* In a relationship? Wish you were? (Wish you weren't?) Check out these articles. Think they're onto something?
> 4 Fights that Men Fear
> 5 Things You Should Never Say to a Woman
> How to Fight
* I'm pretty sure it's ok to just need a hug sometimes.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
2/27/08
* Happy birthday, Daddy!!!
* Dear rude neighbor: If you're going to be so inconsiderate as to swipe MY DOORMAT (see previous post if you're confused), please at least do me a small favor and don't chuck it back up against the door at 9 a.m. Some of us don't work what you call "normal" hours. You don't hear me vacuuming at 4 a.m., do you? Hugs and kisses.
* Dear rude neighbor: If you're going to be so inconsiderate as to swipe MY DOORMAT (see previous post if you're confused), please at least do me a small favor and don't chuck it back up against the door at 9 a.m. Some of us don't work what you call "normal" hours. You don't hear me vacuuming at 4 a.m., do you? Hugs and kisses.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
2/23/08
Ok, I have some catching up to do...
* Just because it's not your dream doesn't mean its not someone else's. Don't judge.
* Alkaline Trio is in the studio, and I'm crazy excited.
* Anything can go on a resume if you know how to phrase it right.
* Don't burn your bridges. Don't burn your bridges. Don't burn your bridges.
* Ben Kweller is a lot cooler than I gave him credit for junior year of high school. (Thank you, Mr. Burry.)
* The double standard is alive and well, my friends.
* This next concept is pretty complex, so I'll understand if you have to read it a few times. I'll even try to break it down for you:
a) If it's wedge-shaped (that means like a 3-D triangle), made of wood or a brown rubbery material, and sitting in front of a door, it's a doorstop.
b) If it's flat, square or rectangular or round, made of a carpetlike or fake-grassish material, and sitting in front of a door, it's a doormat.
c) If it's flat, square, and sitting in front of MY DOOR, it's MY DOORMAT. NOT your doorstop.
Got it?
* Just because it's not your dream doesn't mean its not someone else's. Don't judge.
* Alkaline Trio is in the studio, and I'm crazy excited.
* Anything can go on a resume if you know how to phrase it right.
* Don't burn your bridges. Don't burn your bridges. Don't burn your bridges.
* Ben Kweller is a lot cooler than I gave him credit for junior year of high school. (Thank you, Mr. Burry.)
* The double standard is alive and well, my friends.
* This next concept is pretty complex, so I'll understand if you have to read it a few times. I'll even try to break it down for you:
a) If it's wedge-shaped (that means like a 3-D triangle), made of wood or a brown rubbery material, and sitting in front of a door, it's a doorstop.
b) If it's flat, square or rectangular or round, made of a carpetlike or fake-grassish material, and sitting in front of a door, it's a doormat.
c) If it's flat, square, and sitting in front of MY DOOR, it's MY DOORMAT. NOT your doorstop.
Got it?
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
2/19/08
* Consumers ranked Wal-Mart last in a customer-service satisfaction survey of discount and department stores. Target ranked second to last. Nordstrom ranked first.
* Check out this screen cleaner.
* The State Department nicknamed Chiang Kai Shek "Peanut" because of his closely shaven head.
* "We'll work through it" could be the best response a person could give.
* Thailand is the only country in southeast Asia that has never fallen under foreign rule.
* The green Swedish Fish are pineapple-flavored.
* Check out this screen cleaner.
* The State Department nicknamed Chiang Kai Shek "Peanut" because of his closely shaven head.
* "We'll work through it" could be the best response a person could give.
* Thailand is the only country in southeast Asia that has never fallen under foreign rule.
* The green Swedish Fish are pineapple-flavored.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
2/18/08
* Forget the need to know the future.
* It's hard to know amazing people who do amazing things and not be able to share that. At least not yet.
* I think jumping in with both feet could do wonders for a lot of different aspects of life.
* After several years of several experiences and several conversations with several different people about love and being in love, I'm clueless. (What I do know is that there's a difference.) What's your take on it?
* My cat prefers my nail file to any of the cool toys he has. He just hid it under the couch.
* It's hard to know amazing people who do amazing things and not be able to share that. At least not yet.
* I think jumping in with both feet could do wonders for a lot of different aspects of life.
* After several years of several experiences and several conversations with several different people about love and being in love, I'm clueless. (What I do know is that there's a difference.) What's your take on it?
* My cat prefers my nail file to any of the cool toys he has. He just hid it under the couch.
Monday, February 18, 2008
2/17/08
* Busy week!
* Set two alarms. Sometimes they don't work. And sometimes you're too tired to set them right.
* Looking for free e-cards? Check Yahoo. Hassle-free as they get.
* I'm thinking of five couples who make me extremely happy. In an observing-from-the-outside sort of way. Do you know who you are? Do you know that watching the way you interact with your significant other makes me hopeful?
* I'm stoked to try out my new headphones.
* I'm starting to think that part of the key to being happy is to achieve a simultaneous feeling of contentment. All the sensations of happy without the rushed feeling. Without the need for an immediate payoff. Knowing that it will come. And really enjoying the meantime. That's not to say complacent. Complacent is bad. But content... there's a concept.
* Set two alarms. Sometimes they don't work. And sometimes you're too tired to set them right.
* Looking for free e-cards? Check Yahoo. Hassle-free as they get.
* I'm thinking of five couples who make me extremely happy. In an observing-from-the-outside sort of way. Do you know who you are? Do you know that watching the way you interact with your significant other makes me hopeful?
* I'm stoked to try out my new headphones.
* I'm starting to think that part of the key to being happy is to achieve a simultaneous feeling of contentment. All the sensations of happy without the rushed feeling. Without the need for an immediate payoff. Knowing that it will come. And really enjoying the meantime. That's not to say complacent. Complacent is bad. But content... there's a concept.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
2/15/08
* Dear Marc, 20/15 is better than 20/20. teehee. (I think it's twisted payback for getting clobbered in the glasses so many times in dodgeball as a kid.)
* At any given point, there will be at least -- AT LEAST -- 14 things in life that are completely frustrating.
* I'd like to think of them as love bites, but I'm really starting to think my cat's trying to sever an extremity.
* Ever wonder how google, yahoo, facebook, etc. always seem to have ads for things you're interested in? Well, it's because they can track what you click on -- and, in facebook's case, what your friends click on and buy -- and tailor the ads to what they have concluded (statistically) that you will like and are most likely to buy.
* I feel like I should say something about the shootings at Northern. But to be honest, I don't know what to say that hasn't been said more poetically by someone else. It blows my mind that these things keep happening. This was the fourth school shooting in the U.S. recently. I'd like to think that this didn't used to happen. But maybe I just didn't pay attention before. And to see people who are affected -- even two or three times removed from it directly -- makes it even more real. I can't say I relate in any way because I've never had to deal with something that tragic and I can't begin to fathom what the families, students and faculty at Northern are just starting to deal with or the struggles that will come with the recovery process. So the best I can do is say that my thoughts are with them, just like millions of others'. I don't have any answers or solutions. And I know that no one can change the past, only try to do what they can to shape the future.
* At any given point, there will be at least -- AT LEAST -- 14 things in life that are completely frustrating.
* I'd like to think of them as love bites, but I'm really starting to think my cat's trying to sever an extremity.
* Ever wonder how google, yahoo, facebook, etc. always seem to have ads for things you're interested in? Well, it's because they can track what you click on -- and, in facebook's case, what your friends click on and buy -- and tailor the ads to what they have concluded (statistically) that you will like and are most likely to buy.
* I feel like I should say something about the shootings at Northern. But to be honest, I don't know what to say that hasn't been said more poetically by someone else. It blows my mind that these things keep happening. This was the fourth school shooting in the U.S. recently. I'd like to think that this didn't used to happen. But maybe I just didn't pay attention before. And to see people who are affected -- even two or three times removed from it directly -- makes it even more real. I can't say I relate in any way because I've never had to deal with something that tragic and I can't begin to fathom what the families, students and faculty at Northern are just starting to deal with or the struggles that will come with the recovery process. So the best I can do is say that my thoughts are with them, just like millions of others'. I don't have any answers or solutions. And I know that no one can change the past, only try to do what they can to shape the future.
Friday, February 15, 2008
2/14/08
* Yeah, yeah. Valentine's Day and all that. I'm over it. You should be, too.
* I'm starting to really believe in seasonal affective disorder.
* I started to forget how great "Scrubs" was.
* Post-LASIK day one: I'm seeing at about 20/15.
* I'm starting to really believe in seasonal affective disorder.
* I started to forget how great "Scrubs" was.
* Post-LASIK day one: I'm seeing at about 20/15.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
2/12/08
* Dogs in hats and babies will never stop being funny.
* For those of you who were confused (Marc), I'm having LASIK (all caps. acronym.) tomorrow. Which means I (should) be able to see without glasses or contacts for the first time since fifth grade. That also means I can't read or use a computer for the first day or so. So, dear readers (hi, Mom!), use the extra time to hope there are no wrinkles in my corneal flap. Or picking out the perfect Valentine's Day card. I'd go with the latter.
* No matter how independent you are, there are times when it's nice to be taken care of. When the person filling that role is doing it because (s)he wants to, well that's even better.
* For those of you who were confused (Marc), I'm having LASIK (all caps. acronym.) tomorrow. Which means I (should) be able to see without glasses or contacts for the first time since fifth grade. That also means I can't read or use a computer for the first day or so. So, dear readers (hi, Mom!), use the extra time to hope there are no wrinkles in my corneal flap. Or picking out the perfect Valentine's Day card. I'd go with the latter.
* No matter how independent you are, there are times when it's nice to be taken care of. When the person filling that role is doing it because (s)he wants to, well that's even better.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
2/11/08
* The more people live in an area, the more school districts there will be. That means lots of numbers. I thought journalists didn't have to deal with those.
* In less than 36 hours, I'll be able to see the clock first thing in the morning.
* It's not where you are, it's who you're with while you're there. Cheesy but true.
* I seem to be taking a liking to the -- and I quote -- "European yuppie" look.
* It's hard to dislike a friendly person.
* Most agree that the concept of ethics exists in a gray area, but it should never just be brushed off. Things should be discussed, for Pete's sake.
(* See how I wrote around that because I'm not sure whether "ethics" is singular or plural ... )
* I wonder if anyone else remembers that my grandpa used to call me Pete.
* I hear lots of people ask where a file "lives" in a computer. I'm down with the field lingo, but that's just ridiculous.
* In less than 36 hours, I'll be able to see the clock first thing in the morning.
* It's not where you are, it's who you're with while you're there. Cheesy but true.
* I seem to be taking a liking to the -- and I quote -- "European yuppie" look.
* It's hard to dislike a friendly person.
* Most agree that the concept of ethics exists in a gray area, but it should never just be brushed off. Things should be discussed, for Pete's sake.
(* See how I wrote around that because I'm not sure whether "ethics" is singular or plural ... )
* I wonder if anyone else remembers that my grandpa used to call me Pete.
* I hear lots of people ask where a file "lives" in a computer. I'm down with the field lingo, but that's just ridiculous.
Monday, February 11, 2008
2/10/08
* Judging from the price of post-LASIK eyedrops (and this is after-insurance price for two of the four, mind you), I'd say someone's figured out how to heal your wounds with flecks of gold.
* The thing to do in the 19th century was to collect locks of hair from your relatives and make albums. Not kidding.
* I don't know how much longer I can take this weather.
Winter: 57. Me: -4.
* You have not lived until you've scaled office furniture or kitchen cabinets to stop a squeak or fetch a pesky dish.
* If a salad looks perfectly packaged, that means it will fall out all over the place when you open it. Find a sink.
* In Taiwan, when taking a drink of anything other than tea, it's polite to toast someone you're eating with. Apparently this applies throughout the meal.
* It seems as though I'm hearing about more and more people my age getting married and/or having kids. (And when I say my age, I mean give or take five years.) Now, I'm not judging these people. I honestly do wish them all the best. In fact, some of these people are close friends. Some of them are my best friends. But that being said -- and I mean this in the nicest, most genuine way possible -- I think you're all insane.
* And to prove that I'm not becoming too cynical in my old a... well, just that I'm not becoming too cynical, my favorite Valentine's Day card yet: "Today, I thought about clawing you to pieces and then feasting on the remains. But I didn't. ... (open card) ... If that's not love, I don't know what is. Happy Valentine's Day from the cat."
* The thing to do in the 19th century was to collect locks of hair from your relatives and make albums. Not kidding.
* I don't know how much longer I can take this weather.
Winter: 57. Me: -4.
* You have not lived until you've scaled office furniture or kitchen cabinets to stop a squeak or fetch a pesky dish.
* If a salad looks perfectly packaged, that means it will fall out all over the place when you open it. Find a sink.
* In Taiwan, when taking a drink of anything other than tea, it's polite to toast someone you're eating with. Apparently this applies throughout the meal.
* It seems as though I'm hearing about more and more people my age getting married and/or having kids. (And when I say my age, I mean give or take five years.) Now, I'm not judging these people. I honestly do wish them all the best. In fact, some of these people are close friends. Some of them are my best friends. But that being said -- and I mean this in the nicest, most genuine way possible -- I think you're all insane.
* And to prove that I'm not becoming too cynical in my old a... well, just that I'm not becoming too cynical, my favorite Valentine's Day card yet: "Today, I thought about clawing you to pieces and then feasting on the remains. But I didn't. ... (open card) ... If that's not love, I don't know what is. Happy Valentine's Day from the cat."
2/9/08
* It's hard to find Valentine's Day cards without really big words in them.
* Children make me tear up. Seeing as how I do not want kids in the foreseeable future at this juncture, I have no idea why this is. Maybe it was the cute dance costumes.
* Details are important. "Taking" someone somewhere and "going with" someone somewhere are completely different things.
* An Oxford comma (also "serial comma" or "Harvard comma" apparently) is the one before a conjunction that English teachers embrace and journalism teachers shun.
* Children make me tear up. Seeing as how I do not want kids in the foreseeable future at this juncture, I have no idea why this is. Maybe it was the cute dance costumes.
* Details are important. "Taking" someone somewhere and "going with" someone somewhere are completely different things.
* An Oxford comma (also "serial comma" or "Harvard comma" apparently) is the one before a conjunction that English teachers embrace and journalism teachers shun.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
2/8/08
* The idea of extreme seasons in other places intrigues me. Summer in Phoenix. Winter in Chicago. Well, I never said the list was long at this point...
* I have confirmation from experienced sources. Life is a big game of attrition. In more ways than one.
* At one point, I knew what modals were without having to look it up. (Go ahead. Look it up.)
* I think experience is more important than whether something turns out well. Very few things turn out the way you expect (anticipate? I should write these things down), so isn't having the story -- good or bad -- better than wondering?
* I've realized that I don't write because this largely has turned into things I learn about myself or the way I think through experience or interaction with others. The original intent was to write generically to give readers (hi, Mom!) the opportunity to draw their own conclusions. But you know what, just like a journalist can never completely get rid of bias because of upbringing, environment, etc., I will never view the world from any perspective but my own. So I hope that you, whoever you are (hi, Mom!), can take something from my rambling. But if not, well, you always have the "leave it" option.
* Everyone can name their wedding party. You've either been married and can remember the real thing, or you've daydreamed about it. I'm not saying you have the whole thing planned out (although I wouldn't put it past some of you to have a ring and dress earmarked somewhere), but if you can't list your bridesmaids/groomsmen, you're just lying.
* Never apologize for being yourself. If you don't like something about the way you act or the way you come across to people, change it.
* "Nothing worth doing is worth hiding." Someone out there, please make that true.
* I have confirmation from experienced sources. Life is a big game of attrition. In more ways than one.
* At one point, I knew what modals were without having to look it up. (Go ahead. Look it up.)
* I think experience is more important than whether something turns out well. Very few things turn out the way you expect (anticipate? I should write these things down), so isn't having the story -- good or bad -- better than wondering?
* I've realized that I don't write because this largely has turned into things I learn about myself or the way I think through experience or interaction with others. The original intent was to write generically to give readers (hi, Mom!) the opportunity to draw their own conclusions. But you know what, just like a journalist can never completely get rid of bias because of upbringing, environment, etc., I will never view the world from any perspective but my own. So I hope that you, whoever you are (hi, Mom!), can take something from my rambling. But if not, well, you always have the "leave it" option.
* Everyone can name their wedding party. You've either been married and can remember the real thing, or you've daydreamed about it. I'm not saying you have the whole thing planned out (although I wouldn't put it past some of you to have a ring and dress earmarked somewhere), but if you can't list your bridesmaids/groomsmen, you're just lying.
* Never apologize for being yourself. If you don't like something about the way you act or the way you come across to people, change it.
* "Nothing worth doing is worth hiding." Someone out there, please make that true.
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