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Stitchfix!

The other day I received my first package from stitchfix.com! It’s kind of a personal styling/shopping service that is really easy and fun to use. You sign up, answer a bunch of questions about what styles you like, what clothes you need, and your size, and then they send you 5 pieces in the mail (whenever you want them to!). You pay $20 when they ship something to you, and if you like any of the things they send then you get $20 of credit to use on any of them. Whatever you don’t like you can send back to them in a very conveniently included USPS postal bag affixed with a prepaid shipping label! And as a bonus, if you want to keep all five items, you get a 25% discount!

This sweater is the only thing from this shipment I’m keeping. They definitely sent me some fun and interesting clothes, things I wouldn’t normally pick out otherwise. Some of them weren’t my style and others were too expensive and I didn’t like them enough to justify the cost. But it’s a lot of fun to have someone else send you interesting things to try out!

They also include a tag with some information about the product as well as some styling suggestions. I really enjoyed getting my Stitchfix box and I have to make myself wait a little while before ordering another one (they won’t send any to you automatically unless you ask them to, so you don’t have to worry about them charging you when you don’t expect it). They’re in beta now so you have to request an invite, but feel free to use my referral link OR if you don’t want to that’s cool too and you can just sign up at stitchfix.com :)

busy busy

Everything has been insane lately! Starting the apartment hunt, launching Bosskey in less than a month, planning our panel for AB. It’s all very stressful.

We went to Sleep No More on Friday. It feels a little bit like a dream, like I keep remembering little parts of it and finding it hard to believe that all of that actually happened in a warehouse in Chelsea that I walk by daily. I wasn’t sure how I felt about it right afterwards, but I think I’d like to go again if it sticks around for awhile. If you’re in the NYC area I definitely recommend it just for the experience, it’s unlike anything else. Wandering through a smoky forest and a graveyard with surround sound music felt like walking through a movie. Being envious of the few audience members who got taken into a secret room (if I go again I’d make sure to be one of them!). The rave scene was surreal, if you go be sure not to miss that.

"Because I am tired of working for candidates who make me think I should be embarrassed to believe what I believe, Sam. I’m tired of getting them elected. You all need some therapy, because somebody came along and said liberal means soft on crime, soft on drugs, soft on communism, soft on defense, and we’re going to tax ya back to the stone age, because people shouldn’t have to go to work if they don’t want to. And instead of saying, “Well, excuse me, you right-wing, reactionary, xenophobic, homophobic, anti-education, anti-choice, pro-gun, leave it to beaver trip back to the fifties,” we cowered in the corner. And said “Please Don’t Hurt Me.” No more. I really don’t care who’s right, who’s wrong. We’re both right. We’re both wrong. Let’s have two parties, huh, what do you say?"

how about a real update?

Some random things…

Working? Full time, at mcgarrybowen doing web development. It’s a huge company and it’s fun and exciting and I like it. I’ve made a promise to myself though that my next job will not be in web development (not counting freelance). In my free time, on Bosskey. I’m learning a ton about backend development, UI design, and other random things. It’s also a lot of fun, and a lot of work, and I’m hoping it will launch soon so that I can actually show it off.

Oh, also just because I graduated doesn’t mean I can’t obsessively work at conventions anymore. I’m now the “North American Guest Relations Manager” at Anime Boston, which is pretty awesome because I love having responsibility and things like that. I’m really looking forward to it!

Playing? Video games? Not much right now, probably not until Mass Effect 3 comes out in March. Also taking a little hiatus from comics (weekly issues exempt) to read IQ84 on my kindle. Apparently critics didn’t like it, but I’m enjoying it so far.

In other news, I’m moving in May! My lease is ending and Goran and I want to get an apartment together. That’ll be exciting, and hopefully will be followed shortly by getting a cat! I’ve lived too long without one (almost a year). When that happens, expect a buttload of cat pictures here.

Usually I don’t like writing posts about my life, but I feel like every now and then enough changes to warrant one. So hopefully this one will take care of that for awhile! The end.