January 2010
33 posts
T plus 3 months: In a research facility on the... →
On the blog: Things that go "lurk" in the night. →
Post-crush awkwardness, today on SparkNotes.
I haven't been a fan of the formspring thing,...
staceyjoy:
Do you consider yourself attractive? Is there anything you’d change about your appearance? And how much or little do you honestly care about your looks?
I was not a pretty child nor a pretty adolescent. Like most people, puberty smacked me around with the “ugly greasy braces and bad skin” stick. Unlike most people puberty CONTINUED to smack me around with that same stick until, oh, my...
BESTIES
This weekend, I drove upstate to retrieve an old friend: Vivian Leigh, the cat who was mine when I first moved to New York, and who has been living with a friend of my brother’s for the past few years.
I’d initially re-homed her because Brad and I were moving in together and didn’t think that she could be happy living with our dog, who was a puppy at the time, and has since...
Oh, hey, about Tim Tebow and his pro-life...
At this link, a reporter describes the ad in question:
“The commercial describes how Tebow’s mom ignored recommendations to abort her fifth child after falling ill during a trip to the Phillippines. That child, who she refused to abort, was Tim.”
Soooooo… she chose not to abort? Hey, that’s pretty cool, right? I mean, getting to make the choice and all about whether...
I used to have a sartorial crisis every time I went on a date. Clothes would fly, tears would fall, and usually I would end up leaving my apartment late, disheveled, and — of course — wearing the first thing I’d tried on. Only with a different bra. So when I got married, I breathed a sigh of relief, believing that this particular neurosis would be put to rest by way of having...
On the big blog: Oozing, schmoozing, and Eau de... →
"Looting"
squashed:
If a natural disaster strikes and somebody decides this is an opportune moment to break into a Best Buy and steal themselves a flat-screen TV, feel free to call them a looter.
But when somebody breaks into a supply depot looking for food or medical supplies because their only other option is watching somebody they love starve, they’re not “looting.” Those aren’t “spoils or plunder...
It's Tumblr Tuesday!
abbyjean:
staff:
This ever happen to you? I dreamt in Tumblr last night.
I walked around the city, covered in little hearts and reblog buttons. I showed my appreciation for a beautiful sunset by reaching out and poking its like button. I saw some delicious tacos, hit reblog, and had some of my very own. This was a world I could live in.
Fast-forward to this morning: I was tired, disheveled,...
secretly, we're millionaires. nyc just doesn't...
emilyinternet:
the worst game i play? searching for apartments in our price range first in manhattan, and then in every other city we’ve ever talked about living in.
you’re killing me, chicago. brand-new condos with lake views and concierge service?!
come on, d.c. three bedrooms and a view of the capitol?!
ugh, seattle. houses with yards with wildflowers?!
This is a great way to drive...
"When we drive around town I never look at a...
Roger Ebert’s emotional gut-punching abilities remain wholly underrated.
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