statistics

amount of times JP has eworked recently: 0

amount of time JP has used stats recently: 2

location of stat use: actual work

number of hours left until two final cut episodes are due to my producer: 20

aspects left to work on: pacing, voice

how i segue between characters: stats

what i credit for that: ework

what i am doing as soon as project as gone: jetting

time my flight leaves from JFK on wednesday: 3:55pm

airport it lands in: LAX

chapter of my life i will walk into, probably: 5

current way i would describe my working situation: freelance

what there was none of this morning: toilet paper

cost of one roll of toilet paper at bodega next door:  $0.99

bodega worker’s opinion of my pajamas: apathy

where i tried to get work done yesterday: my room

what i wore while trying to get work done: nothing!

productivity, 0 - 10: 3

commute to office where i am working today: 20 minute walk

productivity, 0 - 10: 9

things that are awesome for productivity: offices! clothes!

things that are still not so awesome for productivity: close friends who also love the internet

current project: jewish video series 

current priority: casting

characters out of 3 that are cast: 1

date i want to finish the first cut by: November 26th

not so obvious favorite perk of current office: outstanding quality toilet paper

cold weather, hot crush

weather in new york: COLD

things i don’t want to do in the cold: pass out flyers, go to the gym

personal number of completely successful craigslist barters made in new york: 0/5

what i will always have faith in: craigslist barter

material of the hat on my head: fur

top choice for rainy day activity: the internet

chances winter will be spent in hibernation on a scale from 1 to 10: 9

chances winter will be spent wearing fur on my head: 10

website of business i will work on my personal projects out of starting hibernation time: http://www.missingpieces.tv/

how i think of this company: work crush

month i started feeling this way: 2008

distance between me and work crush in june 2008: america

distance between me and work crush, now: 15 blocks

predominant emotion: giddy

gym

Age: 21

Favorite age groups to hang out with: 30 - 35, 60 +

Favorite neighborhood in Manhattan: UWS

Reason I can’t live in this neighborhood: too expensive

What I want to do the people of this age group on the UWS: talk

What I need to talk to them: a pretext

What I do instead: wander aimlessly

Best and only workout I get since moving to NY: wandering aimlessly

How my life would change if I had gym membership: more kickboxing and steam rooms, less time, less tired

Reason I can’t go to the gym: too expensive

Real reason: don’t want to badly enough

Gym that needs flyering and will barter for gym memebership: Equinox

Neighborhood that needs flyering: UWS

Who I asked if this was a bad idea in terms of me getting over my romance of UWS: TAB

What TAB thinks you can never have too much of: knowledge

Cost of gym shoes, before tax: 34.99

Tentative plan for first gym class: Tuesday morning

Tentative plan for first flyering: Wednesday evening

Tentative first eyes to read about how it goes: ework

ework 2.0

best topics for stats in classic (2003+) e work:  work gossip, romance

worst topics to make public on a blog: work gossip, romance

eworker who made a step towards privacy and away from ework: AP

eworker who  is bad at privacy: JP

initials of loyal ework fans who make it all worth it: SN, ON

topics to be covered in next entries: gym. friendship. space.

JP: number of initials used in this post: too many

area where i broke the fast: UWS

number of times i choked back tears of joy, no joke, of being in this neighborhood: 3

initials of guest eworker who hooked me up with yom kip plans: SK

SK’s boyfriend’s intials: JK

intials of JK’s mother, who we attended services with: AK

person absent from services: JK

cuteness of SK going to services with AK minus JK, scale 1 - 10: 142359

what the men could see while they were praying during orthodox services: men, torah

what the women could see: women, men, torah

topic rank of conversation with SK during yom kippur services: cute men > whether or not it would be appropriate for me to were talises as casual shawls > what page we are on > how rude we are being

hilarious guilt trip JK’s grandmother gave SK and I when she stood up and we asked if we should too: “if you’re too tired, sit”

what i felt during services: guilty for whispering, sitting, oggling

what the point of yom kippur is: cleansing guilt

amount senior citizens like JK’s grandmother pay for subsidized kosher lunch in the temple: 1.25

what i unfortunately found out you have to be to go these lunches besides jewish: senior citizen

percentage of break fast conversation that was devoted to nitty grittys of evolution of deli business in new york: 70%

percentage of conversation devoted to the blasphemy/genius of zabar’s being open on yom kippur: 10%

JK’s father’s claim to fame: deli king of new york

JP: but this time, i’m actually getting paid for it.

money spent on gear this weekend so I could be more professional for first video gig: $130

predominant accessory of salesman in store where gear was purchased: kippahs

number of salesman i thought were cute: 4

number of salesman i would think were cute, sans kippah: 2

cusine of best dinner consumed this weekend: middle eastern

companion and patron of said dinner: AP

AP’s after dinner plans: party

my after dinner plans: sleep

how i feel about that: well rested

time i was supposed to meet employer in soho this morning: 8:30 am

time allotted to get from greenpoint to soho: 1 hour

time it takes: 40 minutes, including walking and transferring

book prepared for reading on the subway: blindness

amount of empty seats on subway: 0

nationality of lady sharing subway pole with me: dutchpages in, before getting on the subway: 20

pages in, after getting on the subway: 20

number of run-ins at union square subway station: 1

number of blocks run-in currently lives away from me in greenpoint: 4

number of blocks run-in works away from me in soho: 3

number of interviews that I will film by the end of the day: 3

number of interviews filmed so far: 2

how i currently feel: professional, well rested

JP: optimization of time, space, lox

type of space there is a lot of in my new room: vertical

type of bed purchased yesterday: loft

time window russian men are coming to install bed: 5 - 8pm

time i woke up this morning: 7:40 am

time i woke jef up this morning: 7:41 am

location of jef’s newspaper reporting job: queens

downside to job: commute

upside to job: insider tips on things like cheap, delicious lox

time greenpoint smoked fish warehouse opens up to sell wholesale to restaurants and those in the know, like jef: 8am

price for 1/2 a pound of nova lox, uncut: $6.45

ingredients of my first breakfast friday morning breakfast in new greenpoint apartment: multi grain crackers, trader joes sweet and spice mustard, red onions, capers, fresh tomatoes, THE BEST LOX I HAVE EVER TASTED

deliciousness of said sandwich, scale 1-10: 11

plans for day: purchase wireless mic, look into hidden camera prices, visit office, seek cardigan and luxurious comforter, get out of assembly + delivery fee by offering russians delicious lox.

AP: Shoes + Gum, though hopefully life doesn’t imitate art with some gum on my shoe

Song stuck in my head: How much is that doggie in the window
Word I swap out to make song more appropriate to current feelings: Doggie
For: Shoesies
Number of shoes seen in windows I am crushing on: 2
Price of pair #1: $130
Price of pair #2: $25
Favorite thing about buying shoes from The Children’s Place: They call their section “Shoes for Big Girls”
Price per pair, when averaged out: $73
Packs of gum received from Dentyne promotion: 48
Pieces of gum per pack: 2
Estimated time packs will last, at 4 pieces of gum per day: 24
Potential issue: pieces are small, need 2 to be satisfied
Place where 1/3 of gum is stashed: desk drawer
Where the next 1/3 will go: OM’s apt
Blog currently making me LOL: http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/

JP: recession or no recession, we’ll always have ework

time i started writing this: 6:44 am

destination of train i am sitting on: penn station, ny

what there could have been less of this weekend: food

what there was just enough of: love, family, delicious apples

what there could have been more of this weekend: decisiveness

what i try not to make decisions based on: fear

what i have enough of that makes it almost silly to accept a full time job as an office manager: freelance gigs doing video, time

what makes me doubt this decision: recession

what makes me confident in my decision: gut

what is bigger after weekend of excessive jew year eating: gut

time i arrived at new greenpoint apartment: 9 am

amount of wireless connections to internet in apartment that aren’t blocked: 0

number of hipster cafes near apartment that offer free wireless: 3

number of jobs rejected this morning via email: 1

number of invoices i was asked to email in for freelance work to ensure being paid: 1

number of email invoices i have sent before: 0

most recent thing googled: how to make an email invoice

number of beds in my new apartment: 0

most recent thing craigslisted: beds

amount of battery left on my laptop: 5%

JP: Shana Tova

where i will live starting oct 1: greenpoint

things that don’t live on the upper west side: zabars, jerry seinfeld

place i wish i was living: upper west side

compensating factors: roommate i know and love, ease in finding the situation, price

predominant birthplace of people in greenpoint: polish

where i am now: philly

predominant birthplace of people i am spending time with in philly: russia

least favorite cuisine: eastern european

personal experience with characteristics of eastern european culture that compensate for shitty cuisine: warmth, wit, honesty

birthplace of brother’s baby on oct 22: philly

my predominant action while in philly: contemplating the next step

best thing about being an office manager for interactive media agency: exposure to interesting people, learning experience, exploring interesting field, potential of growth, stability

worst part: admin duties, no free time, poop on my ego

best thing about being a nanny for my brother and editing personal docs while free lancing: helpful for brother, no admin, time for personal projects, don’t have to deal with new york real estate

worst part: limited social life, poop

date i said i would make commitment by: oct 1

what i wish you for the jewish new year: may your pending possibilities be a thrill and not a burden. 

AP: The media is the massage

Number of hot muscly men who massaged me this morning: 1

Number of hot muscly men with my phone  number: 1

Number of hot muscly men who told me my form was so great it was like I was a Crunch poster child!: 1

Number of dollars HMM wants to recreate this experience: 60 per session

Number of dollars in my budget I cannot afford to allocate to a personal trainer: 58

Weeks prior that I ordered a free LivActiv granola bar: 6

What kind came in the mail yesterday: peanut butter

Where it is now: tummy

More exciting than every granola bar an dHMM in the world: 3/4 chall tonight!