December 2008
48 posts
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes...”
– Henry Ford
I was just accidentally part of an evite invitation for a Gingerbread Whorehouse Holiday Baking Party.
From the invite:
That’s right! Bring your favorite candies, icing and goodies- come decorate your very own gingerbread whorehouse. We’ll be decorating gingerbread johns and ladies, holiday cookies, and constructing our very own whorehouses sure to bedazzle friends and family...
signs
One of our creative directors here at the office is an elderly russian man. He does yoga daily in one of the abandoned conference rooms, tries to convince everyone in the office to become vegan, and once started a petition against the mandatory flu vaccinations that were required of everyone working in the healthcare department.
He likes to come by my desk and ramble on about vitamin...
priorities
This was the first office email of the day.
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From: Bellenger, Margaret Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 7:47 AM To: SF OFFICE ALL Subject: 3rd floor refrigerator- rearrangement
Good morning, All.
You may have noticed the refrigerator is full. To make some space, I have...
“I remember walking across Sixty-second Street one twilight that first spring, or...”
– Joan Didion, Goodbye To All That
“After noticing all the hot young moms who lunch in Manhattan Beach, I’ve realized that whether bottle-fed or breast-fed almost all infants in LA drink from plastic containers.”
~ biteofpythias
in lieu of offspring
One of the best things about being an aunt is that I am able to provide all the cool toys for my nephew that I would be giving my own baby, if I had one. I secretly hope that the toys age well so that my future children can have them one day.
Pressure of Days
esoterically:
I walked down the halls today, and heard some girl playing my part. Voicing the words of my character. The one I created, the one I embodied, the one that hit close to home. I was replaced. Awesome.
I know the feeling.
But life’s too short to give up on the show, and you can’t help but throw yourself into the role, anyway. What else is life for than to love? Play the...
“The only reason people hold onto memories so tight is because they are the only...”
Gossip ruins everything.
The tumblr community started off this week with gossip; who said what, who portrayed herself as someone else, who was ostracized. Suddenly there was a contest to see who could say the meanest things about someone they had never met and, apparently, didn’t really know. It became a point of excitement and debate. I cut off almost half the bloggers I was...
Amy Poehler’s 8 Simple Rules for Being a New...
1. Be nice to everyone, especially people wearing hospital bracelets.
2. Don’t ask white girls if they “left their ass at home.”
3. If you have to bring your baby to a movie, make sure he laughs at appropriate times.
4. Don’t eat Cheetos and then sit down at a fancy hotel piano.
5. If you are in Central Park and think you are getting mugged, first check to see if...
“When people walk away from you, let them walk. Don’t try to talk another person...”
– T.D. Jakes
Manologue →
“Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is...”
– Charlie Kaufman Synecdoche, New York
wednesday confession
After departing the bus every night, on my way to Scott street, I walk through the Fell/Divisadero Arco station so I can breathe in the smell of the gasoline. I love the smell of gasoline.
people who deserve it →
inlovewiththerisk:
this site is pure genius.
Indeed. I will be most happy to find “douchebags who wear sunglasses inside restaurants.”
alexbalk:
From Slate:
“It took six months for Jacqueline Fitzgerald, a kindergartener in Hyannis, Mass., to tell her parents that every time she wore a skirt on the school bus—typically two or three times a week—a third-grade boy forced her to lift it, pull down her underwear, and spread her legs while he and his classmates looked on and laughed. It takes a little more than 10 minutes this...
