January 2010
93 posts
tonight.
we got all dressed up for each other. our plans include a movie on the couch, some cava from the fridge, and a kiss at midnight. we’re old people and i love us.
here’s to another grand year, my favies.
December 2009
67 posts
i don't think anyone is going to ask me any... →
some plans
today is my only day of work this week (which was a GREAT plan—i’m really proud of me on this one—i get to catch up, and then go back on vacay. whee!) so here are my plans for tonight and the rest of the weekend:
get a mani/pedi for $20 (love you, chinatown)
go grocery shopping and do laundry tonight (coming-back-from-vacay, preparing-for-staycay chores)
sleep in and go for a...
dutch to use full body scanners on flights to US →
scenes-from-my-hood:
this is the stupidest stop-gap safety measure ever.
this is like trying to plug a dam with your finger.
the dutch love doing that, kate.
Two facts and a question
magicmolly:
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Question: How did the concept of a game become this catch-all term to describe self-interested romantic maneuvering? It is completely the wrong word and the wrong idea.
A game has rules to which every player agrees. The back-and-forth exchange of control is material and evident. A game is made up of conventions and takes place in a circumscribed area. Most importantly, the...
to family.
tonight my father went out and bought champagne that he had read about in the nytimes so that we could all toast the new year together while stephen and i were still in d.c. and so we cheersed around 10 pm tonight to 2010 and all it will bring. and even though this trip has been more stressful than previous family gatherings, it still made me happy. this is my family, and they’re a...
its the end of the year, so open that closet....
i-peach-feng-shui:
and start piles for 1.repair, 2.re-fold, 3.re-gift to a sibling/friend, 4.donate to your favorite charity. oh, and don’t just flop things into piles. those 4 “Action Piles” need to be acted upon immediately. oh, and then there’s the organizing everything by category, color and season if applicable. and… before you pile things back in, clear every single surface with an organic...
“I go by Mr. K. I’m teaching English at a prep school in rural Connecticut. In my...”
– John Krasinski imagines his alternate universe life as an English teacher (via madeitsimple | missparker | notnadia) (via secondhandjoy) (via peterwknox)
why is he so damn adorable?
After watching the hangover I'm itching for a...
allthingsalishan:
Who’s in?
i thought the same thing after we watched it last night.
mariellie:
thesoundingbored:
What with all this decade reminiscence, isn’t it strange that basically our whole life happened in this decade, that is, all of high school, college, road trips, jobs, boys, new friends, new ideas, new york, “growing up” whatever that means.
yes. for all the faults, this is the decade in which i became an adult.
paul kinsey is waiting at penn station just like the rest of us. somehow that makes me feel better. also his head is not as big as on tv.
“People who use this term are usually talking about why they like Joan of...”
– Morning Glass
Chuck Klosterman on guilty pleasures
(via lizlemon)
chuck klosterman is kind of a guilty pleasure. if only because i feel like a cliche (young-ish, hip-ish, culturally-inclined, urban-dwelling) for reading and loving him. i mean, i’m supposed to like klosterman, and i do,...
5 more days
allthingsalishan:
This is pretty much how all of my conversations have been/will be until my birthday.
Anyone: Hey Alishan, what’s poppin/happening/going on?
Me: Oh not much, just chillin’. My birthday is in 5 days.
Anyone:……….cool.
ME: yep.
ha ha ha. i usually do that too, but this year i was too busy. (i was too busy to shamelessly self-promote my own birthday this year. ugh. adulthood.)
if i worked in a place that gave everyone a mac
i’d post some sort of iPhoto of myself yawning really big right now. i am so so sleepy.
“I asked a friend about this and the friend said he thought it was better that...”
– Even in English, a Language Gap (via organizingthesoup) (via peterwknox)
A Suggestion for 2010: The Frenemy Colonic
jimrock:
Look it’s 2009 now. In a couple weeks it will be 2010 and because your brain is very mechanic and repetitive you will feel the need to resolve yourself to self-improvement. This will not work in any shade of optimism I care to muster. You will fail at improving yourself. You will try to do it in Winter, which is dumb because Winter is depressing, why would you try to make your year’s...
Think of someone famous and the internet will read... →
allthelatestmoves:
notarobotbutaghost:
cuntrocket:
(via:makeyourself:kingofalldetectives)
I’ve been amusing myself with this for like an hour.
this is insane. I thought of haley joel osment and it got it.
I did Mulan and Maggie Gyllenhaal and it got both right! CRAZY GAME.
i did coco chanel and kermit the frog, and he got both right! this is more engaging than it should be while...
An Expensive Christmas Movie
tomoatmeal:
A great Christmas story would be about a young boy who develops an inexplicable distrust of Santa Claus. On Christmas Eve, the boy laces a plate of cookies with cyanide in an effort to kill Santa, only to find his parents dead on the floor the following morning. Assuming that Santa killed his mom and dad, the boy vows to get revenge. As the years pass, the boy becomes a man and...
You can bait me like this
jimrock:
morningpaperblow:
i love how jimrock came up in conversation at a party last night
“he’s such a bro.”
“he’s hot”
“i love his burritos. and his blunts.”
ha!
The Decade's Hottest Schools
gettingtoknowbrian:
jenwell:
#3. Indiana University at Bloomington
Alright, we may not be the smartest school in the country but according to The Daily Beast, “Indiana University is hands-down the ‘It’ state school of the aughts.”
duh
indiana, our indiana! indiana we’re all for you!
“The city knows you better than any living person because it has seen you when...”
– Colson Whitehead, “City Limits”
(via meaghano)
“You are the butter to my bread, the breath to my life.”
– Julia Child (via mascarah)
aww, mama
my mother posted a happy birthday message on my facebook wall. it’s a little smooshy, but that’s what moms are for.
weirdest sort-of fight i overheard this morning
man: that is the most unoriginal name i've ever heard.
woman: (mumbles something unintelligible)
man: yeah, well then you'll be known as the giver of the most unoriginal name ever.
(any guesses on what the name is?)
i like to bake (too much?)
i always have more than enough of the following (should the need to bake strike): all-purpose flour, cake flour, white sugar, brown sugar, raw sugar (and agave), confectioner’s sugar, bakings of the soda and powder varieties, vanilla extract, and chocolate chips
i also have “special” things without an immediate purpose: rum extract, rosewater, a pie server with a serrated edge...