February 2012
5 posts
“Consider this: Kanye West got scorned more and had more lasting damage to his...”
– commenter on chainsawsuit (via nickdouglas)
4:43 a.m.
When you’re edging into your second night of insomnia and you wonder what you’ve done wrong and who else is awake at this hour and how people who have this problem regularly maintain their sanity.
January 2012
2 posts
free cup of coffee
to anybody who reminds me, on the night of the next state of the union address, to avoid reading my facebook newsfeed AT ALL COSTS because it will only make me want to deactivate my account and get a new phone number.
December 2011
5 posts
Bright siding (v.)
I was sick through all of Christmas (but I actually handled it all really well and didn’t complain too much!), and now that I’m starting to come out of it, I feel kind of awesome?
I discovered, for one, that sleeping in a room with a humidifier can really work wonders for your complexion, especially if it’s a little cold out, and two, that abstaining from any/all alcohol for a...
BRITTICISMS: Tissues →
britticisms:
How I use my phone as a alarm and how I leave it in the kitchen so I must crawl out of bed in the morning, dragging myself from the sheets, from the warmth, from the security of being in a place that is comfortable, true, and consistent. But also, how I leave it there because I must detach myself,…
I’m really sort of glad to have read this tonight, because I just left...
father/daughter chats
Me: Hey, I think I know what it is that made my [second-hand] dining room table look all damaged.
Dad: What?
Me: Well, I just spilled nail-polish remover all over the coffee table and it looks just like the scarring on the dining-room table. I wanted them to match, so.
Dad: Great work.
{{{{PS–really beating myself up over ruining the coffee table right now.}}}}
a question
Is there a blog for people who are like, “I need to start cooking for myself the way adults do, not just throwing something frozen in a skillet or toasting bread and eating it with some cheese i got on the way home”??? Or am I going to have to do it myself?
October 2011
4 posts
1 tag
#inventions
I had an interview with a major “financey” company about a year and a half ago (before I had my current job), and ended up talking about how badly I wished that dogs could receive text messages.
“You know, if you had to stay late at work and you know they’re getting anxious because they’ve usually eaten by now and they’re confused because you’re not even...
“I have traveled to southern China and interviewed workers employed in the...”
– Mike Daisey, New York Times
September 2011
4 posts
things you've wanted to read about all weekend
It’s making me sad how happy I am about replacing the gross tension rod in the shower just now?
true life:
i sometimes read yelp reviews i’ve written to remember what i ordered last time.
whatever.
6 tags
“Here’s why I find it impossible to be a Republican: any crowd that instantly...”
– Andrew Sullivan on the debate crowd’s positive response to the large number of executions that Perry resided over while governor of Texas. (via liberal-life)
> > >
I am so glad that somebody else noticed that!!! Seriously: WHAT THE FUCK???
jealousy optional
July 2011
8 posts
“The hardest period in life is one’s 20s. It’s a shame because you’re your most...”
– Helen Mirren in Esquire (via midwestcupcake)
how to say thank you(?)
not sure yet, but i’m trying my best!
summer is
that one night you spent all of dinner +3hrs on the patio drinking white wine with ice cubes in it and eating grilled stuff and swatting at fireflies and laughing about music and not thinking about the weather because it’s great, even though you’re running on 3 hours of sleep and just had a hard day.
what is summer to you?
some things that happened this week
on sunday, i went out to run some errands to keep myself feeling like i was getting things done, and i saw a high school classmate while out. she did a double take when she saw me, but neither of us said anything. tuesday, i found out that the teacher of the class i had with that girl (and perhaps one of the most influential figures of my years 16-20) took his own life on monday. i saw him 8 days...
No, why WOULD I care about the huge spider that just scuttled under my bed and could not be found again, right before bedtime? Bah!
I want to cry.
June 2011
2 posts
city livin'
means having a great chat with your landlord about all the FESTS! in town while he’s fixing your sink.
it’s like a sitcom!
Quarters
in roughly three weeks, i’m turning 25; a lot of people have told me that they experienced a lot of anxiety in the weeks leading up to the milestone—i feel pretty okay. i am, however, currently rounding this corner of self-growth (i guess?), so it feels like a good time to tie unrelated things together.
i’ve read somewhere that people who are at least aware of their flaws are...
May 2011
5 posts
today, i ate a really great pint of raspberries. everything else kind of sucked.
can i just be frank for a second?
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April 2011
12 posts
growin' up (or, i'm moving out and this is how i...
Two weeks ago, I went out to dinner with my dad at a suburban restaurant we used to go to as a family when we were still a complete family; it’s been just over a year (though some could argue that it’s been two years) since he left. Right before we left, I excused myself to use the restroom. While in my stall, I could hear a girl on her cell phone, telling a story.
“Yeah, we...
nuggetz of wisdom
I guess one thing I need to start reminding myself about life is that things aren’t always going to be fair, things aren’t always going to make sense, and things almost never go the way you think they will, even when they do.
March 2011
4 posts
i just have to tell somebody
I was waiting for the el today when I saw a girl I swore I knew from high school. I didn’t say hi initially, but then she walked right past me and looked at me, so I waved. WELL OOPS! Turns out I was wrong there.
An hour later, I went to buy a ticket for a play and realized the girl selling tickets was actually in my junior-year French class. She knew it, too, because she got fidgety and...
