Lauren: on air.: Archive

Feb 16th

Mom made a good point.

One of my student loan companies made it REALLY hard to try to get help. One of my loan “servicers” ACS (MEFA) will robo-call me, and anyone they have a number for, regarding my account. (I’m almost positive they violated the Fair Debt Collection Act with how these calls went, but that’s a whole other issue.) I’ll return their call, and the representatives have NO...

Feb 10th

Online Dating: Does this line actually WORK for...

“I was going to call heaven and tell them an angel was missing, but I’m really just hoping you’re slutty.” Ooooooooookay. Literally laughed out loud, because, I mean, SERIOUSLY?? This guy MUST be joking. Who writes stuff like that??

Feb 5th

Feb 4th

If I had a million dollars...

(If I had a million dollars!) Anytime I think this, the BNL song starts playing in my head… Three words: purple Dodge Challenger. Could you imagine a more bad ass car? (I’m sure you could, but this is my vehicular dream!) Just imagine a girl rolling up in this lovely purple lady. BAMF. I dream because my Rosie is very much broken down, and it’s looking like an engine...

Jan 27th

Adventures in Online Dating pt. 3: the Insults

Yes, my friends, the insults. Most of the time they come when I log into a site from my Blackberry and never intend to respond to messages. (The screen is small, and most sites don’t have a great mobile version, so it’s ridiculously difficult, and I rarely do it, and if the message is worth responding to, I wait until I get to my computer.) Anyway, so usually they come from a guy...

Jan 25th

Jan 21st

How the Internet Helps me When I'm Dumb

A story told by timeline: 1:12pm - Called my Target Pharmacy wondering why I haven’t gotten a phone call about my auto-renewal. Learned that I used the last refill on my birth control, and they contacted my doctor’s office on the 13th, with no response. Panic sets in, I need these pills on Sunday… Monday at the latest. (Why I’m dumb… I should have KNOWN this was...

Jan 19th

Jan 10th

Jan 2nd

Classic!!

Just got this message. Very much lol’d. “I think your very gorgeous and liked your profile.If your interested message me back. Just to tell a little about me I’m a straight up honest person that is hard working, takes responsibility seriously, I reject girls at the bar all the time because it’s usually a condensing situation that never ends up well after the fact...

Dec 23rd

Top 10 Christmas Songs

Working retail this time of year is really wearing me down, and I’ve found myself a little without the holiday spirit. (REALLY depressing, no?) I usually LOVE this time of year, and I have less than a week to get into that feeling, so I’m going to share my FAVORITE Christmas songs of… all… time…! Enjoy! 10. Relient K - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen A very welcome...

Dec 20th

Why I HATE Black Friday and the People that Shop...

Preface: I am a retail slave, almost five years strong. Of my five holiday seasons, I’ve been fortunate enough to only be scheduled on three Black Fridays. (One of which was my 22nd birthday, more on that later.) Black Friday really grinds my gears. As a consumer, I love the idea that retailers will hold special sales for people to save some money on holiday shopping. I don’t...

Nov 22nd

Life's Little Joys

Spending time with friends and mutual friends, eating a great meal, and laughing about anything and everything. Having other people get as excited about a first date as I am. (I think the excitement is contagious, actually.) Moments at work where you have to stop and think “Damn, how did so many crazy folks end up in the same place?” and love every second of it. Laughing about...

Nov 21st

Adventures in Online Dating pt. 2: The "WTF!!??"...

Yes, “WTF!!??” moment. Not the strange messages, or the odd pictures you see on these free sites (I think that tends to be the norm.) This was a truly “WTF!!??” moment, and I think I said it out loud too. It’s the message you share with your friends to make sure you’re not a complete moron. The message that your friends don’t get either. Backstory: I...

Nov 6th

Adventures in Online Dating pt. 1: How to Make a...

I may be a slight bitch. Okay, truth, I’m a huge shallow bitch. Hey now, online dating is like online shopping for men. If I don’t think a particular style dress is going to work for me, I’m not going to buy it. Same for men, if I don’t think he’ll fit me or look good on me, I’m not messaging him. Guys, girls get BOMBARDED with messages. Literally. I...

Oct 28th

I'm sickened. Disgusted.

Anonymous hacked the Boston Police Patrolman’s Association because of the alleged brutality during Occupy Boston. Let’s get ONE thing straight right now: this entry isn’t about any accusations or reports of brutality. Put that out of your mind. This movement is about the whole, the 99% of American citizens against the favoritism the government has towards corporations. I...

Oct 23rd

Part 2: Occupy Boston and Twitter. What is the...

EVERYONE IS SPINNING THE STORY. It’s all on Twitter (which you can’t edit timestamps for, by the way, at least not easily.) Go read @Occupy_Boston and then go read @Boston_Police Occupy Boston posts about standing their ground and their right to protest, and to resist the police. “Cameras out!” and the like. (Which makes me sick. Let’s expect the worst out of...

Oct 11th

The Heroes who can do no right.

I’m about to admit how ignorant I am of the Occupy Wall Street protests. I know it’s a horrible thing for me to say. I know why they are protesting, and I love and am in support of the whole premise. I love the project “We Are the 99%.” I choose to be ignorant. I can’t watch these YouTube videos and see what people are writing about the officers of the New York...

Oct 2nd

Generation Connected...

So my phone dies… and I have the BIGGEST migrane ever (like leaving the darkened room, into light, and my head feels like it’s going to EXPLODE) and I’m at my boyfriend’s so I have no charger… I am sitting here on his laptop with the screen as dim as it goes with ALL, and I mean ALL of the social media sites I’m on open. Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and now...

Jul 10th

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Jan 9th

Can't be TAMED!

Thank you, Ryan Seacrest, for including this gem as an American Top 40 extra. So deadly serious, Lauren

Jan 2nd

Oh boy.

It’s REALLY sad that we’ve gotten to a point in politics where a man who is doing what he promised, to vote for what is good for MA rather than by party lines, is being torn down by the Tea Party for not being conservative enough. I hate when people get away from the idea that the government is for the people. Especially the people who tend to flaunt how much they love America, and...

Dec 24th

Just a thought...

Why do adult medicines taste like crap, when medicine companies have the ability to flavor them for kids’ formulas? I will buy kids’ medicine forever! Viva la grape!

Dec 21st

I am that much of a dork.

LOVE the new MCR album. The first single Na Na Na is REALLY catchy. And Planetary (GO!) is my favorite, I think. Everyone hangs on to at least one thing from high school, MCR is my one thing.

Nov 23rd

“Um, sorry, but did The Wall Street Journal just get served by Sarah Palin? Let...”

– (Yeah, I’m as worried as Perez…) http://perezhilton.com/2010-11-09-sarah-palin-tells-off-the-wall-street-journal-on-facebook

Nov 10th

Nov 8th

Election thoughts:

1. A little disappointed with the Governor’s race, but all in all I knew Cahill wasn’t going to win. At least Deval’s reelection means we won’t have a Republican running MA again, that’s gotta count for something, right? 2. I didn’t vote for either attorney general candidate. I don’t vote republican and I think Coakley’s an idiot. Therefore, no...

Nov 3rd

I know, I'm sad.

I’d move to Britain just for the great tv. Seriously, the X Factor youtube channel has owned the past two hours of my life. I can’t WAIT for the American version. It’s gonna blow Idol off the radar.

Oct 10th

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Sep 1st

Aug 26th

Neeeewwwww yooooorrrrkkk!

I always forget how pretty CT-15 is, drove down to Tori’s this morning for her birthday. Taking a much needed vacation.

Aug 26th

Vacation?

I have a week off in August, and was thinking about going away to the Cape or somewhere else cheap(ish) with a beach. Any suggestions/want to come with?

Aug 2nd

Jul 26th

Got my boots!

… in the wrong size. SO annoyed. I hate exchanging.

Jul 19th

Oh smartphones...

“Phone” is an app on my blackberry. I thought my blackberry IS a phone…

Jul 17th

Jul 14th

Jul 4th

OMG awesome chuck taylors →

Jul 2nd

Take that sprint naysayers...

GPS navigation is included in my new unlimited data plan. Turn by turn, woo!

Jun 27th

mmm

Leftover Bistro food. TOTALLY a good idea to order too much earlier.

Jun 25th

May 12th

Checklist:

1. Figure out what time I can actually get home… (going to my internship on Marathon Monday has me on the other side of the marathon route from my home.) 2. Marketing homework paper. Bleh. 3. Marketing quiz 4. 4. Build an instrument for Art of Noises. (Does a shoebox guitar with rubber band strings count? I think not.) 5. Finish my internship stuff (not a lot of work.) 6....

Apr 19th

Class presentation on eBay...

To my classmate saying how she would never buy designer goods on eBay because she’d rather have the experience of walking into the store and buying it… It’s hard to take your comment seriously with that brand new Longchamp bag on the table next to you. Not everyone can afford to walk into a store and buy designer goods new.

Apr 7th

Watch

New Christina Aguilera single!

Mar 31st

Dear Monster.com,

I’m not interested in finance. I’m not QUALIFIED to work in finance. Stop allowing those stupid recruiters to contact me. It’s annoying and you’re useless. Love, Lauren

Mar 30th

Mar 24th