Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[SlaveNoMore]

Pretty Little Flower
I have read approximately sixteen million resumes in my legal career, and I am also much smarter and prettier than all of you, so I am supremely qualified to offer a little bit of advice. I should probably post this on some Law Students board, by I do not even know if there is one here, and it is not like I give a tenth of an ass of a fifth of a rat about any of those fuckers anyway. So, here is my advice: set yourself apart. The other day, I was reading a resume, and I look down to the "Personal Interests" section, and I see that this dude is into "travel." Whoooaaaa! Travel?!? Huh. So, like, this guy enjoys vacations! By some crazy freakin' coincidence, so do I! That is great interview fodder. "I couldn't help but notice that you enjoy travel. Fascinating. Tell me about all the trips you have ever taken." Here is another good one. "Reading." Unless you are the most voracious devourer of books I have ever met, and write book reviews on the side, putting on your resume that you like reading is the equivalent of writing "I am boring" in your interests section. Finally, I am conflicted about this one: "Spending time with family." I mean, O.K., I get it, you are a committed family member, and that is nice. But how many people who have families are not interested in spending time with them? How many of those people are willing to admit that in an interview, anyway? My point being, putting that on your resume tells me as much about you as if you put down "breathing." "Personal interests: I enjoy eating, breathing, and spending time with my family (with whom I live)." Thanks a lot. We're going to spend a fun half hour together.

Memo to File:

Female law students interviewing with PLF please add the following to their resume:

Interests
Drinking homebrew, smoking hash, making fun of co-workers and sleeping with my superior.

I have read approximately sixteen million resumes in my legal career, and I am also much smarter and prettier than all of you, so I am supremely qualified to offer a little bit of advice. I should probably post this on some Law Students board, by I do not even know if there is one here, and it is not like I give a tenth of an ass of a fifth of a rat about any of those fuckers anyway. So, here is my advice: set yourself apart. The other day, I was reading a resume, and I look down to the "Personal Interests" section, and I see that this dude is into "travel."

My general rule is that if anyone ten years out of college still has their fraternity accomplishments conspicuously posted on the front of the resume - it goes right into the shredder. Also, I can have a distasteful candidate out of my office in under 15 minutes.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Ritz
My general rule is that if anyone ten years out of college still has their fraternity accomplishments conspicuously posted on the front of the resume - it goes right into the shredder. Also, I can have a distasteful candidate out of my office in under 15 minutes.

What fraternity accomplishments? Banged x chicks? Century club member 4 years running?

I think that would be more entertaining reading than the usual "interests include dog-walking, sleeping and taking big dumps"

[c2ed]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
PLF bemoaning the fact that he is not entertained enough by resumes.

See, I look at it from a different angle. I don't give a flying fuck what this person does in their spare time - are they going to do my work the way I want it done?

You like to travel? Good - go down the hall and get my coffee for me before the meeting where I give you your assignments.

You like to read? Better. Here - hope you like reading the 1500 boxes for diligence.

You like your family? Excellent. We'll leave some room on your desk for pictures of them, and will even have a summer picnic where you can see them in sunlight.

C(hmph. some partner you'd make.)deuced

[lookingformarket]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
taking big dumps"

Unless a glass coffee table was involved*, I don't think any of us has "taken" a dump. Why isn't the phrase "giving big dumps"?












*See, e.g., resume of NoMore, Slave under the Fraternity Accomplishments Section

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by lookingformarket
I've got a better idea. I don't care about your personal interests. Don't put them on the resume. You are going to be paid to sit in a box and churn out paper that I'll bill people for. Unless your interests are "Sitting under artificial light and billing", keep them to yourself or tell your friends* about them.

*Just a hint, I ain't one of them.

I assume that "spending time with family" isn't going to curry favor with you as an interest, then.

Cancel the interests and use the extra resume line to brag about what you'll do for my organization. I'll find out if you're a well-rounded person when I interview you.

P(actually prefer well rounded, as anyone who can't find a life worth living outside a law library is highly suspect)J

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by evenodds
Speaking of things only a few of us enjoy . . .

today, Cipo lost the sprint with a perfect lead-out, so it looks as if he will not equal Binda's record.

Even(it's all about the giro)Odds

Super Mario was done last year when he had no response to McEwan on the Champs-Elysees.

But aren't there still several sprinters' stages left?

What fraternity accomplishments?

I was trying to find a sample resume - I think that I really did shred them. As I recall, they list things like "fraternity president," "head of pledge class," etc. If that is the highlight of your life, we don't need you here.

[soup sandwich]

Originally posted by infinitytrack
I don't really understand this really. It's not like the women's game is inherently less interesting to watch. Just because women hit it about 30 yards less, or somehow get less spin on the ball does not to me make it a less interesting television experience. The same goes for women's tennis. Indeed, the argument can be made there that the women's game is far more enjoyable to watch because the men just serve and volley and the point is over in about 3 seconds. I think viewers gravitate to the men simply because they are more accustomed to watching men play sports. A lot of men also fear that they might be labeled pansies by watching girls play sports.

I like watching womens' sports by and large. It's an added bonus that there are athletic babes on the field/court/course etc.

Some sports are better to watch when the women are playing, some when the men are playing, and some it doensn't matter. A huge generalization here, but when grace predominates, the women are more watchable and in timed events it doesn't matter.

Some examples:
women's gymnastics, figure skating

men's basketball, hockey

For some reason I also find women's soccer more fun to watch. Perhaps there is less diving/bicthing to the ref in the women's game. The women just seem to go about their business.

equal
swimming, running, skiing, speed skating

I also think tennis is equal. But it's pretty player specific. I have no interest in watching Hewitt or Clijster play, but I would watch Serena or Agassi.

Why is men's golf more fun to watch? Probably becasue it's got a richer sense of history (courses, players, records), that the anouncers always shove in our faces. We're told we should care that Mickelson has never won a major, and that Byron Nelson won 11 tournaments in a row, and for some reason we actually do care. A lot of the reasons people watch golf have very little to do with seeing the ball go in the hole.

Maybe women's golf is currently establishing it own history that will make it more watchable in the future. Or maybe the vast majority of people who watch golf are men, and men like to watch men golf rather than women.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
You can argue until your face turns blue ...

So many images come to mind. Is this you, Thurgreed?



Or do you, Less, and Spooky look more like this?


Perhaps what you are waiting for is this -- :flag: or :bow: or :cry:
because you think you've done this -- :whip:

We know you don't want one of these: :hug:

And you couldn't possibly have this in mind: :rofl:

In the end, though, perhaps the best way to sum up the golf thread is with this -- :sleep:

[evenodds]

Originally posted by purse junkie
He predicts he'll get his legs in a later stage, and commentators are suggesting that he can still pull it off if his team stops the individualistic crap and pulls together as a group.

I'm still sad about Kivilev.

Domina was perfect on today's stage -- absolutely flawless -- and Cipo could not get around Lombardi.

Phil and Paul were predicting he'll take the "express train to Milan" but I hope he will remain in contention at least until Tuscany.

Even(glad they must wear helmets now)Odds

Edited to add: Mario ended last year's season with a dominant sprint performance in the Vuelta, and then a victory in a little thing called the world championships in October. He hasn't raced in the TdF since he left Saeco for first Soap & Water and now Domina. Given his performance in the Giro, it's doubtful Domina will get an invite. McEwan beat Zabel, if I remember correctly.

[Mister_Ruysbroeck]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
[rant about "personal interests"]

Do people seriously put personal interests on their resumes?

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
"Personal interests: I enjoy eating, breathing, and spending time with my family (with whom I live)." Thanks a lot. We're going to spend a fun half hour together.

What the hell kind of candidates are you getting? The fucking Mickey Mouse Club? If I received a resume with a "Personal Interests" section I would throw it in the trash. What makes that person think I give a flying fuck about their interests. I don't care about any interest you may have except doing the job I am looking to hire someone for. I want to see your credentials and will feel-out your personality in an interview where I MIGHT ask about personal interests. Come to think of it, you can impress me by having a "Personal Interests" section and putting NONE so that I know you will have no issues about slaving your ass off for me. Personal Interests, you are a lawyer for fuck's sake so you don't have time for personal interests. What is with kids these days?

Edited to say that I should have read the other responses before repeating essentially what everyone else fucking said. Shit.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by bilmore
Sadly, this has turned into the All TV, All The Time, network.

Apparently, GA's just work and veg by the tube.

If someone develops a new model of GA that rafts, shoots, vedls, short swings, pops, rappels, wheelies, crashes and burns, or even just klitches, please call the rest of us. At that point, you are actually doing something with the short time that you have.

Until then, my god, you people are doomed.

To death, or boredom. I'm not sure which is worse. But, I think you all deserve better.

STOP THE TUBE SHIT!

I played poker, drank Bushmills and listened to Maceo Parker and Willie Nelson. No TV. Plus I perused Outside magazine's gear guide and thought about buying a new daypack. TITS!

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by evenodds
Domina was perfect on today's stage -- absolutely flawless -- and Cipo could not get around Lombardi.

Phil and Paul were predicting he'll take the "express train to Milan" but I hope he will remain in contention at least until Tuscany.

Even(glad they must wear helmets now)Odds

Speaking of cycling, but in the leisurely "let's cruise along on a flat surface then stop for a bottle of wine, some cheese, a baguette and some grapes" category, I have seen my dream 500-lb. one-speed steel cruiser at a bike show, and it is a pearly pink schwinn with a martini-and-cocktail-shaker design.

But I purchased Tangerine Sparkle Handbag-from-Heaven instead.