June 2008
9 posts
Do’s:
*must be able to stay up late, get wasted and cry about childhood
i miss astoria
Floridians as interested in apple pie as orgies
http://valleywag.com/5019572/now-we-know-thanks-to-google-floridians-as-interested-in-apple-pie-as-orgies
Interesting use of Google for the defense in a lawsuit..
Watchneed to find an escalator..
the apocolypse
So this was someone’s (jfischer) comment on a story at consumerist, but it made me laugh:
Just before “Y2K” was supposed to destroy civilization, I was asked by many of my neighbors if they should stockpile food and water as I was the local high-tech wizard, and was supposed to know all about the situation. I told them “Yes, you should!”
They asked me what specific...
paperdenim&cloth
so I bought a pair of jeans the other day for $40 on sale.. marked down from $160. I just found the tag lying around, and after actually reading it, two things stood out to me:
Under the “Construction” category of features: “Each pair individually numbered.” Since when do clothes have serial numbers? Have I just never spent enough on a pair of jeans to realize this?
Under...
5 second rule
So after meeting emily at a bar with a giant pig out front, so she could retrieve her now broken, yet still functional phone, we stopped at a store to buy beer and candy. And later on as we’re waiting on the N/W platform at times square, and I’m eating M&M’s, one of them falls on the ground and starts to roll away. So I quickly pick it up and look around, only there’s...
May 2008
20 posts
word of advice
when you go to bed sometime between 1 and 2, and have your alarm set for 3, use the snooze function. don’t turn it off. especially when you’re trying to catch a cab to the airport. and don’t want the cab company calling an hour after your alarm to be your wakeup call.
dear zach
cheddar: wednesday night: please have robe and chocolates laid out on your bed for my arrival. i don’t want anything on but the t.v. if you know what i mean. talk about birthday presents..
i give up
cheddar: i freaked out with my umbrell and a painting on the street, came home alone to vegan mac and cheese and only an email from ticketmaster. if i stop blogging, i’m probably dead, and in that case, i leave the ice cream sandwiches in the freezer to michelle, unless she already ate them you can’t stop blogging until at least friday… my visit starts tomorrow.
“What about man-on-man?”
– Man #1 to Man #2 (overheard while walking down 14th St in Chelsea)
WatchAn actual animatronic Wall-E will soon be wandering Disneyland entertaining the patrons.
“Chase fucking sucks”
– me, noticing chase is screwing with me again
Amazon's magical shipping abilities
Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14 x 13 inches ; 4.8 pounds Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds(emphasis mine)
Groggy
I bought an ice grinder thing at Ikea once. It came with a little 2.5”x3” manual that unfolds into a 25” long double-sided monstrosity with 18 translations of “How to Use Your Ice-Crusher.” The included translations are: English, Deutsch, Français, Nederlands, Italiano, Español, Português, Svenska, Dansk, Norsk, Suomi, Polski, Česky, Slovensky, Magyar, Русский, 中文,...
Two Random Items Bought at Once
peterwknox: shutupinternet: One day I went into a 7-11 for two things: Red Bull and Suave Shampoo for Men. What two random items have you awkwardly bought at once point in your life? A six-pound bag of pretzels and contact solution. toilet paper & spam (found the spam before the TP.. and was curious.. )
I'm coming home!
cheddar: wanderingjello: if NYC = home. with a side trip to good ol’ Astoria. May 20-22nd. Mark your calendars. we’ll change the locks, hey, did i tell you i met the U.K. version of you? Did my U.K. self have a good accent? And I’ve got a hotel again.. won’t be crashing there (sorry)
Things that make u go hmmm! - w4m - 28
“I am a single somewhat petite Afro-American woman with 3 children14, 16, 20 yrs. old). Not here to play games. I look forward to meeting some new people to hang out!” Well.. if all those ages are correct, that’s certainly something that makes me go “hmmmm”
I'm coming home!
if NYC = home. with a side trip to good ol’ Astoria. May 20-22nd. Mark your calendars.
Canadian on the subway
On my ride home today, I ended up sitting next to this older gentleman. As we’re getting pretty close to the last stop (where I get off), he pulls out a scrap of paper with a few phone numbers scribbled on it, and asks me if he needs to dial all 10 digits to make a call. Turns out he had tried to call all 3 numbers earlier at a payphone, but wasn’t able to get any of them to work....
“Zach… - w4m
Reply to: pers-663072490@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-04-30,...”
– emily?
April 2008
43 posts
31¢ Scoops at Baskin Robbins tonight →
one down, two to go
Finally canceled my friendster account, since I pretty much haven’t used it in years. Probably won’t get rid of facebook, but myspace could be next..
smarter girls have fewer orgasms? →
Zach:
writingmyownepitaph: Emily and I are both happy to hear that you’re doing well in Cedar Rapids, oops, I mean Chicago. Your new hobby sounds exciting and dangerous, I think I’ve heard of this “coffee” drink that you can get at specialty places called, oh, what was it again? Yeah, “Starbucks”. So glad that you keep your old roommates up to speed on all caffeine/Google related news. Too bad we...
it was probably funnier in person
giggity: isn't chocolate bad for dogs?
me: yeah
giggity: do you think it could kill them?
me: ...
me: you could put your dog on an all-chocolate diet and just count the days..
How to find roommates, and become famous at the...
requirements: * $ * knowledge of how to fix everything (ie. michelles bed is broken, this laptop is missing keyboard, internet is being stolen from upstairs, we need new songs on our ipods, main bathroom sink wont drain, michelle tried to throw out her penguin bathrobe, emilys curtain keeps falling down, kitchen table is screwy, spot on floor from nail polish remover, bugs in cupboard...
Jell-O Truck Flips in Florida →
Observations while at Starbucks
Some lady a few tables away also has a laptop. Only it keeps beeping like every 10 seconds. She flipped it over and did something to it after a few minutes, and turned it back on, and it beeped again. I think she swore. And it keeps beeping. She doesn’t look very happy. Some old lady (like gradmother age) slowly walks in, and immediately looks in the trashbarrel right by the door.. then over...
This is weird...
I’m sitting in a Starbucks. With my laptop. Drinking coffee. And I’ve been here for over an hour. Disclaimer: I don’t frequent Starbucks. I don’t even drink coffee. Apparently a little lonliness was enough to get me to do both.
How to find roommates, and become famous at the...
Now, on to us: Michelle as seen by emily: “shes the kind of roomate who doesnt care when she finds out you go in to her room to read when shes not home. She sleeps a lot, and she looks good. Sometimes she brings home chips, those are good days. Sometimes she eats all my ice cream and hides the container under the couch, bad days” Emily as seen by Michelle: “Lover of giant...
is Wandering Jello that popular?
wanderingjello, wandering.jello, wanderingj, and wandering.j @ gmail are all taken. Hello Yahoo!
“Actually, I’m only 18..”
– Michelle making her move on a twenty-something last summer at the Beer Garden
Kenneth Cole ≠ Quality
So in December, I was in a bind for a pair of leather boots that would be nice enough to wear to work, but casual enough I wouldn’t mind trudging through rain and snow while wearing them (my previous pair of boots which lasted at least a few years had developed a hole). After shopping around a bit, a pair of Kenneth Cole boots was decided upon by the numerous parties involved in the decision...
whoops
cheddar: michelle, i was in your bed the other day and a ramen noodle got stuck to my leg. should I not eat noodles in bed?
mimosa time
just went to the kitchen at work to get some water, and noticed a bottle of champagne, OJ, and cups…