La Belle Vie

...in which Monica channels Carrie Bradshaw

i have a very Sex in the City like question to ask today: does anyone engage in displacement flirting? Isaac and Joel Lanceta exposed me to this concept yesterday - the idea that if you want to talk to someone, you talk to a friend of their's instead. I think this is one of the stupidest ideas of all time. Yeah, if i'm really interested in a guy i want his friends to like me, but if there's a guy i'm trying to pick up, i don't see the point in not talking to him directly. Is there anyone out there who employs this strategy? Has it ever worked?

In other news, my major assignment today at the News Office is writing an obituary for a Professor Emeritus who just died. This is good in that it's the largest and most consequential job they've ever given me here at the News Office. It's bad because it's WRITING AN OBITUARY, which includes calling the family and friends of this man and intruding on their grief to write a press release. I recognize that this is actually probably something they want, but it still feels sketchy...especially if any of them ever realize that i'm just a student intern...

Finally, every once in a while i'll be surfing the net at work and come across something that makes me have to hold back tears so that it's not 100% obvious that i'm goofing off. Want to see today's entry into that category? Click on the PostSecret link at right.

love y'all

posted by Monica @ 1:03 PM