February 2012
Introducing Dan to "Life on Mars" (UK version)
His first comment: Do you have any idea how much those clothes go for in Williamsburg these days?”
My first thought: John Simm should always wear 70s clothes.
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January 2012
Planned Parenthood's statement about the Susan G.... →
An excerpt:
“Led by a generous $250,000 gift from Amy and Lee Fikes’ foundation, Planned Parenthood has established a Breast Health Emergency Fund to provide immediate funding to ensure that Planned Parenthood health centers can continue to provide breast cancer screenings and care that had previously been supported by Komen.”
I plan on making a series of donations to this fund as...
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Rhetorical questions: are they overused?
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I don’t want to jinx myself but this week is going really well so far.
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shelterfromthenorm asked: Maybe Jayne is dreaming of his siblings. And by the way, how are they doing?
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WatchWhat IS he dreaming about?
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Franzen on ebooks and the future of reading →
ladyhazard:
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“Someone worked really hard to make the language just right, just the way they wanted it. They were so sure of it that they printed it in ink, on paper. A screen always feels like we could delete that, change that, move it around. So for a literature-crazed person like me, it’s just not permanent enough.”
-Jonathan Franzen in his...
The extent of my risk-taking
I’m been feeling ill since yesterday afternoon and my stomach is turning cartwheels right now and I’m pretty sure coffee is a bad idea but I can’t not have coffee.
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Playing Apples to Apples
I stand by my decision to play “sushi” for “cute.”
Not a euphemism!
I’m going to go bake some cookies.
This is news. I hardly ever bake anything. I think the last time I used my oven for any kind of dessert was for a holiday party in 2009.
This all happened in the space of a minute.
Jayne: I'm on your lap!
Me: So you are!
Jayne: Pet me!
Me: OK!
Jayne: Wanna see me lick my own butt?
Me: Not...really...
Jayne: Watch this!
Me: I...
Jayne: OK bye!
Job application rant du jour
I cannot convey how much I hate it when a company gives me no information about itself. I am so tired of applying for jobs at “NYC-based media company.”
(It usually translates to “startup website,” but not always.)
General Malaise
*salute*
(It’s a pretty word, though, innit?)
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taff1973 asked: Patsy
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giddygirlie asked: Sandy
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alllinenandcurls-deactivated201 asked: Amy?
ponyinarope asked: Matt
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Meh.
Meh.
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ronbailey replied to your post: Reading confession
I have “So it goes” tattooed on my right wrist. :)
Fantastic.
Reading confession
A couple nights ago I finished reading Slaughterhouse-Five for the first time. It’s always embarrassed me a little bit that I’d never read it, that I’ve read hardly any Vonnegut. When I was too young (8? 9?) I tried to read Cat’s Cradle because it was on a bookshelf in my house and I liked the cover and I knew what a cat’s cradle was, but I didn’t really...
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And then there are days you walk 38 blocks to go to Michaels and you have nothing to show for it but a glue stick two-pack.
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Jayne: Watcha doin?
Me: Reading the Internet. Applying for jobs.
Jayne: I have this mouse toy here.
Me: I see that.
Jayne: Maybe you could, I don't know, throw it?
Me: Just this once. I need to get stuff done today. {throws mouse}
Jayne: {chases after mouse, brings it back.} Again?
Me: Just a sec.
Jayne: Again?
Me: Let me finish this sentence.
Jayne: Again?
Me: Here. {throws mouse}
Jayne: {chases after mouse, brings it back.} Again?
Me: In a second.
Jayne: {climbing behind me} Again?
Me: I'm working!
Jayne: {batting at my head} AGAI-- Oh hey, a ponytail! Never mind the mouse. This is more fun.
Me: ... I'm going to allow this.
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I admit that I don’t fully understand why restarting my computer, or turning my router off and on, makes the Internet work again — but I’m glad it does.
