April 2008
47 posts
“trying to find the truth in russian politics is like trying to find the hood...”
– ben wasser
according to google analytics:
my parents aren’t interested in my life
the only person from my school who reads my blog is my ex
becca reads my blog way too much for someone who knows everything that happens to me each day anyway
firefox has a 40% higher market share than internet explorer
i want chocolate
“We insult her every day on tv and wonder why she has no guts or confidence. When...”
– John Lennon, the Wonsaponatime album
“I’ve completely forgotten that dwarfball is not actually a word”
– dwarfball
noun (pl. dwarfballs)
an oversized woolen sweater: bennnn i’m so cooolddd where’s my dwarfball?
me: but i'm not tickling your elbows
becca: yeah but you're making them nervous
caesar is my cat
becca: my cat is getting very impatient
she's going "BRRPP BRRRIP BRRIPP" and staring at me
me: poke at her
i do that to caesar when she wants something obvious
like ooooo you want pokes???
here are some pokes
actually i do that to you, too
becca: I KNOW
my mom on postcardsfromyomomma.com
mom: i don't like emoticons
mom: i saw a stupid one
mom: it supposedly stood for john lennon
me: do you know what emoticons are?
mom: no :(
free start-up idea
prisoner social network. myspace confined to 8x10
http://whatareyou.info
stereotypical tumblr user checklist
you…
use a mac: rockin the ibook g4
are twenty something: 21
take polaroids: i’ve run out of film so i make them in ps now
live in nyc: not yet
wish you lived in nyc: yessss
draw sometimes: i even have a wacom
upload videos to vimeo to fit in: two
have a muxtape: yes
work for collegehumor/vimeo/bustedtees: no
are a vegetarian: yes, but i still buy leather shoes
...
“i don’t know what that means but it sounds aggressive and delicious.”
– nonchalant (adj)
rhyming schemes
me: it's a good thing john lennon fell in love with yoko ono instead of someone named gertrude or mildred or honoria
his songs would be really contrived
becca: my granny wasn't a prude that is true
me: tumbling that
yesterday
i was in the check-out line of the supermarket behind this kid. he had his back turned to the cashier, so when the people in front of him took their groceries away, the cashier awkwardly asked him if he wanted help packing his bags. without turning around, he yelled “MOMMMMM” as loud as he could into the general direction of the rest of the store. then he sort of half-turned to the...
new recipe
ingredients:
4 breaded veggie fingers (tesco sells them in the vegetarian frozen aisle)
wholegrain mustard
some sort of sundried tomato spread (i use sacla sundried tomato and garlic stir-through)
2 slices of bread
instructions:
put the veggie fingers in the oven
put mustard on one slice of bread and the tomato spread on the other
once the veggie fingers are done, line them up on one...
tickles
Watchbecca’s opinions on reusing tissues
my domain
on a whim, i decided to buy my name as a domain name a few days ago. becca asked me why. i stuttered a second and said it was so nobody else could take it and tarnish my online identity. i wanted to reserve that right for myself.
anyway, i just googled my name without a space between my first and last, and the first two results were indeed related to me (just my pownce account that i had never...
news
1. i changed my tumblr theme and it took me 4 hours. i think i may have accidentally learned css.
2. i had a dream last night. i was walking through a jungle and i spotted a puffin. i was obviously excited, so i walked closer to it. as i did, i noticed more and more puffins. they were perched on branches and stones and things. the path i was on opened into a courtyard. i walked forward...
things in nature have their reason
becca: did you just call my legs chicken legs?
why are my legs chicken legs?
me: why are my legs human legs?
recipes (vegetarian)
punch - cheap, easy, and will make you queasy. mix all of these together:
half bottle cheapest vodka you can find
dash of angustura bitters
half a thingy of tropical fruit juice mix
some ginger ale
maybe some russchian
sliced limes
cheese sandwichless bread what - becca came up with the name. microwave all of these together:
instant microwavable basmati rice
drained can of spinach...
becca and i are on a vacation to a nearby city. we’re living in an apartment like grownups. there is a man here who is fixing the hot water. we are going to go to a sandwich store soon.
