Dread Pirate Alice

Avoidance

So I’m trying not to really work at the moment. And the dude here at work that’s fixing up the lame website we have (no I will not post a link) is asking for bios and stuff wants us to answer some questions….so here are the questions and answers.

Industry Questions

Where did you go to school? Oak Glen, Memorial, TF South, Columbia College and a short stint at DeVry

How long have you been in the marketing business? 10 years

How did you break into the business? I became a receptionist and got promoted

What is your greatest professional accomplishment? Uh….

What or who inspires you creatively? I get my inspiration whenever I’m in the bathroom away from the computer so I’ve got to remember it from that point until I can get somewhere to write it down.

What brand do you admire the most? The Chevy Nova and how they marketed it to Spanish speaking countries.

What is your greatest contribution to a client’s business? saving them money

Do you have a “hidden” talent? yeah, reciting all 50 states in alphabetical order…blindfolded…with my hands tied behind my back

Personal Questions

Do you have a nickname? PirateAlice, but no one calls me that to my face

What is your favorite movie? Far too many to name…I like Princess Bride, Say Anything, Office Space, Dude, Where’s my car (I only own Dude on DVD by the way)

What are your three favorite musicians? Peter Gabriel, Henry Rollins, PJ Harvey

What is your favorite restaurant? Kamehachi

What is your favorite pigout food? Pretzels (when salt is required) Hob Nobs (when sugar or chocolate is required)

What is your favorite vacation destination? I haven’t vacationed too many places yet, but I’d like somewhere warm and tropical with a beach.

What are your three favorite books? UGH… only 3!! are you CRAZY! Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker books (I count that as one), Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere and Neil/Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens but I reserve the right to change that at any time.

What is your favorite quote? “I hold the key to the gates of paradise but I’ve got too many legs!” Jeff – Coupling

What magazine is a must read each month? I don’t buy magazines anymore. But if I had to I’d pick up National Geographic

Where would you love to max out a credit card? Borders

What do you collect? Metal Lunchboxes (old ones, not new) and books

Unloading

So, one of my email friends told me about this place called Freecycle. You sign up for a yahoo group in your area and then people send out emails of stuff they have that they are trying to get rid of…not sell…not trade…not auction off…but GET RID OF as in, give away for free. So, since we’ve got a garage of things that we don’t want (well, OK I didn’t want them) I posted on the list to get rid of it. So far we’ve unloaded his old coffee table, a credenza that was WAY TOO HEAVY for us to lift much less cart into the basement, and a Herman Miller desk. It was like a cubile in pieces. Dave was trying to get rid of it at the garage sale, but no one could quite tell what it was since it was all in parts and not assembled.

So now hopefully the girl willing to take his old sectional will show up. And then perhaps we can get the CARS into the garage! Cuz…that’d be cool.

So anyone with some stuff they don’t quite think they could sell…and don’t want to just throw away…go sign up on the Freecycle list that’s in your area and check it out…you set the rules for the giving away….if you want them to supply the truck and labor to move the big sofa out that’s what happens….you don’t have to lift a thing…unless you feel bad and want to help them out.

You can also post a request for stuff, if there is something you really need but can’t get.