http://youraverageworkerbee.vox.com/explore/friends-and-family/library/posts/page/1/ Semi-Adventures in Mediocrity en Vox Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:31:49 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/etc-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Workaholic Hostess) http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/etc-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/etc-1.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:31:49 -0700 If you who read Japanese, maybe you read this blog (I have a link to her on the right). Written by a girl you might call a hooker, who's worked in various different types of brothels, etc. And she blogs about it! Most recently she worked in an ima... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/etc-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989fddbd000400fa968aa3de0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/indymac-two-sides.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Workaholic Hostess) http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/indymac-two-sides.html?_c=feed-rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/indymac-two-sides.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:08:59 -0700 So yet another section of the economic pyramid has crumbled. IndyMac went bust. One of my mother's girlfriends had her life savings in there. She's Japanese, and she used to be married to an American man. They bought a condo in LA, and sold it an... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/indymac-two-sides.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989fddbd00040100a7ea8875000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> crap economy http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/caroline-pover-sucks.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Workaholic Hostess) http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/caroline-pover-sucks.html?_c=feed-rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/caroline-pover-sucks.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:08:52 -0700 Japan can be a lonely place for foreign women sometimes. Wouldn't it be great if there was some supportive organization where frustrated foreign women could go for support? I know of one organization that you should definitely stay away from. It... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/caroline-pover-sucks.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989fddbd000400fa968a04770003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> sucks caroline pover http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/the-felines.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Workaholic Hostess) http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/the-felines.html?_c=feed-rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/the-felines.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:48:05 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989fddbd000400fa96890bc00002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989fddbd000400fa96890bc00002-50si" alt="Samkins" /></a> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989fddbd000400fa96890bd60002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e3989fddbd000400fa96890bd60002-50si" alt="Norinori" /></a> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989fddbd000400fae8cd9cd0000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989fddbd000400fae8cd9cd0000b-50si" alt="Seijikat" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This is Osamu. He's only 12 years old, but I think he's dying. He's lost a lot of weight, his fur has lost its glossiness, and he throws up almost every day. When I pick him up he feels like paper. But he's still got the handsomest little face, an... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/the-felines.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989fddbd00040100a7ea1117000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> cats http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/post-3.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Workaholic Hostess) http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/post-3.html?_c=feed-rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/post-3.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:11:22 -0700 I thought I might miss the club and the girls and just being a hostess in general. But I don't. Just thinking about working again kind of makes me feel tired and nauseous. It's tough working a job where you have to deal with rejection all the time... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/post-3.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989fddbd00040100a7ea0f5d000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/bank.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Workaholic Hostess) http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/bank.html?_c=feed-rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/bank.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:41:29 -0700 When I was at the bank today with my dad, a sleazy, greasy, disgusting guy went up to the teller next to us and started speaking really inappropriately to the teller (who was a young girl). He was using a sleazy, super friendly pedophile voice and... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/bank.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989fddbd000400fad69b0a7a0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> family gross http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/im-really-back.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Workaholic Hostess) http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/im-really-back.html?_c=feed-rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/im-really-back.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:12:34 -0700 Have a California driver's license! Have an American bank account! Have filed my taxes (well technically I haven't sent the forms off, but I will soon)! I feel like a citizen of the USA again : ) <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/im-really-back.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989fddbd00040100a7e8d1f5000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> california http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/dmv.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Workaholic Hostess) http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/dmv.html?_c=feed-rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/dmv.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:06:14 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989fddbd000400fae8cc29b2000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e3989fddbd000400fae8cc29b2000b-50si" alt="Governator" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Everything was going well at the DMV. Honestly, I would have been pretty pissed off but not surprised if they told me that I had to take the driver's test over again. I mean I haven't lived in this country for seven years and my license has been e... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/dmv.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989fddbd000400fa968839c40003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> family dmv http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/gambling-in-cambodia.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Workaholic Hostess) http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/gambling-in-cambodia.html?_c=feed-rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/gambling-in-cambodia.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:49:05 -0700 My baby sister has just had a funny adventure in Cambodia. Well it's funny now because nothing really happened to her. Until two weeks ago, she'd never been in a casino in her whole life. She does love beer though, and she's no idiot. So after wi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/gambling-in-cambodia.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989fddbd000400fa968734d80002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> family travel http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/conversations-with-my-mother.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Workaholic Hostess) http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/conversations-with-my-mother.html?_c=feed-rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/conversations-with-my-mother.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:50:03 -0700 I've been hanging with my mom for the last two days. She moved to a totally boondocks town a few years ago after reading a big feature article in the LA Times about how this town will be the next resort town of California. She sold the house that ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/conversations-with-my-mother.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989fddbd000400fad6995dea0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> family korean stars