February 2012
I really love Brazilian music.
There’s not tons of room in the middle. It is either music for chillin’ so hard you spit ice cubes, or music for dancin’ so hard your feet and butt (which you are shaking WAY HARD) ignite in flames. These are both activities at which I excel.
My dad hated watching The Voice, apparently.
Dad: “That guy was a Mouseketeer?”
Me: “EVERYBODY was a Mouseketeer.”
Dad: “EVERYBODY????”
Me: “Well, not everybody. But lots of super famous people. Ryan Gosling was one. He’s pretty legit.”
Dad: “Really? I didn’t know that.”
*pauses to think about it for awhile*
Dad: “Do you think Bruce Willis was a...
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Strange fascination.
Sometimes when I’m flipping through the channels on TV, I’ll pause on religious shows because they freak me out. Being non-religious, I never really fully understand what’s going on and it makes me nervous. ANYWAYS, the point of me telling you this is that I now know I feel the exact same way about watching Die Antwoord videos. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
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In which I imagine collaborating on a story with...
“So, the main character is a superhero, obviously.” “Yeah, but he’s not just a regular superhero. He’s a GOAT!” “A goat superhero who can’t control his powers, which leads to HIJINKS!” “Yeah, he can’t control his powers because he’s a RAGING ALCOHOLIC!” “And the main reason he drinks is because he’s a...
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Good work.
Sometimes you don’t realize how much you needed someone to say that to you, even though you’ve always secretly suspected that you were capable of doing good work. But your suspicions aren’t always enough to carry you through. Sometimes you need proof. Proof that you are maybe not so bad at this after all.
As a former leader of this great country of mine once said, “A...
January 2012
I'm eating raclette.
SOOOOO HAPPYYYYYYYYYYY
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Everything was going fine.
Until I found out Nas co-wrote “Gettin’ Jiggy With It”.
Don't worry, guys.
You didn’t miss anything. I’m still totally boring.
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I know things.
But sometimes I feel like the things I know are not the right things. Have I spent too much time learning how to do things that are not good things to know how to do? I feel like people at my position in life are maybe expected to know more things than I know. But what do I do? Do I keep doing the things I know how to do and keep teaching myself more about these things? Or do I go to school or...
A west coast winter.
In my little part of Canada, we do not typically experience what you would imagine a Canadian winter to be. It’s usually pretty mild and rainy. We do get snow a few times a year, but usually just a light dusting. So when we do find ourselves suddenly dealing with actual winter, it is quite upsetting. All week, the temperature has been BELOW FREEZING. What the eff is that about? Needless to...
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Thursday.
I stayed an extra two hours at work tonight to get something done so I don’t have to go in tomorrow. I have also seriously messed up my shoulder and am in a great deal of pain. So what am I going to do tonight? Get a little high on muscle relaxants, eat a whole lotta goldfish crackers and watch Jersey Shore with my roommate.
Rock. Star. Life. Style.
I meant to go to bed at least 15 mins ago.
I think I’ve just been sitting here, staring at nothing the entire time.
Keep up the good work, brain. Solid effort today.
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I will dream about you tonight.
I’m talking to you, the entire Jason Wu for Target collection.
Something.
I really love it when I make the apps on my phone do that little squiggle dance.
WHERE DO YOU KEEP THE WATER UP IN THIS BITCH?
I need to knowwwwwwww.
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
It is so very cold in my house. As a result, I end up spending lots of time in bed, just so I can keep warm. I have two duvets and two fleece blankets on my bed, but I still need to be in jeans and a hoodie in order to keep warm. I’ll be watching movies in the blanket fort if you need me. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR SO CCCCCCOLDDDDDDDDDDD.
I'm learning new things in this new year.
When you first move in with a new roommate, you want to be on your best behavior. Especially if it’s someone you don’t know super well yet. I find myself being hyper aware of everything I do, which is actually turning out to be kind of a great thing. For example, when I’m cooking, I’ve been doing this thing where I wash, dry and put away dishes and utensils RIGHT AFTER...
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Gotye - Learnalilgivinanlovin
This song does not...
Seriously
atsween:
I don’t think you guys are aware of quite how many Doctor Who posts I have had to scroll past in the last year.
You guys. I don’t even follow the Tumblr of one of my very best friends because it is called Doctor Who Is My Boyfriend and therefore contains a lot of stuff about Doctor Who. Sometimes you’ve got to be a hardass about these things. (Way to blog, buddy! Keep up...
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Oof.
I’m wide awake, but still haven’t gotten out of bed. My brain is like, “Well, you should get up and do a little more unpacking.” But my body is all, “Noooooooo! Don’t make me do stuff! I hurt!”
You’re so not gonna win this one, brain. Not today.
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Packing is a good time.
I’m at that stage in the packing process where I can’t tell if I’m actually making progress or if I’m just making everything worse. Stuff. Is. Everywhere. I’ll finally get one thing finished and then I turn around and there’s something else that I hadn’t even thought of yet. As it turns out, even when you don’t think you have that much crap, YOU...
The advantages of moving.
Okay, so let’s be real here. The moving process pretty much sucks. There is so much packing and cleaning and when you’re finally done that, there’s the lifting and unpacking and cleaning again. It’s not all that fun. However, this week I have discovered something great about moving. Since I packed up pretty much all of my kitchen stuff at the beginning of the week, I...
Moving right along.
I’m moving on the 31st, so this week will mostly be about packing up my house and taking breaks to drink and hang out with buddies. Today I decided to start with some of the kitchen stuff. So far I’ve taken out the boxes and put them in the middle of the floor. Now I’m on the Internet.
This might take longer than I had initially anticipated. Wheeeeee!
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Public Service Announcement
You’ve got to be careful this time of year. It doesn’t take long for it to happen. You stop paying attention for just a minute and suddenly BOOM! That cooking show is over and now Patrick Swayze is on TV, saying some stupid shit about Santa to some dumb little kid who can’t even spell Los Angeles correctly.
Those holiday movies are everywhere, man. They’ll get ya if...
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Open 24 hours.
Christmas is pretty much the only time around here where things are actually open late. It’s a very novel concept to me, this “open 24 hours” thing. Not many places around here are open 24 hours, or even after 11, for that matter. I just love the idea of being able to pop over to the giant grocery store at 2am to shop for pants.
Not that I’d ever really take advantage of...
Phone calls with Dad.
“Helloooooo?”
“Hey, Dad!”
“Oh, hello daughter! Sorry, but your mom isn’t here right now. She went to America with her very best friend in the whole wide world.”
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Let it go, man.
So I’ve been stressing a lot lately about a situation that I really don’t have very much control over. I’ve really let it get to me. Like, to the point where I walk around all day with my shoulders tensed up, my jaw clenched and my stomach in knots. Today, though, I finally figured something out. I’ve got to let it go. Instead of worrying about what might happen later,...
A 40 foot limousine.
Commuting on public transit is never really all that fun. It’s usually crowded and smelly and hot and slow and generally just all kinds of lame. But during the week before and the week after Christmas, it’s downright delightful.
The school kids are at home, the college kids are gone and everyone else takes time off work. This means the rest of us get to travel in luxury. A whole row...