January 2012
6 posts
On Paris...
“He did the next best thing, which was to turn and stare out the window.
Here, momentarily things improved. The window gave onto a view of dove-gray roofs and balconies, each one containing the same cracked flowerpot and sleeping feline. It was as if the entire city of Paris had agreed to abide by a single understated taste. Each neighbor was doing his or her own to keep up standards, which...
MN super group, must see in action. →
December 2011
1 post
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Blast from the past.
Marc Jacobs for Vogue shot by Annie Leibovitz
Anyone else getting a serious Abe Lincoln vibe from this photo?
Eh? Eh?
WatchI have neither the tools nor the woodworking skill to build this, but somehow I will create one of these this winter.
November 2011
8 posts
Oh Parents!
“I’m your father not your friend.”
– Dad, on having a facebook and not accepting my sister’s friend request.
“Hey- I love the Bieber xmas album. Did you get to check it out? Stay warm! ...”
– Mom via Email
(Subject: Fa La La La La)
Best.
October 2011
4 posts
"Why I Reject the Marriage Amendment" →
From the MN Star Tribune, a unique perspective on why the marriage amendment should not be passed.
So today I woke up reasonably early, got some things done and casually took a nap all before 11:30am.
As I stretched in bed after my post wake-up nap, I realized that this felt vaguely familiar.
FROM BEING A TODDLER.
September 2011
1 post
August 2011
3 posts
Since last I tumbl'd...(pt. 2)
Sean and I took a trip up North to Duluth..
I celebrated my 24th birthday back in Chicago!
Things got real.
And the fam had a day in Chicago before everyone flew home
Since last I tumbl'd...(pt.1)
I had a summer themed barbecue..
The Chiang Bangers finished off the kickball season right..
Traveled down to Champaign for the first time since graduation..
And watched as two great friends tied the knot!!
The celebration that followed was epic
July 2011
5 posts
Today at work, a man came into the bakery and told me he’d seen an article about how Minneapolis was second only to the Amazon in terms of heat index/humidity.
Then he ordered two large extra hot lattes.
In a totally unrelated study, Minneapolis was found to have the highest amount, per capita of CRAZY PEOPLE.
Back to second, cheerleader..
As I’ve previously posted, I’m in a semi-competitive weekly kickball league with a bunch of people from work. What started out as good natured fun has quickly morphed into good natured I WANT TO WIN. After an incredibly rough losing streak (the three weeks I was on vacation…#i’mnotsayinbutjustsayinnnn) we are finally back in our groove. We had a double week playoff with our...
Solidarity.
Anonymous Facebook Status: Wow!!!!! Only would an ex boyfriend try to out do me on stage but only to find out he's not willing to take his clothes off!!! #FAIL.... opps I win!!! :-)
Supportive Friend: Are you talking about the twitchy mexican that jumped on stage and really needed to shave...no competition bitch love you sis. Best night ever!!
Sure sounds like the best night ever!!
Or..something..
June 2011
7 posts
Arrested Development Humor. →
Yes I did just create an Arrested Development related profile on a tourism website just to make this joke. But c’mon, his name is Tobias and he asked about shorts.
Thanks for the advice, Kate!
So I’m packing for Asia, and it’s kind of just hitting me that I have NO idea what people wear in Japan or South Korea! It’s probably going to be super hot and for some reason I have it in the back of my head that no one wears shorts in them parts of the world.
Naturally I turned to google and asked the question, “Do people wear shorts in Japan?” The amount of...
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“Yesterday I purchased a gift for you—some clothing. It’s just a few...”
– Grama in her bon voyage! email
Real Terror
Can you imagine anything more horrifying than taking out your trash to the back dumpster, opening the lid, hearing a mad scuffling and see a gigantic, frantic squirrel barreling towards you?
I couldn’t either, until I heard the sound that came out of my mouth as a reaction.
I don’t think I can do it justice by writing it out, but I’m gonna try anyways.
...
Thrifty Tip for Gentlemen.
Although my gym membership has, figuratively speaking, began to collect dust as of late…I’ve decided that this summer is going to be the summer of the tank.
This being said, it’s very very difficult for me to justify spending just as much, if not more on an article of clothing with so little fabric! I know, I know…it’s the same thing with shorts and it takes just as...
May 2011
14 posts
3 tags
Trials.
Memorial day weekend is crap when you work in a Thai restaurant.
Crap, crap crap.
With such proximity to cabins, lakes and beautiful woodlands, it’s as if all the decent people fled the twin cities during this extended weekend to frolick up North. And what, you may ask, remains when these folk flee the scene?
The leftovers.
Those who wish they were somewhere else, but still want to be...
Journals.
Over the last month or so, I’ve been thinking about old blogs and journals I’ve kept and how much I love re-reading them years later. When I was little, I was notorious for getting a brand new journal for every vacation we took and swearing I would keep up with it, and then letting it take a second seat to my gameboy for the last week of the trip…POKEMON, GOTTA CATCH ‘EM...
Gardening Nightmares.
So, yesterday Sean and I spent several hours shopping for, and subsequently planting an entire potential garden of wildflowers to pansies to posies and everything in between. When finished with the preliminary potting, prepping and planting…I was feling good if not a little worried that I did something wrong and that muh babies wouldn’t bloom as expected!
And that’s right about...
Here's to Anne.
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, the following photos were taken in order to honor poor Anne, beheaded 475 years ago.
“So, today is the anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s beheading, have you left...”
– Best pre-hang out text ever, via Kelly.
My Advice To Single Girls
seanjeffery:
“Obvi you should only watch everything on Bravo.”
I can’t believe I said this. But it’s true.
If you mean watch bravo for things to do while you enjoy being single, I agree. If you mean take notes on how to be the world’s next orange county Gretchen, New Jersey Danielle Staub, or super psycho Patty Stanger, I wholeheartedly disagree.
Sunset Colors
It’s been a wild week for dramatic weather photos…aka my favorite kind of week.
Kickball? More like SICKball.
The following are excerpts from our kickball teams' email thread.
Allyson: I unfortunately will not be able to be there tonight - I've been sick all week and am heading to the doctor later today.
Good Luck and see you next week!
Kelly: I'm not gonna lie, I'm pretty down and out too folks. Secretly hoping we get rained out so I don't have to miss (or half a$$) the double header!
Sarah: What is going on... our team is a bunch sickos today. I stayed home from work today because I have a fever. So, unless a miracle happens I won't be playing tonight either. Sorry, team.
Leah: Hey guys, just found out that I have to testify via phone for a case in Oregon at 4:00 west coast time...sorry to pile on!
Eric: Pray really hard for that rain...my neice was just born which trumps kickball. I am just waiting to hear from my brother when they would like family to come visit, we will make it if we can but I would count Amy and I as out as of now. Sorry and good luck.
Hudson: Weirens, where did you recruit your team, the hospital sick ward??
WOOOOAH. Looks like a big fat forfeit is coming our way unless those rain gods get busy.
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Tornado Scare
While at work tonight, the outrageously balmy evening turned into one crazy storm. Thus, I spent most of my night taking photos of the clouds rather than serving my tables. OOPS.
Somethin’s brewin…
Still kinda nice out…
How quickly things changed…
LOOK, I’m doing what they do on the weather!!
As the sirens go off, we decide to go up to the roof of the...
Band Practice.
It’s taken me a few years of living in Minneapolis to realize that when friends (who are in bands) say that they’re going to band practice, they actually mean they are going to practice, write and record music with other talented musicians, rather than sit around and eat chips and make inside jokes, a la high school ‘group project’ meetings.
Hmmm.
April 2011
20 posts
May Day
Tomorrow is May Day, and after a week of ‘50 degrees and sunny’ forecasts, they HAVE CHANGED IT ON US to ’40s with RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS’?!?
Unacceptable!!!
The mayday liquor is purchased; punches, mimosas and bloody mary’s are greatly anticipating their creation.
The food is prepped; Mango pancakes, breakfast potatoes, fake bacon and sausage are waiting for their...