"I don't know what's more amusing: the fact that you didn't think I had the capacity for sensitive, thoughtful reflection and the idealistic/romantic sentimentality that comes along with...or the fact that you think I would be ashamed if anyone found out I did ( Read more... )

Oh god, I just realized I'm the type of person that likes to look at pictures of other peoples' bedrooms. At least I'm not one of those weirdos that reads other peoples' diaries when they leave them lying around, though.

"There is no shortage of people from DE interested in coming to the US for 3 months, but traditionally we do not have as much interest from the US employees to go to DE. If possible, we would like to identify candidates by Sept 1st and will announce this in the next This Week in AMNO but want to give you a heads up ask for your support ( Read more... )

If I were a superhero my power would be the ability to translate what is in my mind into any medium, including words, perfectly and seamlessly. My weakness would be something like chronic insomnia punctuated by long periods of dreamless sleep. My normal job would be as a sketch artist employed by a large police precinct. Actually, considering the ( Read more... )

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What happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas. Clap jokes aside, I refuse to believe that that place is a moral black hole and that anyone can or should be able to come back and live their lives as if they didn't just cheat on their husband/marry a prostitute/steamroll an 8 ball and blow their kids' college education fund at the blackjack table. The ( Read more... )

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I hate indoctrination as much as the next guy, but can we please drug all the children in the world and force them to watch the Hubble IMAX movie over and over until Leonardo DiCaprio brainwashes them all into wanting to become astronauts or rocket scientists or at least the engineers that manufacture massive zero-gravity underwater training ( Read more... )

Every day I fall in love more times than I can count. I am aware of the difference between "actual love" and an intense, immediate attraction. That being said, contemplating the sheer amount of people walking the face of the Earth (or a city; a park on a nice day), the statistical chance that any two people will be in the same place at once, the ( Read more... )

Even though yesterday is technically over and tomorrow has already started, I still feel like until I fall asleep this day isn't over* and I can still make a last ditch effort to salvage something worthwhile. Originally making a pizza and having a few beers seemed sufficient. But the best thing about being a victim of circumstance is that you can ( Read more... )