10 years ago - October 1995
While attending classes in Journalism, Public Relations, and Advertising at Temple University, I was writing entertainment news and interviews for two student newspapers, doing an internship at Philadelphia City Paper and working PT at HMV Records. I was in a very unhealthy and misdirected relationship with an Irishman, racking up an insane amount of unpaid parking tickets and living with my rail-thin, depressed and attention hungry friend Jen. It was the best of times and the worst of times - fun and yet chaotic and sad.
5 years ago - October 2000
I was working as a Quality Specialist in CDNOW's Customer Service and was as always desperate to get transferred to another department. In the Spring I had finally graduated with my bachelors degree after quitting school in 1996 and finishing up part-time and on the pay as you go plan. I no longer needed the flexible schedule that Customer Service allowed me for classes and I was very excited about a job opening as a Copy Writer. I got the job! Of course it was a kick in the ass a few months later when I was laidoff in one of the first rounds of layoffs because I was the last person hired into the department. Had I still been in Cust Serv I'd most likely have had a job for another year and a half. Thems the breaks.
1 year ago - October 2004
I was expecting a bouncing baby boy! I was as big as a house due to quitting smoking and constant sweet cravings, but otherwise I had a pretty pleasant pregnancy. That is if you don't count the looming Down's Syndrome worry.
5 snacks: Sourdough pretzels, french fries, BBQ potato chips, cheese, dip
5 songs I know all the words to: GOD! I can't stand these sorts of questions since I have such a bad memory when it comes to thinking of things on the spot. So once again I'll modify the question to suit me. I know all the words to several songs by Dexter Love, Jane's Addiction, INXS, Nirvana and PJ Harvey.
5 things I would do with $100 mill: Start a business whose profits would go solely to disadvantaged children's charities - the Paul Newman model, travel the world with a large group of friends and family (Pack your bags!), upgrade our current home, employ a personal shopper, and save for the heirs
5 things I would never wear: a sports jersey, a country music tour Tshirt, spaghetti straps (damn boobs!), an athletic supporter, sumo underwear
5 favorite TV shows: Lost, Amazing Race, Survivor, Deadwood, ER
5 biggest joys: My baby, my husband, my family, my friends, and my cats
5 favorite toys/games: Email, Blogger, digital camera, Balderdash, Yahtzee
Was it everything you hoped it would be?
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remember after you got the copy job and you got vertigo? that was INSANE. you were in bed for like a week. you came out to see erika in showboat at the 3 little bakers dinner theater in delaware and I was wearing pants with a design and we worried you'd have a relapse.
funny, some of the things I remember.
I find it somewhat unbelievable that you'd ever be in an unhealthy and misdirected relationship. Live and learn I guess. Maybe we have to have one of those to really be grateful for the wonderful men we end up with.
I love bbq chips too, with dip.
GOD! The vertigo! I can't forget that. Every time my ear hurts a little I am worried I am going to get in back. That was the scariest thing. I had forgot going to see Showboat though.
Oh it was unhealthy alright. The Irishman was funny and had an accent so I put up with alot - though I have to admit alot of the hurt feelings were my own damn fault. He pretty much told me from the getgo that it wasn't going to work out but I refused to listen to him.
And how ;)
Any man with a British or Irish accent can definitely get away with a lot more than one would normally put up with.
Speaking of accented men, does anyone else have a raging adolescent crush on Robson Green?
Didn't they lay you off when you were laid up with vertigo on your couch, watching any worthwhile afternoon television you could find? I remember that, and it sucked.
I didn't know you could count blogging and email as games/toys. I need a do-over.
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