The Skinny Website - not so skinny!

I find this very amusing. I've been a frantic reader of theskinnywebsite.com for a year now, and I've always wondered what Rian Montgomery (the owner of the site) looks like. I mean, she sits there day in and day out writing about skinny celebs, sometimes saying they have gained weight or looks good. Judging them. I just googled her name and what did I find? Another website, looking extremely similar to the skinny, involving Chick lit, http://chicklitbooks.com. And I found a photo of her at http://www.culturecartel.com/staff.php?id=10060. She's right out fat!

Sorry, Rian, I just think that all your readers deserve to know. That's all.

Broadcast Yourself?

What I do not understand is when people (mostly young women) write everything about themselves in their blogs. Okay - if it's anonymous and there's no way anyone can find out who's writing that's better in my eyes (I'm apparently one of them). Buuuut when they upload pictures of themselves (in some cases with their workmates, children, boyfriends, etc.) and reveal every single little detail about their lives, their thoughts, experiences, issues - plus - reveal things about other people that are not giving their permission to such an exposure, I find it appalling.

Do they not understand that anyone can read their blogs? Do they not know that their sworn enemies (or future assaulters?), their moms, friends, or bosses will know things they are not supposed to know? If someone wants to hurt such a blogger, it'd be fairly easy. Or, to take a less aggressive example, if their boss gets to know another side of the blogger that maybe isn't fitting, he or she can lose their job.

And to blog about every single detail about your kids... Man, that's just evil. They haven't approved to being broadcasted all over the world, having their private photos downloaded to anyone's harddrive, or having the words "David had diarrhea today" forever printed in the cached memory of Google.

Don't get me wrong - there's no better read than the blog that tells me everything about a person with a face, especially if I know who that person is in real life. It's just that if I wanted to use that information against that face, I could really do some harm. Lucky for them, I don't have that in me. But someone else might.

Hooked

I'm hooked on this blog (maybe you've noticed?). This paragraph could almost have been written by me, so I'll quote it:

"In the past year, I've learned a lot about what I want from my career. Or, what I don't want from my career. I don't want to sit in an office all day, everyday. I don't want to be an assistant forever. I don't want to work excruciatingly long hours. I don't want to be at the mercy of bosses and clients. And yes, there are a few wants. I want to work for myself one day. I want to make a decent amount of money. I want to be passionate about what I'm doing. I want to be creative. I want to help other Working Girl's find their passions, once I find my own."

Can you say mindreader?

Confessions of a Working Girl

I've found a new favorite blog. These girls write so many funny stories and you get a real insight to what it is like to live and work in New York - the non-glamor way. This post is soooo right to the point of how I like to spend my days sometimes at work, I too am bored most of the time but try to look busy busy busy!

I don't want to live in New York but somewhere else in the United States would be awesome. I know it will be real someday, we have our ways and I'll share them with you later on.

Time to "work".... ;)