December 2011
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September 2009
1 post
July 2009
1 post
June 2009
15 posts
The Real Real
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus (of Nanny Diaries fame) co-authored a new teenybopper book called The Real Real about the reality behind reality tv shows and the actual scriptedness of them. I went to Border’s tonight for a reading. Here is their theory on the matter of reality tv. When these shows start getting filmed, such as The Hills or Laguna Beach, the idea is to take ordinary...
How to plan your day
If you recently graduated (or something to the effect) and do not currently have a job or class, here is how to plan your day(s):
Step 1. Get OUT of bed before eleven
Step 2. Check the weather
Step 3. If it is 73 degrees or above and there is some semblance of sun, pack your bag (book, sunscreen, frisbee, & cheese crackers) and go to the park. Or rent a bike.
Step 4. If the weather is...
Things that interest me right now:
~the sixties
~reading about the sixties
~praying to see the sun at least one day a week so i can feed my park obsession
~being determined to bump into anne hathaway while she’s been spotted frequenting upper west side hangouts
~looking for colors to paint our apartment walls
~making fun of people’s blogs that list their daily lunch consumptions
~my straw hat
~eating cocoa...
Modification
I would like to modify the post that is five posts below this one -
I would like to replace #10’s ‘To be Determined’ with
10. Stanley cup—go pens!! the parade was awesome (ok, at least according to my sister…i might’ve forgotten to go..)
shoutout to JF
“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend...”
– Dale Carnegie
Berrynonymous
Events of the Night..
~Guacamole + cocoa krispies dinner, check.
~Getting shooed away from movie theater at 10pm because it was “closed”, thus not seeing Brothers Bloom for the fiftieth time, check.
~Instead, eating frozen yogurt (surprise, surprise) at lovely berryanonmyous yogurt establishment, check.
~Overhearing the following conversation in said establishment:
Upper east side...
Top ten reasons why being home in Pittsburgh is...
1. Having a car (when my mom isn’t using it)
2. Giant Eagle peanut butter and chocolate thumbprint cookies
3. Using up all the milk in the fridge and finding it miraculously replaced a few hours later
4. Hot tub in the backyard
5. Free washer and dryer
6. Meeting grandpa’s new gf
7. Um running out of reasons here..
8. Walking the dogs
9. Rita’s and Baskin Robbin’s...
May 2009
1 post
Subway talk.
(Little 5yr old girl and her mom)
Girl: I learned in school that even when parents get angry at
their kids, they still love them.
Mom: Mmhm
Girl: So that means you still love me then....right?
Mom: Yeah.
Girl: (Smiles)
Mom: ...But I'm still angry at you.
Girl: Oh..
Mom: (Takes daughter's hand and leads her off subway)
April 2009
2 posts
r: you’re all about the free love
t: I know
r: It’s like you just give it out
t: I do!.. like tic tacs!
March 2009
48 posts
Daily dose of 403
T: (trying to find rorscasch tests online) ahhhhhhhh!!!! That's not a rorscach!!!! (as pornography shows up on the screen...)
J: Well, there's pretty much only one way to interpret those images...
is this how people get things done??
Rachel: no
no ipod
no blog
no friends
no tv
Rachel: no computer programs other than word
no cell phone
turn it off or put it in the other rom
room
no snacks
just you and the midterm and your books
you can do it!
me: oh gosh. see you really are my life coach
sweet dreamin..
“I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the...”
– John Lennon
after choking on a piece of candy last week...
r: i think i want to take a cpr class
s: why?
r: because i feel unprepared for the instance of someone choking
s: i think you mean a first aid class
m: mmm, i think i'd rather take dance.
so i guess i got my wish——snow on the first day of spring. what would alanis say?
just another tuck-in
r: are you guys the parents and i'm the favorite child or something?
t: i thought WE were married
c: I am NOt the child
t: you're right...you're the live-in mother-in-law
when did?
when did all my posts start beginning with ‘when did?’
when did i turn into seinfeld?
[say ‘when did’ five times fast…it’ll start to sound really weird]
fake problems
when did life get so busy that we had to pencil in our best friends for hangout dates?
and speaking of the worst day, why can I not get a break from frustrations? it’s like, when one annoying thing happens, why do ten annoying things have to follow it? it doesnt make sense. mk says to make lemonade, but i don’t know how. things like stubborness and too-high expectations for people...
I’ve been thinking about thoughts and their ability to get in the way of life. Some patients who I counsel complain that their thoughts take up so much space and energy in their days that they feel so bombarded by them, as if there is no escape. I started to think about this and concluded that we have the power to control our own thoughts and the trouble is when we let them control us...
I’m baaaa-aaaack!” -Julia Roberts
“This is the bombshell Julia — the one with red hair flowing and a Cinemascope smile — who hasn’t gotten a chance to strut her stuff since “America’s Sweethearts” in 2001. And it’s only the beginning of her next chapter. She’s already talking up her starring role in the upcoming adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling memoir, “Eat, Pray, Love.” (daily news)
...
now you unruined my night
“The world needs you, Riv. You empower the powerless.”
-d
oh, d
d: i think a nice thing about me is that i'm open minded about who i'm friends with....pretty, ugly....young, old...new york, out of town...
me: how about cool or uncool?
d: now ThAT is a different story..
1:58
if you’re still awake, with no good excuse, you should probably consider going to sleep. we all know that ‘nothing good happens after 2 am.’ thanks ted mosby. gn.
“Success is measured in Lombardis”
– little h via mike tomlin
feeling a bit uninspired.
thinking that i find stagnation boring but transition scary. unclear what lies in between. but i’ll keep looking.
