Getting ahead in life

I'm pretty sure there's been times where you sit and ponder, "hmm... how did that person get THAT position?". Well, I am now a firm(er) believer that it's not how smart or hardworking you are, but who you know and what (or I guess, WHO) you do.

So this theory got put into practice when I went on a rampage to become Yelp Elite before I get married. What exactly are the benefits of Elite? Nice dinner parties once a month and a t-shirt. Yeah, that's about it... but I wanted in.

For the past couple of weeks, I've been yelping everything I've gone to - good and bad, with nice essay-like descriptions mixed with my sarcastic humor. It wasn't till my friend tipped me off one day about getting people's attentions by being active on the talk threads as well as complimenting other people's reviews. I naturally targeted the Elite folks, so if they recommend me, it'll be more legit. I went on my two day spree of getting noticed and by the end of the second day, what do ya know? I get an email asking me to join! Score!

On the side, my friend, "Kim B." and I have been talking about this girl's reviews which we've been observing. She enjoys using very sophisticated adverbs like "soooo" and "super" (I personally think those are the only two adverbs she knows). There are times when she writes. In fragmented sentences. As well. When I read stuff like that, I just want to pull out all my hair and run into a wall... hard! A few days later, we notice that she got elite too... now I'm pretty sure it's not because of the reviews, hmm... what else could it be?

Anyway, I was happy to have gotten it the noble way. But right now, elite just doesn't seem that elite anymore. Well, another thing to cross off my list of things to do before I become D's ball & chain.