February 2012
9 posts
“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours...”
– H. Jackson Brown Jr. (via bonnietsang)
Things I've accomplished today at work:
Filed my taxes
Reorganized my office furniture
Channeled my inner 15-year-old-girl re: inviting a boy to my birthday party.*
G-chatted with everyone and their mom. Literally. I g-chatted with my best friend’s mom.
Talked to my boss for 45 minutes about Myers-Brigs personality types.
Read every tumblr
Filed some things because my student assistant is sick and I was bored
After the...
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Things I've learned this week:
Everyone thinks that they are a hell of a lot more important than they really are, though most people choose not to verbalize it. When you do, you sound like an ass and I do not want to help you.
With God as my witness, if one more person tries to tell me how important they are, I’m going to go postal.
And possibly suggest a conference session about how to work with narcissistic...
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Clue is the greatest movie of all time.
Mr. Green: Who would wanna kill the cook?
Miss Scarlet: Dinner wasn't that bad.
Colonel Mustard: How can you make jokes at a time like this?
Miss Scarlet: It's my defense mechanism.
Colonel Mustard: Some defense.
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“You don’t see the world the way I do. Because I’m a GENIUS. I have...”
– This was part of an actual conversation I had today.
January 2012
20 posts
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“My battles as a writer are battles with that part of myself that thinks I’m...”
– Mary Karr (via thebronzemedal)
I understand and appreciate the sentiment, but TS Elliot was from St. Louis.
Today was terrible.
And now I’m checking my work e-mail after half a bottle of wine. This is not going to end well.
John Steinbeck on Falling in Love: A 1958 Letter... →
crescentkatie:
youmightfindyourself:
New York November 10, 1958
Dear Thom:
We had your letter this morning. I will answer it from my point of view and of course Elaine will from hers.
First — if you are in love — that’s a good thing — that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you.
Second — There are several kinds of love. One is a...
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Atlanta Braves think people will confuse Pixar's... →
I’d make a comment, but, thanks to growing up in Atlanta, I thought the last line of the national anthem was “…and the home of the Braves” until I was 8.
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This is a whiney post...
…about how I want to be back in Charleston. Preferably drinking wine at Social or eating Tacos at Taco Boy. Atlanta, I love you, but you just aren’t cutting it this week.
True Life: This is the most stressful bowl game...
And I’m listening to it on the radio at work. Where I cannot yell or throw things. This is excruciating.
My point exactly.
Boss: Call the National Science Foundation and figure this out.
Me: I can't. They're closed.
Boss: Why?
Me: ...Because it's a federal holiday.
Boss: Why are we here, then?
Me: ...
December 2011
25 posts
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“Well, I bought a ukulele.”
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My judge came back from lunch and opened with this line. (via liligolightly)
This conversation has happened at least 4 times so far in my life. Take from that what you will about the people with whom I choose to associate.
“This was another of our fears: that Life wouldn’t turn out to be like...”
– Julian Barnes, A Sense of an Ending
“I do things like get in a taxi and say, “The library, and step on it.”
– David Foster Wallace (via booksandnerds) <3
