Sunday, February 28, 2010
shaking my confidence
Tonight I got delicious stir fry, and then came home to watch tons of Buffy and reading in bed. Best Sunday night ever.
9:56 PM
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
Beloit = the sound it makes when you fart in a bathtub.
8:27 PM
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Friday, February 26, 2010
it's gonna be funny
Taylor: No offense, but I don't think you're very good at blog contests.
No joke. Mulligan down. At least I lasted much longer this time.
6:02 PM
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
it'll be funny
for serious, fuck weight watchers during restaurant week. three cheers for having two 3 course meals in the same day.
10:01 PM
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
I drank 16 doubles
WHAT THE HELL IS IT WITH THE SPAMBOTS IN MY COMMENTS?! These assholes are giving me a false sense of popularity and then ripping it away.
2:19 PM
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Monday, February 22, 2010
all of column b
days of blog-off I dragged my ass out of bed to post: 2.
I need to get better at this.
10:41 PM
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
girl like me
I apologize for that post a few days ago about A Single Man. It totally IS nominated for best picture, it's A Single Man that ISN'T nominated that I'm angry about. Still, though.. the fucking Blind Side?
10:02 PM
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
marry you someday
GERMAN BEER.
6:50 PM
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Friday, February 19, 2010
your jolly life
In my pursuit today to find a single colleague of mine to set up with a friend, I realized just how lucky I am to not be in that position anymore. I'm pretty difficult to like in large quantities, and the fact that Charlie not only tolerates me but actually likes the abuse he has to endure... well that's pretty special. I'm probably never going to have it this good again, so I'm basically screwed if things don't work out.
4:18 PM
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
don't you want
I just watched A Serious Man and I am SO ANGRY at that ending. Really? Also, fuck yeah jews. And that it wasn't nominated for best picture but the fucking Blind Side is? Really?
9:46 PM
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
what can be gained?
My new thing lately has been listening to episodes of This American Life online while at work. At first, I figured it was something to concentrate on so I wouldn't get distracted listening to other people's work conversations, which mostly didn't have anything to do with my work. Now I'm kind of addicted. I've been working my way through the list on the 'favorites' page, and many of them are very heartbreaking, but many others are really funny.
For example, earlier today I listened to a 2 part series about an American-born/raised Afghan who decided to join his father in Afghanistan when he was 17 for a summer (Part 1) in 2003, and then at 19 for a year (Part 2) in 2005. His father was made governor of an outlying area near Pakistan and he got to take his tape recorder into many places reporters couldn't get. It was very heartbreaking at times.
So, to balance this, I needed to listen to something funny, and chose one all about testosterone. The first part is about a man who had a medical condition where he stopped producing it and what that was like. The second part is about a trans man and going through his process of getting the shots. The third is a contest where the staff of This American Life tried to guess who had the most based on their personalities. The winner was the gay man who didn't even know what Sports Center was. Hilarious!
My favorite moment happens at 20:51, where the trans man says "I used to be this butch dyke, and it has an edge, and it was hip, but now I'm just a jerk." and the guy giving the interview starts laughing and doesn't stop for about 10 seconds, even as the interviewee goes on to say other smart things. Love ittttt.
3:29 PM
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
what can be gained
I've had a Christmas Carol stuck in my head all day. Someone, please, shoot me.
10:03 PM
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Monday, February 15, 2010
the local news
and it's the stupid pride that makes me feel like I have to follow through
even half-assed-ly loving you
10:13 PM
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Sunday, February 14, 2010
the incredible sound
happy vd, bitches.
6:39 PM
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Saturday, February 13, 2010
arms akimbo
I woke up at 9:30 this morning to feed my cat and go directly back to sleep, under the assumption I was getting back up in an hour to get ready for my burlesque class at noon. 11:15 crept around, and although I was awake, I was certainly not in the mood to get out of bed. So I skipped it. I got out of bed at 12:30 ish to read for a little while, and ended up falling back asleep, cuddling with my kitty. I'm pretty sure I didn't start doing anything productive until after 3. Best. Saturday. Ever.
6:43 PM
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Friday, February 12, 2010
bad motherfucker
You know what the best part about my office on a Friday?
My boss usually leaves at 3:15 (by "usually" I mean today and last week), so I'm the last one around and it makes me look good that I stay around until 4:30.
4:22 PM
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
up in the sun
wait, am I really out after just 10 days? I hate blogging contests.
So, uh, Taylor.. want to go again? We can just keep a tally for however many times someone loses, until we're ready to kill the internet. Right now, the score is Taylor: 1, Nora: 0.
8:36 AM
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010
you really care
So, I'm a little embarrased to admit that I didn't really notice how misogynist the superbowl ads were this year as a whole. I don't really know if that's because I'm not the type to over-think a commercial or because I'm so used to women getting the short end of the stick in general, or because it becomes so painful to think about that I choose to ignore it (I'm leaning towards the latter).
Instead of writing my own rant about how awful it is that these corporations poured millions of dollars into belittling women to sell a product, I'm going to re-post my two favorite commentaries. The first, from juliasegal:
The second, from pandagon.net:
1:15 PM
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Monday, February 08, 2010
the end of december
oh man, I need to start thinking of something to write about. I finally got around to printing off ballots and distributing things for my Oscar pool, and I'm hoping the influx of new hires means I have more than 10 participants this year. Also, I hope I win. I don't think I can take another year of losing to the jerks I have to work for.
6:19 PM
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Sunday, February 07, 2010
forever
Drew Breeeeees! Guess who won $50 in my squares game? Rock the fuck on.
8:59 PM
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Saturday, February 06, 2010
blame it on you
dammit. I suck. Mulligan gone. At least it wasn't day 2, right? Also, thanks for the birthday wishes. Too bad I was too busy all day to even write myself a happy birthday me post.
11:19 AM
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Thursday, February 04, 2010
lesson learned
man, I spent a whole $20 to participate in Superbowl Squares in the office and I end up with 6/7 and 8/9? What a bunch of bullshit. Let's hope someone misses an extra point in the first quarter, is all I've got to say.
4:13 PM
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010
roots of indecision
because not enough attention is paid to talk about angie's vagina:
Angie: im reading about menstrual cups and its all your fault
me: wait, what
Angie: hahaha
they are like soft dixie cups you stick in your vag to collect the blood
me: ewwwww
Angie: yeah
fucking hippies
me: that's so awful
just go to a hippie store and get unbleached tampons and a cardboard applicator
Angie: or like...don't have a green vagina. just buy a fucking hybrid and call yourself environmentally friendly.
fucking hell
me: hahahaha
I love you so much right now
Angie: i mean, i care and all, but i'll pamper my vag with tampons if I want. Fuck, I'd use a styrofoam applicator if it made it more pleasant
hahaa
2:56 PM
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Tuesday, February 02, 2010
my trembling hand
holy hell, day 2 and I almost forgot! I'm determined not to make this a repeat of last year, where I totally used my mulligan on Day 2. What's that they say about history and learning from your mistakes?
10:39 PM
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Monday, February 01, 2010
what are the odds?
Okay, Taylor. It's so on.
2:54 PM
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