October 2010
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September 2010
2 posts
“Seek the truth; when you find it, speak the truth; interrogate mercilessly the...”
– Tony Kushner (via printedkisses) (via libraryland)
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Got my haircut today.
It was a big day.
I went from this:
to this (or some attempt at this):
And that’s really all I have to report.
August 2010
40 posts
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Why I love her
A friend and I caught up tonight. And I had a closure conversation with Ex this weekend and I was telling her about it, and how it really didn't hurt, that I was just angry with myself for letting him make me miserable for so long.
Me: I think I really hated him. Even when I was with him, I was disgusted with him. And that makes me scared, because he looked like such a good guy for so long. And I was younger, sure... but still. What happens when we get older (and we're married) and slowly realize we married a pig?
Micah: Yeah, this whole love and trust thing is the scary part. We slaughter the pig.
And this is why I love her.
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Cold Hard Dose of Cynicism
Watch the episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia called the “D.E.N.N.I.S. System.” 75% of guys are either like Dennis, Mack or Frank (all assholes) and, the other 20% are well meaning guys, but certifiably dumb like Ben, Dee’s boyfriend of the episode. Women end up like Dee (I’m proving my independence!!”) once they’re aware of the system-paranoid,...
Glenn Beck's rally was large, vague, moist, and... →
bees-knees:
“The Washington Post quoted Linda Adams, a Beck supporter from Colorado, who said, ‘We want our country to get back to its original roots,’ adding that ‘her ancestors were on the Mayflower and fought in the American Revolution.’ She was also upset that some schools no longer require students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Well, the U.S. population is simply not going to be...
“I used to think that faith was sort of like a building block and you put all...”
– Garrison Keillor, Lake Wobegon Monologues
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“I want someone else to stand behind me and write it all down ‘cause I...”
– Barenaked Ladies, This is Where It Ends
A lot happened this weekend, and I’m so tired. So I’m going to do one of those list things I’ve been doing - half thoughts and ends of conversations and passing ideas.
A phrase about faith was particularly insightful. Another nod to...
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I just spent a good 90 seconds trying to jam my work key it into my home’s deadbolt before I realized I had the wrong one. That’s an unfortunate Freudian slip.
“When it comes to men who are romantically interested in you, it’s really simple....”
– Randy Pausch (via quote-book)
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This is Just to Say
I’m not a fan of poetry. I was born a ramblin’ writer, so I suppose prose is an easier format for me to understand. I love Garrison Keillor, Jack Kerouac and more of the modern writers (Victorian, blech!). I’m a run on sentence. A series of commas and conjunctions.
But I love William Carlos Williams’ poem This is Just to Say. Perhaps because I value wit over style. Or...
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“The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you...”
– Maureen Dowd (via xosarahchris)(via bhav) (via quote-book)
“Because to influence a person is to give him one’s own soul. He does not think...”
– Oscar Wilde ; The Picture of Dorian Gray (via rocksalt) (via quote-book)
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“I can’t multitask and watch Mad Men.”
– I’m usually able to do two, three, ten things at once while watching TV. Laundry. Cooking. Take the dogs out. Clean up. Facebook/tumblr/email/random. Clean up. Text.
But I can’t with Mad Men. If I prioritize one, like laundry or computer distractions, then I have to rewind and rewatch...
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“If a person holds no ambitions in this world, he suffers unknowingly. If a...”
– Alan Lightman, Einstein’s Dreams
I just got done watching the three part series Wormhole. I’ve concluded that God may or may not exist. Black holes are fascinating things, but I will only be able to understand them abstractly. Time travel will not be possible for a million bazillion...
I have the choice to zone out and begin Mad Men season 3. Or watch Left Behind with my mom.
While this looks like a no-brainer, let me remind you that Kirk Cameron is the lead role in Left Behind…
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Meet Tucker
1/2 the Snuggle Bear and 1/2 Ewok
He yawns a lot. More than I do. I suppose he gets tuckered out easily (I had to do it…)
But his hair started to overtake him. He either looked sad or grumpy, and he’s neither. He’s perfect. No barking. No biting. Very calm. Lots of little licks though. And intensely curious. I officially have my first baby.
We even look alike.
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Let me prelude this by saying I’m a little tipsy. And by a little tipsy, I don’t mean tipsy is an understatement. I mean that “tipsy” makes my inhibitions go a little, and when in the right circumstances, such as being bored to death tonight, makes my inhibitions focus inward rather than flaunt themselves in my surroundings.
So I’m the tiniest bit drunk and still...
I sat down. I should have left 15 minutes ago, but I sat down. The dog is sitting on top of me, okay… just near me, and I could use that as an excuse, albeit ridiculous, for why I haven’t gotten up. But I know I just sat down. I could explain - really. Ten hours of work. Two of them in the sun, two of them comforting dying dogs. Half an hour watching blood drain out of a kitten. The...
“You’ve got one life; live it. Follow your dreams, quit your job, drop out of...”
– Jared Leto (submitted by staraflur) (via quote-book)
“You’ve got one life; live it. Follow your dreams, quit your job, drop out of...”
– Jared Leto (submitted by staraflur) (via quote-book)
“Here’s a prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages.”
– Tennessee Williams (via girlwithoutwings) (via quote-book)
“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the...”
– John Burroughs (via Art Pixie) (via wordsandfeathers)
“She was running late, always running late, a failing of hers, she knew it, but...”
– T.C. Boyle, Talk Talk (via first-lines) (via libraryland)
Every damn morning…
“I don’t mind living in a man’s world as long as I can be a woman in it.”
– Marilyn Monroe (via quote-book)
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I’m surprised I have time for this, but I’m setting myself a reminder. Make this thing productive. Continuous. Floooowwww.
So I’m leaving myself another to-do list. I have two days to finish the piece I was working on. Start mapping out a travel route. Finish my summer music list. Make a wish list. Two days! I just need to devote myself to some introspective meaningless selfish...
“I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud. And I don’t...”
– Shauna Niequist (via julie911) (via havealittlefaithinme)
sans the tomato eating loooooove this!
(via moonriverdahling)
“In college I remember the man I was in love with loved this book, and also...”
– Life is hard. Here is someone.: White Boys
Well, exactly…
This one made me smile. Think of the small collection of books on my shelves that I love nearly as much as the favorites I found on my own. Or more, maybe, for divergent reasons.
Made me think of the lasting thrill of this biographical...
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The Contents of My Car:
A Lite make-up bag
A travel pillow and blanket
Chill sandals, dressier sandals, work sneakers.
Three Carnation Instant Breakfast packets
Napkins
A pair of jeans
Socks. Some dirty, some new.
A Bible
A dress
Deodorant
Deposit slips
A bottle of wine
Mouthwash
Books, magazines. Random reading material.
Two granola bars
A packet of water bottles.
Three tshirts, and other changes of...
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There are girls out there who can't "get a...
And then the are girls like me who (unknowingly and certainly unintentionally) have “Marriage Material” written all over them.
Stop it. I don’t want to marry, I have absolutely no reason or want to commit to you or anyone else. I don’t like kids, I like my figure. Houses are boring and expensive and too binding. I don’t want to make friends with another couple and...
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I know You won't give me anything I can't handle,...
This is a week when I wish I could justify listening to Metallica or… well that’s the only angry loud band I know… just something that’s heavy and awful and angry, using idiotic words without rhyme or talent. Just angry noise.
This week I’ve been on the brink of either hanging my head between my knees and weeping. Or smashing through a window using my recently toned...
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I had an epiphany today
I want to marry a man, who in his golden years, will develop a sense of irony and cheeriness much like that of Garrison Keillor.
I’d certainly be impressed if it developed sooner, but it’s not required.
What is required, is that he become a good story teller.
July 2010
48 posts
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Sometimes I'm genuinely awful.
I didn’t get my sister a gift for her birthday. Originally, I was going to redo my driver’s license so that she could get into 21+ bars, but then she grew ten years ten days before her birthday, and 5 dollars and 2 hours of people watching wouldn’t cover it. She went to Disney world and got a ring for her birthday and needless to say, I forgot to move to the second choice. (Oh...
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I prevented an overshare today
Things to overshare that I will eventually get to
How I can’t revisit some of my favorite songs without thinking of the boy that is, for one reason or another, associated with the song.
Last year’s mess.
This year’s mess.
Death in the Animal Clinic.
That romantic comedies are worth about 5 minutes of thought, and the classics are like reading a book. (I watched Casablanca...
I’m a half-assed vegetarian. There’s a daily duel in my brain between the reasoning below and starving, and the hopeless logic that “Nothing is safe. Hopefully, the acid in my innards will do its job.” Then I snap the menu shut. “Sure, I’ll take the cheese fries. Hold the bacon.” I know, I know. But please, for my sanity, keep the eye rolls to yourself....
