September 2009
0 posts
June 2009
3 posts
Ciao!
So, I am going to PARIS tomorrow!
My little brother (and by little, I mean almost 23…) is working at an internship there, so the whole family is taking a trip. I guess that French degree I got is finally going to be (semi) useful! I have a direct flight out of O’Hare tomorrow evening and cannot wait to have crepes by the Seine, drink espresso, speak French, and just be in one of...
March 2009
3 posts
in chicago today, the sun is shining, there are no clouds, and it’s 67 degrees. 67!!! i read an article that said it’s the warmest day in 120 days. then i realized - how sad is that? the city of chicago spends over 1/3 of its year being under 67 degrees. and it’s certainly not hot outside (don’t get me wrong - this is my favorite weather - it’s so beautiful), so...
February 2009
17 posts
endings
so i am (and have been for a while) going through what i feel like is the end of a friendship. one that has served me well, that has gotten me through a lot, and one that has helped make me who i am. but how do you know when you’ve outgrown a friendship as opposed to just not trying hard enough? i feel like i’ve been putting forth effort, and trying to keep things going, but for a...
Dear God
i know i haven’t been super good lately, but please please please let me get in to buy Cubs tickets soon. i’m getting worried and what is summer in Chicago without Cubs games!?
gmail is on to me
so you know how they have random ads at the top of your gmail inbox? today, mine has a link that says “what is making you sad?”
this cannot be a good sign.
55 degrees and rainy
1. is it really February 11 in Chicago if it’s 55 degrees and rainy? i keep having to remind myself that this is not. april.
2. am i the only person out there who secretly LOVES this kind of weather? i mean, not every day, but… i really do love it.
3. this is going to be a really good day. i can just tell.
“I know you know this, but it’s always worth a reminder: these images are lying...”
– Quick hits: The physical cost of beauty « Kate Harding’s Shapely Prose (via jaie) (via thoseareturkeys)
The “working out ‘til you puke” part? Just reinforces my opinion that working out is stupid.
(via robot-heart)
the level of airbrushing, etc. has gotten to the point of ridiculous. it was...
The Benefits of Backward Walking and Running →
internetrunningclub:
This sounds bananas.
Any thoughts?
-Pica
surprisingly - doesn’t sound bananas to me at all! i have been running for almost 10 years and was told that it’s supposed to help reduce shinsplints as it stretches the muscles in your legs differently than what is typical when you run or do your pre/post run stretching (although there are other things to do as...
Would you rather be a Cosby or a Tanner?
lindsayneedscoffee:
sufjanssteven:
forwhenifeellikesharing:
(via wwyd)
Tanner. Everything worked out for them even when it involved a near-fatal horse-riding accident. Plus, they lived in San Francisco.
Tanner. Because I know that I’d always have a birthday party, even if I was locked in a gas station. Also, because my dad would let me hang out with a tramp like Gia.
I couldn’t have put...
help!
very, VERY quickly losing my focus/motivation… oh no!!!
Hey Followers? Where do you live?
marseeah:
(via shinyredballoon)
West Village, NYC. 10011.
But for some reason I’m holding onto my 314 St. Louis cell phone number - not my hometown 970 Colorado number, but the town I only lived in for 3 years while Matt was in law school. I’m winner like that.
lakeview, sweet home chicago! 60657. as for phone number, i’ve got the same indianapolis area code i’ve had since i...
today...
is just kind of an odd day. it’s seems to be dragging, but it’s the best day i’ve had in a really long time. i’m upbeat and positive (woo!), so why does it feel like it’s taken forever to get to 3pm?
on that note as well, i wonder exactly what it is that makes something “feel” like it takes longer than something else. interesting. i probably...
dear weather-person
No thank you, I don’t want any more snow today. I already have plenty left over from when you were so generous three weeks ago (not to mention all the times since then)! Also, if it’s in any way possible, could you maybe raise the temperature above single digits? I appreciate the relief last weekend, but it just made me that much sadder when it was 6 degrees this morning.
Thank...
“Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is...
lindsayneedscoffee:
— Unknown (via hiddenthoughts:bitchville:havent-got-a-prayer)
just a reminder to myself. i need extra remindings, sometimes. this is just that kind of day.
maybe it was the effen black cherry vodka and sprites last night? hm.
January 2009
13 posts
am i nuts?
am i totally off my rocker if i say… i don’t really mind getting up and going in to the office on saturday mornings? i mean sure, it drags you down to work six days a week (and the five in the week are loooooong) for 2.5 to 3 straight months, but there’s something so quiet and peaceful about the office on saturday mornings.
granted, i’m reasonaly certain that my bed...
the joys of iTunes!
so - very rarely do i put my iTunes on shuffle and really just let it go… i will typically have a playlist or an artist or something. but i went ahead and did it this afternoon.
at one point, my iTunes played four straight Poison songs. i love me some Bret Michaels but i have 18 Poison songs and 657 songs on my iTunes.
maybe iTunes wants me to go on Rock of Love? i mean, “I Want...
“I believe in pink, I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe...”
– Audrey Hepburn (via plainoljane)
She is my favorite and I’d never heard this before. It makes me love her even more.
(via marseeah)
seeing things like this really makes my day start off well - i am going to keep this good mood today, i will i will!
Tire's total: $130,120 in suspected drug cash... →
it’s so encouraging sometimes to see articles like this… where honest people do the right thing, and bonus! drug dealers don’t get $130k. :)
isn't this how criticism is supposed to go?
1. positive: it’s wednesday! wahoo halfway to saturday! (aka sleep) 2. negative: a few more inches of snow in chicago, when the feet of snow we seemed to get three weeks ago? yeah, that’s not gone yet. 3. positive: SUNSHINE! 4. negative: i am feeling sick, which does not work well with 12-hour days and working every day for the past 2.5 weeks. ugh. 5. positive: things can - and will...
“A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still...”
– Jerry Seinfeld (via onemoretimewithfeeling) (via smartblonde) (via katoleary)
omg, so true. i love this. and i love bookstores. i wish i could spend more time in them… but i have to regretfully pass them up unless i plan on spending at least, like, $50 because i am a book addict.
friday!!!
this is GOING to be a good day. i can just feel it. i don’t know what it is, but i feel like i’m improving on my wildly obsessive worrier side… i woke up late today, had a terrible commute to work (thank you, city of chicago, for not plowing the interstate. at ALL. or, for that matter, any road. guess you’re too busy dealing with blago and burris.), and had to do two...
also, please note that ac/dc’s music isn’t sold on iTunes. that was a severe disappointment about 24 hours ago when i tried to purchase “thunderstruck” but couldn’t, because it didn’t exist there. what the heck!? i need that song for my workout tonight… so sad.
seasons change...
…and sometimes i feel like the type of person i am changes a little bit too. not fundamentally, just some things. i become more withdrawn and quiet in the winter. i prefer different music. i adore evenings alone to read (although i don’t get them often due to the nature of my job in the winter). i drink tea. typically i am just sadder in general, but i am determined to beat that...
:(
i’m so frustrated right now that i can hardly work. not that it would matter; i don’t really think that i could get anywhere anyway right now given the circumstances. i hate, hate, hate days like this, when i feel like i can’t even cross the simplest of tasks off the list because of silly roadblocks.
on another note, i was searching for AC/DC’s...
December 2008
42 posts
“When people walk away from you, let them walk. Don’t try to talk another person...”
– (via outlaws) (via seashelllz) (via applewagon) (via applebottom) (via ashleygibson) (via sheems) (via bon-bon) (via breathsoftruth) (via tripleyelid) (via onherway) (via robot-heart)
i have had so much caffeine today it’s ridiculous. i am really not entirely sure i can manage through another 2.5 hours of work!!! also contributing: HOME BISTRO night. so, so excited.
Pink is the New Blog | Everybody’s Business Is My... →
WTF!? okay, i fully recognize that i contribute to this ridiculousness by paying attention to their antics but seriously? the only things they get attention for anymore is 1) being selfish and alienating family/friends and 2) lying about their wedding, apparently. it’s so sad that for some people, any attention at all is good attention. i personally would prefer that nobody pay attention...
is it just me, or do other people also have bouts of a serious lack of productivity at work? i’m not sure why… i feel like i have a lot to get done but sometimes i just zone out for a while and mess around. also, being naive and stupid, i fear that this is an uncommon occurrence for people. am i wrong? does this happen to people frequently!?
“Hoo boy: douchebag and possible murderer Drew Peterson has gotten engaged to a...”
– Jezebel
What is this woman thinking? Although I guess he’d have to pretty brazen to “disappear” her as well.
(via theengineer)
you HAVE to be joking. what an idiot. both of them, actually.
awesome things about today
1. starbuckssss
2. i totally defeated the snow - left my house 20 minutes earlier than usual (only because i skipped breakfast but don’t worry, i made it up by getting starbucks. lol.) and managed to get to work in 45 minutes-ish. of course, it didn’t help that the kennedy outbound was the least effed up route in the city, for once.
3. i rediscovered sara bareilles on my iPod. girl...
Wait a minute, don't bounce, baby, let's talk...
lindsayneedscoffee:
- LL Cool J
Gotta love shuffle. And LL. I feel so… lame.
haha i feel the same way - talk dirty to me by poison just came on my shuffle. on another note, i almost fell out of my chair laughing today when see you again by miley cyrus came on my shuffle. now THAT is embarrassing…
Music of 2008
theengineer:
smartblonde:
betterthancupcakes:
Writing a piece on my 5 favorite albums of 2008. What are yours?
I honestly cannot name a single album that came out this year other than Chinese Democracy, which I haven’t heard yet. I think it’s because I spent 2008 listening to Led Zeppelin and Fleetwood Mac, interspliced with a few new songs I downloaded after hearing them on Gossip Girl. I...
the snow is SO pretty! i say this only because i know that a) my car’s current location is safely in a garage so i will not have to scrape snow off of it prior to leaving for home and b) i’m leaving late from work anyway so my traffic won’t be as heinous as everyone else’s.
here’s to letting the little things make you happy! :)
i definitely skipped the gym last night… and it was amazing. i feel so much more rested today than i have in a while. i do need to go to yoga tonight though. we’ll see how easily i am convinced given that it’s under 15 degrees in chicago and we’re supposed to get snowed on all afternoon/night. SO. COLD!
but the boyfriend is coming to visit on friday so as long as i can...
“And yet, Mr. Blagojevich, 52, rarely turns up for work at his official state...”
– His PREFERRED HAIRBRUSH AT HAND AT ALL TIMES?!?!?? (via meredithnyc) (via theengineer)
this is amazingly hilarious! sad and pathetic, yes, but also? HILARIOUS. i wonder what would happen if i started calling my green pen “the football”… lol.
