June 2012
23 posts
I am sick.
Last weekend, I went to a bachelorette weekend/party in Newport Beach for my old college roommate. It wasn’t too crazy — only one person threw up in the car — but it was a lot of not sleeping and getting sunburned.
I got back Monday evening and had five projects to report (which, apparently, more people need to know what actually reporting is - it means doing your fucking work,...
May 2012
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I’m sitting at the airport and I should be writing an article that is due on Monday, so I don’t have to do it while hanging out with friends in Breckenridge all weekend. That would be the smart, reasonable thing to do.
Clearly, I’m not doing that.
The smart, reasonable thing to do would also have been to NOT go to the store and come out with just: refried beans, Smart...
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Freelance Reporting: May 14-20
Last week was busy. Then, I went to a bachelorette party in Newport Beach all weekend. This week is busier before I leave for Colorado on Friday. I am having a hard time stringing together words and stuff, but I did have enough energy to read the online comments on one of my stories about how I suck and am terrible. Now, I feel more tired.
Last Monday:
Finished writing a story for Competitor.com...
Things I Thought this Week that I'm Pretty Sure...
1. It’s easy to make money if you have money.
2. If I had money, I would NOT buy shares in the Facebook IPO. I would cash out if I was an early investor, though, because that shit is hella over-valued.
3. Too many people make it too far without anyone ever insulting them or calling them names or telling them (warranted or not) that their ideas are the worst ever. I have had a lot of people...
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"Above a steakhouse in San Francisco, behind an... →
My story on the financial advisor (RIA) that serves top Facebook executives.
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Me: Donna Summers died.
Co-worker: Really?
Me: Well, that's what Facebook says.
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When I went to find out why Alcatraz got... →
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I’m sorry. I’m trying to require that I finish writing something before I go on the internets. It’s not working great.
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There have been two things in the news this week that if I was a political commentator on TV I would have had things to say about. But, I’m not, so instead the TV said stupid things.
1. Of course President Obama is for marriage equality. I don’t think there was really anyone out there who thought he wasn’t.
(OK, yes, there were some stupid people who thought he was a Kenyan...
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Freelance Reporting: April 30 - May 4
Yeah, I said I would post my week in review of what it’s like to be a freelancer on Fridays, but I was lazy last week, so that’s my review.
MONDAY:
I was still in LA and I wrote one article for Triathlete Magazine. 600 words. It took me maybe 5 hours.
I also watched maybe 5 hours of CSI: Miami. Not my best day.
TUESDAY:
Worked on two stories for RIA Biz, did some background...
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In case you don't have enough to read, the list of... →
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Triathlon Tip of the Day
Stop going to Masters all the time.
I know triathletes love themselves some Masters swim workouts, but if you never did an easy run or a long run and just showed up at track practice every single day and were like ‘hey, coach, what intervals are we running today? any hurdling or long jump involved?,’ you wouldn’t expect to be a fast triathlete, you probably wouldn’t even...
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A completely true story about public transit in...
This is a photo of the LA Metro Expo line.
See, public transit in Los Angeles does exist and you can take it and it is perfectly fine. And, there is nothing inherent to LA that makes trains not work - like, agh, the force field of smog is stopping all the engines on the trains, we must get into our cars and never drive above 15 mph in some kind of reverse-Speed.
(Though, LA people, that would...
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THIS SUNDAY IS "SHERLOCK" SUNDAY ON PBS. REPEAT:... →
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