http://youraverageworkerbee.vox.com/explore/neighborhood/library/posts/page/1/ Semi-Adventures in Mediocrity en Vox Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:06:05 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/dad-dating-host-clubs-vh1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Workaholic Hostess) http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/dad-dating-host-clubs-vh1.html?_c=feed-rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/dad-dating-host-clubs-vh1.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:06:05 -0700 My dad just came back from another date again. This lady seemed nice. I think he met her through some jewish dating website, at least that's what my twin sister says. I think that's kind of sweet. My dad can be really cute. I went into the kitche... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/dad-dating-host-clubs-vh1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989fddbd000400fa968438370002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> family reality tv los angeles dating http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/salaryman-vs-hostess.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Workaholic Hostess) http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/salaryman-vs-hostess.html?_c=feed-rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/salaryman-vs-hostess.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:51:51 -0700 Kazuhide is the proudly ignorant Japanese salaryman who extols advise/publicly shames ex-pats in his monthly column in Japanzine. The Hostess is a former bar flower who published a memoir of her decadent days and nights as a paid alcoholic. Here... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/salaryman-vs-hostess.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989fddbd000400fad696e63d0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> hostess salaryman bar flower http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/ghetto-boss-email.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Workaholic Hostess) http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/ghetto-boss-email.html?_c=feed-rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/ghetto-boss-email.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:58:52 -0700 Just got an email from my old boss at the ghetto club. He said "Tokyo's still rainy and humid and won't clear up. Just imagining LA, I feel like going there right now. Relax while you're there, but there are lots of fat people in America so be ca... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/ghetto-boss-email.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989fddbd000400fae8c837db000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> los angeles hostess http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/end-of-the-empire.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Workaholic Hostess) http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/end-of-the-empire.html?_c=feed-rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/end-of-the-empire.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:35:17 -0700 Gas was almost five bucks when my sister filled up the car just now. She's wondering if perhaps her car getting crushed was a blessing in disguise. Maybe not having a car is a good thing right now. I feel like everywhere I look, things are in dec... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/end-of-the-empire.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989fddbd000400fa968446890003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> family los angeles economy http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/amtrack-say-the-rich-people.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Workaholic Hostess) http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/amtrack-say-the-rich-people.html?_c=feed-rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/amtrack-say-the-rich-people.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:07:15 -0700 Amtrack and Greyhound is the solution to the expensive flights, fuel charges, and my family's lack of money. This solution was suggested by close family friends, otherwise known as the Rich People. Simon and Mariko have been friends with my paren... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/amtrack-say-the-rich-people.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989fddbd000400fa96843f030003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> family biracial http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/lemons-seafood-dark-hair.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Workaholic Hostess) http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/lemons-seafood-dark-hair.html?_c=feed-rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/lemons-seafood-dark-hair.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:30:01 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989fddbd000400fae8c7a712000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e3989fddbd000400fae8c7a712000b-50si" alt="Lemontree" /></a> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989fddbd000400fad6954c8f0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989fddbd000400fad6954c8f0005-50si" alt="Seafood" /></a> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989fddbd000400fa9683b9650003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e3989fddbd000400fa9683b9650003-50si" alt="Goodluck" /></a> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989fddbd000400fad6962f7c0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e3989fddbd000400fad6962f7c0004-50si" alt="Darkcat" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Here's the lemon tree. ***** Hung out with our good friend Kosuke, his sister Yuka and their dad last night. I'm not lying, Kosuke has a brother named Keisuke, and they even had a dog named Mosuke. Enough with the -suke already! Kosuke and my t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/lemons-seafood-dark-hair.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989fddbd000400fad6962fb80004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> family los angeles hair http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/fighting-the-urge.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Workaholic Hostess) http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/fighting-the-urge.html?_c=feed-rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/fighting-the-urge.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:24:39 -0700 still fighting the urge to get on the next plane back to Tokyo, but things are getting easier. What will I do anyway? Work in another hostess club? Things are getting easier. I'm still here. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/fighting-the-urge.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989fddbd000400fad6961ae80004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://molls.vox.com/library/post/everything-must-go.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(molls) http://molls.vox.com/library/post/everything-must-go.html?_c=feed-rss http://molls.vox.com/library/post/everything-must-go.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:31:08 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://molls.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4143f32076a4700fad69516570005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d4143f32076a4700fad69516570005-50si" alt="late spring cleaning" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I'm donating more than half of my clothing to Out of the Closet and the Salvation Army. This is the video I made about it. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://molls.vox.com/library/post/everything-must-go.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143f32076a4700fad695165d0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> cleaning los angeles charity clothes salvation army out of the closet http://molls.vox.com/library/post/mummycakes.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(molls) http://molls.vox.com/library/post/mummycakes.html?_c=feed-rss http://molls.vox.com/library/post/mummycakes.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:08:16 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://molls.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4143f32076a4700fa9682dae30002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4143f32076a4700fa9682dae30002-50si" alt="DSC07877" /></a> <a href="http://molls.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4143f32076a4700fad695f4270004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d4143f32076a4700fad695f4270004-50si" alt="DSC07878" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Mom's in town! <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://molls.vox.com/library/post/mummycakes.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143f32076a4700fa96837e560003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> family photos mom los angeles downtown the standard http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/sat-jun-28-200841-2008.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Workaholic Hostess) http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/sat-jun-28-200841-2008.html?_c=feed-rss http://withoutshoes.vox.com/library/post/sat-jun-28-200841-2008.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:09:00 -0700 I didn't realize that Cookie had such a Hokkaido accent. 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