A Disturbing Trend

Only the most freaky people are asking me out.

Granted, I work in a questionable region of a seedy town (Hollywood) but jeez! One of them wears a costume and hangs out in front of Mann's Chinese Theater, posing for pics with tourists. As a hobby. Today he was Batman. Creepy 60's Batman.

Yeah.

Litany Webb, signing off

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We Loved You! When Can You Start!

Sorry it's been so long since I posted anything. A lot has been going on and I just havent been online very much. One good thing is, I have lots of blogs to catch up on!

I was offered some jobs I couldn't take (one was on a cruise ship, would have been cool but I want to stay in Los Angeles for now) and I've finally taken a receptionist job.

It's for a slightly shady company that does radio. We 'audition' people at $25 a pop (they're paying for the radio career workshop, which is a 45 minute video we play for them) and then call them back and tell them they got the job. Everyone who pays the $25 gets the job.

Then, they get their own radio show. Kind of. It's on AM, the station moves around the dial seemingly at whim. The DJs have to go out and get the advertising for their 'show', where they play what we tell them to play. Did I mention they have to pay for the studio time with additional advertising?

Basically the DJ pays us handsomely to allow him/her a few seconds on the air. I spend a lot of my time calling people back and telling them how great they did on the audition. They woop and cheer and are so damned happy. I feel a bit bad, but all the wooping is uplifting too.

They DO get to be on air, and they DO get experience. Kind of like a pay-your-way internship, I guess.

The company is in Hollywood, which seems glamorous to anyone who hasn't been here. It's run down and seedy. And I get hit on, a lot. I don't know if it's because they think I have some influence, or if it's genuine. I guess if you see a hundred people a day, the odds are in your favor.

But if one more buxom bitch cheerfully, gum-poppingly tells me where I can 'get mine done' I'm gonna shoot her in the face with the gun they gave me. Yes they gave me a gun to keep in my desk. No bullets though.

Litany Webb, signing off

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Perspective...

Sitting at a temp agency yesterday, at Ms. Hildebrant's desk waiting for my test results (I kicked ass on Excel, btw) I was listening to the musak and looking at the large, framed pic on her desk.

This is what I saw, this is what was playing.



Ain't Nothin' Like The Real Thing
(Jackson 5)

Ain't nothin' like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothin' like the real thing, no, no
Ain't nothin' like the real thing, baby (Ain't nothin')
Ain't nothin' like the real thing

Ooh, I've got your picture hangin' on my wall
But it can't see or come to me
When I call your name (When I call your name)
I realize it's just a picture in a frame

I read your letters when you're not near
But they don't move me and they don't groove me
Like when I hear (When I'm in your arms)
Your sweet voice whispering in my ear (In my ear)

No other sound
Is quite the same as your name (Quite the same as your name)
No touch can do half as much to make me feel better
So let's stay together

Ooh, I've got memories (Memories) to look back on
Though they help when you're gone
I'm well aware (I'm well aware)
Nothin' can take the place of you being there (Being there)

Ain't nothin' like the real thing, baby (Ain't nothin')
Ain't nothin' like the real thing, ooh baby
Ain't nothin' like the real thing, baby (Ain't nothin')
Ain't nothin' like the real thing

Litany Webb, signing off

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Tagged (with a radio collar?)

Kthrne tagged me, and it's taken me a while to get to it, sorry!

Three screen names I've had:
1. litanywebb
2. yaddapatrol
3. lacktastic

Three physical things I like about myself:
1. Eyes
2. Hair
3. Fingers

Three physical things I don't like about myself:
1. Small boobs
2. My sideways pinkie toe
3. Ears

Three parts of my heritage:
1. Irish
2. German
3. French

Three things I am wearing right now:
1. sleeveless shirt
2. socks
3. scrunchie

Three favorite bands/musical artists:
1. White Stripes
2. Nelly Furtado
3. Pink Martini

Three things I want in a relationship:
1. Trust
2. Thoughtfulness
3. Passion

Two truths and a lie:
1. One of us always tells the truth
2. One of us always lies
3. See #1 or #2

Three physical things about the preferred sex that appeal to you:
1. Eyes
2. Hands
3. Laugh

Three favorite hobbies:
1. Internet
2. Hiking
3. Writing

Three things I want to do badly right now:
1. Go to Starbucks
2. Get a choco beverage
3. And some carrot cake

Three things that scare me:
1. Indecision
2. Player Piano's
3. Carnies.

Three of my everyday essentials:
1. Chapstick
2. Internet
3. ABC Family

Three Careers you have considered or are considering:
1. Advertising
2. Author
3. Researcher

Three places you want to go on vacation:
1. Easter Island
2. Turkey
3. India

Three things you want to do before you die:
1. Fly in a glider
2. Scuba dive
3. Ethan Hawk

Three ways I am stereotypically a boy:
1. Foul mouth
2. I wear big clunky boots
3. I'm bossy

Three ways I am stereotypically a girl:
1. I like pink
2. I'm a pack rat
3. I play the 'cute' card to get my way

Three celeb crushes:
1. Ewan McGregor
2. The Man in Black
3. Christian Bale

Litany Webb, signing off

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Nelly.

No, the other one.

Furtado.

The one that sounds like some weird taco from Le Taco Belle. Or some very wrong reference to an unkempt female body part.

Anyway there's something to her sound that appeals to me, and I can't put my finger on it. The lyrics are decent, but I don't think that's the element I'm drawn to.

I'm reminded of - - erm, that band. You know, with the members.

Dammit.

The lead singer sounds like Stevie Wonder. Um. Um...

Maroon5! (They didn't get popular till they stole Stevie's sound.)

I think that Maroon5 and Nelly Furtado might be the same kind of thing, where it's a stylized vocal style that grabs you, more than any inherent stand-apart quality of the music or lyrics.

I'm not saying that Nelly Furtado and Maroon5 aren't very talented, they are. I'm just trying to understand the how's and why's of their appeal for me personally.

What do you think?

Litany Webb, signing off

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