February 2010
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this weekend's closing notes
Mom told me that the boy popped up as one of her “suggested friends” on facebook this weekend, but she didn’t want to add him without checking with me first. I find this hilarious. Mom. The boy. Internet friends?
Beyonce doing Alanis made me happy, but it’s too cold in the living room and Taylor Swift annoys me, so I gave up watching the rest of the Grammys.
We went...
January 2010
WatchLinus is weird. I love him.
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things that are hilarious
it’s 7 degrees outside in boston
i’m regularly awake by 730a on saturday mornings now
how long it’s been since i’ve been to the gym
your face
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“Consuming just half a teaspoon less salt each day may save as many as 92,000...”
– New England Journal of Medicine via Bloomberg.com
rach spit this fact out me the other night as i was boiling up some ramen for a lazy dinner. i thought about it again, right now, as i ate the last of my greasy potato chips from lunch and washed them down with a big gulp of water.
i would like to...
and now we've come full circle →
dad just emailed me the link to unhappy hipsters, a tumblr that i discovered yesterday, saying “this is our kind of humor.”
he is steps away from finding this blog, if he hasn’t already. whatever, i guess. it’s our kind of humor.
last night "the wire" was one of the answers to a...
the clue named a couple characters and i squealed when they said “stinkum.” then cath and i high-fived at our new found wire knowledge.
i also knew the destiny’s child answer: no, no, no and bills, bills, bills because i know my beyonce. i didn’t remember chris brown’s kiss, kiss though.
every question that was asked about politics i answered with...
i can't put my finger on it →
but i’ve been feeling kind of meh the last few days. gross, bored, boring, disengaged, pooped.
maybe i’m just S.A.D.? and it’s going to be cloudy and artic for the next few days. which means no sunlight and lots of cabin fever. not helpful.
i need to snap out of this asap. and spring needs to get here fast, fast. the snow was nice and winter’s been real - but i’m...
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first world problems
my 2 year old laptop battery lasts about 7 minutes and i don’t have security access to the building’s finicky wireless network.
i work in the corporate headquarters of a fortune 500 tech company and i have to carry my laptop around to conference room meetings with power cords and lan cables bundled up in my arms, praying i don’t trip on a dangling cord or spill my coffee trying...
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so at the root of my laziness in doing all my... →
is that there aren’t any easily accessible fabric stores near me.
i just realized you can buy fabric from joann online. this is kinda fantastic. order placed!
now i need to take a class on how to use my machine instead of hand sewing all these things i do…
Me: farve face lost and the saints are going to the super bowl!!!
Him: *blank face*
Him: you know that means nothing to me...
Me: I know. You're such a weird boy.
trying to clean my brain and my laptops
here are two tumblrs i’m going to try and maintain regularly going forward, instead of saving things to my desktop:
cositas: a collection of all the cool stuff i want. i know being covetous is bad, but is it more ok if i only do it online?
make it home: interior design ideas, pretty rooms, patios and gardens. i’ll blog dream home photos here.
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wifey night
cooking a real dinner twice in one week, who have i become?!?
tonight’s menu:
baked salmon
mashed taters
brussel sprouts with bacon*
cream cheese brownies**
*how i seduce the boy, **how i seduce my roommates
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“So when I’m caught in those conversations that I mentioned above with some...”
– My Daughter Does Push-Ups | The Art of Manliness
dad sent me this article, as proof that he raised me right- to be a manly lady. :)
Franzia and The Wire
Good times.
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i feel bad
my roommates have been out breaking ice and shoveling soggy snow for the last hour while i’ve been locked in my room on a conference call.
they’re good pals.
now that i'm working from home today
i’m really itching to have some leftover shepard’s pie for breakfast.
maybe after my next meeting, a meaty breakfast. :)
what i did during my lunch break
find valentine’s goodies for mom
visit the liquor store to buy wine and beer
inhale a junior bacon cheeseburger from wendy’s
armor-all the dash of my car
productive.
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things that make me feel global in my silly job:
when i’m on a call (with irish people who have the best accents) and get to make a statement like ‘here in america, amex does this…’ and shortly later in the convo reference some hotel in london that everyone in the company stays at (marble arch, ilu) and then talk about my buddy in sydney that i haven’t talked to in a few weeks.
now if only i could finagle myself a...
i've been avoiding watching any actual video from...
i finally watched some tonight. it makes all my ‘worries’ and ‘stuff’ feel so stupid and trite.
the haitian community in boston is formulating plans on how to best help. once they figure things out and what they need, i guess that’s when i can jump in locally.
the one positive to watching the video is seeing the haitians and people from other countries all jumping...
adele: chasing pavements
(via folkinz)
her...
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Pant on the ground, pants on the ground
fleurinc:
Lookin’ like a fool with your pants on the ground!
This was so good.
Responding to the Haiti Earthquake
squashed:
There aren’t a lot of natural disasters worse than the earthquake that just struck Haiti. The earthquake is such a disaster that the people who are normally in charge of telling you what a disaster it is are mostly dead or missing.
Earlier, I posted a list of charities that are set up to quickly get relief to those who need it. All of these charities are legitimate and regardless of...
those baked good bandits are at it again!
him: i was robbed! someone stole my banana bread! omg, i'm so sorry you're gonna have to make more. :(
me: oh no, those evil banana burglars found u?!?! i guess i'll have to bake something else to replace you're "stolen" goods
him: i know! and i was saving that banana bread (that was definitely not devoured by me and my bro) for the homeless baby i saved from the burning building!
“Parents, teachers and activists will sound off Wednesday on how history —...”
– Texas braces for fight over social studies lessons - Boston.com
oh texas, our texas.
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another resolution
I met the boy’s aunties and uncles last weekend. After dinner (of crazy delicious homemade eggplant parm) we settled into the living room to watch family videos. First was his cousin’s wedding from last fall. Then they put in a VHS tape of films from the mid to late 70s when the family lived in an apartment in East Boston. Parts of it were the streets of Eastie and other clips showed the family...
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an email from dad
Thank you Ma’am, You know how I like the jalaps*. Hope your week is off to a great start. Love You Lots, Take Care & God Bless, Dad, PS HOW ‘BOUT THEM COWBOYS!!!
i don’t care about the nfl but of course i was cheering for romo and crew in a room of pats fans on saturday night; i do it for my pops. he’s awesome. i love him.
*jalaps = jalapeños.