And you know what that means, it’s time for the annual airing of grievances! “I got a lotta problems with you people, and now you’re going to hear about it!” GRIEVANCES: Covid: I’m so tired of Covid – worrying about my family getting it, worrying about giving it to someone else, worrying about my family … Continue reading It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Festivus
Edited to add: I started this post the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Granted, that was not early enough. But I was also delusional enough to think I would publish it by Thanksgiving. Then on actual Thanksgiving, when I was trying to find new locations to hide our hoarder-level amounts of mail I insist on inspecting before … Continue reading The Fifth Annual Gratitude List
Guys, we’ve made a terrible mistake. After going sport-less during so much of the pandemic, we were a bit overzealous when it came to signing up for fall sports. First, we signed both kids up for their normal neighborhood soccer travel teams with Jamaica Plain Youth Soccer. A no-brainer, they know all the kids they … Continue reading So You Want To Be a Sochocker Mom…
Guys, podcasts are the new blogs. The only reason I’m not starting a podcast is because I hate the sound of my voice and I’m too lazy. There you go, two reasons! Plus, in fairness, I already did (help) make a podcast at my old job. It’s called Friends Who Talk About Money and it’s … Continue reading My Favorite Podcasts
I’ve decided to hang up my freelance hat (picture a newsies hat, but more professional) temporarily and spend the summer doing some other stuff, including… Continue reading Big Announcement (GIF of Ron Burgundy doing a cannonball)
I realize I need to get better about blogging more frequently. Part of my slowness is that I treat every post like it needs to be some precious treaty that I spend 17 hours on. AND YES I REALIZE I’M SETTING MYSELF UP FOR A, “REALLY? BECAUSE IT DOES NOT SEEM THAT WAY AT ALL” … Continue reading Week/end Update May 16th
You might not be able to tell by looking at me, but I’m a proud Chinese-American. My parents both emigrated to America around college age, my mom from Germany and my dad from China. So while I may not look Chinese, I am Chinese, which leads to a lot of complicated feelings right now. Because … Continue reading Six Things I’m Feeling as an Asian-American
A $25K mistake in a TV “billboard,” the still frames they show while a voiceover says, “Sponsored by blah blah blah.” It was for Pampers and our tagline at the time was, “Pamper the skin they’re in.” I had trafficked out slides (yes, slides, I’m that old) that said, “Pamper the skin their in.” The … Continue reading Things I’ve Survived During a Long Career in Advertising
A good friend of mine recently shared a post from Jane Fonda with the “sage advice” she’d received from her friends. Now, Jane’s friends had perfectly decent advice like “Fake it ’til you make it,” but I was sure that my friends could top them, so I threw out the challenge on Facebook. And hoo … Continue reading Sage Advice from Not Jane Fonda
Remember the book (and subsequent movie), “I Don’t Know How She Does It”? The “it” we just couldn’t comprehend her doing was having a job and children, and not even during a pandemic btw. Guys, a lot of people have a job and children and guess what? She is me and I know how exactly … Continue reading I Don’t Know How They Do It
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