I know you’re not supposed to be looking at this page, as it’s still undergoing a facelift, but I couldn’t resist posting this picture because I like it.  A lot.

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happy new year!
not sure about you, but 2010 welcomed me with a swift kick in the pants.  lost my job, my old company cut off my health insurance a month earlier than they promised, and just tonight my building was evacuated because someone’s pipes burst… do you have any idea what it feels like to stand in 19 degree weather for a little over two hours? thanks to the folks in condo #217, i (along with the rest of the …

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(from march 30, 2009… original post without tweaks found here)
i graduated from college, accepted a job at the small internet company i interned with during breaks from school, and got laid off 6 months later. i then accepted a three-month digital communications internship at a public relations agency. i really thought i’d love it – and i was really wrong. after three months of incorrect pay (causing me to hardly make ends meet) and being treated like dirt, i was …

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hire me.
i could give you a hundred reasons to, but here are my top few:

i’m smart

i have great writing skills
i’m a fantastic communicator
i have a bsba in business with a concentration in marketing
i have agency, non-profit, and in-house marketing experience

i’m creative

i live to engage, to communicate and to innovate
i love beautiful things, great design (both online and off) and always strive for the absolute best
i love a challenge, and absolutely love finding ways to conquer them

i’m organized

i dig calendars, to-do …

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that’s what she said. okay, i got it out of the way so you didn’t have to go there.
moving on:
so, every christmas (or birthday, or anniversary, or any gift giving holiday, for that matter) i get all excited and do one of two things:

carefully plan and ponder christmas gifts and get them all bought and wrapped super eary
plan and ponder and procrastinate and run around like a chicken with my head cut off at the last minute to shop and …

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