A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

About a month and a half ago, I received a notification from PayPal that my account was limited; someone had illegally tried to access my account. I went in and changed my password and security information, thinking the problem was fixed. Yesterday I found out that it wasn't. Yesterday afternoon, I received an e-mail, allegedly from PayPal, which was a receipt for something I'd supposedly bought online--a laptop computer, for 380 British pounds. I obviously don't use that currency and hadn't... Sign in to see full entry.

I know, it's a totally trashy, unrealistic reality show. But it's highly addictive; I downloaded some of the episodes off the ABC website last night. I watched it for a while in college, but got bored. The bachelor this time around is this totally cheesy Navy guy they keep touting as "An Officer and a Gentleman." He has not one iota of personality; at least, none that I can see. But he's very good looking and I'm sure that that all-American look he's got about him is appealing to some women. Not... Sign in to see full entry.

I spent the weekend revelling in my new job. Yesterday afternoon I went to a bar on the Lower East Side to watch the Yanks-Sox game on TV. I'm not a baseball fan, and I don't normally drink during the day, but it was fun to hang out. There were some people there that I'm becoming friends with that I was kind of glad to see. Last night I went to see a movie with a friend-- The Hoax, the new Richard Gere movie that's based on the story of the guy who wrote an "autobiography" of Howard Hughes.... Sign in to see full entry.

You might remember the job I applied for and interviewed twice for, and was so terribly disappointed when I didn't get it? When the woman called to tell me that she was going with someone else, I nearly cried over the phone. To save face, I sent her and the other woman who interviewed me thank you notes, asking if there was anything I could do to get more experience. I heard back from one of them today, and they said that they wanted to offer me a full-time, paying summer internship! I'd be one... Sign in to see full entry.

So my night was an interesting one. I ate dinner with my parents, who were going to the opera afterwards. It was actually quite a nice visit from them. They didn't want to have drive in themselves, so they got a driver. After dinner, my parents were dropped off at Lincoln Center, then I was to be taken home. The driver said, "I don't know New York all that well. Tell me how to get to where you're going." Which was my apartment in Brooklyn. The driver is this very nice guy in his 50s and my... Sign in to see full entry.