http://christinaspeaks.com ...and maybe 2 people listen Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:01:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to all the folks coming over from the City Paper! I hope you like what you're finding here. Last night, the boyf and I went to an event in the Pop City CityLive! series called "Getting There ... From Here" about public transit in Pittsburgh. The speakers were Steve Bland, ... http://christinaspeaks.com/2008/07/25/wikiburghopedia-wikiburgh-pittswiki-okay-lets-just-stick-with-citiwiki/ I'll admit it - in the mornings, I'm a bit of a lollygagger. I'm supposed to be at work at 8, but this morning I just couldn't bring myself to roll out of my comfy, cozy bed until 7:25, therefore missing the bus at 7:38. I was forced to take ... http://christinaspeaks.com/2008/06/20/one-big-happy-family/ The past three months, I’ve been working as a temp for a major Pittsburgh company. In a week and a half, I’ll be leaving this gig for a permanent position at a local non-profit. I interned at this organization when I was in college, and it was pretty much the ... http://christinaspeaks.com/2008/06/17/live-and-learn-and-then-get-a-new-job/ Once upon a time, there lived a young woman who grew up in the Fireworks Capital of America and went to the City of Champions for college. In 2006, she moved with her boyfriend to Washington, DC, where she, a bright-eyed bushy-tailed college graduate, began working at a small nonprofit ... http://christinaspeaks.com/2008/05/29/storytime/ I’m up for a new phone through my Verizon new every two deal and honestly I’m underwhelmed. Currently I have your slightly-more-than-basic phone – it makes calls, has a camera and videorecorder, it’s always worked well for me. I don’t need VCast (I don’t even know what that means) and ... http://christinaspeaks.com/2008/05/21/yes-i%e2%80%99d-like-some-cheese-with-this-whine/ How did I not post a 90s VOTW last week? GAWD. Sorry, folks. Anyway, this video features Juliette Lewis as a mental patient. Pretty big stretch for her, I know. Ha! I'm totally joshing! Well, only like 80% joshing. I love Juliette Lewis. Loving Mel's denim button-up shirt with the sleeves cut ... http://christinaspeaks.com/2008/05/19/90s-votw-come-to-my-window-melissa-etheridge/ I’m beginning to wonder if dementors are breeding in Pittsburgh. I can hardly complain, since I moved back here at the end of February, when the ground begins to thaw and the slush somewhat subsides, from the mild winters of Washington, DC. (Seriously, if the air guessers even predict three ... http://christinaspeaks.com/2008/05/19/wool-coats-in-may/ Or could (Jordan Staal) and Martha Plimpton (you know, that one girl from The Goonies) TOTALLY be brother and sister? http://christinaspeaks.com/2008/05/11/is-it-just-me/ Write this post, that is, since I agreed to this NaBloPoMo nonsense. This weekend: beaucoup parties + a German-American couple and their one-year-old son = FUN TIMES. See yinz later! http://christinaspeaks.com/2008/05/09/im-only-doing-this-because-i-have-to/ Why are you so disgusting? Seriously. Also – why do you exist? You taste so bad, and your texture is so stringy, and you are a droopy shade of green. No one likes you. People pretend to like you but really they just eat you after they’ve drenched you in ... http://christinaspeaks.com/2008/05/08/dear-celery/