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los angeles international says "hi, now you die"
"Chronic pain can make 50-year-olds feel 80, study finds." fantastic. for this kind of edgy, hard-hitting news, i actually paid $7.99 to get on the internet at LAX ( Read more... ) -
conversationz with inanimate objects series, part 1*
me: connect to bluetooth mouse nao plz
computer: oh HAI u hazos no bluetoothos
me: r u SRS?
computer: 4realz
me: fml
computer: LOL
*i cannot guarantee that this will actually be a series.
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this is what we get for renting a house with no insulation
it is hot. it is HOT. i can't tell how hot it really is in our house because the temperature gauge on the thermostat stops at 90. it is so hot my feet are swollen. so are my hands. i broke a sweat this morning while getting dressed. i am currently sweating while lying on the couch.
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2BR, 1BA, W/D, central location; now with fountain
a good time to feel happy about renting: when a pipe bursts next to your house and spews forth a 15 foot high stream of water in a graceful arc across the yard.
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baking
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lately
i’ve been going commando (an aside: writing “commando” alternately puts me in mind of the ABBA song fernando* (“there was something in the air that night / the stars were bright, commando / they were shining there for you and me / for liberty, commando”) and of the ramones song** by the same name). not when i’m wearing pants, of course-that’s just ( Read more... ) -
in which an engagement transpires
omg.
dude. i am engaged!
i wanna tell you how it happened.
on saturday, we made a day trip into the santa ynez valley, on the pretense of checking out some wineries to take chad’s parents to during their visit the coming week. it was a really nice day, big puffy grey and white clouds rolling by, casting shadows on the oak trees dotting the hills. you ( Read more... ) -
sorry man, our parks only come in 60’x40’ size
i was walking down the street the other week when i approached a man. he was meandering like an ant on the sidewalk, squinting this way and that. from his hand dangled a strap attached to what appeared to be the same shiny material that pizza delivery sleeves are made of, except it was loosely folded up into a completely unidentifiable flumpy box ( Read more... ) -
in which i return to the lone star state
there are probably about 85 reasons one could dream up for going to austin. ours included the following:
1) chad travels to texas at least once a month anyway, so all we’d have to pay for is my ticket
2) we’d been talking about it forever
3) it was a good time of year, rugby- and weather-wise
4) why the hell fucking not
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noah's ark went to my house
tomorrow i am going to austin ( Read more... )