December 2009
fact:
harry potter movies are all officially “christmas” movies in our house.
christmas eve day plans
alternate side parking.
mama’s pecan bread and fruit.
snowflake-making
scrabble and christmas movie-ing
best christmas pageant ever-reading
stocking opening
cheese and crackers and champagne (i.e., “normality”)
church a-going
santa!
“Even a post-divorce relationship brimming with milky kindness can have...”
– Who Says There’s No Ex In Friendship? - washingtonpost.com
Things I wish were heated for me upon waking up in...
please add “coffee and muffin”
pullmyfoamfinger:
the toilet seat (every damn morning this startles me)
the water in my apartment (waiting more than two minutes for hot water is unacceptable)
my bedroom floor
the bathroom floor
my face cream
my jeans
“I know the season hasn’t ended yet, but I firmly believe that Peyton...”
– Peyton Manning Makes The Cut As TV Pitchman : NPR
Stereotyping People by Their Favorite Author →
shorterexcerpts:
bmichael:
James Joyce
People who do not like John Cusack movies.
That Is So True!
Some other good ones:
Salman Rushdie
People who google image search Padma Lakshmi late at night.
Christopher Buckley (or William F. Buckley)
People who love excess verbiage.
Ayn Rand
Workaholics seeking validation.
David Foster Wallace
Confirmed 90’s literati.
Jane Austen (or...
“believe that you are incredible and all of the things that i need.”
i have the best people in my life. purely bragging.
“it’s not a readmission, it’s a second AD-mission.”
– overheard on npr
I'm going to be passing through Savannah
pragmatism:
Right around dinner time if this scenic drive is as “scenic” as it looks on the map. Who wants to take me to Paula Dean’s restaurant for some foodz?
I’ll make you laugh, promise.
if you fly me down from new york, i’ll totally pay for dinner.
“To be honest, I don’t know what the president believes on anything, and I’m not...”
– Drew Westen: Leadership, Obama Style, and the Looming Losses in 2010: Pretty Speeches, Compromised Values, and the Quest for the Lowest Common Denominator
This is harsh, and long, but worth a read. And I really hope Westen is wrong about a lot of this—or that if he’s right, someone in the White...
survey:
lowdunks:
(Via: pinkymayfield:loverbeau)
01. If you made $50 for every survey you took, how much would you be making? $50 02. Do you have a favorite sports team? CRIMSON TIDE. Georgia and then UNC if pressed.
03. Do you have an addiction to anything? Champagne, Intertubes, Kindle. 04. Have you decided what career you would like to pursue? World domination.
05. What was the last movie you...
“Top 10 states on the happiness scale are, in descending order, Louisiana,...”
– NYC - New York in Last Place in Happiness Rating - NYTimes.com
i would like to note for the record that this list includes: retirees who could afford to move, surfers, cowboys, lobstermen/The Rich, and then the ENTIRE DEEP SOUTH.
roll tide.
“POLICE were sent to New Yorks John F. Kennedy International Airport today to...”
– Police called to airport fight | Herald Sun
“I love you also means I love you more than anyone loves you, or has loved you,...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer (via sweetheartbeats) (via bemoody) (via crookedtimes) (via lowdunks)
