December 2009
40 posts
Perspective
Every once in a while, I’ll be walking along with my friend at work, heading to a meeting or to the snack bar for break, and as I turn to speak to her I’ll realize that she’s a full foot or more below me. It’s not as if I suddenly got taller or she suddenly got shorter, but I don’t usually think about it. My height is a given. It never changes, but I also don’t...
i am an idiot.
(via lovelyanomaly)
I respectfully disagree.
My ugly little problem
cloudya:
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So I don’t tell people I have a problem because how do you say I’m addicted to being liked? How do you say I drink because nobody notices me when I’m sober? I have nothing with which to hold your attention without a drink in my hand. I’m a vanilla version of me when I’m not wasted. How do you tell people I drink because I need for you to love me?
If you want, I...
We’re getting ready to go to a wedding today. My mother-in-law, who’s a little different, was offended when her daughters asked what she was planning to wear. Their worry about whether her attire would really be appropriate was proven to be founded when she revealed that she was wearing crocs to the event. Look, there’s a time for comfy shoes, but I’m pretty sure your...
David Sedaris - 6 to 8 Black Men
One of my...
Avatar
Wow. That really sums it up. Wow.
I know everyone is probably sick of hearing about Avatar, but we went to see it today, so you get to hear about it one more time. It reminds me of Terminator 2 and The Matrix, in that it took ideas that weren’t really new and put them together in a new way with spectacular visuals to create something that feels ahead of its time. Remember when you saw the...
cloudya:
GPOYW - I’m 35 today. This is the face of ambivalence.
Oh yeah and happy holidays.
Happy birthday! Now go have some cake.
Oh. Right.
Watchthedailywhat:
Movie Trailer of the Day: First official trailer for Harald Zwart’s Jaden Smith / Jackie Chan-starring Karate Kid remake.
Synopsis:
Smith plays Dre, a skateboarding video game buff who moves to China after his single mother is forced to go there for work. Unable to speak Chinese, Dre finds it hard to settle in, and gets beat up by the local bully. Chan plays Mr. Han, a...
I went through a fast food drive-thru the other day, told the person what I wanted and proceeded to pull forward to the window. It seemed completely non-eventful to me, just another brief interaction in a long day. I handed her my card, and when she handed it back to me with my receipt, I thanked her. Rather than simply saying “You’re welcome” or “Have a nice day,”...
I love
cloudya:
That after over a year of marriage and all the countless raunchy things we’ve seen and done in and out of bed, my husband & I still get really embarrassed when we fart in front of each other.
Give it time. Eventually, you’ll just laugh at it and hope you can disgust the other one so much that they retch.
Umm…So I’ve heard.
cloudya:
Last Saturday I came home to find my husband, Ken, supergluing his fingers together. He said he was doing it for science. Today I received a link inviting me to view the published results at his website, Scientific AmeriKen.
It’s important here to note that my husband has a PhD in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. It’s also important to note that he makes me laugh like nobody else...
They are doing microbiological testing for a myth on Mythbusters tonight. I’m not sure what frustrates me more, poor data analysis or the way the announcer pronounces “agar” and “petri”.
Don't have a heart attack while shoveling.
That was the last thing she said to me as I went out into the snow this morning. I really don’t know if I should feel that she loves me and worries about me or as if I were just called “fatty.”
Probably both.
One Question, One Answer
What do you do, professionally and personally?
Professionally: I work as a quality control microbiologist for a pharmaceutical company. We have several labs that perform tests on products to make sure that they are safe and were made properly. I don’t actually do any bench work, though. I am responsible for supporting the people in the labs to make sure that what gets done in our labs gets...
How's that working out for you? Being clever?
This story takes place long ago, when those few of you who actually read this were probably still in elementary school. It was a more innocent time, a time of gangster rap, alternative rock and boy bands. Tupac and Biggie were both still alive. Kurt Cobain wasn’t. The world had not yet tired of Jim Carrey’s antics, and only a handful of your most film-crazed friends had any idea who...
You know what's awesome about Formspring?
It won’t work at all on IE6. (Not that I’d try to use it at work.)
But you can ask me a question for later.
Either no one will respond and I'll regret this or...
I wanted a formspring thing too, so that you can ask me questions.
Now I have one.
DESTINED TO BE BFFS?
yowhatsthehaps:
This morning I realized that there are some serious design flaws in my apartment. I mean, what were they thinking, putting the bathroom waaaaaay at the other end of the house? They should probably have put it beside the bedrooms. They should have also put A GD HEAT VENT IN THERE. But the main issue I have with this place is that the food supply is located too far away from my...
First Look: Interview with Tim Haines, creator of... →
funsizebytes:
Some of you may be aware of this website called “favstar” and of a device called an “iPhone”.
“Favit” brings them together.
I wrote a review for TUAW.
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A quote from said review:
Those who are familiar with Favstar/Favrd know that sometimes it seems like some people get stars just for scratching their backsides.
Seriously? I’ve never heard such a thing...
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lovelyanomaly:
Me: ZombieAnomaly found hot chocolate. Everyone’s brains are safe now. The Boy: ZombieAnomaly should have danced Thriller before returning from zombie form.
Did you actually refer to yourself as ZombieAnomaly to him or as ZombieRealName? I guess what I’m really wondering here is if he knows that you are Lovely Anomaly in all her many online forms. (Which raises an...