Brains!

Jacarandas

I hate Jacaranda trees. May is their flowering time, and they cover themselves in lilac colored flowers. If you're looking for one in LA, you don't have to look far, they are quite common. Especially in Santa Monica. They look pretty from a distance. But those flowers, they fall and pile up on the ground, they wilt and brown and shrivel up staining the sidewalk with dead goop. I think the smell is disgusting. It's one of those stenches that makes me shudder. When I was walking home from the bus stop, I found myself tip toeing in the spots of clean concrete.

Cars

Yes I took the bus today. I never thought I would miss taking the bus, but I really do. I miss the Big Blue Bus, I miss the AMRTS...I guess it just brings back memories. Why did I take the bus? Well because I have a Volvo...if you buy a Volvo that has just reached it's 10th birthday, you are going to spend a shit load maintaining it. It's like they turn 10 and suddenly all the parts on the damn thing age at once. So I might be a Volvo girl no more pretty soon, it's a high possibility that I will be a Daewoo girl...

Elitist Pig

And now for the good news. I'm an ELITE!!!!! I recieved a nomination PM from Dawn, one of Yelp's community organizers that I am friends with. Basically you can either apply or be nominated. And I guess my reviews caught Dawn's eye, and she PM'd me the info I needed in order to be approved. I was going to apply, eventually...maybe, but this is much better. So of course I responded, and with a few days I recieved my little badge on my profile. Now I get access the the Elite only events calendar, which means I can go to the Elite only events! I mean in the end it isn't that spectacular, lotsa people are elites these days...it's much easier to become one basically. The PM I got had been sent to a bunch of people, and we were all approved the same day I discovered in the Talk section. But I don't care, it means I get a chance to meet new people and eat free food! To find out more about why I was nominated go here http://www.yelp.com/elite Basically my reviews demonstrate what yelping is supposed to be, so being an elite I'm essentially a role model.

How is it, I'm always good at things I can't get paid for?! Well a while back I came across a craiglist listing for the job that Dawn has. The community manager, is basically the perfect socialite. They plan events, handle marketing campaigns, community tie-ins, basically its like a glorified Activities Coordinator in a student government, except you get paid...You also need like 5 years of heavy duty writing experience under your belt to apply. On the job listing it says: "'Mayor' of LA Yelp". Well we all know that I'm not even close to being a socialite. I hate people, I hate planning things, I like to go to bed at night. I'd have to be friendly to people, even if they were stupid, which is very hard for me to do. Basically I wouldn't fit at all. All the other jobs are San Francisco based, and revolve around date mining, website or iphone engineering, etc. stuff I have no idea about. So in conclusion could I get a job with yelp, no...