January 2008
106 posts
Kerouac was a traveller, endlessly fascinated by people, took pictures, was an artist and now I find out fantasy baseball player. Sounds like someone I know. Wywh, mtyltt
The only real freedom is the freedom to mind your own business. Kerouac
LAist: LAist is Having a Super Tuesday Party. And... →
I organized my second election party and its for next Tuesday - Super Tuesday - and co-hosted by Answer With Action and LAist. I really wanted to help foster and create a return to civic engagement. What does that mean? Be excited to vote! And vote every damn time you can. It’s going to be in downtown LA at Seven Grand and just be an awesome night. If you can, come!
Cranky Girl Valentine's Day Card Set - 16 pk. :... →
A non-sugary Valentine. How refreshing. And plus a good friend of mine is behind this so I have to throw my support!
SOTU was the minimalist agenda of a lame duck president. Classic. Counting the days.
Cinderella Ball - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review →
Addy was by far the prettiest deb there! 22 girls volunteered over 712 hours to benefit the Frick Historical Society. It was a remarkable evening.
Eddie Vedder - Rise (from Into the Wild)Such a...
I have an emotional hangover from all the excitement of yesterday. It all seems almost like a dream and yet I know that its all really happening and coming together and I have so much energy and enthusiasm that I can barely contain myself.
Networking 101
Me: I need your advice.
Kate: Shoot.
Me: So I was at this tech networking event last week and met this guy who was just exactly on the same page as me. We hit it off immediately and so, you know, based on the Sloane Networking Rules, when you meet someone you click with immediately, exchange information and then move along. Don't spend all night talking to that one person. After all you know you're going to see them again. So anyway...
Kate: Wait. Stop for a second. Please can you tell me when you're going to write down these amazing Sloane Networking Rules of yours and publish a book so we can retire and have these conversations on the beach.
Me: Dude. I'm getting there. Now seriously can you help me out.
Kate: Yes, whatever it is. Yes. You kill me. You always do this and make me agree with you about something when you already know the answer. Can we please spend 35 seconds on my problem.
Me: Ok sure. What's up?
Kate: So (redacted) remember him? Well he's been totally MIA, like I told you and I found out he did take some hot blond to his company holiday party which is just whatever and now I still have to see him at work. And it sucks.
Me: And?
Kate: Oh that was it.
Me: Wow that was 35 seconds.
Next career move
Me: So what I'm saying is I don't know exactly what's going to happen, but it's a conversation I'm excited to be having.
Kate: Look. We know that every work experience teaches us something. Take me for example. I sell Guinness for a living and what I've learned is that I hate the Irish. Now I don't know exactly how I'm going to translate that into my next job...
Me: You could sell sake?
Kate: (Laughs)
Me: You know, like when I write the forward to your best-selling book, How I went from Guinness to Sake and Retired Young to Cabo, I'll write how you had this revelation where one day you said to me you didn't like the Irish and I was all like, 'How do you feel about Asians?' and you went 'Been ok to me so far' and that's how SakeToMe.Com was born.
Kate: You're fucking hillarious. Where do you come up with this shit?
Me: So you think it'll work?
Kate: Probably not.
CA Super Tuesday Recommendations
For my CA peeps, our recommendations for Feb. 5th primary: http://tinyurl.com/2hreym — ori I think it’s great that a circle of my peers got together to talk the ballot and proposals for Super Tuesday on Feb. 5th. It is an incredibly helpful guide to help me through when I’m making up my own mind.
A BIG thank you, register to vote TODAY and...
The following is an email I sent to the Answer With Action group on Facebook about the beach clean up I planned for this past Saturday. Hey friend, First a GIANT thank you to everyone who came out on Saturday for a gorgeous day at the beach and an amazing beach clean up in conjunction with Heal the Bay. About 25 Answer With Action volunteers were out at TOES Beach in Playa del Rey on Saturday...
“God doesn’t require us to succeed; he only requires that you try.”
– -Mother Teresa I keep reading this quote over and over again and I can’t tell how I feel. I keep erasing and rewriting a comment. I agree with it on the sense that it’s important to try and we can’t only do those things which we know we will succeed at. On the other hand,...
“The world doesn’t matter if you don’t have the strength to choose...”
– - Julio Cortazar This amazing quote came my way from a good friend and fellow visionary, Tod Brilliant. He is always up to something new and amazing in the space of getting people off their ass and taking action. He is passionate about two things I know for sure, the environment and his son,...
The History and Economics of the Family: A Guest... →
BLANKSPACES | work wide open →
Heath Ledger found dead in his NYC apt. Say no to drugs. You never know who or when. So sad.
LAist: LAist Attends Twiistup 3 and Gets Our Geek... →
The LA tech scene is heating up indeed! Here is my review of Twiistup 3.
Nebulous - Word of the Day →
hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused: a nebulous recollection of the meeting; a nebulous distinction between pride and conceit. cloudy or cloudlike.
SureToMeet: Networking Tips for Entrepreneurs →
In October, right when I had left my job to go out on my own and had my days free, I found myself awash in conferences and opportunities to meet and greet other entrepreneurs. Literally the very next week, I had the opportunity to go to StartUp LA. Turned out a friend was assisting in the planning and that one event really was a turning point for me. Not just the connections and relationships that...
Making a Pinkberry run. Trust me it was better that the alternative.
Amazon.com: The Greatest Salesman in the World:... →
Another one that just came my way. Ever since being on my own and building my business, I’ve had to really explore what that means to be in business and what I value because away from a culture - corporate, nonprofit or otherwise - it’s up to you to set the tone.
Amazon.com: Working with Emotional Intelligence:... →
This was just recommended to me and looks amazing. How people become successful in business but tie in theirs emotions and recognize their surroundings is very important to me.