January 2010
it's just your fatal flaw
I forgot how weird I am. Most likely this is because I spend so much time with people who genuinely understand and appreciate all my neuroses. But it’s getting to the point where I’ve been so spoiled by being surrounded by kindred spirits that I can’t handle myself in social situations.
I don’t know if this is even a complaint. All I know is that people look at me...
si tu n'etais pas la
This will be a good year, I think. I have so much love within arm’s reach.
December 2009
update
I have never really asked my parents for anything big. My first car cost $50. I funded my entire college experience, and intend to fund whatever follows. When I moved back home after going to France, I started paying rent to live in their house. I don’t ask much from them. Not because I don’t think they will say yes, but because I don’t think they CAN say yes.
Needless to...
siiiiiiiiiigh
I need to get in shape. For the wedding. I mean, I don’t NEED to. Obviously I’ve found someone who loves me just the way I am and all that fairytale mumbo jumbo. But I’m only going to do this once (God willing), so I’d like to do my best.
I’d like to think that I would be able to get back down to the size I was three years ago, but that’s an impossible...
Dear internet,
I am engaged. I am someone’s fiancée and soon to be someone’s wife. This all still feels quite silly to talk about.
“I would like a statue of myself. Slaying a bear. In solid gold. Me in solid...”
– my little brother explaining what he wants for Christmas
Few things are as adorable as grade school holiday parties. This is one of those days that makes me so thankful for the job I have.
To face unafraid, the plans that we've made
That line, from some ridiculously hokey Christmas song, means so much to me this year.
A plan can be terrifying. Especially one you’ve made with another person.
swoon
George Bailey: What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. Hey. That's a pretty good idea. I'll give you the moon, Mary.
Mary: I'll take it. Then what?
George Bailey: Well, then you can swallow it, and it'll all dissolve, see... and the moonbeams would shoot out of your fingers and your toes and the ends of your hair... am I talking too much?
“Hold fast to the human inside of you, and you’ll survive.”
– The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Nickelback's How You Remind Me was the most...
ohyeahfacts:
So if it felt like you heard that song a million times, it’s because you did. 1.2 million, to be exact.
(source)
This is the saddest fact I have encountered in a very, very long time.
tundra
There is no heat at my school. My hands are like popsicles and my students’ brains were already full of ice to begin with. What kinds of wondrous antics does this unfortunate day have in store for us?
dinner date
Cody is taking me out to dinner tonight. This is wonderful. However, this also means I have to make a decision. Thai always sounds good. Indian always sounds better, but since the whole human trafficking incident at The Globe, my mom would skin me alive were I to eat there. I don’t get off work until pretty late, so driving to Lawrence just for vegetable korma seems ridiculous (albeit...
frigginexplosions:
I can easily say that [●REC] has been the best horror movie I have seen in a long time. Go watch it now. The only reason not to watch it is that once you have watched it, you’ll want to experience this kind of realism all over again from scratch. Turn off the lights, don’t talk, and watch it.
Another movie I watched on my day of sloth (where I was supposed to get stuff done...
Confession:
I have never had so much as a sip of egg nog in my entire life. It’s not really a conscious decision. I’ve just never had the opportunity to try it. I’ve never tried any kind of nog, now that I think about it. Although, I’m not entirely sure if there are any other kinds of nog besides egg.
eats
Tonight’s Pizza Club meeting has been cancelled in favor of Curry Club. Ashley and I braved the blizzard to gather all the necessary supplies. I’m more excited about this than any sane person should be about food. But, come on. Green Thai Curry Club!
“A devout Hindu, Gandhi was dedicated to the caste system ingrained in the...”
– Gandhi was kind of a dick…
“I give you $20 and you spend half of it on cheese?!”
– better half
sugar daddy
Cody gave me $20 last night. Out of nowhere. He just said, “I have something for you,” and handed me a twenty. It was strange, I think. People have given me gifts before, but nobody has ever just handed me money for no good reason. I told him I was probably just going to put it towards his Christmas presents, but he insisted I use it on myself. I tried to give it back three...
Dear City of Topeka,
luckyshadow:
djritzcarlton:
(or whoever is in charge of sending out the fleet of snow plows after a blizzard)
I understand that the school where I work is in the poorest neighborhood in the city. I do not, however, understand why this means we don’t need our roads plowed. A ten car teacher pile-up due to unsafe driving conditions would be some pretty serious blood on your hands.
...
Dear City of Topeka,
frigginexplosions:
djritzcarlton:
(or whoever is in charge of sending out the fleet of snow plows after a blizzard)
I understand that the school where I work is in the poorest neighborhood in the city. I do not, however, understand why this means we don’t need our roads plowed. A ten car teacher pile-up due to unsafe driving conditions would be some pretty serious blood on your hands.
...
going all natural....
unforeseenexpressions:
Now that my due date is quickly approaching (Feb. 8), I really need to think about my birthplan. Before becoming pregnant I never thought about going natural. Whenever someone asked, my reply would always be “give me the drugs!” Now that I’m actually pregnant, I’ve thought more seriously about going natural. At first my thoughts were open to all possibilities. I wanted...
Dear City of Topeka,
(or whoever is in charge of sending out the fleet of snow plows after a blizzard)
I understand that the school where I work is in the poorest neighborhood in the city. I do not, however, understand why this means we don’t need our roads plowed. A ten car teacher pile-up due to unsafe driving conditions would be some pretty serious blood on your hands.
Sincerely,
...
I want to watch The Goonies right now. So bad.
And I want Canada Dry Ginger Ale. In a can.
From whence do cravings sprout?
the truth is
I think I’m really going to miss the good ole 00s once the new year rolls around. This is the decade that saw me in high school AND college. This is the decade in which I “grew up.” I’ve been so many different versions of myself since the ball dropped back in 2000. It’s the first decade I vividly remember living through. I only got four years of the 80s, and I...