Monday 11/10

• 10:00 am Dentist appointment
• Receive company email about Holiday party on 12/15
• Finish reports within 3 hours
• Receive email stating company closed for Veterans day (has never been closed for veterans day). Joke with co-workers watch chains will be on the door on Wednesday. State nothing is ever truly free.
• Receive another email about new positions available in the company
• continue discussing plans for day off

Tuesday 11/11

• Sleep in till 8am
• begin blog post for Rainerism after discovering slide.com
• leave for MRI on knee (tripped over the dog)
• realize only have 100 mins on cell phone for 4 more days
• get call to be stylist on commercial shoot (1st offer, paid, super excited) Don’t except immediately suppose to be in San Francisco this week for friends b-day.  Realize need to seize the opportunity and accept position. Reward self with sushi and Starbucks
• return home finish blog post, watch Tyra (she is so trashy it is good)
• look up 20 cheapest apartment in NYC.  Find them cute and charming.
• prepare for work

Wednesday 11/12

• 8:30am finally friend calls back advise unable to make to birthday weekend and I am berated for being inconsiderate and need to apologize.  Not addressing like a friend but like a client.  Completely pissed off at friend’s response before entering work.  Down to 70 mins on cell phone.
• 9:00am Check emails need to create more reports and review some invoices
• 10:00am meeting about Thanksgiving potluck.  Explain concerns to director advised everything will be taken care of just need to help set up next Thursday
• 10:30am emergency town hall meeting being advised due to economy cutting company down by half.  Many voices of concern due to houses just being bought, expecting babies, and the holidays.  Surprise for many people the company had an open house last Thursday and closed down Canadian division advised all work done in this main office. Feeling guilt about Starbucks and sushi.
• Unable to concentrate, answer client emails, or create reports.  All coworkers sit at desk in silence.
• 11am first lay off in department. then nothing for over an hour and a half
• still unable to concentrate just watch as people collect boxes and walk out
• 1:15pm go to lunch not really hungry just order fries for $2. Get further details about commercial.
• Return to work other departments completely gone people crying left and right.  Company cut down 80%. Wondered why CEO would even lie about that.
• Advise others everything happens for a reason and we always talked about other things we would rather do.
• 3pm finally told services no longer needed handed unemployment form.  Advise will not return for rest of the week. Gather stuff , say goodbyes, delete personal emails. plan for a happy hour tomorrow night.
• 4pm cancel gym membership (was offered lower rate and accepted, but now realize need to fully cancel). Realize will be broke and super fat.
• 4:30 down to 50 mins on cell phone.
• Realize last paycheck next week and live paycheck to paycheck.  Anger sets in along with some fear over what will happen next couple of months. Contemplate moving in with the parents. 
• 4:45 call T-mobile get old school plan (text messages and 1000 minutes) cancel Blackberry package and hot spots
• 5:00 leave for dinner with family. Order several alcoholic drinks
• Family advises got too comfortable at job and need to move on.  Stylist position great opportunity.  Mom states I need to start thinking like an entrepreneur and stop worrying about bills.
• 8:30 cancel Netflix subscription
• 10:00 35 minutes left on cell phone. extremely sober, Try to watch Across the Universe, realize don’t care about the movie
• 10:30 lay in bed wide awake. dog jumps in bed but don’t care to get him off
• 1:00 am watch The Daily Show
• 1:30 check out jobing.com realize just want part time job to concentrate on GMAT and applications
• 3:00 am watch Anderson Cooper discussion on the economy pour a glass of wine.
• 3:30 begin this post.
• 4:00am watch Mike and Mike on ESPN.
• 4:42am discover laidoffcentral.com
• 4:47am realize GG has overcome many things in life and this is just a minor setback.

Anyone else get laid off recently?  How is it going for you?

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I am currently a guest blogger for rainerisms.com, a blog from a MBA graduate student that documented his admission process and his experience at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Management. I will do a post once a month on his site which will feature what I think is a need-to-know in fashion and culture.  Hope you enjoy.

 
10. Need: Tights.  Who knew a simple purple day dress could turn into a cocktail dress by adding some black tights and a bracelet.  Ladies tights are in and they can completely change an outfit by adding sophistication to an outfit. (I am talking plain tights not the crazy Cavalli ones.)  So head to Target and purchase gray, black, navy, and purple tights for around $5 each.

9.  Cool: 70s inspired music.  I recently checked out the Kings of Leon album Only by the Night and Robin Thicke’s Something Else and I loved both of them.  Cool music you can relax to while studying or working from home, entertaining the significant other, or for a gathering at home base.  To keep it modern get T.I. Paper Trails which has great hooks and melodies- even those who don’t favor rap/hip-hop will be humming some of the tunes.

8. Need: Tuxedo Jacket.  If there is truly one trend piece every woman needs this fall it is the Tuxedo Jacket.  It was perfected by Yves Saint Laurent and I don’t know why it went away.  This jacket truly goes with everything.  Pair it with a dress and you are ready for happy hour.  Put it on with some jeans and you have a great date look.  Whatever you buy this autumn please don’t forget the Tuxedo Jacket.

7. Awesome: Pumpkin.  The best thing about fall is that Pumpkins are in season.  I truly splurge on my pumpkin.  Weekly Starbucks runs for Pumpkin Spice Lattes (nonfat of course), pumpkin muffins, pumpkin cheesecake, I even have Pumpkin conditioner from SexyHair.  And for those who like to drink Pumpkin Ale is available at your local Trader Joe’s.

6. Cool: TrueBlood.  TrueBlood is an HBO series based on the Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse series and is a must see.  This show honestly makes Vampires extremely sexy.  You got Fangbangers, shape shifters, and Sookie’s best friend’s cousin Lafayette dealing V which is better than Ecstasy, all wrapped up in a small Lousiana town.  I promise just look at one episode and you will be hooked for life.

5. Need: Boots.  Boots in all color and sizes.  Shoe boots, such as Chloe and Guiseppe Zanotti pictured above, are in.  Ladies get a pair of shoe, calves, and knee-high, and for those who dare thigh high boots.  Don’t just go for the basic black definitely look for patent leather, purple, gray, and blue.  Be daring with your boots they will spice up any outfit.

4. Want: Fendi Cocktail Dress.  I have given you the tights, the boots, and now I finish the outfit with the Fendi cocktail dress.  This dress is on net-a-porter.com and I fell in love with it immediately. It is classically cut in the front but then the back is completely open to allow some clear sexiness. Pair this dress with black or purple tights and the Guiseppe Zanotti shoes and you are ready for a holiday party and dancing at the club.  I haven’t stopped dreaming about this outfit since I found it. But even I don’t have the dough to spend on this dress now ($1200 on sale) so for 1/6th the price I offer the fun Anna Sui dress.  Again just pair some tights and shoe boots and you have a fantastic holiday outfit.

3. Cool: Power Suit Male Dolce & Gabbana.  While living in Italy I learned to appreciate a man in a suit.  They always caught my eye first while ordering my morning cappuccino or during aperitivi (Italian happy hour) I wanted to know more about the men in the suits.  This suit is tailored well and for those of you who want to go into those power positions in real estate and banking trust me your client sees you in a well made suit they will pay more attention to what you have to offer.

2. Want: Spring 09′ Donna Karan dress.  I think the fashion in fall is top of the line out of all the seasons, but sometimes all that layering is bothersome and there are a lot more fat days.  So to stay in the gym this fall I am looking forward to this draped Donna Karan dress which clearly tells me the legs need to be toned. Don’t you just love the subtle sexiness of this dress?

1. Awesome: President Obama.  I cried when MSNBC declared Obama the President elect.  I never thought in my lifetime a black man would be President of the US, and I am not old.  I am clearly pleased with America these days and look forward to what this country will become in the next four years.

Photos courtesy of: amazon.com, net-a-porter.com, style.com, stockingirl.com, express.com, starbucks.com, sexyhair.com, time.com, nymag.com

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Alright fashionistas and hipsters, this is your chance to be documented in your L.A. Street Style . This is an opportunity to participate in art while catching some great ideas on how to wear stripes with a flowery skirt. Just looking at some of these images who knew 1973 was such an awesome fashion year. I am going to try my best to make it to my old stomping grounds and participate.  This L.A. Times article also gives a little more information on the event.  Hope to see you out there.

Come to LACMA on the evening of September 6 to take part in a unique celebration and documentation of Los Angeles street style. It promises to be one of the social and photographic highlights of the season:

• View outdoor projections of the original LA Flash, a 400-image exploration of Los Angeles street style and personality circa 1973.
• Be part of its contemporary sequel, as our photographers document your very own street style with images uploaded to the Web.
• Enjoy music, special screenings of independent films, and curator-and educator-led tours of modern art from the permanent collection and special exhibitions Philip-Lorca diCorcia and The Age of Imagination: Japanese Art, 1615–1868, from the Price Collection.

LACMA | $10; open to the public, tickets required | Order tickets  online or contact the LACMA box office at 323-857-6010

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Sometimes I wonder what I will wear for all those important meet and greets during school.  I think this outfit by L’Wren Scott is great. Can I just send this picture in for my Why MBA essay?

Photo from style.com

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On Thursday went with the family to see the movie Hancock.  I had read some of the reviews and the critics hated it.  Apparently the twist in the middle was too unbelievable and did not add to the plot.  As much as I agree with critics on films, I made up my mind when I saw the first preview for Hancock that I wanted to see it.

Spoiler Alert

My vote. 21/2  Glamour Stars
Why do you ask?  Who knew Charlize Theron would be his immortal beloved, that could only be loved from afar.  Who knew love took away powers?  (Well we all do.  I was in love once and could not concentrate on anything but that person and felt I was solely living to make him happy.)  I think without the twist in the film the movie would have been completely useless.  I will admit I have a serious crush on Will Smith, but  I still think he did a good job in the movie. ( I felt he did a great job in I Am Legend.)  Jason Bateman was also funny as the warm hearted public relations guy, but I felt anyone could have played that role. 

Although I enjoyed my experience with the film I don’t need to see a part two to Hancock and I don’t have to know his real name or if he is truly from another planet.  Notice I have yet to mention the whole superpowers aspect.  I actually felt that was the weakest part of the film.  Watching Hancock fly over the 110 Freeway or throw a fat French kid in the air was just boring and expected.  And being a booze loving superhero is even more of a cliché.

Bottom line:
Wait for the DVD.
Let me know how you felt about Hancock.

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