Congratulations! How far is your commute? I always think I will knit on the bus, but I never do.

took me about 50 min to get there for the interview post rush-hour but google maps said 35. i need to figure out a faster route. lack of public transit options is frustrating, annapolis has NO trains and the bus/light-rail combo would take me 2 hours. it’s a year contract funded by a grant, but same agency as i’ve been working for. hoping the state budget will improve and i can become a real state employee and transfer back here after that? probably not though. at least now i can afford to buy yarn lol. and i will probably go on a book shopping spree. and buy clothes. it’s not really official yet so maybe i should hold off on that for a couple weeks.

and, uh, i already bought a jug of rum. *someone* is coming over for dinner and i’m gonna be drunk woohoooooo

!!!yay!!! plus who is this *someone* character, whoever it is i encourage thee to drink a lot and act disgracefully.

and then report back, it’s no use to us if you don’t report back.

once my goody two shoes boyfriend said he was going to get really drunk tonight and then a few hours later i saw him sitting politely on a chair with his legs crossed holding a small glass of wine so i shouted, ‘look at him, he’s gone troppo’ and then my sister and i laughed like drains and then not that long after that i broke up with him and he said it was because i was afraid to love which made me feel slightly sad for myself instead of for him which i can now see might have been annoying for him in the middle of getting broken up with.

someone special, i think. i didn’t get too drunk but i acted disgracefully and had a fun time.

did u kiss

shh

attn. harbl,

:)

<3,

lxy

this gives me that special sort of happiness that is a by product of the right kind of trouble.

ohmygosh harbl! many congrats on the job and the kissing!!!

harbl will u marry him do u think?!

prob not, with my luck

thank u all for the good wishes

since your luck appears to be mainly good luck that must mean you kissed a wrong’un.

when i started my job they told me i would not be paid for 45 days and i was worried and borrowed rent money from my mom. now it turns out i’ll be paid next week! i am really having a streak that makes me feel afraid of what bad luck is coming.

also what kind of intoxicating liquors am i going to buy next week with this upcoming load of cash

absinthe is a v.v. pretty green and hallucinates + intoxicates

(congrats on getting $$$paid$$$!)

harbl<3

^

i got paid today but i went to the mega liquor store last week and just used my credit card. it turned out to be a big mistake to do it on a thursday night but nothing very bad happened ; )

there is still some bourbon leftover because i have been too afraid to touch it

what kind?

you knew i’d ask right?

buffalo trace

my submission to http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/ will appear today

“<3”

well hell yes

harbl, as ever you have my full encouragement in all of your endeavours.

thanks estela. some things about my life are going ok, but others are not. for example, i can’t seem to clean my house, and i am always ready to fall asleep at 8:30 pm, i’m anxious, and i need to be getting more exercise. i’ll take your encouragement, maybe it’ll help.

keep it real harbs

i had my first trial today and i won it, even though the prosecutor did a very good job and i just sort of bumbled along. i hope i get better at that eventually.

harbl, your post made me start clapping! Then I remembered I was at work.

That is seriously great though!

yay!!! so proud of u <3

i’ve won 3 out of 4 now but i haven’t had any that are hard yet. i think i just pick the easy ones, which is fine, but i should try a couple harder ones. this is seriously the most tiring job, i’m always wiped out and i feel like i spend way more time on it than co-workers and haven’t worked out a system to get ahead of my work. i need encouragement.

still kissing btw

i have become addicted to DAMAGES and watched the first two seasons in under a week, and it has made me realise that lawyering is some ridiculously hard work and i don’t know how anyone does it tbh.

i am sending encouragement your way!

i don’t know how i do it. i honestly want a different job after today, it was just awful.

chin up!

you can do it.

yeah i’m doing it but i don’t like it most of the time. every day is a deluge of problems and unfinishable work, and someone is always unhappy with you. i hate the feeling of people being unhappy with me. i guess this is what it’s like to be a grown-up. jobs lol

the past 2 weeks especially i just felt so bad and hated

what kind of ‘emotional training’—if any—do get during law school? for like, dealing with the clients (esp. the kind of clients you have).

i couldn’t really answer this when you asked it bc i was too tired, but the answer is: none. the clients are pretty challenging for people-persons and non-people-persons (hi) alike. many of them have multiple very serious problems such as drug or alcohol addiction, severe learning disabilities, extreme rage at everything, weird attachment issues where they want you to talk to them and not other people, inability to remember what you just said to them, general rudeness and other inexplicable behaviors, smelliness, etc.

i had just typed out one of my special unique experiences from today but i thought it might violate the attorney-client privilege maybe

basically there are so many dudes who have done so many drugs and are ruined and oscillate between anger/rudeness and docile stupidity, and i have to talk to them all the time. also drug moms, and girls who get in fights and ruin people’s stuff

remember you have the <3 and power of the sandbox behind you, harbl dear.

girls who get in fights and ruin people’s stuff

my sister went to juvie. she went over to a girl’s house, got scissors, pinned the girl down, and cut her hair. that’s assault i guess. i think there were other charges, maybe breaking and entering

i had a girl who jumped up and down on someone’s car and scratched it up with a crowbar, or not. we’ll never know if it was really her i guess.

harbless

i’m feeling a lot better about my job lately, like i can handle it and i’m starting to know what i’m doing. this week i had 4 trials and won 3 of them, the last one completely unexpectedly because i didn’t want to have it. clients complimented me and said i was trying to do my job and asked if i wanted to be a real lawyer someday :)

well done, harbl!

dear harbl,

when are you coming here?

love, lxy

oh geez i don’t know! i’m trying to save money lately. maybe i could come for a long weekend in the fall?

oh! please do, we would love it!!

i think you should come to australia, harbly.

i encourage it.

i could show you some sights, and some sights.

someday, perhaps

yay, maybe

sometimes i get these words stuck in my head:

peepoop patel

haha lxy!

hi everyone. i am trying to take some time off from the internet and do more reading and exercise and cleaning my house. it’s not working great but at least i’m trying. like sometimes i get distracted and read max’s posts on gawker! i have a procrastination problem. just saying hi! i guess i can check in on the sandbox more often and it wouldn’t hurt. i miss all of u.

aw harbl! i miss you tooooo. but i wish you good luck with your irl. just promise don’t forget the sandbox!

hey lxy i got some flor de cana today when i went on a fancy liquor store shopping spree. i like the magicfla blog. i wish i could make a blog.

flor de cana is the only rum i ever buy now!

i get the 4 yr bc it is cheap but pretty good. some day i’ll go for a fancier one.

aw, i’m so glad you like mf, harbl. i like it too. you could/should totally make a blog!

i rarely drink anything besides bulleit/bulleitt these days. therefore you’d think i’d know how to spell it/itt.

i miss you harbly<3

histela

harbl, i’ve been thinking a lot lately about your fruit fly catching contraption, because it’s fruit fly season. i’ve seen people on the big board talking about similar configurations, and i say in my head, ‘oh, they’re talking about jarbls!’

i’ve also been thinking lately about IS IT FALL YET, IS IT TIME FOR HARBL COMING HERE YET??

for some reason it costs a lot more to fly from BWI to SEA than dulles or reagan, i don’t know why

i emailed my boss but he is on vacation

also one of my co-workers is quitting to become a writer? i hope it does not become too difficult to get a couple days off.

i am confident you will overcome these obstacles

weird! when i was looking at tix for work trip i found good deals from bwi to sea!

haha my last post was so negative. what price range is a good deal? i haven’t flown in a while. i am finding under $300 for non-bwi and over $300 for bwi.

i don’t know i kinda figure anything under 350 is a good deal.

i remember, back in the day, i flew from nyc to seattle for $99. i had a rt once for $220! sigh.

harbl did you have any involvement in the events of the link you posted on facebook this evening???

haha no. that’s in a different county than where i work. but the whole case fascinated me! this guy has posted his flyers near my house and he has placed his toilet-sculptures in baltimore, so i knew about him before this happened. his myspace page is amazing. he is very paranoid and his understanding of the government is very interesting. i was just following the case out of amusement. although it was so stupid and obvious he never should have been charged with anything and he had to spend time in jail AND a state mental institution and his pit beef business closed because of it. even i could have won that case! he would have been a nightmare client though.

anyway for the uninitiated this is the guy i’m talking about http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/bs-md-co-toilet-bomber-acquitted-20110915,0,6180757.story

i had jury duty today and i came kind of close to getting on the jury for a 1st deg. murder trial with a lot of witnesses. i was scared because it would be so bad for my coworkers and me if i was out for so long. i need encouragement because i am in court 8 of the next 10 work days and i think i’m going to die. i have to see 7 people in jail tomorrow! my usual tired-limit is 3 people. then we are hiring 2 new people, and i’m going on my small vacation. phew.

if you die because of court 8 and 7 jailbirds, you will not be able to have 1 small vacation. so please don’t die.

(i am not exactly clear if the 2 new hires are part of the problem or part of the solution so i didn’t include them in the equation.)

oh, i misarranged some sentences. the 2 new hires are part of the solution that will give me less time in court and fewer clients!

i am encouraged because i made red curry and drank 2 pumpkin beers

i would like to encourage you to think about that house.

i’m thinking about it!!

yay!! you should make an appointment to look inside!

i should but i don’t know if it would be a serious inquiry. i am working harder now on not spending money so i can save! i didn’t go grocery shopping yet because i am using up things i have. except i went to the chinese store yesterday, but i only spent $15 and got things i will use. i was going to go on a walk to see it again but

it’s raining

dear harbl,

i just ate the strawberry-banana yogurt you left behind, and at lunchtime i will eat the last of the leftover pasta you made.

<3<3<3

lxy

the listing for the tiny house has been removed

:(

oh crap.

i wanted that “valuable exterior mural”!!!

harbl, i encourage you to have a happy birthday!!

oh happy harblday!!

love & miss

Happiest of days to you, harbl!

thx :D

happy birthday harbly<3

jk the house is back but now it costs $10k more. who cares not like i can buy it anyway.

BUY IT ANYWAY

haha lxy!

hi everyone. i am trying to take some time off from the internet and do more reading and exercise and cleaning my house. it’s not working great but at least i’m trying. like sometimes i get distracted and read max’s posts on gawker! i have a procrastination problem. just saying hi! i guess i can check in on the sandbox more often and it wouldn’t hurt. i miss all of u.

― spite n ease (harbl), Monday, June 27, 2011 7:06 AM (5 months ago) Bookmark Permalink

*single tear rolls down cheek*

feel like i let u down by not posting to sandbox

a single rolling tear is always very convincing.

i had no idea i could have been encouraging harbl on the sandbox all this time!