January 2012
21 posts
“‘It breaks my heart to see her eating those damned nuggets.”
– UK Girl has eaten nothing but chicken McNuggets since the age of 2.
“If you are homophobic and you’re out there, you better be positive you’re right....”
– Todd Glass on Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast. Listen to the whole thing.
Please tell me how you do it.
Writing is so masochistic.
After the New York marathon late last year, I really felt confident in my ability to actually show and exercise discipline. I was a very regimented child, teenager and young adult. I loved lists and crossing things off of them. I hardly ever procrastinated. My free time was just that - free. I don’t recall guilty feelings, knowing that leisure time was coming at...
Lana Del Rey's SNL Performance Is So, So Goofy
I feel less crazy now! I hadn’t heard of her and was excited to see the fuss on SNL. As I was watching I kept asking GC, is this how she always sings? Is this like, a Shakira-type girl, where maybe you love how she throws her voice but a lot of people hate it? I loved the words of her songs, just hated, hated, hated the way she was singing them.
hallekiefer:
1) My friend who had never...
“For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and...”
– Andy Rooney
I love this. Yesterday GC and I got up around 10:30, had a breakfast sandwich of eggs, bacon and avocado, painted the kitchen, went to yoga and then went to Trader Joes, ate tacos and then fell asleep reading Harry Potter (I’m re-reading the series and on book four.) It was...
Grid Lens Mania
Downloading now!
zenjess:
Do you guys know about this? I happened upon this 99-cent app the other day and have been a little obsessed with it.
Grid Lens allows you to choose from a variety of grid patterns, filters and uploading options. You can post directly to Facebook, Twitter … the usual suspects.
I used my bed as the subject and put a vintage filter on it to create this look.
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December 2011
8 posts
New Year's Resolutions - Step 1
I only have two. I wasted a lot of time in 2011. So resolution one of two is to spend more time doing things that inspire me, educate me and generally help me grow mentally.
Therefore, I deleted Temple Run, Bejeweled Blitz and other games that generally drive me nuts for no purpose from my iPhone. Instead, I paid for Instapaper.
It’s silly. But I should be spending time reading great...
You know what's really great?
To be woken up by your MOM with a text that your bank account is $300 negative. Because you paid for something on the wrong card, and don’t even have another account from which to transfer the funds. No one else can help you because we’re all broke.
31 years old right here, everyone. Just livin’ the dream.
O.B. tampons are officially the best tampons of... →
A.) I want to go work for O.B. and b.) I’m switching brands.
shiningstar:
stickyheels:
sotheresthat:
thewordunheard:
I’m a big fan of O.B. Tampons anyway, but recently there was an inventory fuckup and pharmacies everywhere ran out of stock. Apparently, people were selling boxes of them on eBay at black-market prices.
O.B. issues this amazing personal(ized) apology to women...
WatchSo amazing, except call it what it is scientists: an invisibility cloak!
fastcompany:
Cephalopods have the amazing ability to match their backgrounds almost perfectly, and in seconds. Scientists are just now tapping into that power to give man-made objects the same property, creating a new generation of stealth.
Mimicking Squid Skin To Create Perfect Instantaneous Camouflage
November 2011
13 posts
Top 10 Books of 2011 →
Of these, I’ve only read the Tigers Wife, which I enjoyed immensely (and whoa, need to update my reading list)…and will def. get to the rest!
“More than 24 hours has passed since I watched the new Adam Sandler movie Jack...”
– Perhaps my favorite of the one-liners dissing Jack and Jill. Like Mary, I also have had a longtime soft spot for Adam Sandler…Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison are among my favorite movies ever. I don’t understand why he chooses to churn this stuff out when he’s capable of more. It...
The Hunger Games Trailer →
So much better than that piece of $^&* trailer from the VMAs. This gave me chills! I CANT FREAKING WAITTTTT.
If you haven’t gotten on board with this, you need to run, not walk to the bookstore. Take me at my word.
I needed an internet break.
I have been crazy busy at work. I ran the NY marathon in 4:36. Those two things haven’t left any time for outside pursuits. But one of them is now over :)
October 2011
9 posts
Communications 101
Correspondence I have sent today thus far:
- This will affect your bonus.
- YOU’VE DESTROYED EVERYTHING.
- Are you telling me to disappear?
- Do not touch her. She belongs to me. You are allowed to look at her only. Nothing more.
Life and Times
I think I’ve reached that awful age (30), where there aren’t enough hours in the day to do everything I need to. Not want to. Need to. I find myself dreaming a lot about free time…and nostalgic for when the ratio of my free time to other time was inverse to what it is now.
After I run the marathon, which has been a lesson in discipline and the creation of time where you think...
“Is ‘sick passenger’ really a code for suicide attempt?
No, sick passenger is...”
– The more you knowwwwwwwwww
Reddit asks a real live train conductor. So it’s like that Hairpin series only informational and scary all at once. (via flavorpill)
Helpful!
(via doree)
