July 2009
1 post
I’m awful, aren’t I? Really, I am. I would like to get back into the swing of things with tumblr, but I know I have to cover some portion of this New Zealand trip before I’ll feel good about resuming tumblr as normal. And there are so many pictures to sort through, it’s completely daunting.
Well. I’m at work. I have nothing to do. It’s time to get cracking.
June 2009
2 posts
http://www.girleffect.org/#/video/ →
I'M ALIVE!
Did you know that the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive” has the perfect beat to follow when performing CPR? 103 beats per minute, google it!
Anyway, here I am, safely on my own continent & missing the country of the Kiwis dearly. After approximately 4 full days of air travel (much of that spent in the middle seat. in coach.), I am alive and well, if jet-lagged.
Pictures and...
May 2009
8 posts
one other thing of note
What the bleep is tumblarity!? Is this the high school cafeteria all over again? David Karp have mercy.
Dearest tumblr
First of all, let’s get the most important item out of the way.
Damn, that feels good. Thank you, Obama, for treating Roy’s Boys so well.
Second of all, despite originally scoffing at this show and everything it stood for, I am now in-over-my-head obsessed with Greek. And although I know he’s not the one I should be swooning over, I’ve fallen in love with Evan...
I’M ALIVE. Finals took a hit to my GPA & an even bigger one to my Tumblr, but here I am! Um. For the next three days….will explain more when I’m coherent. Have just awoken from a three-day non-stop sleepfest (as promised). It’s difficult to tumble when you’re stuck somewhere between comatose and conscious.
One more exam. Eight am. Currently two am. Two books to read. Five more sections of notes to read. Then, completing a shut-eye marathon in my bed. Possibly for three consecutive days. Am I making my point? Not sure. I’m not exactly coherent right now.
there's a reason we celebrate mother's day
My mother (rereading a just-typed email): Oh no! I just deleted half of it. Shoot!
Me: Hit 'undo.'
My mother: Where's undo? How do I do that?
Me: Right click, hit undo.
My mother: It came back! Oh, you're a GENIUS!
Moms make you feel smart.
You know how bats are able to hear screech-y noises most humans can’t? I can do that with incoming text messages.
Do you think I should go ahead and add that to my resume?
…back to studying.
April 2009
62 posts
5 finals, starting tomorrow through next Wednesday. Don’t expect a peep out of me!
the evolving mantra
There was a point in this year when the burden of classes, college, friends, laundry, responsibility, distance from home - it all felt like too much. Of course, it wasn’t, but I had no perspective. To help myself through the late nights where I pumped caffeine into my body and wished to hell I didn’t procrastinate, I would tell myself:
I can do this and more.
It inspired me and got...
Want.
Have.
Ick.
In regards to the top-most photo below, I want to be this person. She has a daughter named Adelaide, an adorable business, and a heavenly studio in Vancouver. How lucky is she!?
Now for some photo spam to take my mind off things. Coming right up…
top blogs
If anyone else out there feels anything like I do in the post below, here are two of my favorite girls to follow for food inspiration:
Carrots ‘N’ Cake - Such a wonderful balance between eating healthful foods that make you happy & exercising to keep it all in proportion! I’m super excited about the Vegan College Cookbook she just posted about today. I’m not vegan, but...
holding myself accountable
Here’s a major moment of honesty for you.
This morning, I ate 600 calories in cookies. Cookies, people. It is now 11:35 am. And I have no other source of nutrition in my body. They were organic cookies, with antioxidants & some whole grains, and blah blah blah. But they were still cookies, dessert, snacks. This is really not easy for me to admit. I try to keep my dietary flaws to...
Oh and PS, another great book buying option is simply to buy used from Amazon.com. Granted, the shipping fees often cost twice the price of the book, but it’s a still a SUPER saving method! Ohhh, all the books I can purchase for the summer! The excitement is too much.
“I am highly amused with myself that I am shocked to discover that there are...”
– (via pinkbananas)
Um, holy shit. This is a revelation for me, as well. Never before have I had any incentive to shop eBay. I always heard about great clothing finds from friends, but didn’t feel motivated to seek them out and then go through the bidding process when I’d be perfectly...
Hell yes! I just got a job where I’ll get paid to do my homework and go on facebook. That is just beyond awesome.
Public service anouncement: Microeconomics SUCKS. It will cause you to pull out your hair as it stomps on your GPA and laughs. It is a merciless beast, and courses of the intermediate level should be avoided AT ALL COSTS, as should the entire field in general. Unless you are blessed with the math gene. In which case, carry on.
“The expression a woman wears on her face is more important than the clothes she...”
– Dale Carnegie (via crazybeautiful) (via catskills) (via quote-book)
Watchsmartblonde:
DREAM JOB MONDAY: professional slow loris armpit scratcher. strayyytch, little dude, straaayyytch!!! get that itch out!
(if his satisfied little face doesn’t make you smile, i’m not sure what else i can possibly offer you that’ll do the trick)
OH MY GOD. Have I EVER loved anything so much!? I think not.
What a lovely day in April! I feel like CELEBRATING!
“Sorry I’m not home right now, I’m walking into spiderwebs”
– no doubt…i think i may be walking into spiderwebs tonight. spiderwebs full of giant posionous spiders.
lmylife.com →
Dear Scarlett Johansson, marry me. →
the scoop on john wall
Thank god I went out tonight. A reliable source (read: a basketball player) informed me that UNC is not recruiting him, but that he would like to play here. To trust a freshman baller or not? Hmm. I’m not sure, but it sounds about right. Honestly, though, I don’t want to see this guy playing for Duke.
And in case you were wondering, no I did not actually succesfully give up chocolate. Like…are you kidding me? You didn’t really buy that did you? I mean, yeah, to be fair, I tried & I tried hard. And then I turned into this, but in place of Catholic daughter I just screamed “CHOCOLATE.”
I may have even thrown a shower flip flop across my suite yesterday. Or I may just...
HBIC gwyneth paltrow lays a smackdown
Here’s looking at you, Winona Ryder. I will never understand the hate Gwyneth Paltrow receives. I know she opens her mouth and shoves her foot in there sometimes, but I really don’t think she’s all that bad. In fact, I think she’s badass. And she has my favorite fashion sense of anyone in Hollywood. Yep, I’m a pretty devoted fan.
dear ryan seacrest
Please stop making public appearances with women. Ever since you awkwardly and far too blatantly shoved your tongue down Teri Hatcher’s throat, you lost all your heterocredibility. We all know, Ryan. The gig is up.
Holy shit, you guys. I think I have a life plan. This is a good feeling.
….hey, you there, college graduate. Stop rolling your eyes and leave me to my delusions.
“I actually think this whole “don’t sleep with him on the first date” nonsense...”
– gala darling has some brilliant words on social standards about sex
it shames me that this was practically an after thought to tonight’s dosage of tumbling, but i’d like to point out that mr. anoop desai had a great performance on american idol tonight. i would encourage you to vote if it weren’t two hours past voting time and — oh, wait, the brutal, selfish bitch lurking in the depths of my soul would like a word…
don’t repeat...
if i owned one of these, maroon 5 would be on repeat 24/7. just sayin’. and yes, feel free to judge me.
“Don’t tell me to shoot for the stars, there are footprints on the moon”
