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Gainful Unemployment

I was laid off 2 days before my birthday in 2009, a dismal blessing. I miss health insurance and payroll, but I haven't bought bread since the pink slip because I have time to bake.

Sometimes I'm a serious job hunter, sometimes a serious slacker, but mostly, I'm an underemployed, freelance Jaqueline of many trades including writing and dogsitting. Either way, I scrapbook my finds and activities here for your benefit and amusement.

Follow me on Twitter if tv/movie/pro-cycling spoilers and unplanned live tweets won't hail on your parade. And yes, I do work blue so don't be huffy with me if you don't like cursing or merciless roasting of public figures.

You can look at my other blog Fashion Corpuscle if you like fashion. The ruins of my crumbling Tumblr blog empire awaits internet archaeologists.

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  • Portlandia Season 2 Episode 1 available online! Here! Now! Wow!

    Tagged: portlandia comedy sketch comedy fred armisen carrie brownstein portland pdx battlestar galactica

    Posted on January 2, 2012

  • Armisen and Brownstein text each other every night before bed. Brownstein says of their friendship, “Sometimes I think it’s the most successful love affair either of us will ever have.” Both claim that it wouldn’t work if they were romantically involved. “It would be colder, because we’ve both treated our romantic relationships in a cold way,” Armisen says. “Carrie and I are more romantic than any other romantic relationship I’ve ever had—that sense of anticipation about seeing the other person, the secret bond. But things don’t become obligatory. I’m not thinking, I’m doing this because you’re my girlfriend; I’m just thinking, I love Carrie.

    Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen in “Portlandia” : The New Yorker

    Goodness, how I love this. This is exactly what I want: my other half of a comedy duo. Just laffs, no couples obligation.

    This Carrie Brownstein profile in the New Yorker is worth reading even if romantic non-romance doesn’t float your boat. I love how she became an accidental comedian, and yet she is so fucking solid as producer/writer/actor in Portlandia.

    Tagged: carrie brownstein fred armisen portlandia comedy sketch comedy humor sleater kinney music wild flag

    Posted on December 29, 2011 with 11 notes

    Source: newyorker.com

  • Armisen and Brownstein in corpsepaint for Portlandia.
(Photo via Spin)

    Armisen and Brownstein in corpsepaint for Portlandia.

    (Photo via Spin)

    Tagged: fred armisen carry brownstein portlandia black metal corpsepaint corpse paint comedy music

    Posted on November 9, 2011 with 52 notes

  • Karl Lagerfeld with no sunglasses is so Fred Armisen plus Mummar Gaddafi. In many ways, it makes the Kaiser even more endearing because looking like those two seems like an unintentional self-effacement.
(Photo via styleite.com)

    Karl Lagerfeld with no sunglasses is so Fred Armisen plus Mummar Gaddafi. In many ways, it makes the Kaiser even more endearing because looking like those two seems like an unintentional self-effacement.

    (Photo via styleite.com)

    Tagged: karl lagerfeld fashion celebrity fred armisen mummar gaddafi

    Posted on August 4, 2011 with 1 note

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