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[jay-ell]

If it is possible to have less confidence in one's own abilities than LFM, I might have been in the running for that. And it's probably still holding me back to some extent. But I realized somewhere along the line that, holy crap, people are actually willing to give me money in exchange for written words. I can't believe my luck; I feel like I'm suckering them into it, and keep waiting for them to figure out the scam and ask for their checks back.

So far, so good.

[theinevitable]

I lack confidence in my abilities in a way that some people mistake as polite modesty, so I guess I have that going for me.

I think my interviewer was charmed by "my current job, well, honestly... a ***** could do it. And not even a smart *****. An erector set ***** could do my job, and most people would not notice."

Something about this lady really reminded me of someone who would post on here. She said "you're probably sick of hearing this, but you should go to grad school." So it seems I did a good job of conveying my passion and interest.

[theinevitable]

Yes, sir. *slumps off*

[miles]

An opendiary friend

I read "opendiary" as an adjective until I read further and got that it's a website. But in my mind it has a quite nice ring to it, and I think it could be a perfectly cromulent word.

[jaydub]

I did as well - something more cuddly than "incendiary".  Maybe Incen Diary could be a place to flame Open Diary.

[wombat]

Today I'm gonna get two requests to use my photos: Some nuns want to use the pug in pug slippers in their newsletter, and a company that does "perinatal education" wants to use a a photo of a capybara nursing a litter of young to illustrate the evolution of mammals and their milk.

The Internet is a wonderful thing.

[theinevitable]

Just got back from visiting my little bro in Nashville.


I'll bet if you'd told my parents one of their children would become an Environmental Studies/Poli-Sci double major, never date in college because he hasn't gotten over his first girlfriend, and say he wants to vote Green Party, they would not have guessed it would be my brother. Not in 1,000,000 years.

It makes me really sad that I think nobody in my family really understands him. We're always surprised by him, and in ways that show we have pretty uncharitable views of his behavior.

The only other real updates I have from this trip:
1. I'm never eating at PF Chang's again. Major drama pipes.
2. Vanderbilt has the most beautiful campus I have ever seen. It made me want to go there, just so I could walk around that gorgeous place and stare at the beautiful southern women.

[KeithHernandez]

Hey my sister goes there!



Don't stare at her.

[littlefallsmets]

Chang's will straight fuck a dude up.

Chang ain't messing around. Except with your intestines. Chang is definitely messing with intestines.

[side_show]

You were in Nashville and you ate a PF Chang's?   Now that you've come to your senses, please remember there are probably the best BBQ places in the world in Nashville and that eating at some godforsaken chain restaurant when said options are right at had is a crime against meat.  The more you know!

[miles]

Hey my friend goes to Vanderbilt! Feel free to stare at her.

The only other real updates I have from this trip:
1. I'm never eating at PF Chang's again. Major drama pipes.

Don't blame it on PF Chang's, it's the travel gods punishing you.

[jay-ell]

Chang's is actually one of my favorite places to eat -- my secret shame, to love a chain restaurant so much. But it's mostly because I get this one thing there, which is fantastic, and it's not exactly on the menu (well, all the components are on the menu, but I have a special thing I do), and it causes no drama pipes for me. I order the Wok-Seared Lamb (lamb and cilantro in brown sauce) and brown rice and a side plate of stir-fried sugar snap peas, and then I pile it all up together on a plate (leaving off the gross wilted lettuce they serve the lamb on, WTF Chang's?) and gruffle that shit down. It's more than enough for two people, so Pedro and I usually split it and then we each get one of their dessert shooters to wrap it all up. A full serving of veggies, and cheaper than ordering 2 full-size meals anyway. We split the savings with the waitress by giving her a nice big tip.

But yeah, that said, don't eat Chinese in Nashville if you've got a choice. There have got to be some awesome Southern cooking type places -- I wouldn't necessarily go barbecue, but well...a quick perusal of UrbanSpoon tells me that this place exists:

http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/47/769115/restaurant/Bellevue/Loveless-Cafe-Nashville

[theinevitable]

yeah, I know. I was trying to be a grown up who lets his little brother pick where we eat. He kind of thinks I am a big snobby asshole, so I thought, hey, he wants to eat at PF Chang's. Sure, let's go there.

We also ate horrible tacos, amazingly delicious pancakes, and acceptable ice cream.

[Nabubrush]

Can I go ahead and say y'all are rock 'n roll faggots? Because it is good, coming from me.

[theinevitable]

dang, I kind of thought I would get that job.

Continuing to come in here and work for free is going to be kind of frustrating. Time to start devoting hardcore time to looking for other jobs.