December 2008
My Jet Plane Play List
I’m leaving on a jet plane, so here is what I select to entertain myself for the next 30 hours.
Russel Peters, Thao and the Get Down Stay Downs, Jens Lekman, Aoyama Thelma, Randy Newman, Jeff Foxworthy, R.E.M., Queens of the Stone Age, Ray Charles, T.I., Morcheeba, N.E.R.D., Ron White, M.I.A., 2Pac, The Knife, HelloGoodbye, Gearloose, Eric Prydz, Dr Dre, Dwight Yoakam, Bobby McFerrin,...
I want to change my layout
I want to be able to post photos at a nicer size and that sort of thing… any suggestions for colours or a pattern for the back ground? Anything around the idea of vanilla please.
I guess that...
No one will ever really respect me as long as I keep forming attachments to those who do not.
“and since we all came from a woman, got our name from a woman, and our game from...”
– tupac lyric of the day (via brookehatfield)
yes, after all these years, Tupac is still one of the best. I love rap. LOVE IT. And I miss the days when it had substance like this. Dont get me wrong, I like rap that is out now too. But Get Low just doesnt have the lyrical value to compare.
Dont we all...
long to be painfully pretty?
Not everyday. Some days I am satisfied with the mirror. Other days I don’t think to look. But somedays, looking just kind of hurts.
I dont think its just me. I think we all have this demon in our head. Atleast time to time.
“Death can be squid-shaped”
– chapter title in “the pirates! in an adventure with communists.” (via brookehatfield)
also, penises too can be squid shaped. remember beanie babies? I wouldnt give the squid one to kids if I were you.
“I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him...”
– Mark Twain
“Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked...”
– Mark Twain
Oh Mark Twain...
how I do so love you….
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
– Mark Twain
“A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could...”
– Chuck Palahniuk (via lorenrochelle)
Actually...
it is also my first Christmas without my grandmother. And while I am excited to have my first Christmas in the states in a few years, I am not looking forward to the emptiness thats going to follow me. I am not ready for empty chairs to stare at me or quiet rooms. I have only seen their graves twice. I am not ready to put my own ornaments on their graves.
I want to put them on trees.
I am pondering...
about grad school again. It as often as not seems like one of the best paths for me at this particular point. I just want to pass the ole fluency exam final level first. But wondering where I will go has been on my mind. I am suddenly and for the first time considering Australia. If anyone knows anything about the quality and reputation of Australian schools, hook me up with a mail at...
Some Days...
Some days I feel blessed to be born a woman. Other days I feel deeply cheated.
Today I am not sure which it is.
I am leaning on cheated.
Oh, Natalie Dee, how is it that you see into my...
nataliedee.com
Dear Yahoo, Cnn,...
and all the internet agencies that also provide news,
I do not want to watch a video. Having the option to watch a video is nice. But, I want to read about the news. If you would like to provide me with a video or pictures to help support a story, that would be lovely. However, please get off your ass and write an article for these stories as well. I am tired of clicking on something that...
Foreshadowing aggressive energy policy
brookehatfield:
eagleflieswiththedove:
This week Obama selected Steven Chu to be Secretary of Energy. The New Yorker writes about Chu:
Refrigerators consume a lot of energy; all alone, they account for almost fifteen per cent of the average home’s electricity use. In the mid nineteen-seventies, California—the state Chu now lives in—set about establishing the country’s first...
Dogs Can Feel Envy, Study Suggests | National... →
emples:
The first scientific study to find envy in non-primates affirms what many already know: dogs can get jealous.
agreed. Anyone who has EVER owned a dog, or even been around one much, already knew this.
Im not even the slightest bit embarassed...
That this totally made me cry the first time I saw it. I mean boo hoo all over my work desk. I was so sad when he died. I LOVED him.
Steve Irwin Tribute by ~Sethrity on deviantART
Today I learned...
that when a Korean tells you what you are about to eat is “spicy”… you should really, really believe them.