February 2012
11 posts
It is about time.
Big things are coming. Large, exciting, motivating things are coming. Focus, people!
sirmitchell:
Watched it one hundred times.
The Poster Child: KURT VONNEGUT’S TIPS FOR WRITING... →
girlwithnoposter:
Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
Every sentence must do one of two things-reveal character…
January 2012
11 posts
La la la la
It is always a good idea to have one of your bests come to town.
Megan Amram: Paula Deen’s Health Food Cook Book →
meganamram:
Recently, Paula Deen has admitted that she’s had Type II Diabetes for years. Accordingly, she’s putting out a cookbook of healthy food. Here are some excerpts!
FRUIT SALAD
INGREDIENTS:
1 lb. bag of Skittles
3 cups ranch dressing
DIRECTIONS:
Mix well. Serve room temperature.
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Megan makes me LAUGH OUT LOUD. Very few twitter-kin can.
kellyoxford:
December 2011
4 posts
November 2011
6 posts
Why are old people so cute?
October 2011
2 posts
Health thoughts.
Like most folks of the USA, I was raised with the “finish what’s on your plate” mentality. Lamenting to a friend about how my guilt of starvation leads to my gluttony, this friend gave me this perspective: when you finish food that you don’t need, you’re basically treating yourself like a garbage bin because that food belongs in the trash, and not just stored away by...
September 2011
6 posts
1 tag
Troubles.
Sometimes, when I am really freaked out about money (not enough for grad school and a home) and down in the dumps and super pissy about it, I yell on the streets of New York, “WHAT THE HELL IS MONEY?!” It’s my way of telling myself, in the most humbling way possible, that money isn’t my hope and my answer, and therefore will not get me down today. Then I start saying (out...
August 2011
5 posts
If you know anyone looking for a place to stay in... →
July 2011
4 posts
This is not about the DMV.
Yesterday, I spent four hours at the DMV here in Brooklyn trying to switch my Texas license to New York. The initial line was unbelievably long, clocking in just under two hours for me to be assigned a number for my category, which lead to another hour wait for my photo to be made by a man who would be better suited working in a funeral home, followed by yet another number that, when called, would...
Home.
I love going home because every time I do, my family tells me how I keep losing weight.
My family doesn’t know what they’re talking about.
June 2011
9 posts