Ugh, this guy!
Beats me! It was a conscious strain to hold back my natural tendency to question such details, but he said leave him alone and let him work his magic, so we did.
We had people over at our apartment last night. Only 5 friends, plus my husband and myself. We're more of the sink into the couch and watch tv types, reveling in our mutual introversion, and don't usually entertain at our home, so this was a change of pace.
He had me right up until he said he'd let me watch him battle robots. I can battle robots just fine, thanks, and maybe I'll let him watch.
Totally thought it was balancing on its hind legs at first.
Different jobs have different stresses. It's not a pissing match. Just because the stresses of the 24/7/365 entertainment industry are less visible doesn't mean they're less valid. And you'd be surprised how many media jobs are part-time $15/hr or less, and that's in NYC where $15 barely buys you lunch. Keeping the…
Damn straight. And let's not forget good ol' reliable idiot's lantern. Anyone ever watched TV on the holidays? An annual marathon of a classic show? An after dinner movie on HBO or Netflix? A random rerun of Seinfeld or Real Housewives? A CNN special report on how to stuff a turkey? Sports? It's A Wonderful Life? And…
Anyone watch TV on Thanksgiving? People work to keep those channels going all day and all night. Is it an essential service? Maybe broadcast networks sort of used to be, but how about the other five million channels we have now? How essential is that Twilight Zone marathon? And who makes that happen? People who work…
spinning, whirling, still descending
like a spiral sea unending;
sound and fury drown my heart
every nerve is torn apart.
It's not any worse than Arrow was in it's first several episodes. I'm going with it.
Mondays and Tuesdays, dead days unless you're one of those people who watches The Blacklist
That one was actually fake. Viral marketing for a Cadbury chocolate bar.
Another home run, Jia. Jezebel is lucky to have you. Please don't leave.
I can extend this sentiment to pretty much the entire music industry.
"You act bougie/you get stuck up," she snarls. "I'm bout a dollar/you'll get bucked up."
Also, it's easy to misinterpret this as a sponsored post because it pretty much reads like one.
....You'll shoot your friend? Is that what you're saying?
Agreed.