I met a friend of a friend of a friend at a party. We exchanged hellos as part of a small group and went our separate ways as the party grew larger. Three hours later, we were chatting in a hallway, bonding over remote work, digital marketing, feminism, and other shared interests. “I don’t mean…
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Compliment or Insult: Work Website Edition
I am a creator of award-winning websites. Literally, alorica.com just won a prestigious award (for its News Center, but still!). For my job, I also make various other websites, which will never win awards but serve their purpose. In my very first job, my boss/mentor told me “you design websites for the Lowest Common Denominator.…
Compliment or Insult: Work Edition
Me: How do you save an Outlook email as an attachment? [thinking: outlook is stupid] Direct report: You’re SO smart that sometimes you get really dumb with simple things.
Compliment or Insult: Gchat Edition
Ah, have you guys missed Compliment or Insult?! I have (guess I have to get into a non-CrossFit gym…) Thankfully, this gem popped on over to my screen via gchat the other day, re: my gchat photo: Ah, being an overlooked attractive woman.
Compliment or Insult: Miss Claus Edition
Merry Christmas! For this edition of Compliment or Insult, I present to you some photographic evidence. Wearing this* to the CrossFit Christmas party: Actually said to me: “You look sexier working out than you do right now.” This face more or less captures how I feel about that statement. *actual bridesmaid’s dress my aunt wore…
Compliment or Insult: Shopping Edition
That’s right, even though I’ve been working out at the infamous Aspen Club, I’ve been steadfastly disappointed by how used to me the gym-goers appear to have gotten. Aside from the occasional creeper just staring at me throughout my entire workout, nothing of note has happened, no more Gym Gems or Compliment or Insults. How boooooring,…
Compliment or Insult Video Edition
The game that started it all … via dailyhap.com Compliment or Insult: Bar Edition Compliment or Insult: Where’s the Bigger Weight? The Original Compliment or Insult
Compliment or Insult: Bar Edition
Today, let’s take Compliment or Insult outside of the fabled Aspen Club gym and into a little basement bar we like to call Escobar. It’s where Brooke Mueller got arrested with like five ounces of cocaine “for her friends.” It’s a Tuesday night, and Nappy Roots has sold out Belly Up with $15 tickets. I am…
Compliment or Insult: Where’s the Bigger Weight?
Welcome to this edition of my very favorite gym game, Compliment or Insult. Scene: Aspen Club Strength Workout: 3-3-3 Deadlift, with the 3rd lift at 245# Man: staring at me from the cardio deck above the weightroom floor. Possibly from a treadmill. Burn Workout: 5 Rounds: 5 DL @ 115# / 10 pushups Man: “Where’s…