January 2009
1 post
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
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November 2008
1 post
current way i would describe my working situation:...
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...
October 2008
11 posts
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
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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...
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
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JP: but this time, i'm actually getting paid for...
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...
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...
AP: Shoes + Gum, though hopefully life doesn’t...
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...
JP: recession or no recession, we'll always have...
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...
September 2008
68 posts
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:...
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...
JP: Ten short stories projected ten stories tall
Sponsors of party: Accompanied Literary Society, Diesel
Featuring original commissions by: Jonathan Ames, Paul Haggis, Lewis Lapham , Johnathan Lethem, etc
Location: Penthouse of One York Street, between 6th + Canal
Personal favorite short story: “I was following you to see if you were following me” - Ames
Amount of time it took to consume all the art: 10 minutes, 20 with...
AP: Acrostic
S uch delicious fudge, after just 2 days it goes hard N ot to worry, I just bought 2 plums and a peach A ll the jellybeans on my desk are making me nervous, and anxious to put them in my C abinet K illing my urge to snack on them. A peppermint instead, s’il vous plait.
JP: Acrostic
Huts, caves, tents - I’m flex.
Outbox full of:
May I pay you a lot to live in your space?
East side. West side. BK. Manhattan.
Let’s do it.
Except not. Inbox: 0
Still…
So full of hope.
JP: Strangers are just people you don't know who...
Number of paying jobs I had two days ago: 0
Number of paying jobs I have solidified now for the month of October: 2
Number of apartments I have for the month of October: 0
Number I need: 1
Number I will probably have, judging on trends: 2
Person I potentially will film today: Lou Reed
Person who probably will be useless in my apartment search: Lou Reed
Person who I care little about right...
AP: Strangers say the darndest things
Time of dental checkup this morning: 8
Number of white people in the waiting room: 1
Minutes spent on phone/on hold with insurance company: 27
Most hilarious thing said by my hygenist: “I have to hand it to you, most white folks usually can’t handle that water pressure”
Most hilarious thing said by my dentist: “Oh, you! You have perfect teeth. This will only take a...
AP: Strangers in the house
Who I met last night: Roommate’s mom, AE
How she looked: Exactly like roommate, but grown up
What creeped me out/filled me with joy: That they have the exact same laugh and hand gestures
Who this made me miss: My family
What we talked about: Nutrition, sewing
What she left back to SC with: My pencil skirt, for hemming
What other roommade, RH, emailed back when I told her 2 of my BFFs...
JP: back to ework
current crash pad: upper west side
what my room feels like: a hotel
crucial achiles heal of apartment: kosher
only breakfast i ever want to eat: oatmeal with cocoa and a raw egg
bright side of the situation: an excuse to have breakfast at zabars!
the one thing zabars lacks: oatmeal
where i am now having my bowl of oatmeal: work
meal i am excited for: 3/4 chall brunch this weekend
what i...
AP: 4 hours and counting
What website I’d sleep with: netaporter.com
Why: We could share closets
What website I could never sleep with: Wikipedia
Why: They get around too much for me to feel safe
Last thing I ate: Sugar cookie, microwaved
Hoped intention of sugar cookie: to stop eating jelly beans
Actual result: SUGAR COOKIE SUGAR COOKIE WHERE ARE ALL YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND COUSINS SO I CAN EAT THEM?!
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JP: friiiiiiday
hightlight of day: finding a diary!
best part of diary: “about the author”
second best part: prologue
worst part: chapter 2
where the diary stops: chapter 2
potential documentary topic inspired by diary: how difficult it is to finish things
what the author of the diary feels like: an alien
what i feel like: a blob
what i would like to do once i have an income + apartment: take...
AP: Thursday already?
Temperature in office: freezing
temperature of lunch: hot
Now I’m feeling: better
Curiousity if strangers read this blog: medium-high
Curiousity if strangers read this blog and want to be our friends: medium-high
Curiousity if strangers read blog and think we are lame: medium-rare
How I order all my food, whether it’s tuna steak or steak steak: well
Why I hate korean BBQ...
JP: fun with pay
how i assume the STILL pending meeting will taste once commenced: delicious who the meeting is not with: licorice barnyard animals favorite movie of the owner of smalls jazz club: Babe name of smalls jazz club owner: mitch mitch’s term for licorice and any other jelly like candy: chewies mitch’s term for hard candy, like lozenges: suckies what i thought mitch was when i met him:...
AP: Fun with acronyms
Winner of the Wish-I-Had-Thought-Of-That Blog award: http://advancedstyle.blogspot.com/ Winner of the WIHTOT candy idea: Licorice shaped like barnyard animals Initial fears about licorice: that the dark licorice doggies would be black licorice Success: They are chocolate. Number of licorice barnyard animals eaten: 8 Vibes sending towards JP’s meeting: good! Licorice being sent to JP’s meeting:...
JP: Top reason and AP and I can be bff: I love...
Lunch: tin of spinach, balsamic vinegar, cracked pepper, strawberries, greek yogurt
Deliciousness: 1 - 10: 9
Tentative meeting time: 3pm
Reason NY based film school acquaintance is letting me crash at her place for the remainder of september: pre-rosh hoshana mitzvah
Mitvahs i want to pay forward: infinite
Mitzvah one: supplying AP with One on One lyrics...
AP: Jelly beans and catchy tunes
Song I cannot remove from head: themesong to UPN show “One on One”
Worst part about this: I can only remember the part in the chorus that croons “One on Onnne”
Worst part about going to gym at 7: Only show on is One on One
Best part about going to gym at 7: Makes me conscious of every jelly bean I eat
Current Jelly Bean tally: 17
Calories per jelly bean: 4
Number of...
JP: Holocaust, WW1 - tomato, tomaahto.
minutes late to work: 20
feelings of coworkers on tardiness: apathetic
number of coworker equally if not more tardy: 3/5
leads on apartment: 1.5
lead 1 found through: guest eworker SK
location of lead 1: upper east side
price: cheap
feelings on this: !!!!!!!!!!!
other things that make me feel this way: meeting today to pitch video series to creative director
lead .5 found through:...
AP: Not Holocaust, WW1
Time: 9:50
Time I will start to do actual work: 10
What’s filling 10 minutes: ework, fiber 1 cereal
Realization: At the start of the day, I don’t have much to say for ework
What was in my salad last night while babysitting: portobello mushrooms, onions, tuna, artichoke hearts, sundried tomatoes, green pepper, avacado, beets
Taste: Outstanding
Feelings towards babysitting tonight:...
JP: i have nothing to say about middle names
kind of name amy is: popular third grader
kind of name judy is: old jewish woman
kind of name preiser is: german
what AP would be if not for the holocaust: cohen
kind of name prays is: a poor transliteration of praec
what praec spells in latvian: price
result of strange last name changes: amy and judy get to be next to each other in the high school year book
pretend names judy and amy had...
AP: A handy fact about initials
What I would be signing all my ework entries, had my mom named me what she originally wanted: SP
Why: Simiko Preiser
What big sister wanted to name me: Suzuki
What I would have named myself, had I the option at 6: Besty
Not to be confused with: Betsy
JP: summary: workworkworklongbeachsexdrives
time i spent writing a proposal with coworker for a video series: 30 minutes
weirdest part of writing proposal: talking about self in third person
outcome of proposal: meeting with creative director
how i feel about this: tentatively thrilled
time i spent writing coworker a to-do guide for long beach: 45 minutes
phone number i included: my mom
what kind of part she mom is to my enjoyment of...
AP: Not so professional (but only sometimes)
Interesting topic at lunch: An abacus diet bracelet
Would I wear one: I would wear anything that implied a diet
How impressed JP was by my blouse: lots
How many dollars paid for said impressive blouse: 5
Great thing about today, workwise: Moved my files
Even greater: Turned in blog pitch
Feelings toward new life plan: Excited
Years since I came up with my previous life plan: 8
First name...
JP: ammendments
What PFC! is a butchering of: PSFK, the blog I work for
AP is professional about: some things
AP is not professional about: other things
JP: mad men, but in soho. sohoes?
initials coworker has yelled in my direction twice, in passing: PFC!
meaning of these initials: ?
topic of discussion in meeting i walked passed to get some coffee: design
number of different ways “belief is stronger than doubt” is printed on pieces of paper being discussed in the meeting: 20+
how i feel about this: at home
what i did to the creative director in the kitchen:...
AP: Ework comes to life!
Current time: 10:30 Time JP will come have lunch: 12
Potential lunch topics: ework, weekends, new career ideas, romance
Potential lunch foods: vegetables, lean proteins
What I would love to have done before Judy comes: Moving my files to my new desk
Probability of this happening: inversely proportionate to the amount of Fiber 1 cereal I’m eating from under my desk
New favorite blog:...
AP: Watch it
Amount I wish I had come up with Maslow’s hierarchy of needs: lots What kind of company I would start if I married into Maslow family: luxury goods Why: so cheeky! Food for thought: The most delicious things are always on the top of the pyramids Examples: luxury goods (Maslow), candy (Food), skinniest cheerleaders (cheer teams) New job I am considering lately: weight watchers leader Main benefits:...
JP: places i want to fly to: canada
time i have to contribute to ework: 5 minutes
how i currently feel in the office: undervalued state of mind to never ever send emails during: emotional things that are taking up the forefront of my mind: apartment, job what this reminds me of: maslows hierarchy what i would rather dwell on than holes i currently need to fill: highlights of the weekend best movie watched: sex, lies, and...
AP: JetBlue can kiss my Canadian butt
Number of available types of free snacks available in the Porter airlines waiting terminal: 4 Most delicious (because you know I tasted them all): Ginger cookies Size of fridge housing selection of free sodas: enormous Type of machine set up: espresso Special feature: milk frothing Entertainment available: imacs as far as the eye could see Snack served on the plane: healthy oat-bread turkey...
AP: It's never Friday on vacation!
Number of documentaries about childrens’ singing contests seen today: 1
Feelings towards doc: absolute love
Naps taken: 1
hours slept: 9.5
Bin candy eaten today: 0
Work emails answered: 4
compliments on new dress from stranger: 1
level of excitement: a little too high
restaurants with foreign concepts visited: 1
movies sched’ed for tomorrow: 2
wakeup call for tomorrow: 9:20
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JP: friday!!!
amount of work I was able to accomplish today: minimal
amount of people in the office who complained of similar lack of focus: 3
amount of people in the office who have innie belly buttons: 5
amount of people in the office who have outtie belly buttons: 0
number of new friends I made today: 2
kinds of belly buttons they have: dunno
what i would do if they had outties: still be their friends
...
guest eworker stats from: Tegan Artho-Bentz
TAB’s odds in favor of the “unintitled” function vs. clever title: 51-49 TAB’s odds in favor of JP’s wild success after watching one video: 100-0 Amount of time spent reading JP and AP ework stats guest blog for first time: 18 minutes Amount of time figuring out what TAB was reading: 10 Nationality of website found when TAB typed “ework stats blog” into...
guest eworker stats from: Sara Nachlis
Time I got up this morning: 6:00am Reason I got up that early: I had to call my office and see if they wanted me to come in today or work from home. What they said: Work from home. Level of disillusionment I have with working from home: 100% Reasons for disillusionment: It’s not easier and there is usually more to do. Redeeming traits: Can work naked, and there is no cat. Amount of...
JP: ability to guess which eworker stats AP finds...
hardest part of working at jazz club: asking people to pay for their drink up front
initials of guest eworker who visited me at jazz club: SK
feelings about this: immense gratitude
SK’s entourage’s advice on how to nicely ask people to pay up front: i’m sorry, but we don’t keep an open tab
most expensive drink ordered last night: 13 dollar champagne
citizenship of...
AP: Ain't nothin like the real thing, baby
Feelings towards guest eworkers in my abscence: gratitude
Reason I’m not at physical work, or ework: Toronto Film Festival
Size of plane to Toronto: too small
What OM said in response to ework: “I think it’s the perfect content for your demographic”
Which demographic: Amy and Judy
How OM’s film was: fantastic
How much I clapped at his name on screen: lots
Who...
guest eworker stats from: Shayna Kulik
proposed title: stream of stats
Number of tofu squares consumed and unpaid for while circling the Whole Foods Lunch Buffet: 2 Minutes spent waiting in line and reading emails: 8 Number of interesting conversations overheard while walking back from lunch: 1 Topic of that conversation: Sarah Palin and her crazy family Agreement to those thought: Yes Amount of whole food napkins left over from...
JP: what I am not to ework: a guest
amount new thrillist video is uploaded on vimeo: 34%
other things that are new today: roommate
name of new roommate: julien
workplace of new roommate: UN
his attitude to the awesomeness of this job: casual
amount of times Julien saw me naked: 0
clothing worn while Julien and i talked in the small kitchen: pajamas
appropriateness of this attire in respect to familiarity of two people in...
guest eworker stats from: Nina Prays
Despicability of aping an adorable format: high
The degree to which I care about it: low
The most frustrating thing happening this week at work: loss of data on pc
The most interesting thing to look forward to on Monday: filming of 2 coworkers
The most interesting thing planned for the weekend: a play about Beethoven
The most exciting thing going on in my life now: learning about video
My...