Meg
Office Tan: noun
1: a pasty and unattractive color imparted to the skin by lengthy exposure to crappy office lighting
2: a blog that documents the endlessly glamorous and exciting life of the office worker
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Saturday, June 25, 2011
NY Marriage Equality

It will be 5 years tomorrow since Office Knight educated us on the origins of Stonewall in this blog
Today NY finally passed gay marriage (and stopped embarrassing all of us). Apparently some annoying folks were worried about the "unintended consequences" of redefining the legal parameters of marriage. Uh, like what? Our grandparents might get pissed? Bloomberg's republican pals will get jealous that he risked alienating some farmers in Buffalo and now gives Lady Gaga a run for her money? David Barton Gym on 23rd street will be routinely closed for private events for the next year and Chelsea won't be as sexy? Window treatment sales will sky rocket? Bravo will fall apart cause everyone will be on their honeymoon?
I mean if we took a lifetime to explore the unintended consequences of the internet we'd still be dicking around with microfiche, ordering take out by phone, and complaining about our shotty discmans. Not a world I'd like to live in. And if I must speak the language that every one understands, don't you think legalizing gay marriage might have a positive impact on the economy? And I'm not just talking window treatments.
Monday, May 02, 2011
Key Learnings: Bin Laden's Death

Ok...So last night was quite historical. I won't delve into my thoughts on the significance of this event I'd rather like to explore some of the smaller details associated with and resulting from this breaking news:
- In extreme jubilation people like to climb (trees, telephone poles, phone booths, street lamps)
- It is obvious to me that a significant number of Americans have, on a moment's notice, access to very elaborate patriotic costumes
- Additionally large American flags are dispensable with little to no notice
- This, like any other major occurrence, is already resulting in special sales and discounted drinks
- This is an excuse to drink
- Never trust your mailman
- Not being "wired" makes you look phishy
- Not all criminals hide in caves, jungles or forests
- Composting is likely to become illegal or at least flagged going forward
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Brilliance! Since I can't think of Anything Funny...
(click title to link to actual post on Tumblr)
My Social Media History (…so far)
December 2003: I join MySpace to pass the time in between classes & boozing at Fordham University.
I teach myself basic HTML to pimp my profile out. Instead of a list of my favorite musicians and bands, I have animated gifs of Britney Spears giving the finger. My top friends are Tom, Tila Tequila, and 3 creeps I don’t know in real life.
Summer 2004: Facebook is rolled out to only Ivy League Schools. I am cross over being left out of this social geek-out, but bolstered by the fact that when it comes to my school, I’ll be ready.
October 2004: Facebook comes to Fordham University, in the BRONX!
I upload my first profile picture: me posing in my Halloween costume (the Britney Spears bride outfit).
I am poked 27 times in two days.
May 2005: I graduate from Fordham University and head out in to the real world. Facebook allows me to stalk the younger, skinnier girls still in college, still boozing, and now posting photos! of themselves and tagging every waking moment of college.
January 2007: I begin using Facebook as the only storage medium for pictures. My (now-ex) Wall St. boyfriend exclaims: ‘You know that sh*t freaks me out!’
Sorry dude, #WallStIsOver
Summer 2007: I’m employed by a company doing consulting work for MySpace. Free trips to LA & back every week! Thank you Custom Communities!
September 2008: I’m still employed by a company doing consulting work for MySpaceUK. Free trips to London & back! Thank you British folks still on MySpace! And yes, you looked better on MySpace.
January 2009: I join Twitter. When repeatedly asked why & what, I respond that “I have to bc of my job” and it’s for “personal & professional branding”
#ohandcelebritweets
July 2009: I head down to New Orleans with a group of Fordham Alumni to work with the Archdiocese of New Orleans’ organization, ‘Operation Helping Hands.’ We paint, texture, spackle, sand, and saw. I live-tweet the trip, to the astonishment of priests, brothers, sisters, and just folks in general. I introduce 12 new friends to Twitter, and a whole lot more to the work being done to rebuild New Orleans
November 2009: I’m still employed by a company doing consulting work for MySpace Australia. Free amazing trip to Australia and back! I TwitVid this video of a wallaby in Sydney and folks are definitely impressed with me.
January 2010: I join foursquare. I check-in and find myself peering into the empty venue space whispering ‘Is anyone out there?’ #therewillbecheckins
February 2010: I lose over 25 Twitter followers because of my emo Olympic figure skating tweets. Not really my problem that @EvanLysacek is cooler than you.
June 2010: Single & sullen on my birthday, I’m taken to dinner by @Rangersgal. Outside Mr. Chow in Tribeca, I spy my favorite hockey player and my Twitter namesake Sean Avery – formerly at @SeanAveryDotCom.
I tweet him and yes – he tweets me back. I take this as a sign the Twitter gods are happy with my work in the social ether.
October 2010: I win my first (and only) Twitter contest – a copy of Barney Stimson’s ‘The Playbook’ from How I Met Your Mother. Thank you @cbstweet!
October 2010: After 5 years at @OperativeInc I get an offer to work at another company. I check out my potential boss’s twitter. His bio reads ‘Professional Douchebag.’
I immediately accept the offer.
January 2011: Full on Foursquare addiction sets in. Anytime there is an extravaganza of some kind, I append ‘–pocalypse’ to the word to denote it as a legitimate venue in space & time.
February 2011: My mom begins to read my Twitter as a means to ‘keep up.’ She references that she ‘OH’d’ something in a real conversation. #proud
February 2011: I still log in to MySpace once a week, just to see what’s up yo.
follow me over @kcavery to get involved.
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Friday, October 22, 2010
Verizon- Inside Edition
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Yesterday something happened. Something awful happened TO ME. I was held hostage for roughly 45 minutes by Verizon. The situation was so asinine that I kept my cool the entire time because a large part of me was fairly convinced that it must be one of those "boiling point" game shows and that at any point I was going to be rewarded a petty amount of cash for my patience. This was not the case. It was, indeed, just truly incompetent folks delivering the world's worst customer service...in an inclimate room...with no chairs. What was I doing there? Simply relinquishing my Fios equipment, a service I highly rated until I tried to get rid of it. I will not bore you with the details of why this took so long but it involved only ONE unfit employee in a large store front, some nerdy guys with a confusing technical problem, an old guy with a hearing problem, a rotund woman with a money problem, some foreigners with an attitude problem and a hipster with a hair problem. Not a big deal...I was eventually released and left the others to perish. Bottom line is it is clear to me that Verizon, through my years of dealing with them across their various business units, prides themselves on employing morons and operating at an astounding level of inefficiency. This is obviously a less traditional business model but appears to be working for them. Bravo.
Friday, September 24, 2010
A MOCKUMENTARY: Sister & The Bugs
Thursday, September 23, 2010
PERFECT FACE IS BORN

If you don't know...now you know. I am a huge makeup, beauty junky...if I'm gonna talk nonsense and trash I figure I should try to look good doing it! Soooo if you're looking for a chuckle and the best mascara around this is where you should turn!!
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Can I get away with a "Best of??"

Because I've been posting vapid thoughts lately I'm, frankly, concerned that my supportive friends, family and newcomers (aka those who stumble upon the blog bc they're googling Abe Lincoln images and tanning) are gonna take one peek at this site and fall asleep... soooo I'm going to put links below to some of my favorite blogs on this site...Many are written by me and some also written by my wise sister OfficeKnight (who basically invtented Officetan):
Struggles with Literature
Controversial Confessions
There are NO Books in Johnny's Room
Poking Fun at Institutions
The MAN
Nice Vision
The REAL Deal on Real Estate
Valiantly Challenging Convention
BREAKING NEWS: Being Prude is Extremely Important
Donatella Versace is in BIG Trouble
That's Quite a Dream There, Joe
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Peculiar Events
There have been some recent things going on in my life that I NEVER thought would ever take place...let's review...
- I'm moving into a converted church (Everyone's outbursts of laughter confirms the absurdity of this circumstance).
- I'm involved in Fantasy Football and spending a great deal of time on it bc I'm obviously really confused by the whole process...that's it for now. I'll keep you posted on how it's going
- It's finally happening...lay-offs are looming at the Office Raiders of America Inc... (sniff sniff...maybe I can clean the "church" grounds for an extra buck?) I realize this isn't that weird I was just enjoying believing I was sheltered from the sh!t storm that has been underway for the rest of the world for almost 3 years now
- It turns out the new "church" lair was also once a brothel...this is less odd than my living in a place of worship actually but still not exactly fitting
- There's Bud Light in my fridge
- I've sprouted several gray hairs
- More often than not, I prefer Sauvignon Blanc over vodka...it's only a matter of time 'till I get my cougar belt
- I'm writing incredibly stupid blogs ONLY about myself like it's my damn journal...
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
I've Been Busy...

So...it's been brought to my attention by a digital media master mind (hint: twitter.com/kcavery) that I am struggling with my online brand identity. This is due to the hefty (albeit self imposed) constraints that are placed upon me by the folks that own my soul in the corporate world. If someone would sponsor MY foundation for MY better life I would be able to share tons of interesting factoids about myself and my escapades as an incredibly enthralling human (teaser alert...should I put a link to my paypal account?). One thing that Kcavery has informed me of that has made me feel extremely nervous is that the interface upon which this very blog resides is the blogosphere equivalent to myspace... aka my blog is not fancy and advance and needs to be migrated "on up" a la the Jeffersons. So stay tuned to as Officetan maybe having a yard sale and packing it in as it searches for new, hipper digs because it's now immensely embarrassed. Similarly, its author finds herself in the same predicament as she hunts for a new nest not in the Hudson River.
In the meantime, I'd like to share with my devoted readership what I've been spending a lot of my time thinking about -peacocking- and not because I am the off-spring of a zoo luminary or because my proverbial biological clock is ticking (that's so 80's).
Urban dictionary: Peacocking means dressing for attention. Just like Peacock's use their feathers to get a mate.
I'd like to point out that their definition is quite limited because pretty much by default being a dame is basically a 24 hour peacocking existence. Let's review:
-Large poofs of hair: styled and dyed in a number of different ways on any given day- peacocking
-Impractical footwear: Walking on needles can only serve one purpose- peacocking
-Inappropriate hemlines: We can see your be@ver. Peacocking
- Makeup: are those dead spiders on your eyelids or you just trying to impress me?? Peacocking
- Questionable underoos: Thongs- a purposeful and attractive wedgie to prevent the dreaded VPL (visible panty lines); Push Up Bras- let's strap a pull out couch to our chests to lure men folk and exacerbate our scoliosis. PEA-EFFIN- COCKING
- Nail "Flair:" This can vary but some believe that having holiday themed decals or especially long, neon colored nails are a nice idea. Need I say more?
...As a result, it is no longer sufficient for us lady folk to just exist in our bizarre costume-like attire and weaves to lure in prospective suitors so I've been brainstorming other peacocking methods and will post about those in the near future.
(Disclaimer: This post is laden with stereotypes. Don't get, like, pissed)
Friday, July 16, 2010
Digital ABE

Thanks to youtube and google, dare I state the obvious, we all have a tundra of information literally at our fingertips. Just when I was feeling bad for myself for only reading the Twilight books I realized that I have other redeeming qualities when it comes to my depth: I have become a modern day Abraham Lincoln (sorta, let me have my moment). So what if I don't sit in a musty library with smelly books? I thought I would reflect on all the things that I've taught myself with a few well-configured key word searches:
- How to poach an egg
- How to apply false eyelashes
- How to replicate McDonald's "special sauce"
- How to use a blackberry without a trackball
- How to fix hyper pigmentation (dark spots on ur face) with baking soda
- How to do my makeup
- How to do my hair
- Everything there is to know about HD TV's (ask me anything you want to know about HDMI cables etc)
- Where and how to get a custom made corset
- How to breakdown "read only" files
- Everything there is to know about PDF's and OCR (optical character recognition)
- The best back up solution for my computer
- Can I still eat this: Food that I defrosted and refroze? Food that has been sitting there for a few days and is making me feel nervous but throwing it out makes me feel like a bad person
- The health benefits of pine nut oil and where to buy
- Calories in just about everything (I have still not had a Margarita to date)
- How to get gum off my patent leather shoes
- Is he married?