December 2008
120 posts
In 2009, I will
make the last eight months of my current job the best ever
see my parents more often
be the most killer law student of all time
continue to take care of myself
better recognize who my friends are/rid myself of imbalanced friendships
either get a dog or be in a serious, committed relationship…
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My 2008 "Resolutions" →
i did not design that t-shirt, but i managed to do everything else on that list.
Self-control is a wonderful thing.
I can’t help but think that it pays off in the end.
“After years of much appreciated silence, Gwyneth reappeared this year, and it...”
– The Worst People of 2008 | Videogum
Yay for stationery!
I
heart
etsy…!
“Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.”
– Rupert Pupkin, King of Comedy (along with casino and goodfellas, this film is now one of my fave scorsese flicks.)
Da Winna'
I laid out both options in photoshop and have decided to go with this:
It’s going to be huge!
Quilt Layouts
I’ve finally finished all the blocks (hooray!), but now am at a bit of an impasse regarding how to lay them out. I’ve come up with the following options:
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I think I may just have to stare at them for a while before I decide which one to do. But I’m super excited: I’m almost done with the most work-intensive part of the process. Bonus: it’s not as...
My best friends from childhood and college both...
…and I’m over here with my nuts flapping in the wind. The passage of time is no joke, my friends.
I just had a dream that he was a terrible...
…a slurper AND a bobber (like a pigeon when it walks)! Gee, I pray its not true.
Wait, what!?!
Angela Bassett is in the Biggie Smalls biopic… Why am I suddenly interested in paying money to see it?
Scorsese Classics and other No-cation Activities
I’m doing it - I’m buying a season’s pass for the Scorsese film event at the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
Over the next five days I will watch, for the first time: Raging Bull, Italianamerican, American Boy: A Profile of Stephen Prince, King of Comedy, Who’s That Knocking at My Door, and Mean Streets.
I’m also going to:
work on my quilt
read, read, READ!
...
“Seventeen Years,” Ratatat
How do I know I really like you?
I downloaded three albums worth of Ratatat the morning after I first heard them at your house on Tuesday….and I’ve been listening to them, exclusively, ever since.
Musings
Inspiration: Top Chef marathon on Bravo
Thought: Creating the challenges for the chefs would be a super awesome job. You get to be kind of mean to complete strangers who want to prove their mettle and take your “I shit on you: make a five course meal using only vienna sausages and pickles” challenge uber seriously (if you’re lucky, maybe they’ll even cry - can we say...
Food Hangover
When I wrote in my journal that i was “drunk on mesquite BBQ chips” last night, I was just being facetious. But now, I feel like I have an actual hangover.
That’s what happens when you gorge yourself on junk food for the first time in forever, I guess. Weird.
Playing with Wigs...
…i mean, cleaning my room.
i have the next 12 days off, bitches!
So Many Food Competitions...
…so little time.
I know the kid who did this! →
there are a number of other locations as well (the scaffolding near dean & deluca on prince and broadway, for instance).
the holidays are for kissing!
Can't Get to the Corner? Order from Hyperbodega... →
seriously. why did this not exist before?
Beware of Facebook Chats
I just almost got facebook scammed via chat:
friend: Hello me: whoah, i always forget this is here. hi friend: how are you doing? me: good. how are you? how was your first semester? friend: cool. it was cool. but i’m in some kind of deep shit me: what do you mean? friend: i’m stranded in london because i got robbed at a park in kentish town me: oh no! can i do anything to help?...
"Bomb" Deposits
If anyone has any “truth” bombs, “confessional” bombs, or “fucked up news” bombs to drop on me, please do it now. Everyone else is. And it’s kind of surreal.
Everyone's a Psychic
me: and i haven't heard from [redacted], so...
annie: oh my god, HE KNOWS!
Lunch
I think I’m going to make green curry - I haven’t had it in a long time, plus I have half a chicken left from when I roasted it last week.
Don’t know why I’m tumbling about this. Must be the caffeine.
Well Played, Sir
me: (teasingly) you put milk in your tea?
my dad: i'm british.
me: ... (note: my dad is NOT british)
my dad: you have no comeback now, do you?
“This is a real economy. This is not that bogus economy of Wall Street. This...”
– Jim Donnelly, Precise Continental - printing press in Dumbo responsible for producing 1 million invitations to Obama’s inauguration.
(“Inside a Gritty Brooklyn Factory, Potomac Fever” | nytimes.com)
That shit works!
“Trouble,” Britney Spears
sooooo...
Tracey Jordan: If it weren't for you people, I'd still be in Africa - gorgeous, politically stable Africa.
Jenna Maroney: My people? Women are the oppressed ones. And it's even harder being a beautiful woman. Everyone assumes I don't try in bed. It's discrimination.
Watch“new york, i love you,” lcd soundsystem
Current Status:
Creating possibilities.
(Also, I found some eggs. Thank you, roommates who shop.)
I would keep baking shit, but I ran out of eggs.