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trinityofone ([personal profile] trinityofone) wrote2006-08-03 09:41 am

Help me not get fired, part II

Things have been insane at work. We're closing the issue, so I've been putting in 12-hour-plus days editing the "boards," which last night got sent out to be returned to us as proofs, and then the craziness will resume. In the tiny, two-day lull, I'm supposed to start working on something for the next issue, and I could really use your help. We do an annual "Most" list, and I need to come up with suggestions. Here are some of the ones I've already come up with, to give you an idea:

MOST OMGWTFPOLARBEAR ENGAGEMENT: Dominic Monaghan & Evangeline Lilly
MOST LIKELY TO BE THE NEXT TO CLAIM WE’RE INTEROGATING THE TEXT FROM THE WRONG PERSPECTIVE: M. Night Shyamalan
MOST LIKELY TO BREAK THE GEORGIA RULE: Lindsay Lohan
MOST AWESOME TITLE IN THE HISTORY OF EVERYTHING, EVER: Snakes on a Plane
MOST LIKELY TO CONFUSE A BELT AND A BRA: Keira Knightley
MOST IN NEED OF SUPER-SIZING: Kate Bosworth
MOST INVISIBLE BABY: Suri Cruise

Now, most of these are, I fear, too obscure and too geeky. I also haven't thought of enough of them. I'm just...out of the loop, not the pop culture junkie I used to be (or not of enough mainstream culture, anyway). So, it would be doing me an enormous favor if you wanted to suggest some things for our "Most" list. And, in theory, I think it would be kind of fun, if you're not worried about getting fired over it.

(I am worried. I've worked here six weeks, and my boss has never once told me "good job," or even smiled at me. I don't know if this is just the kind of guy he is (he seems looser and nicer around other people, although that may just be me being paranoid) or if he really doesn't like me. It's incredibly demoralizing.)

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. And in case you're (quite rightly) wondering: no, you won't get credit for this—except forever in my heart! *g*—but neither will I; the piece is collaborative and runs without a byline. But I will send you a copy of the issue if you want it.

Thank you!

[identity profile] trinityofone.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Wait...Trinity caught on fire? ON FIRE? WHAT?

*lives in a cave*

Yes, November really is approaching! I am way excited. I hope I can keep my room clean until then. *g*

Hmm. I bet no one ever calls Colin Ferrell quaint. You should ask him for some tips. Or, you know, not.

[identity profile] trinityofone.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Shilo Nouvel Jolie-Pitt is so much better looking than everyone else, he's made of wax! (http://news.sawf.org/Entertainment/16815.aspx)

The Hasselhoff thing is just freaky.

[identity profile] lucia-tanaka.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Alas, if they did win, I keep thinking that Stephen would make the national language Quenya-Elvish.

*squishes him*

[identity profile] trinityofone.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm surprised someone didn't rush her to the hospital. It looked like she'd been attacked by the heart-yanking man from Temple of Doom.

You are awesome to come up with all of these.
siria: (sga - mckay sheppard walk)

[personal profile] siria 2006-08-03 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Yup. Not a huge fire, though, and they got it out after an hour or so. Down in those buildings just at the cricket pitch earlier on in the week.

And no, I wouldn't call Colin Farrell quaint. I'd call him an idiotic jumped-up fuckwit from Castleknock, though, which probably wouldn't endear me to him.

[identity profile] boochicken.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
It's why "awfulplasticsurgery.com" is so entertaining...

[identity profile] trinityofone.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Help Me Not Get Fired part 1 was a few weeks ago. I forget the topic.

I already have several PotC jokes, but Johnny could do with his own, maybe. *thinks*

MOST IMPRESSIVE REAL-LIFE PORTRAYAL OF DORIAN GRAY?

[identity profile] trinityofone.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, God. I'd never seen that before. That's...terrifying? Captivating? Bewitching?

[identity profile] boochicken.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
All of the above? Whatever she had done, Vivica Fox looks like the Joker....

[identity profile] beck-liz.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Most ironic talent show judge: David Hasselhoff, America has Talent

America Has Talent is the type of show I might watch, but I keep thinking, "But they've got David Hasselhoff as a judge. How talented can they be?" Not to mention the one time I flipped by there and he was saying something like, "Only one man can hassel the hoff" or something equally ridiculous, while introducing Donald Trump *eyeroll*. I fled swiftly.
ext_129022: (this city's alive)

[identity profile] introductory.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I must not be paying enough attention. What again do you write for? I'll definitely be getting a copy once it comes out. :x

[identity profile] trinityofone.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't actually said because of, I don't know, paranoia probably. But this thread has helpfully collapsed (not that that necessarily makes a difference, but...) and like Richard Mayhew, I can't lie when asked a direct question, so: it's Hollywood Life. Wherein I compose painfully fluffy fluff. Oh well.

Thanks for saying you'll buy it, though. Even if you just leaf through it at a newsstand, I'll be perversely pleased. *g*
ext_129022: (iphigenia)

[identity profile] introductory.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Aha, paranoia is a lovely thing.

I'm not just saying I'll buy it! I have a whole pile of stuff made by people I've met on LJ. Graphic novels, newspaper articles, et al -- yours would be wonderful to add! :D

[identity profile] sonofzeal.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
That is really bizzare. I mean, it's one thing to take a picture of new parents with their infant. It's quite another to make a lifesized and lifelike portrait of them in wax.

[identity profile] whiskeypants.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
MOST LIKELY TO BE HOSPITALIZED FOR FERRET BITES: Paris Hilton

MOST LIKELY TO BE TOLD TO STEP THE HELL OFF BY JK ROWLING AND ROB THOMAS: Stephen King

MOST LIKELY TO OFFEND EVERYBODY: Mel Gibson

MOST WTF IS IT NOW: Angelina Jolie

[identity profile] thepouncer.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Most likely never to date?

[identity profile] corinna-5.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I saw a copy of that magazine in an office I was in today! And I almost turned to my coworker and said, "hey, I know someone who works there!" Except I couldn't say, if he asked who, "uh, [livejournal.com profile] trinityofone, so, I didn't mention it. But I felt all knowingy on my own!

[identity profile] klo-the-hobbit.livejournal.com 2006-08-04 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
Most Redundant Coming Out Announcment?

[identity profile] kudra2324.livejournal.com 2006-08-04 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
most eyeliner and least plot found in a movie this summer?

it really doesn't parse well...

[identity profile] kudra2324.livejournal.com 2006-08-04 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
most convincing proof that eyeliner can cover any plot hole?

[identity profile] lucia-tanaka.livejournal.com 2006-08-04 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
That'd work, yes.

[identity profile] boochicken.livejournal.com 2006-08-04 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
These are a bit meaner, I think....

Most likely to appear on the side of a milk carton: Natasha Lyonne

Most likely to be mistaken for a Bobblehead: Olsen twins (either)

Most unlikely to take her Mom to brunch next Mother's Day: Tori Spelling

Most successful couple, least pronouncable names: Peter Sarsgaard & Maggie Gyllenhaal

[identity profile] trinityofone.livejournal.com 2006-08-04 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmm, but mean is good, I think. As long as we're not saying anything that will get us sued. *g*

[identity profile] trinityofone.livejournal.com 2006-08-04 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Eee! I'm irrationally excited that the magazine exists! (I mean, not that I was previously unaware that it did—I used to buy it when I lived in Vermont. But still!)

And you can always pretend that my name really is Trin. Sometimes, even I get confused...

[identity profile] hypothalamus.livejournal.com 2006-08-04 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm completely convinced that this baby is going to grow up to be completely ugly. Partially out of irony and partially because the two of them are good looking in such different ways.

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