The state bird of Massachusetts is a black-capped chickadee.
-Jezebel
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Day 12
Breakfast: Sandwich: Brie with honey (must eat all cheese before I leave)
Lunch: Quesadilla
Dinner: Rotini with cauliflower, tofu, mushrooms (yesterday's left-overs)
Drove all fricking over the place today. It was 3 "trips" all linked together, and snowing the whole time. But I made it! And was chipper and friendly like the guidance counselor from "Glee!"
I missed the introduction to our new artists though, and I was really bummed because they seem really funny and nice. Now I will have to skulk around like a lurker so I can meet them and we can be bestest friends. Clearly.
Today I did laundry! And it was beautiful! And now everything is cleeeeeeeeaaaaaan!
Fun Thing Learned Today: "Wuckers" means "worries" in Australian. Common usage: "No wuckers."
-Jezebel
Lunch: Quesadilla
Dinner: Rotini with cauliflower, tofu, mushrooms (yesterday's left-overs)
Drove all fricking over the place today. It was 3 "trips" all linked together, and snowing the whole time. But I made it! And was chipper and friendly like the guidance counselor from "Glee!"
I missed the introduction to our new artists though, and I was really bummed because they seem really funny and nice. Now I will have to skulk around like a lurker so I can meet them and we can be bestest friends. Clearly.
Today I did laundry! And it was beautiful! And now everything is cleeeeeeeeaaaaaan!
Fun Thing Learned Today: "Wuckers" means "worries" in Australian. Common usage: "No wuckers."
-Jezebel
Monday, January 18, 2010
Day 11
Breakfast: A couple spoonfuls of soup (I forgot to shake well. It was a bad plan.)
Lunch: Shrimp ramen, 1 My Little Pony fruit snack
Dinner: Rotini pasta with cauliflower, mushrooms, and onions
I was all over the place today. I went surprise postering and it went so much better than the last time I was in the area. I've gotten a lot more familiar with the towns and am pretty solid at being forcibly friendly with people. I've tried to stop using my "I'm a lil' bit Suthern" accent when I get nervous, but it's a hard habit to break.
New machines I am now friends with: The mail machine that LICKS THE ENVELOPES AUTOMATICALLY. IT IS A WORK OF AWESOME.
Aaaaaaaaaaaand then I spent the rest of the day researching D&D for my blog post. It's super complicated, but I think I have the hang of it now. I love learning to speak another dialect of geek.
This evening I'm watching "The Bachelor" and "24" with the interns. Simultaneously. Yeah, that's how we roll. Also, Mario Kart is much harder 10 years later. I have lost my touch.
Fun Thing Learned Today: I am the most cynical person ever. It's only a matter of time before I'm banned from commenting on Bachelor nights.
-Jezebel
Lunch: Shrimp ramen, 1 My Little Pony fruit snack
Dinner: Rotini pasta with cauliflower, mushrooms, and onions
I was all over the place today. I went surprise postering and it went so much better than the last time I was in the area. I've gotten a lot more familiar with the towns and am pretty solid at being forcibly friendly with people. I've tried to stop using my "I'm a lil' bit Suthern" accent when I get nervous, but it's a hard habit to break.
New machines I am now friends with: The mail machine that LICKS THE ENVELOPES AUTOMATICALLY. IT IS A WORK OF AWESOME.
Aaaaaaaaaaaand then I spent the rest of the day researching D&D for my blog post. It's super complicated, but I think I have the hang of it now. I love learning to speak another dialect of geek.
This evening I'm watching "The Bachelor" and "24" with the interns. Simultaneously. Yeah, that's how we roll. Also, Mario Kart is much harder 10 years later. I have lost my touch.
Fun Thing Learned Today: I am the most cynical person ever. It's only a matter of time before I'm banned from commenting on Bachelor nights.
-Jezebel
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Weekend 2.5
Breakfast: Tomato and mozzarella sandwich
Lunch: Same as breakfast (I needed to finish the tomatoes before they went bad)
Dinner: Caesar salad, left-over pasta, cheese, apple juice
I'm going to love Sundays. I spend all day at the "Ask Me" desk, reading. I started and finished Ella Enchanted. Stop judging, it's awesome.
And I gave my first 2 tours! They went really well. I remembered all the important parts, and didn't swear or drop a child or anything.
I got a really great email from a friend from school. I didn't know it until I got it, but it's what I needed to get over this week and this weekend. It's nice to have someone who's on your team no matter what. Outspoken and on your team. Belligerent, outspoken, and on your team. Yeah, it's good to have one of those. :)
Fun Thing Learned Today: Old people walk slow. They add time to your tours. And they get grouchy when you rush them.
-Jezebel
Lunch: Same as breakfast (I needed to finish the tomatoes before they went bad)
Dinner: Caesar salad, left-over pasta, cheese, apple juice
I'm going to love Sundays. I spend all day at the "Ask Me" desk, reading. I started and finished Ella Enchanted. Stop judging, it's awesome.
And I gave my first 2 tours! They went really well. I remembered all the important parts, and didn't swear or drop a child or anything.
I got a really great email from a friend from school. I didn't know it until I got it, but it's what I needed to get over this week and this weekend. It's nice to have someone who's on your team no matter what. Outspoken and on your team. Belligerent, outspoken, and on your team. Yeah, it's good to have one of those. :)
Fun Thing Learned Today: Old people walk slow. They add time to your tours. And they get grouchy when you rush them.
-Jezebel
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Weekend 2
Breakfast: 3 soft-boiled eggs, toast, apple juice
Lunch: Mozarella and tomato sandwich
Dinner: Angel hair pasta with mushrooms, cauliflower, and tofu, apple juice
I've decided weekends are going to be my "Experiment with Eggs" days. Omlettes, hard-boiled, and seasoned scrambled to come. It's kind of fun, in a geeky "pretend to be a grown-up" way.
Today we had back-to-back shows. The first was a conversation with Laurie Anderson about her new project "Delusions." She was totally adorable. A little rambly, but very sweet. Tonight was a concert with Hess is More. They're very odd, but also endearing. For their final number, they passed out instruments to the audience and we all played along, like in kindergarten.
Tomorrow I give my first tour. Wish me luck!
Fun Thing Learned Today: Actually a fun quote by Laurie Anderson: "It was then that I realized that grown-ups are crazy. I was so excited to be one!" She was talking about the first time she heard Bible stories, and saw them reenacted on those felt boards with the 2-D characters.
-Jezebel
Lunch: Mozarella and tomato sandwich
Dinner: Angel hair pasta with mushrooms, cauliflower, and tofu, apple juice
I've decided weekends are going to be my "Experiment with Eggs" days. Omlettes, hard-boiled, and seasoned scrambled to come. It's kind of fun, in a geeky "pretend to be a grown-up" way.
Today we had back-to-back shows. The first was a conversation with Laurie Anderson about her new project "Delusions." She was totally adorable. A little rambly, but very sweet. Tonight was a concert with Hess is More. They're very odd, but also endearing. For their final number, they passed out instruments to the audience and we all played along, like in kindergarten.
Tomorrow I give my first tour. Wish me luck!
Fun Thing Learned Today: Actually a fun quote by Laurie Anderson: "It was then that I realized that grown-ups are crazy. I was so excited to be one!" She was talking about the first time she heard Bible stories, and saw them reenacted on those felt boards with the 2-D characters.
-Jezebel
Friday, January 15, 2010
Day 10
Breakfast: Tomato and Red Pepper soup
Lunch: Shrimp ramen
Dinner: Angel hair pasta with mushrooms and cauliflower, cucumber with dip
I got tour approved! The tours are an hour long, and apparently everyone always runs short, but mine was 45-50 minutes which is PERFECT! Whoop whoop! I think I have a pretty solid selection-- I get to talk about a lot of the pieces I like and only a few that don't thrill me. And I get to pretend to be charming.
Oh, and I totally got a shout-out today. I'm internet famous! There's a blog that tells companies how to make their facebook pages not lame, and they said that our museum's page was their favorite because it's always fun and busy. They cited my post specifically! :D I have officially achieved real-world success. So I'm done now. Bye y'all!
Had a night in with the interns. Ate ice cream. Watched "Waitress." Dished about a date one of the girls had. Pretty fun overall.
This weekend I have a ton to do, but hopefully will make a dent in things and not just watch "Bones" while avoiding life/feelings/drama.
Fun Thing Learned Today: Sam Taylor-Wood (this artist I'm absolutely in love with) is carrying the child of her fiance. Not really an issue until you take into account the fact that her fiance is the star of her movie... and 19. She's 42. He was 17 when they started filming. I'm shocked and appalled, but also kind of impressed. She is in amazing shape, and after you survive 2 bouts of different cancers, I think you're allowed to do whatever the heck you want.
-Jezebel
Lunch: Shrimp ramen
Dinner: Angel hair pasta with mushrooms and cauliflower, cucumber with dip
I got tour approved! The tours are an hour long, and apparently everyone always runs short, but mine was 45-50 minutes which is PERFECT! Whoop whoop! I think I have a pretty solid selection-- I get to talk about a lot of the pieces I like and only a few that don't thrill me. And I get to pretend to be charming.
Oh, and I totally got a shout-out today. I'm internet famous! There's a blog that tells companies how to make their facebook pages not lame, and they said that our museum's page was their favorite because it's always fun and busy. They cited my post specifically! :D I have officially achieved real-world success. So I'm done now. Bye y'all!
Had a night in with the interns. Ate ice cream. Watched "Waitress." Dished about a date one of the girls had. Pretty fun overall.
This weekend I have a ton to do, but hopefully will make a dent in things and not just watch "Bones" while avoiding life/feelings/drama.
Fun Thing Learned Today: Sam Taylor-Wood (this artist I'm absolutely in love with) is carrying the child of her fiance. Not really an issue until you take into account the fact that her fiance is the star of her movie... and 19. She's 42. He was 17 when they started filming. I'm shocked and appalled, but also kind of impressed. She is in amazing shape, and after you survive 2 bouts of different cancers, I think you're allowed to do whatever the heck you want.
-Jezebel
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Day 9
Breakfast: Bagel with cream cheese (note to self: experiment with toasting tomorrow.)
Lunch: Asian noodles in a bag (ick ick ick. never again.)
Dinner: Angel hair pasta with mushrooms and cauliflower, olive oil and parmesian, apple juice
I bought my tickets to Boston today!! I'm so excited. It's a little frustrating that the shipping costs more than the tickets (thank you FedEx), but I get to go see all my people! Yay! I leave on Thursday after lunch, and my boss is driving me to the station. It's real sweet.
Tomorrow I have to give my trial tour, and it's still not done. I have a very long outline, though!
We had our first Intern Education meeting with the Director of the Museum this afternoon. He told us about how the museum came to be. It was really interesting to hear about all the political shenanigans that went into it-- the Democratic Governor (Dukakis) signed off on everything, and then left office and the new Republican Governor was like, "Absolutely not. That is ridiculous. Contemporary art is for New Yorkers and Parisians." But it made them really think about what kind of museum they wanted, and now it's awesome and not lame. Happily ever after.
I'm sad about Katie Holmes. I'll miss her. A lot. But hopefully she'll leave Scientology eventually and come back to the world of not crazy and ridiculous. She was always so sweet.
Fun Thing Learned Today: OkCupid is addictive, hilarious, and also depressing. Thank goodness the quizzes are good.
-Jezebel
Lunch: Asian noodles in a bag (ick ick ick. never again.)
Dinner: Angel hair pasta with mushrooms and cauliflower, olive oil and parmesian, apple juice
I bought my tickets to Boston today!! I'm so excited. It's a little frustrating that the shipping costs more than the tickets (thank you FedEx), but I get to go see all my people! Yay! I leave on Thursday after lunch, and my boss is driving me to the station. It's real sweet.
Tomorrow I have to give my trial tour, and it's still not done. I have a very long outline, though!
We had our first Intern Education meeting with the Director of the Museum this afternoon. He told us about how the museum came to be. It was really interesting to hear about all the political shenanigans that went into it-- the Democratic Governor (Dukakis) signed off on everything, and then left office and the new Republican Governor was like, "Absolutely not. That is ridiculous. Contemporary art is for New Yorkers and Parisians." But it made them really think about what kind of museum they wanted, and now it's awesome and not lame. Happily ever after.
I'm sad about Katie Holmes. I'll miss her. A lot. But hopefully she'll leave Scientology eventually and come back to the world of not crazy and ridiculous. She was always so sweet.
Fun Thing Learned Today: OkCupid is addictive, hilarious, and also depressing. Thank goodness the quizzes are good.
-Jezebel
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Day 8
Breakfast: Plain bagel with light cream cheese and honey (note to self: honey is a moot point)
Lunch: Toasted sandwich with tomatoes and mozarella (fantastic. have never toasted anything in my life, but will now proceed to toast EVERYTHING FOREVER.)
Dinner: Angel hair pasta with olive oil and parmesan, 2 cups of apple juice
Today was my last day of postering for awhile, which is nice. I can dress like a normal person again, without my Under Armor body suit! I have to really cram to write my tour for Friday though.
Tonight was my first introduction to Trivia. It's a beautiful thing. We got beat bad, but I have officially caught the bug.
Sorry this post is so short-- it was a pretty uneventful day.
Fun Thing Learned Today: There are 27 bones in the human hand. Also, girls suck.
-Jezebel
Lunch: Toasted sandwich with tomatoes and mozarella (fantastic. have never toasted anything in my life, but will now proceed to toast EVERYTHING FOREVER.)
Dinner: Angel hair pasta with olive oil and parmesan, 2 cups of apple juice
Today was my last day of postering for awhile, which is nice. I can dress like a normal person again, without my Under Armor body suit! I have to really cram to write my tour for Friday though.
Tonight was my first introduction to Trivia. It's a beautiful thing. We got beat bad, but I have officially caught the bug.
Sorry this post is so short-- it was a pretty uneventful day.
Fun Thing Learned Today: There are 27 bones in the human hand. Also, girls suck.
-Jezebel
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Day 7
Breakfast: Bagel with light cream cheese
Lunch: French fries, half a tuna sandwich
Dinner: Stir fry with onions, cauliflower, tofu, and mushrooms
Today was another driving day. Didn't get lost as much, but it's awful hard to poster towns that are literally one road.
I also got some news that was hard to hear at lunch, in a diner, surrounded by business men. I debuted my hat, because it was really cold after I ripped off the scarf I was borrowing and stomped on it. Note to self: kicking a scarf is not remotely constructive. It also makes you look like a crazyface.
The radio stations get scarier the more south you go in the Berkshires. Where I was today, there were 4. I am not exaggerating. One was talk radio, another was country (pre-1970s), one was Christian/gospel, and the last was "variety" which is code for random as all get-out. Welcome to the boonies, we are on the air. I did feel that some higher power was at work when I got a Melissa Etheridge power ballad followed by Taylor Swift's "You Belong With Me." Fan-freaking-tastic, if I do say so myself.
Spent the night angrily chopping vegetables to make a very complicated dinner, and then watching "Biggest Loser" with the interns. It's a really unappealing show. Like, really gross. I think I'm gonna go watch some "Bones" to watch that out of my eyes.
Haha, oh, and the room-mate got to go to a special toy shop today to buy a blow-up doll for one of our artists. Her job is hilarious.
Fun Thing Learned Today: Dicing is cathartic.
-Jezebel
Lunch: French fries, half a tuna sandwich
Dinner: Stir fry with onions, cauliflower, tofu, and mushrooms
Today was another driving day. Didn't get lost as much, but it's awful hard to poster towns that are literally one road.
I also got some news that was hard to hear at lunch, in a diner, surrounded by business men. I debuted my hat, because it was really cold after I ripped off the scarf I was borrowing and stomped on it. Note to self: kicking a scarf is not remotely constructive. It also makes you look like a crazyface.
The radio stations get scarier the more south you go in the Berkshires. Where I was today, there were 4. I am not exaggerating. One was talk radio, another was country (pre-1970s), one was Christian/gospel, and the last was "variety" which is code for random as all get-out. Welcome to the boonies, we are on the air. I did feel that some higher power was at work when I got a Melissa Etheridge power ballad followed by Taylor Swift's "You Belong With Me." Fan-freaking-tastic, if I do say so myself.
Spent the night angrily chopping vegetables to make a very complicated dinner, and then watching "Biggest Loser" with the interns. It's a really unappealing show. Like, really gross. I think I'm gonna go watch some "Bones" to watch that out of my eyes.
Haha, oh, and the room-mate got to go to a special toy shop today to buy a blow-up doll for one of our artists. Her job is hilarious.
Fun Thing Learned Today: Dicing is cathartic.
-Jezebel
Monday, January 11, 2010
Day 6
Breakfast: Poptarts (I know, I know. I overslept. But I bought bagels for the rest of the week!)
Lunch: Spinach fettucini with alfredo sauce, Caesar salad, French bread (mmm, lunch on the road)
Dinner: Undecided
Today was a hot mess. I overslept, got lost 6 times, and got to experience a hair pin turn in the pitch black. And stay an hour and a half after work because I was lost in frigging Endor.
But I did get a hat. It is blue. And very cute. I will practice wearing it, and perhaps eventually venture out in public with it.
It's going to be kinda lonely in the house this week. My roomie's going to be jumping through hoops for the artists that are performing this weekend, including one that she cannot make direct eye contact with. She gets to sleep in, but then works until 10. Win and lose.
I don't get to see everybody at Swelles this weekend, which is a bummer, but I'm gonna try real hard for next weekend, when we don't have 800 shows. Perhaps by then I will have figured out a way to get to Pittsfield that does not involve hitch-hiking or apparating.
Fun Thing Learned Today: I am very good under pressure. But, given the option, I would prefer to go 20 mph on the interstate and any other drivable surface. You know, just in case.
-Jezebel
Lunch: Spinach fettucini with alfredo sauce, Caesar salad, French bread (mmm, lunch on the road)
Dinner: Undecided
Today was a hot mess. I overslept, got lost 6 times, and got to experience a hair pin turn in the pitch black. And stay an hour and a half after work because I was lost in frigging Endor.
But I did get a hat. It is blue. And very cute. I will practice wearing it, and perhaps eventually venture out in public with it.
It's going to be kinda lonely in the house this week. My roomie's going to be jumping through hoops for the artists that are performing this weekend, including one that she cannot make direct eye contact with. She gets to sleep in, but then works until 10. Win and lose.
I don't get to see everybody at Swelles this weekend, which is a bummer, but I'm gonna try real hard for next weekend, when we don't have 800 shows. Perhaps by then I will have figured out a way to get to Pittsfield that does not involve hitch-hiking or apparating.
Fun Thing Learned Today: I am very good under pressure. But, given the option, I would prefer to go 20 mph on the interstate and any other drivable surface. You know, just in case.
-Jezebel
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Weekend 1.5
Breakfast/Lunch: Scoop of Dulce de Leche ice cream at Lickety Split (heavenly)
Dinner: Caesar salad with cucumbers, milk
Today the room-mate and I decided to be productive. We went to the museum and actually went to the exhibits. It was super fun. I'm starting to piece together my tour, so I wowed her with all the crazy trivia I know now. I am a treasure trove of facts that are not actually helpful for anything. Boom, baby.
Room-mate also made a necklace and I came up with a bunch of jobs to apply for. And jobs for my friends to apply for. Because that's the next level of match-making, really.
Afterward our unofficial tour at the museum, I went to the grocery store and got legit vegetables. I went to the cheese section and got horribly depressed. It was like... string cheese and those bags of mixed American and cheddar. BUT THEN! I found the real cheese section around the corner. And it's BEAUTIFUL. I nearly fell to my knees and inhaled all the plastic wrap.
Tonight all the interns watched "Before Sunset." I got branded as the bitter one because I kept yelling at Ethan Hawke for cheating on his wife (in the movie, but also in real life, which is funny in a sad way). Apparently he is also a cad in "Before Sunrise," so we will be watching that too. At least he's a single cad in the first one, so perhaps that will be more forgivable.
I'm still enjoying my decorations. I put some stuff up I haven't seen in awhile, to try and build an affection for contemporary art.
Oh, and I got my first legit A from Wellesley on my last grade report. Better late than never!
Fun Thing Learned Today: Finding your professors on Facebook is both a blessing and a curse.
-Jezebel
Dinner: Caesar salad with cucumbers, milk
Today the room-mate and I decided to be productive. We went to the museum and actually went to the exhibits. It was super fun. I'm starting to piece together my tour, so I wowed her with all the crazy trivia I know now. I am a treasure trove of facts that are not actually helpful for anything. Boom, baby.
Room-mate also made a necklace and I came up with a bunch of jobs to apply for. And jobs for my friends to apply for. Because that's the next level of match-making, really.
Afterward our unofficial tour at the museum, I went to the grocery store and got legit vegetables. I went to the cheese section and got horribly depressed. It was like... string cheese and those bags of mixed American and cheddar. BUT THEN! I found the real cheese section around the corner. And it's BEAUTIFUL. I nearly fell to my knees and inhaled all the plastic wrap.
Tonight all the interns watched "Before Sunset." I got branded as the bitter one because I kept yelling at Ethan Hawke for cheating on his wife (in the movie, but also in real life, which is funny in a sad way). Apparently he is also a cad in "Before Sunrise," so we will be watching that too. At least he's a single cad in the first one, so perhaps that will be more forgivable.
I'm still enjoying my decorations. I put some stuff up I haven't seen in awhile, to try and build an affection for contemporary art.
Oh, and I got my first legit A from Wellesley on my last grade report. Better late than never!
Fun Thing Learned Today: Finding your professors on Facebook is both a blessing and a curse.
-Jezebel
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Weekend 1
Breakfast: 2 eggs scrambled in the pan, 1 egg sunny-side up (and almost burned the house down)
Lunch: Brie, dark chocolate
Dinner: Root beer, 1/5 nachos, grilled portabello mushroom burger, and 1/5 of an EXCELLENT brownie sundae
Today was nice. I slept in (til like 10. What happened to me??). I decorated! My room looks so pretty now. I'll post pictures soon. I put up a blue sheet to chill out the stripey wall paper and posted pictures of Swellesley. The walls for some reason are wicked solid, so I needed to hammer in the push pins with the handle end of a butcher knife. It was a little sketch, but everyone was impressed with my Macgyvering.
I went out with everyone from work to Ye Olde Forge (not kidding about the name), and had a great time. Everyone's so nice, and they told me that everyone gets compared to their predecessor, not just me. They have Beer Cards at the restaurant where if you drink 50 different beers in a year, you get your name engraved on a cup. I don't think I could get through quite that many in 4 months, but I cheered on everyone who did.
Fun Thing Learned Today: "Bones" is wicked addictive. Just sayin'.
-Jezebel
Lunch: Brie, dark chocolate
Dinner: Root beer, 1/5 nachos, grilled portabello mushroom burger, and 1/5 of an EXCELLENT brownie sundae
Today was nice. I slept in (til like 10. What happened to me??). I decorated! My room looks so pretty now. I'll post pictures soon. I put up a blue sheet to chill out the stripey wall paper and posted pictures of Swellesley. The walls for some reason are wicked solid, so I needed to hammer in the push pins with the handle end of a butcher knife. It was a little sketch, but everyone was impressed with my Macgyvering.
I went out with everyone from work to Ye Olde Forge (not kidding about the name), and had a great time. Everyone's so nice, and they told me that everyone gets compared to their predecessor, not just me. They have Beer Cards at the restaurant where if you drink 50 different beers in a year, you get your name engraved on a cup. I don't think I could get through quite that many in 4 months, but I cheered on everyone who did.
Fun Thing Learned Today: "Bones" is wicked addictive. Just sayin'.
-Jezebel
Friday, January 8, 2010
Day 5
Breakfast: Baguette with honey and brie (IT. FROZE. THE HONEY FROZE. HOW IS IT THIS COLD.)
Lunch: Cheese quesadilla on the road
Dinner: A little bit of goat cheese
Today was a great end to my first week. I spent most of the day on the road, going all the way out to Greensfield to poster. It was very soothing once I figured out the roads (and before I overshot the museum on the way back), and everyone was really friendly. I had to parallel park though, and that's never a good plan. The spot was in front of a women's activist office and all I could think about were those terrible jokes (Why couldn't Anne Frank drive? Because she's a woman) and how someone was going to take a picture of my cockeyed parking job in front of NOW and put it on the internet with a funny caption and I would be SHAMED. SHAMED FOR ALL OF THE INTERNETS. So someone watched me try to parallel park 6 times before I decided it was good enough and ran away.
I watched an older lesbian look me up and down in a coffee shop while I was postering and play straight-or-gay for about 10 minutes. That was entertaining. I wish we had a secret hand shake or something.
Oh! I'm going to write a blog post for the museum's website! It will be a "What You Need to Know" about Dungeon's and Dragons. Because we're having an original opera come in 2 weeks. An original opera about D&D. I AM SO EXCITED. And it means I get to research all day. And by research I mean look at Wikipedia.
After work I finished applying to Teach for America, went to see a hockey game with the girl interns, picked out a nice tall boy from Montana for my room-mate, cheered loudly for him but called him the wrong name, felt awkward, went out for a beer with everyone and tried to learn all the good gossip.
Overall a good day.
Fun Thing Learned Today: If I lived in the land before iPhones, I would be dead in a ditch somewhere. I definitely need to be a stay-at-home kind of girl. Or, alternatively, a constantly chaperoned kind of girl.
-Jezebel
Lunch: Cheese quesadilla on the road
Dinner: A little bit of goat cheese
Today was a great end to my first week. I spent most of the day on the road, going all the way out to Greensfield to poster. It was very soothing once I figured out the roads (and before I overshot the museum on the way back), and everyone was really friendly. I had to parallel park though, and that's never a good plan. The spot was in front of a women's activist office and all I could think about were those terrible jokes (Why couldn't Anne Frank drive? Because she's a woman) and how someone was going to take a picture of my cockeyed parking job in front of NOW and put it on the internet with a funny caption and I would be SHAMED. SHAMED FOR ALL OF THE INTERNETS. So someone watched me try to parallel park 6 times before I decided it was good enough and ran away.
I watched an older lesbian look me up and down in a coffee shop while I was postering and play straight-or-gay for about 10 minutes. That was entertaining. I wish we had a secret hand shake or something.
Oh! I'm going to write a blog post for the museum's website! It will be a "What You Need to Know" about Dungeon's and Dragons. Because we're having an original opera come in 2 weeks. An original opera about D&D. I AM SO EXCITED. And it means I get to research all day. And by research I mean look at Wikipedia.
After work I finished applying to Teach for America, went to see a hockey game with the girl interns, picked out a nice tall boy from Montana for my room-mate, cheered loudly for him but called him the wrong name, felt awkward, went out for a beer with everyone and tried to learn all the good gossip.
Overall a good day.
Fun Thing Learned Today: If I lived in the land before iPhones, I would be dead in a ditch somewhere. I definitely need to be a stay-at-home kind of girl. Or, alternatively, a constantly chaperoned kind of girl.
-Jezebel
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Day 4
Breakfast: Baguette with honey and brie
Lunch: Simply Asian teriyake noodle bowl (surprisingly good for instant lunch)
Dinner: Half a large Domino's pizza
Sorry this one is so late-- it's been a busy night. The room-mate and I went to the library and got registered. I picked up Ella Enchanted and a couple other fantastic teen fiction books. And then we picked up that Domino's pizza on the way back and wolfed it all, and then we had to lay down and feel bad about ourselves for awhile. Now I'm mostly through my Teach for America essay and having an existential crisis. I blame Taylor Mali.
Work was fun today. I walked through the galleries with the tour lady and got to ask her all the questions I ever had about the exhibits. I'll give a practice tour next Friday, and then I'll be unleashed on the public. Oh dearie dear.
The afternoon was terrifying. I drove the van to go out postering and realized it is a whole different beast out here in Massachusetts. There was parallel parking involved. I don't want to talk about it. But I smiled real big and used my faux Southern accent, so everyone let me put up my fliers and such.
Okay, back to applications of death. Wish me luck!
Fun Thing Learned Today: Closing your eyes and wishing real hard does not make a one-way street into a two-way, or make that left turn any less illegal.
-Jezebel
Lunch: Simply Asian teriyake noodle bowl (surprisingly good for instant lunch)
Dinner: Half a large Domino's pizza
Sorry this one is so late-- it's been a busy night. The room-mate and I went to the library and got registered. I picked up Ella Enchanted and a couple other fantastic teen fiction books. And then we picked up that Domino's pizza on the way back and wolfed it all, and then we had to lay down and feel bad about ourselves for awhile. Now I'm mostly through my Teach for America essay and having an existential crisis. I blame Taylor Mali.
Work was fun today. I walked through the galleries with the tour lady and got to ask her all the questions I ever had about the exhibits. I'll give a practice tour next Friday, and then I'll be unleashed on the public. Oh dearie dear.
The afternoon was terrifying. I drove the van to go out postering and realized it is a whole different beast out here in Massachusetts. There was parallel parking involved. I don't want to talk about it. But I smiled real big and used my faux Southern accent, so everyone let me put up my fliers and such.
Okay, back to applications of death. Wish me luck!
Fun Thing Learned Today: Closing your eyes and wishing real hard does not make a one-way street into a two-way, or make that left turn any less illegal.
-Jezebel
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Day 3
Breakfast: Half a baguette with honey and brie (so bad but soooooo gooooooood)
Lunch: Oriental flavored ramen (haha, that's STILL funny), My Little Pony fruit snack
Dinner: Romaine lettuce with goat cheese and Caesar dressing, chocolate fudge brownie frozen yogurt (not healthy, but better than crying over the death of my optimism)
Today felt like the first "real" day.
The morning was super fun. I got to go on a tour of the Sol Lewitt galleries with 2 high school groups-- an art class and a geometry one. It was neat to see such different approaches to the same pieces. It was also neat to see HOW INAPPROPRIATELY CHILDREN DRESS THESE DAYS. I was like, "Thank goodness you go to a boarding school, little girl, because your mother would smack you upside the head if she saw how short your skirt is. IT IS WINTER. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU."
I really like the lady who does the tours, she reminds me of one of the girls I really looked up to in college (kind of hipster, but funny and made of awesome). I've decided we're gonna be friends. Hope she's down for that.
I decided to stop being friends when she handed me 50 pages of reading. Homework on my 3rd day. I have to research and come up with a tour of the galleries, which is slightly terrifying but also exciting. The exhibits are all really fantastic, and I like all the trivia I've been learning. And I can just skip all the gross stupid ones I don't like.
During my down time, I add our calendar to all these online databases. I am getting to be friends with some and not friends with others. Tomorrow I go out real-life postering in the van I can't really drive in an area I am not at all familiar with. Super awesome adventure time!
We have another house mate now, so the room-mate and I are going to be social. This is new and different. Will report back soon.
Fun Thing Learned Today: Living in a house is different than living in a dorm. Will do more recon on this.
-Jezebel
P.S. Yesterday my boss gave me a toaster. She didn't understand why I cracked up. MLIG
Lunch: Oriental flavored ramen (haha, that's STILL funny), My Little Pony fruit snack
Dinner: Romaine lettuce with goat cheese and Caesar dressing, chocolate fudge brownie frozen yogurt (not healthy, but better than crying over the death of my optimism)
Today felt like the first "real" day.
The morning was super fun. I got to go on a tour of the Sol Lewitt galleries with 2 high school groups-- an art class and a geometry one. It was neat to see such different approaches to the same pieces. It was also neat to see HOW INAPPROPRIATELY CHILDREN DRESS THESE DAYS. I was like, "Thank goodness you go to a boarding school, little girl, because your mother would smack you upside the head if she saw how short your skirt is. IT IS WINTER. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU."
I really like the lady who does the tours, she reminds me of one of the girls I really looked up to in college (kind of hipster, but funny and made of awesome). I've decided we're gonna be friends. Hope she's down for that.
I decided to stop being friends when she handed me 50 pages of reading. Homework on my 3rd day. I have to research and come up with a tour of the galleries, which is slightly terrifying but also exciting. The exhibits are all really fantastic, and I like all the trivia I've been learning. And I can just skip all the gross stupid ones I don't like.
During my down time, I add our calendar to all these online databases. I am getting to be friends with some and not friends with others. Tomorrow I go out real-life postering in the van I can't really drive in an area I am not at all familiar with. Super awesome adventure time!
We have another house mate now, so the room-mate and I are going to be social. This is new and different. Will report back soon.
Fun Thing Learned Today: Living in a house is different than living in a dorm. Will do more recon on this.
-Jezebel
P.S. Yesterday my boss gave me a toaster. She didn't understand why I cracked up. MLIG
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Day 2
Breakfast: Half of a baguette with honey and brie (note to self: filling but still basically dessert for breakfast)
Lunch: Red Pepper and Tomato soup, several My Little Pony fruit snacks (note to self: find something more substantial for lunch)
Dinner: Penne pasta with melted goat cheese and olive oil, chocolate milk
Today, I learned to drive a van. Or, at least learned how to pretend to drive a van. It was an experience.
I labeled my little heart out, sent my first bulk mailing, and learned about all the fabulous machines we have (stamps, copier, paper cutter, etc.) that make business life so much less painful than it used to be. You know, in the olden days. The days before dial-up connections and letter press printing.
After lunch I was unleashed on the internets. 8 people "liked" my intro status update on the official museum Facebook page, so I'm pretty sure that means I'm winning an award soon. I was really close to addressing everyone in a "Don't cry for me, Argentina" song, but I resisted. Barely.
Fun Thing Learned Today: How to reverse a van into a snow drift and still pass your driver's test.
-Jezebel
Lunch: Red Pepper and Tomato soup, several My Little Pony fruit snacks (note to self: find something more substantial for lunch)
Dinner: Penne pasta with melted goat cheese and olive oil, chocolate milk
Today, I learned to drive a van. Or, at least learned how to pretend to drive a van. It was an experience.
I labeled my little heart out, sent my first bulk mailing, and learned about all the fabulous machines we have (stamps, copier, paper cutter, etc.) that make business life so much less painful than it used to be. You know, in the olden days. The days before dial-up connections and letter press printing.
After lunch I was unleashed on the internets. 8 people "liked" my intro status update on the official museum Facebook page, so I'm pretty sure that means I'm winning an award soon. I was really close to addressing everyone in a "Don't cry for me, Argentina" song, but I resisted. Barely.
Fun Thing Learned Today: How to reverse a van into a snow drift and still pass your driver's test.
-Jezebel
Monday, January 4, 2010
Day 1
Breakfast: Strawberry Frosted Poptarts (note to self: not enough food. must upgrade to grown-up breakfast starting tomorrow)
Lunch: Red Pepper and Fire Roasted Tomato soup
Dinner: Penne pasta with olive oil and parmesian, half a baguette (note to self: will perhaps consider other food groups besides carbohydrates in the future)
Holy mackerel! I was oriented up down and sideways! I was skeptical about getting everything done by 1 (I am always skeptical about people who tack lunch after an impossible schedule), but they did it. We met with a different person every 15 minutes-- not kidding. I learned about the Box Office (I get tickets to things), Payroll (I will get paid as long as I show up and don't fail at life), Mailing Systems and Supplies (we have them), Email (Outlook revamped-- who knew?), Security (there was something about green rats. I stopped listening after that.), and the Galleries (they're quite nice). Ooof.
One of the tours broke my room-mate's heart; we learned about the special requests of one of her favorite musicians. You're not allowed to look at him directly. Ever.
It sounds a lot like art camp. We get Intern Outings once a month, which sound totally adorable. The last intern in my position left me a note saying "Don't tell the others, but you have the best gig in town." So that's always encouraging.
My boss' boss looks remarkably like Maria Bello. She's started a wardrobe exchange out of the ladies' bathroom. I like her. My boss is from Idaho and an ex-speechie. It's a cult, I swear-- you can never escape.
I sent mailings to Mssrs. Semon and McWeeny during the afternoon. I think they should be friends.
Fun Thing Learned Today: how to label in a ruthlessly efficient manner.
-Jezebel
Lunch: Red Pepper and Fire Roasted Tomato soup
Dinner: Penne pasta with olive oil and parmesian, half a baguette (note to self: will perhaps consider other food groups besides carbohydrates in the future)
Holy mackerel! I was oriented up down and sideways! I was skeptical about getting everything done by 1 (I am always skeptical about people who tack lunch after an impossible schedule), but they did it. We met with a different person every 15 minutes-- not kidding. I learned about the Box Office (I get tickets to things), Payroll (I will get paid as long as I show up and don't fail at life), Mailing Systems and Supplies (we have them), Email (Outlook revamped-- who knew?), Security (there was something about green rats. I stopped listening after that.), and the Galleries (they're quite nice). Ooof.
One of the tours broke my room-mate's heart; we learned about the special requests of one of her favorite musicians. You're not allowed to look at him directly. Ever.
It sounds a lot like art camp. We get Intern Outings once a month, which sound totally adorable. The last intern in my position left me a note saying "Don't tell the others, but you have the best gig in town." So that's always encouraging.
My boss' boss looks remarkably like Maria Bello. She's started a wardrobe exchange out of the ladies' bathroom. I like her. My boss is from Idaho and an ex-speechie. It's a cult, I swear-- you can never escape.
I sent mailings to Mssrs. Semon and McWeeny during the afternoon. I think they should be friends.
Fun Thing Learned Today: how to label in a ruthlessly efficient manner.
-Jezebel
Day 0
Breakfast: left-over yellow curry with seafood from Lemon Thai
Dinner: Baguette with honey and brie, cucumber with dip, chocolate milk
Getting here was an adventure. There's nothing like hearing "Don't use Route 2-- the pass over the mountains is snowed in." Thank goodness I was driving with Steph. She's skinny, so I didn't have to go all Donner party on her.
The intern house is epically cool. It's old and hissy, but warm and clean (thank god) and my room is HUGE. And has a TURRET! Clearly I am meant to be here. Also, they have
My room-mate seems nice. Taller than she looked on Facebook, but I suppose most people are when they're not 100 pixels high. She's from where the heat lives, so we can be cold ninnies together. We were greeted by creepy men in boot cut jeans on the wall (a Gap ad? unclear.), so we flipped it over to the girl side. Significantly less sketchy.
We're both all moved in. I managed to transition from a closet person to a drawer person without losing too much of my integrity. It's strange to sleep on a real mattress after 3 years on pretent dorm bedding, but I don't think it'll soften my bones too much. My Imelda Marcos collection of shoes have taken over the corner, but it's nice to be reminded that there is a time of year that does not require my snow boots. Strappy heels, you shall live again!
I'm really, really nervous about tomorrow. First day of real-life. I think I'd like to go back to Wellesley now.
-Jezebel
Dinner: Baguette with honey and brie, cucumber with dip, chocolate milk
Getting here was an adventure. There's nothing like hearing "Don't use Route 2-- the pass over the mountains is snowed in." Thank goodness I was driving with Steph. She's skinny, so I didn't have to go all Donner party on her.
The intern house is epically cool. It's old and hissy, but warm and clean (thank god) and my room is HUGE. And has a TURRET! Clearly I am meant to be here. Also, they have
My room-mate seems nice. Taller than she looked on Facebook, but I suppose most people are when they're not 100 pixels high. She's from where the heat lives, so we can be cold ninnies together. We were greeted by creepy men in boot cut jeans on the wall (a Gap ad? unclear.), so we flipped it over to the girl side. Significantly less sketchy.
We're both all moved in. I managed to transition from a closet person to a drawer person without losing too much of my integrity. It's strange to sleep on a real mattress after 3 years on pretent dorm bedding, but I don't think it'll soften my bones too much. My Imelda Marcos collection of shoes have taken over the corner, but it's nice to be reminded that there is a time of year that does not require my snow boots. Strappy heels, you shall live again!
I'm really, really nervous about tomorrow. First day of real-life. I think I'd like to go back to Wellesley now.
-Jezebel
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