Jilli, you could try this site: [link]

I know it's one of the tools the HR department at work uses and when I tried it out about a year ago to see how much I was worth and I seem to recall it takes a whole bunch of things, including experience and location, into account, so it should be fairly accurate.

Were you edit or test when you were blue before?

Test. And my manager isn't in today, so I can't ask her. I think I'm just going to add $3 to my current hourly rate.

I like the Nike ones better than the Dove ones.

The Nike ones get me harder because of the relatives I have that think they're fat when really they're blessed with muscle I'd kill to have, and they think they're ugly, and they'll play soccer but never do a pushup or throw in a ball (she used to be a goalie!) because their shoulders or arms will get bigger, and ... I mean, if you're going to accept your body, you should at least understand it and why it's not like Calista Flockhart's, you know? Just because you can pinch it, it doesn't mean it's fat. Just because it's fat, it doesn't mean it's bad.

Timelies all!

Gah, so much left to do, and here I am sitting at the computer...lazy is what I am.

You, err, didn't fill them in on the meaning, did you?

It's a cultural thing. For the family from the Maritimes, frigging is about as much of a curse as darn, shoot, fudge, etc. It's a place holder. Even the little kids say it.

Some people should never live in Ireland.

Hee. Well, the family is Scots-Irish, but still, yeah.

I like the Nike ads and I also really love the Dove ads. Not enough to buy either products, but there you have it.

I love the knee one for Nike. "So I tripped her. 'I'm there for you, sister.'"

Right now, I'm cleaning my closet out. It's oddly sad and liberating.

Good bye size 6 Ann Taylor dress I wore to college graduation.

I can't sleep. Jet lag, which my new husband seems annoyingly immune to. Tokyo is weird and pretty and fun. Being married is fun. Hi, fuckos.

Hey Rio! are you still in Japan or are you back? Are you loving getting to say, "My husband"?

I love the knee one for Nike. "So I tripped her. 'I'm there for you, sister.'"

That's my favorite.

RIO!! IT'S THE MARRIED FUCKOS!

Yay! Awake people!

are you still in Japan or are you back?

Here for another week! Today we go to the crazy anime part of town where there are cafes full of fanboy geeks where the waitresses dress up as anime characters, then we move from this hotel to the one in Lost in Translation, then hopefully I take a nap, then there's dinner. Then we're going to a drag show.

Are you loving getting to say, "My husband"?

Yes! I can't wait till I get to introduce him to new people.