December 2010
17 posts
Dec 31st
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Dec 30th
Dec 22nd
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Things that only happened to Roald Dahl
It really bugs me when people say “I swear this stuff ONLY HAPPENS TO ME.” Because they’re always talking about stuff that happens ALL THE TIME to EVERYONE. “I ran up to the train and the doors closed RIGHT in front of my face! I swear this stuff ONLY happens to me.” No, that happens to about 6 million people a day in New York City alone. Get over yourself. I...
Dec 21st
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Too many books
I have to trim down my vacation reading list because there’s no way I can fit eight books in my suitcase and have enough room left for gifts and clothes. Plus, you know how it goes on vacation — you bring all your new clothes and end up wearing sweatpants 80% of the time, you bring all your new books and end up not getting through any of them. At least that’s how it usually...
Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
Dec 18th
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“Their relationship had entered the stable, mutually dissatisfying stage of an...”
– The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, Gary Shteyngart
Dec 18th
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Oh no.
I have only 35 pages left to read and AT LEAST 90 minutes of absolute free time at work…I’m trying to read slowly but I’m gonna go crazy over here!
Dec 17th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
Monster truck madness
I GET TO TAKE TWO KIDS TO A MONSTER TRUCK SHOW. When I was little my brother and I used to play hours and hours of this monster truck racing computer game. I think it was called MONSTER TRUCK MADNESS and it was totally siiiick. I mean, as sick as computer graphics could be on a 1994 PC. All of my monster truck knowledge comes from that game. Including the fact that there is a monster truck named...
Dec 15th
Dec 13th
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“His temperament is fixed, set. The skull, followed by the temperament: the two...”
– Disgrace, J. M. Coetzee
Dec 9th
Oh, Orange County.
Girl 1: You don't know what Botox is?!?!
Girl 2: No, what is it?
Girl 1: Ask your mom. She knows.
Dec 2nd
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November reads
Lots of fiction in November. And one nonfiction. I…really didn’t do anything with my life in November except read. 1. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (started in October, finished in November). Didn’t really grab me. I found myself skimming it. 2. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami (also started in October). I loved this. But I’m not loving A Wild Sheep...
Dec 2nd