February 2012
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My closet has a romper section.
Don’t even pretend you can get on my level.
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WatchTonight I went to a concert in an adorable, tiny, upstairs art gallery/shop in Lawrence. Three bucks got me in, plus homemade, straight-from-the-oven pizza. I danced, got hugged by a male lead singer in gold leggings in the middle of his set, high-fived backup dancers, and shouted ‘fuck’ a lot while chanting lyrics. I wore a hockey jersey for a costume (provided by the...
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January 2012
41 posts
“If we’re willing to spend $750 billion (so far) to make democracy in Iraq...”
– Lawrence Lessig in Republic, Lost (via think-progress)
Previously: Iraq war facts & stats (via kateoplis)
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Things I learned today: 01.28.2012 edition
How to print a part label from iRepair
MAYBE I learned how to complete the iRepair steps of a back plate service+replacement — need more practice to confirm
How to place a part order
Apparently I get no breaks booked or double breaks booked (perks of operating under two different names at work?)
Kids who were lightyears cooler than me in high school [read: still] not only knew me...
Everyone is pulling so hard at me and I’ve had a stomachache for nearly a week and my hands won’t stop shaking and I’m tired tired tired.
I just want to rest my head somewhere safe for awhile.
I’m trying the best that I can. When will that feel like enough?
What the f**k? This Etch-A-Sketch won't connect to...
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If you were wondering
You are so much better than I could ever deserve.
You have accepted all of me — my bullshit, my morning perkiness, my irrational anger, my love for Zac Efron, my anxieties, my obsessive parts.
You’ve been honest, direct, inviting, understanding. You have shared your whole life with me, from holidays with your family to our sweet little summertime garden.
You have held me when...
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some pointless words.
I burned my tongue on tomato sauce earlier.
I went to LattéLand three (3) times today.
At work, a 50-year old woman asked if I like Zooey Deschanel.
I said, ‘Sometimes.’
Maybe if I pretend I’m confident, this recent onslaught of insecurity and doubt will subside.
This has been making me sick to my stomach.
But my stock looks great. I’m a few weeks away from...
I made a new mix.
Wait. I made a new mix a year ago. I shared it with my friends today. Let me know if you want it.
End transmission.
“Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable...”
– Carl Jung (via cyanideconfetti)
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Breakfast at Blue Bird Bistro
Drive-by house-scoping/-hunting in Midtown
WWI museum
The Filling Station — best au lait I’ve had in ages!
My first trip to the downtown Kansas City Public Library*
Homemade ginger tea
Arrested Development
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I needed this day. Holy moly.
Nothing like a through-and-through Kansas City Tuesday.
*I lost my shit over it. I forget...
I haven’t been sleeping.
I’m lonely.
French Farmers Will Have to Pay to Plant Their Own... →
Avoiding eating genetically engineered produce? Interested in products grown without the use of fertilizers? Encouraging farmers to be self-sufficient?
Seed companies are making all of this increasingly difficult, and the issue is quickly spreading beyond the US. Good luck eating anything truly natural just a few short years from now.
This week, I’ve been reminded how glad I am to have Nick as a close friend. We are the oddest pair, but I think we are good for each other.
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Friday, November 21, 2008 at 4:01am
Something about a bicycle and a backpack:
a camera (telephoto lens, please)
a notepad
a recorder
maybe a toothbrush
Something about Africa and the Middle East:
‘At least he had a gun! You want to go over there with some paper and a pencil!’
I couldn’t ever shoot someone, anyway.
sand in my camera
and sand in my skin
Something about the balance of journalism and...
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I've been
Obsessing
Trying frantically to organize things too far off to organize just yet
Worrying
Not sleeping
Letting anxiety creep in
Guilt, too
Being stubborn
Arguing over stupid things with people I love
I just want a little control. A little plan. Something resolved.
Our bodies
I swear, if I come across one more person trying to justify calling girls ‘too skinny’ or ‘almost anorexic’ or anything remotely similar to that with the excuse that smaller body types are ‘the ideal’ or ‘normal’ in American culture, and therefore there is no reason that girl has the right to be offended or hurt by stated comments….
Those...
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In other news
It is so cold that my chronic, bitchy shin splints are aching.
Someone explain to me how shin splints can last for 12 years. TWELVE! That can’t even be right. They started back in my Gymnastics Days, but they never really went away, even when I stopped spending 80 percent of my time running around barefoot on half an inch of padding atop concrete.
All I know is that when I don’t...
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Things I completed confidently today: 01.12.12...
Swapping a device that already had ACP on it
My first solo mixed repair ring out
A swap with new ACP purchase
Syncing contacts to a Windows computer
Navigating several Windows computers, for that matter
Setting up RoadRunner email on an iOS device
A Sprint swap — enough said
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Slowly but surely, I’m coming along.
On death
I’ve waited for these moments since I was 15. Nine long years of hospitals and life flight, chemo and a heart attack, two heart stints, medications, high blood pressure, low blood pressure, normal conversations turned uncomfortable with ‘your father is in the hospital’ inserted unapologetically halfway through.
For nine years, I’ve waited for the end. It always loomed...
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Things I learned today: 01.10.2012
Instant coffee.
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Things I learned today: 01.08.2012
I am learning to need someone.
It leaves me fragile, grasping.
Alive.
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Things I learned today: 01.06.2012
The existence of/the meaning behind Settings > General > About > Diagnostics & Usage > Diagnostic & Usage Data*.
Once and for all, how to sell ACP post-purchase within 30 days. No more cheat sheets for this girl.
*Or at least how to comprehend enough of it to speak somewhat intelligently to its indications.
What if Kidz Pop did a version to "Niggas in...
6od:
dirtyluxury:
What’s Oodle, my Noodle? What’s Toaster, my Strudel? What’s drawing, my doodle? What’s that puppy, a poodle?
yeah.
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Things I learned today: 01.05.2012
What a mail merge is/how to make one happen (Pages and Numbers edition)
How to create a table of contents based on style in Pages
How to make Numbers continue a number sequence for me (i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4… or 2, 4, 6, 8…)
3GS displays can be swapped*
‘Oh my stars [and garters]!’
This. So good.
*Wtf, I am an idiot sometimes.
Are we still upset about the same things we whined about last year?
Okay?
Ooookay.
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Some places I've been missing lately
Texas: the endless parade of sunshine, a steady stream of guac and margaritas, 75 mph speed limits, the Monahans sand dunes, the crisp sky.
Monahans Sandhills State Park
St. Louis: City Museum, after-dinner walks by the Arch, the greatest internship of my life, riding the Metro, getting kicked off the Metro for breaking the bike rules, my favorite coffee shop (that just happened to be a...
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Things I learned today: 01.03.2012 edition
How to assemble a massive iPhone.
How to hang window display banners.
A lot of information regarding small business taxes, including, but not limited to, topics such as home office deduction, preparing a schedule c, and depreciation and amortization.
The most basic workings of assigning categories, values and equations to cells in Numbers.
Even the most steadfast individuals need to...
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Things I learned today: 01.02.2012
Sometimes, even a device that has been run over by a vehicle and is in multiple pieces will respond to connecting to iTunes. And then one can pull the serial number that way. Which is much easier than removing the battery, unsticking the miniature barcode and trying to find a scanner that will actually read such a tiny label — all while trying to dodge rogue glass splinters and extra sharp...
“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making...”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via robynmq)