January 2010
47 posts
Oh, nine
The sista and I went to Vegas to get up close and personal with the Thunda From Down Unda (that’s what their BFF call them)
I decided roller derby was an ideal extracurricular activity and with that, J. Cruel was born, (and I became very familiar with RICE and had a wonderful time at ECE)
While running my first half marathon, I learned that Elberon, NJ is in fact a place.
I took a faux...
December 2009
53 posts
now you know
important info for those who both pop bottles and enjoy unnecessary information (aka my soul mates):
Who is Dom Perignon?
a Benedictine monk considered to be the father of Champagne
(Thanks Real Simple magazine! You have made yourself useful for once, since I never seem to recall your helpful, life-simplifying hints when they would actually be helpful/simplify my life.)
The Gap Band - You Dropped A Bomb On Me
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item the Tokyo clipboard of fun sadly neglected →
Don't procrastinate pleasure! →
katiebakes:
“Once you start procrastinating pleasure, it can become a self-perpetuating process if you fixate on some imagined nirvana. The longer you wait to open that prize bottle of wine, the more special the occasion has to be.”
(via lifeoflc)
not listening to Q104.3 at my desk all day=classic...
Runner's World: What Should I Wear? →
running in the cold is likely not happening in my world, thanks to its lung-torturing effects , but when the temperatures once again become more reasonable, this will be invaluable because I have lost all ability to translate temperature into proper clothing selection
(Oh wait. In the event I may get into the NYC Half, I have to start my training. Today.)
(via)
folkinz:
queen & david bowie: under...
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
(via misskris: ckck)
WatchI didn’t want you to miss this magic just because you aren’t on sabbatical too.
(via joyengel:apsies)
I’m On Fire - Bruce Springsteen
For a Jersey...
“Which one is vanilla? Vanilla is burgundy? Why’d they call it vanilla if...”
– Snoop Dogg, who has apparently never been exposed to vanilla extract, as he baked brownies covered in green sprinkles with Martha Stewart
Chrusciki, Martha-style →
fancified, obviously - shaped into leaves, no mention of lard, and including zests and brandy or cognac (what?!)
folkinz:
smashing pumpkins: never let me down...
fatmanatee:
Jimmy Eat World - Last Christmas
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WatchI went all the way to Tokyo, and all I got was this lousy video of a Japanese Beatles cover band.
Please take care to note the drunk dancing Westerner (to the far right), and the drunk dancing Japanese businessman (who was super fond of throwing his hands up in the air).
The cost-to-time-spent-at-this-bar ratio made it crazy expensive, but it was worth every single yen.
music to miss me by:
No Me Digas Que No - La...
music to miss me by:
Radiohead - High and Dry
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or: hanging out with Japanese Beatles cover bands →
folkinz:
liz phair: divorce song
You’ve...
“The Jersey Shore is the greatest show to ever air and they have only finished...”
– The Facebook status of one of my former coworkers. And some of the truest words ever typed on a computer.
I’ve definitely posted this before, but...
Diddy ft. Keyshia Cole :: Last Night (2007)
I...
whiskeyandgoatsmilk:
Jimmy Eat World- Kill
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musical aversions
I Melt With You (absolutely any version)
Rush’s entire discography
Cats in the Cradle (perhaps the most depressing song ever created)
editor’s note: I’m sorry if you love them and now you’re sad we’re not musical soulmates. As with everything else, I firmly believe you can’t help what you like. Or don’t like. And I just cannot help not liking these....
