September 2010
27 posts
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August 2010
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If I begin at the beginning, then I’ve always been lost. I have no sense of direction and no ability to root myself. I can’t wait in line, and I can’t sit still. I find it nearly impossible to do just one thing at once.
So is it because of this or despite this that I am so frequently overwhelmed and overstimulated? Is it part of growing up that finds me grasping for simplicity...
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“Mona has not started this deadly game, but now that she understands there can be...”
– Gish Jen, Mona in the Promised Land
Pederasty? More like peder-NASTY, amiright?
I woke up this morning. I was very tired. I ran out to catch the bus without breakfast.
Subsequently, I tried to get a strawberry danish. At the register, I looked through my purse for my wallet. Then I looked again. Then I looked a third time. No wallet, no bueno.
Might I add that I was scheduled for 8 hours and that my home is about 45 minutes away from my place of work? Ashley, however, was...
Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how...
January 2009
August 2010
In between, I lost one boyfriend and best friend, some innocence, naivety, patience, boundaries, modesty, one apartment, recipes, a TV, a car, clothes, shoes, books, a job, security, memories, photographs, letters, my middle name, hair, and common decency.
I gained a fantastic group of friends, knowledge, peace, a new school, new city, better tolerance for liquor,...
Surprising.
I keep being surprised.
First of all, I forget that I queued a bunch of posts for the month thing so I log on and am like “I didn’t write that…oh yes I did”.
Orientation day started off with this nice little surprise event:
Then it took me about 15 minutes to find my graduate campus. The problem is that it’s situated inside (apparently) what used to be an...
“Just for the record, the weather today is calm and sunny, but the air is full of...”
– Diary, Chuck Palahniuk (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge
Let’s be honest, no one starts an online blog and has followers to write purely private things.
Pfft. I am whoring out my memories and emotions on this thing. Shamelessly. I don’t care, obviously.
I think we all just want to believe that other people care about our thoughts, and in that way we can live forever.
Day 26- What you think about your friends
I really think I have some of the best friends in the world. I’m aware it’s not always easy to be my friend, and that actually, it isn’t as simple as most people think it is to be anyone’s friend.
There’s Katie, my oldest best friend. We’ve known each other for 11 years now. That is amazing and so special to me. Having moved so often, it’s been nearly...
Day 25- What I would find in your bag
I can tell you exactly what is in my bag.
One red leather wallet.
One turquoise camera, affectionately named Zoe.
A pair of cheap black sunglasses (the 4th pair this year).
A Clipper Card.
A bright green fold-up mirror and retractable hair brush.
Receipts: library, Beard Papa,
Social security card…wait, that isn’t supposed to be in there anymore.
$5 H&M giftcard, to...
“You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how.”
– Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
“To all your questions, I have no...
Day 24- A letter to your parents
Dear Mom and Dad,
When I was little, I hated you. I mean, despised you. You were the only thing I could count on to be miserable. You didn’t understand me, you were constantly (and reminded me that you were) disappointed in me, and made familial warmth look like an alien concept.
Now that I am older, I get it. You’ve had a hard life. Really hard. You did what you could to make my...
It's gonna be a bright, sunshiney day.
Glorious weather. I am talking straight up, if-I-had-a-reason-I’d-be-wearing-my-tank-top-and-short-shorts-oh-wait-I-do weather. I have really got to learn to stop typing the way I speak, because these formatting issues are getting more and more complex.
So meanwhile, I tried to watch Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels today but couldn’t seem to get through it. Same goes for Amadeus....
Day 23- Something you crave for a lot
Ha! You might as well call me a woman made of cravings. Here goes:
Pastries, cuddling, pumpkin spice lattes, baked ziti, tzatziki sauce, spicy tuna, sex, hot stone massages, strawberry banana smoothies, sparkly things, kisses all over my lower neck, deep belly laughter, a new dress, chapstick, wontons, New York Super Fudge Chunk, chai lattes, fresh cut flowers, the admiration of my peers,...
“I love you above all things, even pie.”
– Fool, Christopher Moore (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
Day 22- What makes you different from everyone...
If there’s one thing I ever learned, it’s that people are not snowflakes. I’m fairly sure there isn’t a single thing about me that someone else on Earth hasn’t also experienced. But there are some things about me that are a little interesting:
I am mainly Chinese, but I am about 1/16th Iranian.
I can read at a rate of 1000 words per minute.
I didn’t climb a...
I don't care if you're the hipster calling card,...
Jack: How you can sit there calmly eating muffins when we're in this horrible trouble I can't make out. It seems to me perfectly heartless.
Algy: Well I can hardly eat muffins in an agitated manner, can I? The butter would probably get on my cuffs.
I made lemon bars from scratch, bitches!
And they were pretty tasty. Only about half of them are left in the kitchen.
Meanwhile, look at this amazing bouillabaisse I had for lunch the other day. I haven’t said it enough, I ate that in the mall.
Almost worth it to spend so much of my time on the bus.
Welcome to the view of my life.
But today, I took said bus up to Alamo Square in the Haight.
Why was I there?
For a flea...
Day 21- A picture of something that makes you...
Pastries in a garden with tea. Bam!
Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being...
You know, if I could answer this question…I probably wouldn’t be single.
Does Gerard Butler count?
In all actuality, I have no idea. I used to think I would be with Jordon for the rest of my life, but whenever I was honest with myself, even then I couldn’t really picture it.
“Leslie: I want me, Tom, and all the other ladies included on the secret hunting...”
– Parks and Recreation
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Not that I'm a politico but..
Has anyone else ever noticed that it’s the sort of chubby, passably pretty white chicks that make duck face and secretly want to be real big whores who always consider themselves “very conservative”?
Or was that just me that noticed that?
Ha. They bore me. And slightly anger me. It’s very strange to feel these two emotions at the same time. Not conflicting, and always...
Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them
Candyland- I believe Teri gave this to me when we played Candyland one day in the dorms while eating brownie bowls. Why did I have Candyland? I was a professional babysitting for Disney. Why the brownie bowls? We were having bad days. Why on the floor? Everything tastes better with your ass on the ground and your shoes off.
Cuidado- The first time I played Halo with the boys Freshman year, they...
“Hug it out, bitch.”
– Michael Scott
liberalesque asked: the only thing i dislike about tumblr is not being able to respond to comments: my hair's gotten way too long this summer while my hairdresser is on maternity leave. i went once at the beginning of summer to some other lady at my salon and she just didn't do anything right, i had to fix it myself, and decided to just wait until my normal hairdresser gets back. which isn't until the...
twinkasaurusrex asked: You totally skipped ahead in the 30 day challenge! Way to be a 2 a day poster without being behind!
I refuse to believe that all people are bad. →
Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives...
I can’t imagine ever wanting to switch lives with anyone. My life is my own, and I know it. Chalk it up to fear, maybe…but I can’t help but feel like no one’s life is any better than anyone else’s.
Well, except maybe Richard Branson.
Cause daaaaaaamn, have you seen his yacht?
Day 16- Another picture of yourself
Hanging out in the botanical gardens!
Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs...
1. Jason Mraz- I’m Yours
2. Spoon- Anything You Want
3. Phantom Planet- You’re Not Welcome Here
4. Carmen Rasmusen- Nothing Wrong
5. The Apples (in Stereo)- The Silvery Light of a Dream
6. Rooney- Mellow Song
7. Vampire Weekend- Campus
8. Just Jack- No Time
9. Meiko- Piano Song
10. Pomplamoose- September
“I mean, everyday in America some guy snaps and kills his girlfriend. They gotta...”
– Stanny, Strictly Sexual
Day 14- A picture of you and your family
Yes, I realize I look horrible. We drove 5 hours in a tiny car to Shanghai. So I was tired, sue me.
“In a way she understands that this is how life operates in America, that...”
– Gish Jen, Mona in the Promised Land
Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you...
(Let’s keep in mind that I sat and tried to think of anyone else at all to write this to, but couldn’t recall anyone else hurting me in the last like 5 months. So, here we go obviousness.)
I don’t want to rehash the whys and whats and whens, so I won’t.
Even without all that mess that basically everyone already knows about and happened long enough ago that I don’t...
But I did like her sparkly shirt.
I haven’t really done much lately except go to work, watch The Office, and do housework. And growing perfect beautiful strawberries:
But today!
Oh today!
First off, I wandered around the neighborhood by the supermarket that I frequent. Lots of tasty restaurants, but I settled on a diner called Breakfast at Tiffany’s. I had a MASSIVE spinach, cheddar, and mushroom omelet with great...
Day 12- How you found out about Tumblr and why you...
I think I saw it somewhere. The internet is a vast, vague place.
I made one because I’ve always had one form of internet diary or another. I’ve had a blurty, livejournal, dreamjournal (I think that’s what it was called anyway), xanga, myspace blog, and facebook notes. I am shameless in my life’s transparency and masturbatory in my belief that you will find my life...
Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends
desire to inspire
whonever:
desire to inspire geremia designs
LOVE this song.
Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy,...
Happy:
Rachel Goodrich- Lightbulb
Yael Naim- New Soul
Regina Spektor- Folding Chair
Over the Rhine- On a Roll
Sad:
Carla Bruni- Quelqu’un M’a Dit
Lykke Li- Tonight
She & Him- You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
Rachael Yamagata- I’ll Find a Way
Bored:
MSTRKRFT- Heartbreaker (with John Legend)
Spoon- Anything You Want
The Bird & the Bee- You’re a Cad
...
“Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land...”
– Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey
