Radio and List

A few comments:

1. I had an amazing bridal shower last (oops, two weekends ago) weekend. Thanks to Stephanie for putting it on and also to all my friends that came. The only downside to the shower was that I had to wear a blindfold while my dad was driving me all around Maryland to trick me as to where the party was. I also had my black pashmina on my head making it look like I was being kidnapped and/or wearing a burka.

2. What EXACTLY is twitter? I'm sorry that I'm not so like obsessed with it like everyone else seems to be. It seems like something that I could and would like and so I'm afraid to start using it.

3. I was on the radio this morning. They were talking about this list of the top 10 men that OTHER men have like man crushes on. They asked listeners who they thought their men would want to like sleep with, but not really, mostly like "want to be". I called in and said James Bond. Jake loves him and also specifically Sean Connery. I wanted to say Magnum P.I. but I also didn't want to look like a loser on the radio. They totally aired me telling everyone that it was awesome. Not two seconds later Jose called me from the beltway saying he heard me and also that I have a recognizable voice. Which I don't think is true.

4. This shit with Leah is getting out of control.

5. Wedding invitations went out last week and we've already gotten responses. Yippee! It's all so exciting!

6. One last thing re: #4. Billy Mays was on the list of man crushes. WHAT? PLEASE...can SOME GUY please leave a comment as to why the FUCK you would want to hook up with Billy Mays. He NEVER stops screaming and he's a douche. He sells oxyclean and those stupid little burger molds. WHAT IS WRONG WITH MEN! Most of the men on the list were totally awesome but Billy Mays?! GET REAL!

7. I ate too much at lunch. I'm stuffed but the food was so good I can't stop eating. :)

That's all for now.

I heart radio.

xoxox, SL

Office Commentary and Shout Outs

So, it's high time that I explain a little bit about the people that I work with. I pray to Christ that they will never see this blog but if they do, maybe it will be after I've moved on or something.

Brent: Brent is my boss. He is the head principal of the group. He's pretty short, has decent hair but he dresses like he's supposed to star in a 1982 GQ Magazine. He wears navy blue with black, and not in a good way. He sometimes wears retarded belts and cowboy boots. He has flare jeans too. He just got glasses for the first time and is obsessed with them. He' the guy that is always taking them on and off to clean them and mess with them. He drinks more coffee that any man that I've ever met. Literally, he's always drinking some. ALWAYS. He is obnoxious, I often end up having to treat him like a child. It's his way or the highway, or rather that your way is significantly inferior to his way. He works insane hours. He lives in Kentlands and has a little daughter who is really cute. Her name is Cassidy. I like him although sometimes I want to choke him.

Chris: Chris is so nice. He's another principal in the group and hes like almost 40 I think. He's single and he is looking to buy a condo somewhere in a nice neighborhood. He doesn't really have much of a life (his words, not mine) but he is so great. We hang out sometimes. He went to Univ. of Delaware and says he needs a girlfriend. I think he's pretty cute, but he works too much. Like Brent but Brent is already married. The other day I was straightening some of his jackets on the back of his door and I broke off the hook.

Michael: Michael is from Israel. He wishes he was working for Lehman Brothers or something and he wants to do stock valuations for a big bank. He's very savvy and smart and is jealous that I have my Series 7. We get along really well. He showed me this radio station that's on this Hebrew channel that is like AMAZING. Sometimes they speak in Hebrew but it's ok, I only really care about the music. He also drives a motorcycle. We talk about Jewish stuff a lot.

Tara: She's a manager and she RULES. She grew up in Astoria and she's my homie. I really can't say enough nice things about her. She's cute and has a biting NYC talk that I love. She's my gossip buddy since there aren't that many women in my group. I love Tara.

Kyle: Kyle rules. He is possibly the most awesome person. He is really funny and once you break his first shy-ish layer, he is pretty much hilarious. He works like 70 hour weeks, especially during this time of year. I really like him. Kyle can also bake, which is shocking. He is married to this lady Hillary and they made these like fancy cookies one day. Kyle lives in Gaithersburg near Brent.

Jordan: Jordan has a cute son Jesse. We talk about Jesse a lot. He's effing adorable. I make Jordan send me pictures of him and we talk about how cute he is a lot. Jordan is a laywer and is also really smart. He wears sweaters a lot, but so do a lot of men in my group. Jordan wears glasses too. He sits next to Kyle in the corner.

Kumar: Kumar is indian. He just had a baby girl. Kumar is a little slovenly. He a lot of times has food on his face. He eats lunch at like 10:30am and usually its some nasty ass microwave meal. He drags his feet and has a belly that hangs over his pants. He's sort of annoying and is constantly asking me for office supplies that I've never heard of and then insists I must have them. He talks weird and in circles and I rarely can get a straight answer out of him. He's late a lot and I don't really understand that. Kumar is not my favorite person in the office.

Dhar: Ah...Dhar. He was shy at first but now we are homies. He is actually younger than me, he JUST turned 26 yesterday. HBDD! :) Tomorrow as a team we are going out to lunch to celebrate. He has kind of wild black hair and I think he's pretty cute too. He wears cologne, which is sort of cute. I like Dhar, he makes me laugh.

Melanie: Melanie does a lot of work on real estate valuations. She is REALLY pregnant. She is married to this Ethiopian guy and her other two kids are GORGEOUS. She is from Germany and she has a German accent, it's cute. She brought me back German chocolate from her trip and I ate it in one second. She also broughtt me this German candy bar that I thought was dark chocolate and so I took a big bite out of it and then realized it was marzipan. I had to spit it out. I think marzipan tastes like death. She sometimes has lipstick like on her face too. She is super nice though, I like her.

Gillian: She was from England and she wore a wig and she got fired yesterday.


SHOUT OUTS:

Jess Povtak: Hi! I hope you are well! I miss you!
Stephanie: Yo homie, so glad you are in town, it's been amazing hanging out with you every night!
Jake: Hey dude, two months from Monday! Love you!
Tanzer & Vance: Raise your hand if you miss working in the same office as each other!
CK: Don't worry about the invites. They were just re-printed and it was no harm no foul! xo

Well...I think this is enough for today!

Tonight I'm having Jerry's Pizza (HELL YEAH!) for dinner with my family as we work on wedding things. If your invitation has a pepperoni smudge, don't worry about it ok?!

XXXXX,
SL

Lay Offs and Other Things

I know, it seems like I lied when I said I would be updating my blog more, but It's ALWAYS on my mind. Work has been INSANE ever since my bacherlorette weekend. I have a few things to say.

First of all: Wedding planning is out of control. OUT OF CONTROL. I'm sort of overwhelmed but also it's exciting. My sister is in town this week b/c my bridal shower is on Saturday and she planned it. I can't wait to see all my friends again! It's like never ending fun!

I'm sure all you Lehman people remember that usually my desk was neat and organized but my desk today looks like a shit show. It's so messy. There are papers all over the place and it's nutso.

Tonight Stephanie is coming over for dinner. Jake is making some delicious thing.

One horrible thing right now is that my firm (where I just started working in December) is laying off people. This afternoon was the first round of cuts. It was 15% of the workforce. One lady got laid off from my group and I feel bad for her on a personal level but she did sort of suck and never did anything right. I'm not one for "deserving" to get fired, but people need to know that this economy sucks and they always need to be on their toes. They can't just skate by anymore. People need to take their jobs seriously and not take them for granted. It also sucks for people that are looking for jobs, like right out of college kids. We have totally halted our recruiting process and taking massive cost cutting maneuvers.

Raise your hand if your wedding invitations were all printed and then your sister was looking at them and pointed out that marriage was spelled wrong.

*Me raising hand*

Don't even get me started....

Ok, I know this was not a juicy entry or anything but I barely had time for this. I'll try more this week.

Happy Hump Day!
SL