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September 2008
i have so much love for midwesterners. sales recruiters and people in television will tell you th…
i have noticed that i only get mad at traffic when i’m late.
it doesn’t really make…
August 2008
hi, Internet. remember me? I know it’s been a while, so I wrote you a book and now you hav…
You know what’s funny? I’ve been meaning to edit a post for days because I didn’…
July 2008
I’m back from Michigan and have posted pictures from the various events. You can see them h…
mary: “i’m sorry I’m getting all dramatic about this; I’m sure it must be…
yayyyy internet it’s the weekend! isn’t that magical?
I thought i’d post a happ…
hello, internet.
danny says that the more unhappy i am, the better i write. i’m about to d…
Dear Internet,
First of all, I want to say that I’m proud of you. I’ve been thinking…
June 2008
sorry, Internet. i have to keep this one as short as possible.
first things first: i went home l…
May 2008
i hate everything i write on this site lately. but i was reading through it the other day, and wa…
it’s sunday, 6:24 am.
i am watching the sun come up from my living room. i have a migrai…
just when you think you’re finally getting your life together, you find out you’re goi…
April 2008
while searching for my Oracle account name in gmail this week, i found transcript of a gchat conve…
i’ve been trying to write this post for more than a week, but everything keeps changing fast…
Ok, I need to remind the internet that I have the best bird in the universe. it’ll follow y…
good god…some people are not being very nice to me this week. but it’s ok. i’m …
i’ve got love for you
if you were born in the eighties
the eigh-tees
i’ve got hugs for…
March 2008
I have a new parrot, and I can’t make this too long because I have to get back to loving it …
i’m back in miami and writing this instead of hanging out at the beach because i’m wip…
so: slight change of travel plans. i’m flying in and out of miami instead of flying straigh…
i posted last night because i didn’t think i’d get to write anything again anytime soo…
right now, pete and chris are on the road to nc. they’ll be here when i wake up. or rather…
some general news, since i haven’t posted anything in a while…
on the apartment front…
David and I are sitting in his room being nerds. two people + two computer science degrees + two …
my hands are cracked and smell like bleach and my feet hurt, but now that i’m off them iR…
I have been packing all weekend. i haven’t been happy about it, but i’ve been doing i…
February 2008
so here’s how that independence campaign is going:
day 1:
wrote that post and went to bed a…
You’ve probably already heard me tell the story of the time I got a sculling lesson by one …
What a crazy week. I have been sick and cranky and emotional and if you have been around me at al…
first things first. some things that have happened this week:
John released yeswecanhas.com, …
After MacBookgate2k7, I went months without using my local email client, and checked my work email…
January 2008
I know i’ve mentioned several times on this blog that college was really hard for me. If I …
Things I did for the first time this weekend:
see Blade Runner
play Rock Band
eat eggs fr…
I’ve had a hard time finding things to write here lately. Everything is either very mundane…
dad died two months yesterday. really? i’m not sure if it seems more like yesterday or two…
Ah, Internet. So we meet again.
I am sick and have lost my voice. It’s not quite the picn…
My dad never thought he would live a long life. That could just be coincidence. Or maybe somehow…
December 2007
Today would have been dad’s 52nd birthday.
I’ve been interested to hear relatives com…
“One wasp can’t be wrong!”—Dad in 2005, singing Mom’s praises in the…
Amazon.com depression: logging in to see all the things in my cart that I wanted to get my dad for…
I was an eighth grader and I was at school in a bathing suit. I was not the only girl in a bathin…
I began to write this post twenty eight hours before my father’s surgery. I am substituting …
some lists, because i like them.
reasons why i’m still a kid and thus feel cheated
i ha…
I know that lilies are a divisive flower because of their smell—whenever I have them out, vi…
I’ve lost count of the days, and I think that’s healthy so I’m going to go with …
November 2007
Yesterday I made the decision to extend my lease for six more months. My current lease ends with …
Day 18.
I was late to my first day back at work. I went to bed with a tight chest, some sort of …
on day four, i sat here and wrote that i am looking for signs in everything.
i now find this acti…
Today Mom and I went to the Sprint store to get our phone bills put in my name. Until this mornin…
still day eleven. kinda.
the last thing i said out loud before i tried to go to bed tonight was …
Day eleven and the most notable symptoms of my grief include restlessness, exhaustion, and irritab…
We’ve gone though all the motions. The wake is done, the funeral is behind us. Let the hea…
The wake tonight had a great turnout, and it was wonderful to see so many familiar faces. Seeing …
I don’t know if it’s symptomatic of the godless mid-twenties, but I am looking for mea…
My mom leaves me voicemails all the time. It would be totally impractical to preserve them all, y…
say one for my dad.
edit: catching the next flight home…getting in at 8am friday
upd…
I am the world’s most disastrous human. As evidence, I present my left index finger, which I…
October 2007
Happy Halloween! In honor of the holiday and for your visual enjoyment, here is a picture of my ad…
It’s officially fall, huh? This is good because a) it’s my favorite season, b) the we…
Yesterday was the worst day of my past year for several reasons that I’m not going to get in…
September 2007
Dear Kanye,
Please stop raping all my favorite songs.
Lest I be accused of being a hater, I woul…
August 2007
Burgeoning theory: it’s human nature to assume that interesting strangers are more balanced …
One day when I was probably about 10, I had an experience that profoundly affected my development.…
I know it’s been approximately a million years since I’ve posted here, but nothing ins…
June 2007
It’s been a while since I’ve posted, I know. Life has gotten strange all of a sudden,…
May 2007
We’re back from Hawaii and I finally got around to writing this post I’ve been promisi…
I keep my whole life in a little Coach wristlet: keys on the outside, and on the inside a credit c…
April 2007
The weather is warm and I am happy.
This weekend was really good. Friday brought a miraculous …
Last night I had a dream that I was a disgruntled mall costume jewelry shop worker rescued from he…
It seems that a big emotional factor in wanting one’s children to engage in (sometimes outda…
March 2007
“I have been looking at tree squee for two weeks now”—Dad
My parents came to vi…
February 2007
First things first: I have a new cousin. Her name is Jenna Isabel and she’s the cutest baby…
So I missed the Academy Awards, not having a television, and I’m feeling really out of touch…
(is annie g’s idea for a band name that i think is so wonderful i might pop)
To soon-to-be-…
David and I watch enough movies together that it makes sense to share a Netflix subscription. The…
Because I’m old now and fearing the onset of senility, I have to send this link before I for…
January 2007
I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted. I think the best and most fair way to add…
Today I got into a groove on the treadmill and peacefully closed my eyes to really get in touch wi…
When you do something awesomely, most video games will tell you so. This is one small area in whi…
December 2006
Talking to my friends and family, I get the sense that it isn’t standard to mentally tie tho…
Last day of work before vacation!
In what may be the most regrettable action of his life, David g…
I went to the optometrist today to get new contacts but instead got a diagnosis of conjunctivitis,…
I am really angry, and I just can’t shake it. I’m venting here so I can get it off my…
The optimal strategy for winning eBay auctions seems so obvious that it shouldn’t need to be…
Today I was trying to remember what the deal is with Fritz der Frosch, since a song fragment poppe…
In an airport last December I recorded my thoughts about all the gift exchanges I’d witnesse…
Hello, December.
Finally bought my plane tickets…I’ll be at home from the 22nd unt…
November 2006
I will start this post with the disclaimer that I’m 23 and fully aware that these thoughts c…
Rumsfeld, sit down.
This has been a great week for the US. I’m so relieved that American…
October 2006
Super Awesome Internet Update!!!
David and I went to Guitar Center yesterday and played with all…
As a nerdy and bookish 4th grader, I read Richard Peck’s Don’t Look and It Won’…
Today I had a very thorough physical, which is never fun. And of course, because it’s me, t…
hello internet,
I’m sorry; it’s been a while. The last week has been pretty rough. …
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I had a good laugh today when reviewing my site logs and noticing that someone had found their way…
As many of you know, my parents opened a small pet store when I was 3. Many of my fondest memorie…
It should be known that today I had my second bad chicken sandwich in a row from Q-Shack. It used…
With their aggressive theater/television marketing, you have probably already seen at least one ad…
i’ve decided to let picasso’s wings grow out a little fuller. previously, I clipped t…
September 2006
It has been brought to my attention that since my recent post about airport security, the no-gel p…
I just googled “mush on a mountain” and much to my horror, got no results. A dispropo…
I recently had my bags searched at an airport and was relieved of about $50 worth of makeup. I co…
sometimes life starts to weigh you down, and in those times I think it’s helpful to think of…
I hate the idea of defining people by their hobbies and I super hate when people try to make smal…
Baby girl Wyman…you are beautiful and I can’t wait to find out what your parents name…
I finally got my license plate today, and it was more good old southern fun. Much to my relief, t…
August 2006
I hope ballet flats are in style forever.
love,
Mary
My mommy sent me a package today with clothes and a sweet note :) It made my whole day.
I love y…
So John and I are discussing gender and dating, and there are some things I’d like to share …
David and I saw Talladega Nights a few days ago and it was a lot better than it might’ve bee…
So yesterday I finally got down to studying for my driver’s exam and thought I’d share…
July 2006
for a couple days. get in touch
Hotmail deleted my email account, the first email account I ever had, the one that took me from mi…
Quizno’s has discontinued the Chicken Milano sub. This is the worst news ever.
oh my goodness….I can’t believe someone put this on the internet!!!!! This the end of …
since I know you were all stressing about it…
While at a stranger’s house picking up …
I’d like to bestow the following entities with special honors, for making the nightmare that…
June 2006
here comes jjb
If you use Internet Explorer, I hope you know you’re breaking my heart. That having been sa…
I need to get my life together, honestly.
I’ve not been sleeping well. Every morning I wak…
I just finished Paul Auster’s Timbuktu. I cried through a lot of it (and if you read the bo…
Mrs. McCarthy passed away, so I’m feeling very sad for Chris and his family. She was a real…
I was thinking about regret today, and I have to get this out.
It’s so absurd to me that …
This is probably my first potentially offensive blog entry. Enjoy!
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Picasso looked up with the pre-flash on my camera went up, but he and Sophie are preening each oth…
This weekend was the No Fluff Just Stuff conference in Raleigh. This was my first NFJS experienc…
I was cleaning today and found a piece of paper on which I’d doodled a lot and written some …
Just a few pictures before I head off to bed:
The birds are in the new cage and seem ve…
Love and weight loss: the two subjects about which everyone seems to feels qualified to dispense a…
It poured today in Durham. Running through the rain after work, I remembered one day at the end o…
I managed to coax some files off my memory card:
Picasso has the blue on his head, and Sop…
May 2006
This weekend was the Cars premiere, and I don’t know where to start.
The film was great, as…
Wait, that’s a big lie. But you know who does? A whole crowd of people outside my office, …
tonight i go to meet the parrotlets, sophie and picasso. the owner seems to have gotten a lot of …
more than anything. in the past week I’ve sold furniture I didn’t need anymore and go…
Here it is, the cliche first post. After a long hiatus, I think it’s time to get back into the p…