I am flawed, but I am cleaning up so well.

I finished Mockingjay.

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:23:00 -0700

My thoughts on the series, which no one asked for, can be found here. Spoilers, of course. Also, it’s almost as long as one of the books, so you’ve been warned.

Photo

Thu, 17 May 2012 21:59:30 -0700

I need a hobby.

Fri, 04 May 2012 17:41:00 -0700

I need a hobby.

This is making my choice to believe that Ferris Bueller never...

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:06:11 -0800

This is making my choice to believe that Ferris Bueller never grew up significantly more difficult.

popculturebrain:

Teaser: Matthew Broderick Will Reprise Ferris Bueller in a Super Bowl Ad | Vulture

Oh shit.

complimentary couture: i’m really very sorry for my bad attitude on thursday. i ended up...

Tue, 31 May 2011 11:18:28 -0700

complimentary couture: i’m really very sorry for my bad attitude on thursday. i ended up...:

thethoughtfulnerd:

i’m really very sorry for my bad attitude on thursday. i ended up having a very nice time at hume. i pretended to be a tough girl and hauled loads of pine needles up to the dump. and on sunday i got woken up by my second-little-brother pounding on the door and saying “it’s snowing and we almost…

Have an unwarranted wall of text in response. ;)

I graduated with CHEFA, so I did have a ‘graduating class’ of about 30 people, and that was nice. I was thankful to have it, especially since I really didn’t have any friends in the area at that time and I was able to make some new friends that year. I had local friends from my senior class I could see movies with on weekends, and I had some other friends I was closer to who I could share my concerns about graduating with.
Now it’s three years later (no idea how that happened), and I’m barely in touch with any of the people I spent all my time with that year. I’m not saying that’s what would happen to you or what will happen to you. But I’ve found that your circumstantial friends, the ones you’re friends with because you’re “the seniors” or because you’re “the youth group” or whatever tend to be the ones you lose track of. The ones you’re actually talking to about how you’re handling graduation and everything are the ones who will still be around. So in a lot of ways, having a graduating class isn’t as important as people seem to make it. Heck, high school in general isn’t as important as people seem to make it. ;)
And yeah, I think being all over the place emotionally about graduating is normal. It’s exciting and different and weird. It was mostly exciting for me, but there were the occasional panic attacks, confusion and one notable breakdown on the graduation cards aisle of CVS. I imagine it’s even more strange for those who are moving out of the house and away for college. But you’ll get through it, and college is fun. Really.

PS: it is really weird to me that you’re just now graduating. You seem so much older! Haha. In a good way. :)

This summer's reading list

Sat, 21 May 2011 13:07:23 -0700

Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
Mere Christianity - CS Lewis
Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervante
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
V for Vendetta - Alan Moore
The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
The Brothers Karamozov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick
Bossypants - Tina Fey
I Am America (And So Can You) - Stephen Colbert
Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
Cannery Row - John Steinbeck

How many will I get through? Maybe two…

The awkward moment when People You May Know suggests your boyfriend's ex.

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:31:53 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-3-13)

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:43:58 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-3-13):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-20)

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:18:33 -0800

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-20):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-6)

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:59:41 -0800

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-6):

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Truly He taught us to love one another; His law is love and His gospel is peace. Chains shall He...

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 22:01:00 -0800

Truly He taught us to love one another; His law is love and His gospel is peace. Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother, and in His name, all oppression shall cease. Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we, let all within us praise His holy name. Christ is the Lord, o praise His name forever, His power and glory evermore proclaim.

popculturebrain: Jimmy & Jack Black’s Very Special...

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:33:53 -0800

popculturebrain:

Jimmy & Jack Black’s Very Special Performance of “Little Drummer Boy”

So you’ve seen Jack Black and Jason Segel do it, you’ve seen Will Ferrel and John C Reilly do it, but have you seen Jack Black and Jimmy Fallon do it with crazy Blue Man Group style drums, paint and light?

because there’s something oddly comforting about sitting...

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:22:00 -0800

because there’s something oddly comforting about sitting on the floor of the hallway, waiting for your last final to start, looking up and seeing Santa taping fliers to the wall.

things that cause me undue stress:

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:27:18 -0800

Greeting cards.

I mean, seriously. WHAT GOES IN THEM? The only reason I am giving you a card is because of an event, and the card already says Happy Birthday, Happy Mother’s Day, Merry Christmas, You Are Having A Child, Congratulations On Becoming A Man, Sorry Your Dog Died or whatever else is applicable for this situation.

Do I just write your name in the top corner and my name in the bottom corner?

SO. CONFUSING.

I wish I was kidding about this.

pigletcrackers: sdgberoiugbkjeg: this is sarah. she’s hot. i...

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:47:53 -0800

pigletcrackers:

sdgberoiugbkjeg:

this is sarah. she’s hot.

i just want this to be on my page for everyone to see. oh man.

I can confirm that this is exactly what Sarah’s arms look like.

I hope I’m 1/10th this cool when I’m 68. I’d...

Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:47:00 -0800

I hope I’m 1/10th this cool when I’m 68.

I’d be happy being 1/10th this cool now.

I spend all day sitting at a desk, reading a book, writing notes, reading things on the computer and...

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:13:00 -0800

I spend all day sitting at a desk, reading a book, writing notes, reading things on the computer and writing papers. And then when I’m done, I spend my leisure time on the internet. Still at a desk, still on a computer.

I am subsisting on a steady diet of Christmas cookies and Diet Coke. I wear an unseasonably cool tank top, jeans and an ancient sweatshirt every day. I have resorted to wearing my reading glasses to make the headaches go away. My back hurts from two weeks of coughing from my annual cold, and my neck makes sounds usually reserved for Rice Krispies.

Finals season is designed to take bright-eyed young high school optimists and crush their resolve into the cubicle dwellers they will eventually become.

But it is reassuring to remember that in Illinois, Ohio, Washington, Idaho and wherever else, my friends aren’t having much fun either.

Eight more days.

Now back to this paper.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-14)

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:29:23 -0800

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-14):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-7)

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:55:16 -0800

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-7):

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popculturebrain: Proving Scientifically That ‘30 Rock’ Is...

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:08:43 -0800

popculturebrain:

Proving Scientifically That ‘30 Rock’ Is Better Than ‘$#*! My Dad Says’ | Splitsider