December 2009
309 posts
Here is what I did at work today:
Smell like alcohol.
Moan a little bit from my hangover.
Answer four cellphone calls (in fairness, I had a cracked windshield and the insurance people came to fix it)
Say a bunch of awkward things to/in front of my boss.
Get to leave an hour early (with the rest of the dept.) but get full pay.
My Decade
2000:
I was a junior in HS and I rang in the New Millenium at my friend Andy’s house with a bunch of friends, including my first love.
I got my driver’s license in May and later that day went to my prom. It was a good day for me.
I had my first job, at a fish restaurant.
I really, really liked AIM and Napster. And downloading things like Destiny’s Child on Napster.
2001:
I didn’t get into...
I'm not at all religious, but please keep my...
awkwardlyawesome:
My maternal grandmother passed away this morning and I’m struggling to keep it together.
I am so sorry for your loss and I will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers.
Wardrobe Essential #8: white button down shirt.
itsamazing:
Like my v necks, I have quite a number of these. I know they’re a bit ‘formal’ but you can make them quite casual. I tend to wear them with everything. For some reason I always feel really good in a crisp white shirt.
To me, it’s all about the fit so make sure it fits well.
Pictured below are a bit more expensive options but my personal favorites are from Club Monaco (which I...
Did you know? #1
itsamazing:
3 out of every 5 girls in Chicago (and apparently Atlanta too) wears UGGs.
(I’d go out on a limb and say that could very well be nationwide too.)
Observation made by me and Danniel while out and about in the city throughout the day yesterday. I seriously counted maybe 36 pairs of UGGs yesterday in a 3-4 hour time span.
And as Danniel stated on twitter “Why is everyone on this UGGs...
‘Baby-Sitters Club’ Returns With Prequel, Reissued... →
meredithnyc:
interweber:
Editors at Scholastic updated some of the references to technology and outdated fashions in the reissued books. So a “cassette player” has become “headphones” and a “perm” has become “an expensive hairstyle.”
I’ll buy it. And I’ll certainly buy these books. ESPECIALLY, because Ann M. Martin is in. MISS YOU BSC!
HOLY CRAP. yes please.
If the ’80s are indeed...
Two facts and a question
I dated a guy who loved The Game and after we broke up I read it and then in a heated moment of passion I called him and asked if he thought I was stupid enough to fall for that shit. Oops.
However, he later sent me a three page handwritten letter that is exactly the kind of letter that a therapist would make you write to get your feelings out AND THEN NOT SEND but he totally sent it. Bigger...
I have spent far too long
thecooknook:
searching through the easihair.com website.
Long-time blog readers know I have a thing for faux hair apparatuses (apparati?). And lawd knows I have loved my bumpit. Please note the past tense of “loved.” I purchased my bumpit for $25 at a hoidy-toidy boutique. Now they are $10 at CVS, Target and the gas station. So, I’m having a protest of one and not wearing the bumpit - just...
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just because i don't know what a hosebeast is...
svstar:
(via reallykatie)
I saw this on a different “blog” today. I don’t know what it means either, but I like it.
I suggest urban dictionary. Its so offensive I had to laugh.
Two facts and a question
emilyinternet:
magicmolly:
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Question: How did the concept of a game become this catch-all term to describe self-interested romantic maneuvering? It is completely the wrong word and the wrong idea.
A game has rules to which every player agrees. The back-and-forth exchange of control is material and evident. A game is made up of conventions and takes place in a circumscribed area. Most...
My BFF and I went to D.O.C. wine bar in Lincoln Park for a late dinner tonight and later moved to the bar so we could have some wine and perhaps flirt with the cute bartender. Shortly after we moved, four very cute girls came in, including one who was all over the bartender. My BFF asked if they were cuter than us, and I said, well, they are certainly younger than us. The following conversation...
Conversation with my Grandmother
Me: I'm really snobby about a few things. The main one being that I prefer to buy beer and wine from small producers. Oh yes and I cannot stand typos in printed material or email messages. Oh yes, and I hate it when my friends ask me to support charities that I don't think are charitable.
Grandmother: Well, you couldn't be my granddaughter if you weren't a bit of a snob.
(Have I mentioned previously that I LOVE this woman? We talk on the phone a few times a month and chat as if we were friends.)
I also received a new sewing machine....
awkwardlyawesome:
..and it appears that there is a market for BeDazzled Snuggies.
I may quit my job and get my own late night infomercial at this rate!
If you do so, please watch the Mike Rowe QVC commercials from the mid-90s as inspiration.
See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWEI-5t2m54
“I don’t want to be blunt but I am going to give you my number and I guess we can...”
– Online Dating Guy
What about giving me your number in the introductory email isn’t blunt? Just a bit of advice. Don’t give out your number to people before you’ve even had an iota of conversation to feel out the crazy. Just an idea. Oh and I won’t be using the number.
(via imnotthatkindofgirl)
So...
Not at home to charge the phone. I wish I was! So...
allthingsalishan:
Gin Monday ftw
Alishan, you don’t follow me, but happy birthday. I love your blog and I tried a G&T tonight in your honor. I still cannot stand gin.
Something you should own #2: Dark denim.
itsamazing:
As dark as you can get them. Preferably raw.
Gone are the days of buying denim with a particular wash. Where have they gone? Well.. mine have been stolen by the likes of Nudie, Cheap Monday and APC (Ladies.. you can try these brands too.. but J Brand makes really nice dark denim as well). Why buy a particular denim with a certain wash? Do it on your own. Over time, with wear and...
Dear Friskyscope Astroguide, please be right
minilaarni:
jodilyn:
ohheyychrissy:
Thanks to Kaitlin I checked out the 2010 Predictions for me. And I hope they are right, because they sound AMAZING. Some highlights:
LOVE: Expect 2010 to be your best, most sizzling year of love of the deep and committed kind — or something seriously is wrong with the stars. Not to say it doesn’t take effort to have it all, but the kind of work you’ll be...
“I am officially numb to the sex, violence and ham-eating, and now I just watch...”
– Dave Holmes on Jersey Shore (via meredithnyc) Honestly, I am reblogging this just so I can have it on my own blog to reference as I so choose. Amazing.
“I don’t want to be blunt but I am going to give you my number and I guess we can...”
– Online Dating Guy
What about giving me your number in the introductory email isn’t blunt? Just a bit of advice. Don’t give out your number to people before you’ve even had an iota of conversation to feel out the crazy. Just an idea. Oh and I won’t be using the number.
(via imnotthatkindofgirl)
So...
An amazing story. An amazing woman. An amazing...
thedivineash:
I’ve been following this woman’s blog for a while now and wanted to share it with all of you. She is amazing and courageous. Her site is NieNie Dialogues.
About a year ago her and her husband were in a horrendous plane crash and survived, but she lost almost 80% of her body due to 4th degree burns. You can read her miraculous story here: Stephanie Nielson: Becoming a Mother...
“When I discovered YouTube, I didn’t work for five days. I did nothing. I watched...”
– Michael Scott (via jackiegarlich)
This resulted in me immediately watching Cookie Monster singing Chocolate Rain. Thank you for that.
On Match.com
Dear Dudes on Match,
Do you really think that if you wink at me on Christmas, I am going to think you are anything other than excessively sad/lonely/desperate?
Fondly,
Pepper Sprout
I’m not being mean here, am I? I was really put off by this.
Watching football with my dad involves really a...
Just saying, y’all.
An Annual Tradition
I just got back from our annual after-Christmas shopping trip with my mom and sister. We generally don’t get clothes from our parents for Christmas but get to go hit up the after-Christmas sales instead. We had a lovely sushi lunch and I am now several work outfits richer.
I never think to shop there, but my mom made me try on pencil skirts at Express and they were adorable and reasonably...
Peppersprout...so what do you think? ...
(via minilaarni)
It made me realize I haven’t really dated much in Chicago - my ex who went to a state school, but in the South, and isn’t really stereotypical Chicago (I went to a Big Ten school so I’d be far more stereotypical Chicago than him…) and then the guy I wrote about last night who dumped me after the charity event.
As for the guys I meet out at bars though, I...
After hearing Sam's theory on Chicago boys...
minilaarni:
peppersprout:
minilaarni:
I’m a little disheartened…She lived in Lakeview/Lincoln Park for a solid three years before heading off to law school. So she had her few share of experiences with boys, and now I’m thinking maybe my wander-lust and her theory has gotten to me and thinking of picking up and moving again…WTF? Now I’m on g-chat with Laura and she’s trying to convince me...
After hearing Sam's theory on Chicago boys...
minilaarni:
I’m a little disheartened…She lived in Lakeview/Lincoln Park for a solid three years before heading off to law school. So she had her few share of experiences with boys, and now I’m thinking maybe my wander-lust and her theory has gotten to me and thinking of picking up and moving again…WTF? Now I’m on g-chat with Laura and she’s trying to convince me to head back west….shit, I...
Further Thoughts on Le Sigh
So, my ex and I were very on-and-off for two years, which pretty much means one thing - LOTS of breakups. On the second-to-last of these breakups, I dated another guy briefly, who my friend set me up with.
This guy was very attractive, fit, nice, we sparked well, and I generally really liked him. He’d been engaged and it hadn’t worked out, but I figured, eh, at least he isn’t...
Le Sigh.
I know that I have blogged about my work crush before and how happy I was to get an email from him.
Over the summer other people we worked with said he was seeing a girl back at school, so I sort of took that to be the truth, but then it came up at a lunch I was at with him and he told me he considered himself single.
His sister-in-law just posted a bunch of pictures she took in May and June...
BC v. USC in the Emerald Bowl
monkeychow:
I love this match up. I HATE USC and The Boy went to BC (and I went to an all women’s college in Boston, so I’m okay rooting for the Eagles).
USC never thought they’d see the day and I’m loving every blow to the ego this team and their fans get. Was that too mean?
Lesley? I knew a few girls who went there.
Urban Meyer is stepping down. →
brklyn:
(via smileifyourewinning)
Oh no! I hope he is OK.
Gluttony is a bitch
minilaarni:
peppersprout:
minilaarni:
peppersprout:
thecautiousabandon:
I woke up this morning with, such a severe headache, a sure sign of a hangover. However, no alcohol was imbibed yesterday, because the aches and pains I speak of are the residual symptoms of yesterday’s epic food hangover.
It seemed as though yesterday was Thanksgiving numero dos of the season with the large...
Gluttony is a bitch
minilaarni:
peppersprout:
thecautiousabandon:
I woke up this morning with, such a severe headache, a sure sign of a hangover. However, no alcohol was imbibed yesterday, because the aches and pains I speak of are the residual symptoms of yesterday’s epic food hangover.
It seemed as though yesterday was Thanksgiving numero dos of the season with the large dining room table bedecked in...
Gah.
Saks had the most perfect Prada sandals on sale for $150 today and they sold out before I got them. I WOULD HAVE PAID THAT. :(