been thinking...

2009

June 77
May 64
April 86
March 106
February 106
January 80

2008

November 103
October 116
August 112
July 133
June 90
May 105
April 96
March 98
January 46

2007

October 12
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

I just remembered

that I went to high school with a kid named “Hans Papenhausen.”  And now I can’t...
Jan 31st
Joey if you're hurtin' so am I
Jan 31st

My eyes are that kind of end-of-week...

Where all you want to do is slip out your contacts, don your glasses and sink into the couch. But I...
Jan 31st

Kate Winslet may be phenomenal

but Revolutionary Road was drivel in my book. I was disinterested, unconvinced and unattached.  ...
Jan 31st

Also, Words that please me:

shorn fortuitous tinny mettle ephemera
Jan 30th

My favorite high school era nicknames

Stinky Dougie (I still have no idea why we called him this.  Maybe he looked a little like that...
Jan 30th

In which I don't deserve my family.

So my mom came down to my office today to have lunch with me.  As soon as I hop in her car she...
Jan 29th

Confession

The influx of Facebook birthday wishes from long lost or peripheral friends (always early – must be...
Jan 29th

Tempted by the Fruit of Another.

I am so distracted by my desire for orange juice, I can barely work.  Seriously, I’m like...
Jan 29th
“We knew absolutely nothing. I didn’t know any...”
— Dave Eggers (A Heartbreaking...
Jan 29th
Listen Listen
Bring on the Night - The Police Though I kind of disdain Sting now / believe he now composes music...
Jan 28th
kraab: CrashBonsai Something deep inside of me says,...
Jan 28th
Jan 27th
Jan 27th
I’ve got a ton of energy today; I just can’t seem to funnel it into what I’m...
Jan 26th
lookbookdotnu:mustard yellow  Also, in the most trivial of...
Jan 26th

Should we just go back to calling them...

(Via katiebakes:maura) - The word “hipster,” when used by white information professionals, means...
Jan 26th
Indonesians were among the few worldwide to witness an...
Jan 26th
three50eight:ohspit:sade: I’m sure...
Jan 24th
“We are seeking a person, male or female, with an empty eye...”
— Wanted: Bar attraction -...
Jan 24th

So lately my mouse hasn't been working...

And it’s infuriating. Trying to edit a document is like waltzing with one leg. Cooking in...
Jan 24th

I could watch Beyonce's leotard video...

Just marvelling at the physics of her thigh gyrations.  And also why she has a robot hand.  What...
Jan 24th
rach: I am FULL ON obsessed with Tilt Shift Maker, which...
Jan 24th
crazyonyou: Noodle Hair Guard And now I’m hungry...
Jan 24th

In which I am antisocial. Also, get off...

This weekend we have a couples baby shower / “one last hurrah” for one of K’s friends. Sounds nice...
Jan 23rd
Listen Listen
notthatkindagay, boredintheburbs: Bloodhound Gang - Discovery Channel Reblogged because I adore...
Jan 23rd
Drive past this sign every morning on my way to work. The...
Jan 23rd
“Believe me, every man has his secret sorrows, which the...”
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ...
Jan 23rd

If I caught lactose intolerance from you...

For lunch, I had homemade mac & cheese. It’s embarrassingly decadent, featuring such...
Jan 22nd
A “chant” of monks?  Angkor 2008
Jan 22nd
The Bayon, Angkor Wat
Jan 22nd
One Face in a Bayon
Jan 22nd
All I really want to do today is curl up and watch this for...
Jan 22nd
Only $79,000!
Jan 22nd
Architecture firm using Craigslist to find...
Jan 22nd
mills: Our appearances are accidental; as we are startled...
Jan 21st

Misc. Snobbery

We’ve started purchasing generic post-it notes at work.  Every time I open a new pack of the...
Jan 21st

Dawn Powell.

rach: [One thing Caroline and Lorna had in common was an overpowering reverence for high-brows, no...
Jan 21st

This morning, K told me I was acting...

I suppose this fairly accurate assessment was meant to encompass my concurrent beastly roaring and...
Jan 21st
Listen Listen
Good morning - I thought I’d play you a little song… “When you come back to...
Jan 21st
“There is a fashion today among many of my contemporaries to...”
— Graham Greene, in the forward...
Jan 21st
“A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest,...”
— Joan Didion
Jan 20th
Listen Listen
(carleighholley; via smartblonde) Colin Hay - I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You  Man,...
Jan 20th
ohgrowup: margene My fav. FYI.  
Jan 20th

And what if we forget to take ourselves...

It’s a wonder we survive this winter madness. And I almost mean that without irony. These long...
Jan 20th
Jan 20th
Still going through Cambodia photos. It’s the only...
Jan 20th
Church at Bokor
Jan 20th
Angkor
Jan 20th
Angkor
Jan 20th
By the way, I never finished telling you about Bokor - the...
Jan 19th

I'd give anything to hear you again.

My grandma died six years ago and I still have impulses to pick up the phone and tell her something....
Jan 19th

My Mom Never Answers the Phone Now That...

meaghano: Now, this is nearly without fail— When I call someone and they don’t answer, I imagine...
Jan 19th

Burning Riddles...

Just finished getting a crown put in / undergoing two hours of Monday morning masochism. But...
Jan 19th
“Although I have felt compelled to write things down since I...”
— Joan Didion (via furrowedbrow,...
Jan 18th

Things that suck:

When the boyfriend’s grandmother - whom you adore - sends a Christmas gift thank you note...
Jan 15th

according to an industry newsletter I...

“By 2010, studies show 25% of consumers will have abandoned their landlines.” Is that...
Jan 15th
(via scout)
Jan 14th

Maybe you know what -16 feels like.

Maybe. Maybe once when you were a child, you remember a night like this. Bundled in the back seat of...
Jan 13th

I don't really get the whole "women are...

Do you ever have the urge to strangle your significant other for not reading your mind and then...
Jan 12th
Home from work, working and trying to clear the clanging,...
Jan 12th
(via sabine)
Jan 12th
Listen Listen
Alison Krauss - “Now That I Found You” Have we talked about how this song breaks my...
Jan 12th

Confession: In my mind, it's the safest,...

Me: Have you seen my Ipod?
Kraab: I feel like I saw it in my underwear drawer, but that can't be right.
Jan 10th
esquareda: The Geekster Moleskine (via sd)
Jan 9th
meaghano: We people like to show off our books on shelves...
Jan 9th

Apparently Facebook is not marketing to...

Is He Losing Interest? Learn how to get his attention back before he dumps you…
Jan 9th
Kota Kinabalu, Borneo - 2007 Resolved:  I’m going to...
Jan 9th

This may be the best thing you have...

beautifulordinaire: I have three voice mails on my cellphone.  Two are business related that I...
Jan 9th
Listen Listen
beautifulordinaire: Your Love (Outfield cover) - Bon Iver (via...
Jan 9th

Dear K,

Please allow me to apologize for being a crazed wildebeest this morning.  No outfits looked right...
Jan 8th
CES-Sony to launch world's lightest 8-inch...
Jan 8th

Free Will Astrology, Hong Kong Magazine

Aquarius – Imagine you’re driving down a very wide highway that’s 50 lanes across even though there...
Jan 8th
My sister went back to the doctor this morning. I knew from the second I answered the phone and...
Jan 6th

In which I'm forever Junie B. Jones.

I have terrible judgment when it comes to giving appropriate compliments.  What seems like praise in...
Jan 5th
Someone please force me to stop watching Movie and a...
Jan 3rd
“Will you trim my mutton chops sometime this weekend?...”
— Perhaps the funniest thing...
Jan 3rd
kraabel: Tent Camping for the City Dweller I want this! ...
Jan 3rd

So yesterday I went snowboarding with...

For the first time ever. Trying to stand upright on a small plank of fiberglass while careening down...
Jan 2nd
“Boozy Britain’s bloody New Year: An emergency call...”
— 2009 finds Drudge’s ability to...
Jan 2nd