2008

It's not bad; it's just not yours.

playnice: Remember that sour grapes fable? The fox can’t reach the grapes because they’re too high...

“It’s sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.”
— Henry Rollins (via...

less is more

less sitting, more living. weekend goals were about 50% accomlished. i met new people, found a new...

“Men don’t realize that if we’re sleeping with them on the...”
— Chelsea Handler (via...

this is moo - she was pretty awesome. kids screamed with...

awesome jeans for $10 = love of my life. expanding the wardrobe quite a bit in the past couple...

it’s a sunny friday afternoon. peacin’ out...

f-u-n agenda

things i want to do this weekend:+ go to chestnut hill coffee company+ get some tattoo info (which...

wtf

it just got crazy windy outside.

Read, Think, Live

I have been waiting until I finished Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love to write a rant about...

“As humans, after all, we become that which we seek.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert, Stern Men

pizza coma

i’ve developed an interesting new issue - “pizza coma.” the past two times i have...

Sea of Texts

ellegant: I’m beginning to think that the world of text messages and instant communication through...

*sigh*

this scene is gettin’ a little old. where are the people who have a little more life in them?...

Remooable is...

if only...

i wish everytime some stupid piece of technical/electrical equipment (like my psychotic office...

minor epiphany

i’m sitting on my roof, as i like to do whenever it is nice, and reading. i’m amidst...

scout: you should view this large this looks like...

seriously???

it’s only 2 o’clock?! slowest friday afternoon of my life.

it's always understood this time of...

this morning i felt super nostalgic for some reason. maybe it was the chilly morning breeze that...

i could read this story a million...

“Come on. Stop talking nonsense and lock up,” [the younger waiter said]. “I am one...

one more thing

i’ve already done about one million point five posts today, but… unexpectedly, in the...

if i get another life, i want to be a pirate. unless, of course, i can make it happen in this one.

interesting things

+ i read an article about robert rodale - very inspiring man. i am visiting rodale institute on...

this is not what i want to read...

Aries (7/8/08) - You may not think it’s fair, for you really don’t want to choose...

salvation

saturday i rode my bike to the library and picked up a couple of books. one of them was lucia...

here in the office listening to 88.5 WXPN online and i heard a sea wolf song. it made me think of...

“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s...”
— I never reblogged this quote...

“Nobody knows what you want except you. And nobody will be as...”
— Lillian Hellman (via...

how does your garden grow?

it’s going to be a good summer!

so much for customer service

last night i wrote three very frustrated emails about three very frustrating experiences i have had...

“I think the ultimate test for your current job is: Would you...”
— If your answer is no, you...

dammit, ikea...

so i have this couch, and i’m mostly in love with it… except that last night, that very...

why is it that 30 minutes after i get the bikini and tanning oil on, the sky is filled with clouds?...

summer breeze, and it makes me feel...

last night was cold. the unseasonably chilly breeze came through the window behind the head of my...

i should stop trusting the forecast. …not a thunderstorm in sight

“I’ve been single for seven years and as I get older, I think...”
— Alec Baldwin (via jessicap)

i love:

+late afternoon showers+fresh tan lines+really short hair when it’s wet

this evening, just as it was getting dark, we had the most wonderfully wall-shaking thunderstorm. it...

i’ve been neglecting tumblr. i’m sorry. the weather’s been mostly gorgeous so...

i’m much too impatient for waiting. it’s such a damn distraction!!! pick up your phone....

“He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It...”
—  F. Scott Fitzgerald, The...

enough

i am no longer giving myself standards for behavior. meaning? i will not be nice to people who...

nonsense

my poptart package has a picture of two poptarts standing on a beach and holding hands…why?

lancaster county, pa has the highest concentration of puppy mills in the country. way to go,...

ouch

anytime i see the gas prices being changed while i’m driving to work, i want to stab my...

lol

my cousin: i just went in the bedroom and the light was off my cousin: but all i was doing was...

my favorite website to look at during dull moments in the...

A trick

tumblinas: When you catch yourself in a memory of what a “great guy” he was, make sure to...

me (emailing dan, who’s been in africa the past few months): yo, you home yet? hurry the eff...

“All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that...”
— — Marilyn Monroe (via...

today:

Aries: You are already eager to move on to your next phase, but today it’s a smarter strategy...

my new favorite tea. it tastes like summer. i also love the...

Remember When??

lovepuppy: When I was in high school, it was normal to spend between an hour and five each night...

“don’t make someone a priority when you’re just...”
— a wise facebook wall

this week has me beat. i think i slept 11 hours last night. and i never do that. i did a little...

“I must learn to love the fool in me—the one who feels too...”
— Theodore Rubin (via...

weekend highlights

friday  +really productive afternoon; went to bed at 9:30  saturday  +up at 6; pancake breakfast...

a little heartsick now and then when i realize the things i’m missing out on. what a terrible...

i want to join a gym. but(t) i think a membership would be wasted. i don’t have enough time....

Praying for a Blackout

realclevername: I’m praying for a blackout. A huge, extended night free from electron-flow and...

i bought a bike lock today. let spring begin.

delicious springtime things

+open windows +cool breezes +japanese magnolia trees in bloom +spending hours around the fire pit at...

“…Southerners spend the first twenty years of their life...”
— from the film War Eagle,...

looking out my work window and watching kids play outside is just as productive as anything else i...

springtime reminds me of walking to my car and finding notes addressed to a “pirate...

just watching the news - trying to catch what i could of the action in the u.n. plaza in san fran -...

everything to nothing

you. stuff. this time last year. counting down. excitement. nerves. airport. smiles. new kiss....

ew.

the newbie moved in. either he’s got some funky duds, or somebody dropped a jar of pickles....

3 things

- it’s dreary and drizzly and even the dog wants to do nothing more than nap…so...

“The odd thing about this form of communication is that...”
— You’ve Got Mail

i have spent the majority of my day outside. i would expect no less of myself in such beautiful...

the internet is being s.l.o.w. i almost can’t deal. creek walking this afternoon! a perfect...

i want this. i am in love with it.

after my marathon work weekend, i left the office at 1 today, only to spend the next 3 hours on...

how do you teach a kid that nature is fun? try leading him...

i get delighted when i’m driving home and find that one of the potholes i usually have to...

i think i am dehydrated of my creative juices. help refilling, please. i’m designing a...

empty your wallet to fill your belly

in case you were hoping to buy the cutest shoes...

i am the oldest person in my family without glasses....

i’m think i’m too smart for my job. i’m...

i have an itch to do some major spring shopping. my selection of spring work clothing is pretty slim...

even if it’s not summer, cheat a little. why waste the...

crowning glory

it irritates me that it’s so hard to find pictures of good haircuts in beauty mags. make-up...