July 2009
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If you can’t feed your baby
Then don’t have a baby
And don’t...
– Michael Jackson, “Wanna Be Startin’ Something,” Thriller
[T]here’s no shortage of hipsters worthy of our mocking. But our challenge is to...
– Robert Lanham, “Look At This Fucking Hipster Basher,” The Morning News
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Overcast weather gives me headaches.
Mine aren’t so bad as my mom’s—if it’s grey and constipated out enough she has to lie down on the couch and pass out. But maybe it’s something that’ll get heavier and heavier with age. What if I end up having to move somewhere like Los Angeles? I don’t want to have to drive everywhere!
Where is it sunny all the time?
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Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body.
– Naguib Mahfouz
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Tell me something.
Where yo’ boss at?
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Can a man and a woman ever really be 'just...
reconnoitre:
I was recently informed by Mr. Payne that this is the “million billion dollar question”.
What say you, fellow Tumblrs?
In April I was really drunk at a show and, out of my hatred for being at shows alone, made friends with the nearest lonely person I saw: a man clearly several years older than me. At the end of the evening I told him, “I don’t wanna do that, thingggg,...
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Is it a virus? (I love my roommate.)
Melanie: why is everyone green on twitter?
Jeannie: ...
you really don't know?
Melanie: nope
is it a virus?
Jeannie: it's in support of the people in iran
Melanie: OH
Jeannie: it's not a virus
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An embarrassing amount of my wardrobe choices
are based on their answer to the question, “Will this make me look like I’m from the 80s and I know how to skateboard?”
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PRO TIP: When you're in the kitchen, sometimes it...
That said, I made pasta alfredo with chicken and peas, and though it’s a bit soupy and bland it’s pretty freaking good for something done blind.
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Top 10 Biggest Brain Damaging Habits →
srsly:
huliwuxian:
No Breakfast
People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level.This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.
Overeacting
It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.
Smoking
It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.
High Sugar...
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Onigiri 101
A while ago Missy asked me for illustrated steps on making onigiri (rice balls). I hadn’t forgotten! I just didn’t have occasion to make onigiri. UNTIL LAST NIGHT. And it’s really simple. So! Here goes:
Start with some leftover Japanese white rice. From the cooker, from the pot, whatever you have.
Transfer to bowl and sprinkle in furikake (rice seasoning. Makes the rice...
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via OverheardInNewYork.com
Large, intimidating thug: So you think you're grown up, huh? You think you're a man?
Small boy: (nods)
Large, intimidating thug: Then why don't you get a job? Move out?
Small boy: Cause I love you!
Large, intimidating thug, more quietly: Well, I love you too.
--Downtown A Train
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Above And Beyoncé →
The name of Beyoncé’s new video album. LOL.
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@jeannieharrell and #iranelection
I don’t know why I’m so fixated on post-election Iran right now. I think it’s because the closest I’ve ever been to an actual revolution like you read about in history books. I can’t help but think that this will end positively—the world will be ultimately be better for what is happening in Iran and around the world—and I will be able to see it happen...
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My Life Is Average
me: anyway my MLIA moment
James: oh yeah
me: i wanted candy from the vending machine
so i swiped my card thing and hit the button for peanut M&Ms and the thing didn't swirl enough
so the bag got caught
so i was like "ugh srsly" but didn't want to go without candy so swiped my card and hit the button again
and it gave me two bags
MLIA
James: hahaha