things are looking up!

Happy Saturday, everyone!

This blog post brought to you by: I GOT A JOB.

Source: mizozo.com via Paige on Pinterest

Starting sometime next week (or whenever Human Resources contacts me about training), my days will be spent selling eco-friendly clothes to hipsters in Lincoln Square. I'm excited to start; my new boss seems like a pretty great person, one of the few that didn't look confused when I said "Yes, and I'm also a stage manager," in the job interview. Plus, the store is about 15 minutes (ten minutes walking, five on the bus) from my apartment, and it is surrounded by: a coffee shop next door, two bookstores across the street, a frozen-yogurt place down the block, and a Payless around the corner. And if you walk down far enough, there is also a movie theater. Across from the Starbucks. Because there's always a Starbucks.

(Sure is a good thing they aren't paying me in cash.)


Not counting the time I spent looking before I moved here, this marks the end of six LONG job-searching weeks. In celebration of that end, here are six of my newest internet hangouts for your perusal and amusement (which I may or may not have used to keep my mind off things while I was supposed to be applying for jobs):

http://naturalhairproblems.tumblr.com/
Come for the funny, stay for the great hair tips. Unless, you know, you don't have that kind of hair. *shrug*

http://mattgoldammer.com/
The Vanishing Blog is down until further notice. That's okay, Matt. You can run, but you can't hide...

http://www.racialicious.com/
I thought I was reasonably well-informed for my demographic. That may or may not still be true, but my standards have certainly risen since discovering this site.

http://undergroundnewyorkpubliclibrary.com/
Having done some time in the Big Apple now, I begin to understand the fascination it holds even for people who don't actually live there. That said: if sneakily spying on people reading books in the subway doesn't sound like fun to you, you probably will not understand this site.

http://thebillfold.com/2012/09/the-10-times-i-met-my-landlord/
A story that I read two weeks ago and still can't get out of my head.

http://ohnoa.com/2012/09/the-dangerballs-guide-to-effective-lazy-life-wasting/
Shame on me if I have not introduced y'all to Oh Noa before now. Here's a good example of her stuff. Also, she is hilarious.

BONUS LINK:

http://phillisremastered.wordpress.com/2011/08/05/coming-out-of-the-black-nerd-closet-a-meditation/
GUYSGUYSGUYS. Black nerd girls exist. Really, they do! I don't even know what to do with this information. Everything I thought I knew is now a lie.

That is all for now. I hope to get back into a regular posting schedule once the internet is up again in my apartment, but until then - thanks for reading, and enjoy the weekend!