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DunkinJoNuts
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Name: jo
State: Pennsylvania
Interests: dreaming about babies, pretending like i'm j.lo, sleeping all day, eating like cookie monster, reading harry potter and making venti nonfat decaf sugar free vanilla lattes for who else but Penn girls...
Expertise: glitter and sparkles, falling down stairs, useless information, playing boss dj by sublime, looking like a bag lady
Message: message me
Member Since:
11/20/2003
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if you'd like beautiful jewelery... :) go to alison's new etsy site!!
www.aystoltz.etsy.com
p.s. this album is so so so good.
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things i heart:
1. netflix
2. tulips
3. central park
4. captain crunch
5. pussycat dolls tv!
things i despise:
1. getting hit by cars
2. dragging a suitcase around in the rain
3. a shower curtain rod that plasters you to the side of the wall/tub
4. when ppl add pineapple to fruit salad
5. blistered and bandaged feet
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| The difference between New York and Hawaii
I've been calling schools all over trying to get our books into the district offices and stuff, and as I ventured out of NY and started calling more NICE places, i was shocked and amazed at how nice and relaxed other people are.
new york (or philly)
office secretary: hello (grunt-- and mind you, she sounds annoyed!)
me: hi, my name is joanne. how are you?
secretary: (silence)
me: well, i was wondering if you could connect me to (insert name of librarian here)
secretary: hold (click) -- actually most times they don't even respond, they just put you on hold
hawaii
office secretary: alllloohha!! how are you today? (imagine a singing, melodious voice.. no joke)
me: hi, my name is joanne. i'm doing well. how are you?
secretary: oh just fine! thank you so much! can i help you with anything?
me: yes, i was wondering if you could connect me to your school librarian? my company publishes multicultural literature and i thought you're school might be interested... (trail off in fear that they will hang up on me for being an annoying salesperson)
secretary: oooh (squeal) how WONDERFUL! why don't i just connect you to the principal? she'll love to hear from you. we love good books, they help children have a good ohana feel.
me: ... oh... (shock)
this is just reason #3456543 for me to live in hawaii! steve once said something like, "is it a sin to be living in paradise while on earth?!" in reference to hawaii and its very fitting. sigh.
ok, back to the NY grind. i think i just heard a rat scurry by...
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| The day I was a panda
A few days ago I went on my first official school visit for work (I visit schools in ny to show them our books). It was my first that I was going to on my own so I woke up extra early, looked up the train info, left my apt an hour and a half before the meeting (it was in brooklyn) and was fully equipped with everything. What I didn’t do was look at myself in the mirror right before I left.  This is sad news because that morning I tried to take a shower but the water was ice cold and after letting it run for 20 minutes I decided I would just forego the shower bc luckily Alison had given me a new hair product last Sunday (Alison is editing a book about makeup and she always gets free products, whoo hoo). So this product is called bumble and you spray it on your hair when you don’t have time for a shower cuz it zaps out the grease or something. I hate showers so when she gave it to me, I was like YES! And so I sprayed it everywhere and was amazed at how well it worked and stuff. But what I didn’t notice was that it sprayed black, like spray paint, and I had sprayed one of my ears black. 
I noticed like an hour and a half later. Luckily I saw it, was horrified, and washed out my ear before the meeting with the principal but unfortunately I was walking around new york and was on the subway for a long time as a panda and didn’t know it.
So goes my life.
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