In the last post, I talked about how an ex dumped me because I was honest about my opinion of Pulp Fiction. After he dumped me, we remained friends. Well, let me be honest. I wanted to get back together with him–why, I do not know– Actually, I do. It’s because my mother hammered it… Continue Reading
I want to talk more about gatekeeping. In the last post, I started with pop culture and then quickly went deep. It’s all related, but I want to try to keep this post light. We’ll see how well I adhere to that. I started the last post talking about someone gatekeeping coffee. “If you can’t… Continue Reading
I was watching an episode of Hot Ones, and the guest was a coffee connoisseur. Sean asked her about the quintesssential coffee, and she said something about someone not truly being a coffee aficionado if they could not drink a coffee black. I rolled my eyes so hard, I think I sprained one of my… Continue Reading
Apparently, a popular question to ask in interviews is what’s the candidate’s favorite book/movie/musical group/tv show/some other bit of popular culture. I learned this at Ask A Manager. The people who said they asked the question in interviews claimed not to care about the actual question, but that the candidates were able to talk about… Continue Reading
Most of the time, I don’t care about being in on the hot thing of the moment. I’m fairly impervious to being manipulated by commercials and the like. Marketing doesn’t work on me–mostly. I have my weak points. One is the Xbox One controller. I love it to an unhealthy degree. I hate the PS4… Continue Reading
I was reading some old Ask A Manager posts and came across one that was from a manager who was curious about their report, Adam. The letter writer (LW) said that Adam never volunteered anything about his personal life despite having worked on the team for six years. Two months before the LW wrote in,… Continue Reading
I like what I like and don’t like what I don’t like. This is the same for most people, but I do not like anything that is popular. Or very few things. TV-wise, I hate Friends (though I did watch it for several years out of ennui, I think), Seinfeld (the people are awful), Game… Continue Reading
Yesterday, I made some confessions that I don’t consider particularly guilty, but I probably wouldn’t go on and on about them in polite company. Today, I want to talk about movies and television because I’m in a confessing mood. When I was doing my MA in Writing & Consciousness in San Francisco over two decades… Continue Reading
I am a weirdo in almost every facet of my life. I don’t drink at all and I don’t want to be around other people who drink. For the most part. Most people vastly underestimate how drinking affects them, and it’s not pleasant to witness. It doesn’t help that because I am empathic, I absorb… Continue Reading
I’ve always been a weirdo when it comes to pop culture. Most of it leaves me cold and it’s not just because I’m a contrarian. The more someone tells me I’ll like something, the less likely I am to like it. It’s not as if I’m telling myself, “I’m not going to like this to… Continue Reading