http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/weekinreview/05schwartz.html?em

fascinating! or maybe it's common knowledge, but i never knew the word "maverick" and its (modern) meaning was derived from someone's last name.  it seems like it could have such legitimate latin roots. 

true or false? the word "accomplishable" sounds a) ridiculous and b) is ineffective.  true!  and also a truth: my boss writes like an elderly spinster of yore. 

and here it is.  my lowest point.  the friday night i googled "cool powerpoint presentation" at approximately 9:30 PM.  i don't think i've ever worked so much and so dilligently at a job since i've been employed as an adult.  seriously, my career path to this point has been based on perfecting my internetting.   

1) here is why i love justin:  because occasionally, he'll be singing that "paper planes" song by m.i.a., right? but, he's not singing the words--he's singing along to the gun blasts and clicks.  it's hilariously adorable and he doesn't even know he's doing it ( Read more... )

http://umbrellatoday.com/

it'll text me when i need to bring an umbrella!!  amazing! 

this probably should  be filed under "depression, evidence of" but i really want to go see wall-e...but am actually putting it off because i think it will make me sob.  and i don't even really know what it's about.  i just know i see pictures of that little robot and my eyes well with tears.  he's a sypathetic lil' composition of metal.

also, my proudest moment with bitterbutton just occured.  when i google-image-searched "leaf deer" (which is the smallest known species of deer), my website was, like, seventh or eighth in the list! and why did i want to refresh my memory on the leaf deer?  why, in a fit of vanity, i am choosing to spend my evening with my backcatalogue of ( Read more... )

wait, this could be terrible.  i think the amazonian forest might have packed up and left already!!!! some places are saying june 22nd was the last day, but i see it elsewhere as ending july 13rd.  i will punch something if i missed it!  

i'm sorry, but how the fuck did i miss the fact that there has been a 13,000 sq ft exhibit about the amazonian rainforest at the south street seaport?!!!! and it's been there since april?!

http://www.amazoniabrasil.org.br/hotsiteapp2/MainExpo.aspx

1) this sounds like maybe the closest thing to the chicago world's fair i'll be able to replicate.  did ( Read more... )

this week, i've been particularly proud of my menuplanning.  i cook a lot, but one of my weaknesses as a homemaker?  i am far more recipe/taste driven, than budget-driven.  like, i will want to make something and i will go and buy the ingredients.  and if i only use a handful of parsley? well, then the rest of the bunch can go rot.   the more ( Read more... )