November 2010
79 posts
It’s one of those nights when I can’t stop eating…because I am still so hungry. During such times I wonder if my stomach is actually a black hole.
currently:
eating semi-sweet chocolate chips and reading in bed. with the space heater nearby.
“we always tell the best stories in dangerous situations. because it could be our...”
– my youngest brother paul as we drove through a frightening blizzard in buffalo, ny last night
Currently:
Packing for Buffalo and listening to classical Christmas music.
WatchI WISH I WAS IN THIS VIDEO. and i hope i can find a church that does this where i next live.
afternoonttime:
Seriously? Elevation Church (back home in Charlotte, NC) is just too sick. Watch this Dance Off Video they created. I mean, talent or what?
“I found one way that you save time in Sudan. You never had to check a weather...”
– my dad. this made me lol.
“This is my second update from the Sudan. Thank you for your prayers that are...”
– a recent email my father sent out to his church. It reminds me of the Apostle Paul’s letters.
“Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I...”
– Neil Gaiman (via kellyesque)
“if its been 60 hours and you still haven’t seen the new harry potter movie…in...”
– my dad. (via chelseakim)
mom: do you think those boxes i left in my trunk are going to lure people to break into my car tonight?
me: mom, that's a bit paranoid. we live in the suburbs.
mom: yeah well, i have my reasons.
me: oh really?
mom: a few years ago someone stole our bikes from the yard and smashed our pumpkin.
me: you left the bikes outside? that's just asking for it.
mom [in all seriousness]: yeah, but they didn't have to smash the pumpkin.
homework help.
paul: was alexander the great a hero or a villain?
me: what if he was both - like robin hood?
paul: no, he was a fox.
“Shouldn’t we hold out for the person who doesn’t just tolerate our little...”
– Ted Mosby, How I Met Your Mother
“Last night Joshua Radin talked about his perfect girl - someone who reads Sylvia...”
– A text message from my friend Marissa. I told her I’d start wearing mascara again, if only to be Mr. Radin’s perfect girl.
The Drunk and the Hypocrite →
a conversation i had with my 13-year-old...
me: so how does it feel to grow up?
paul: what do you mean?
me: you know, you're getting taller, your voice is deeper, you think more -
paul: i don't think more.
me: yes you do.
paul: no i don't.
Weekends...
November 20 - Cincinnati to meet up with with a friend November 26/27 - Buffalo, NY to celebrate Thanksgiving December 4/5/6 - Pittsburgh to see my friends dance December 9/10/11/12 - Wisconsin for college reunion December 17/18/19 - Toledo because I love it/the people who still live there December 24/25 - Christmas in Columbus December 31/Jan 1 - New Years (somewhere fun?) January 8 - leave for...
Pay attention to this story; you'll be happier →
“I wish I could go back and talk to myself when I was twenty. I’d say to myself...”
– Donald Miller
According to Time Magazine, the most attractive people live in the following cities:
Charleston
San Diego
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Denver
Austin
Miami
Savannah
Honolulu
Phoenix/Scottsdale
Nashville (whad up!!)
this kind of stuff always interests me...
The most-relaxed cities:
1. Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.
2. Milwaukee
3. Boston
4. Portland, Ore.
5. Columbus (whad up!!)
6. Denver
7. Cincinnati, Seattle (tie)
9. Kansas City, Mo.
10. San Jose, Calif.
Source: Forbes
Sometimes I make bad decisions. Like eating a bunch of buffalo wings at midnight. They weren’t even that good.
hot chocolate and a good book is the way i’m spending this thursday afternoon.
“All that I can do is hold onto You.”
– Bethany Dillon
Can’t fall asleep tonight - uggggggh. Why does this happen?
Ellen is so cool.
Willow Smith: Singing is just so awesome. It's something I do that's like, pleasurist. [ten year-old Willow realizes she just screwed up a word, so she says it again to make fun of herself.] Pleasurist. Pleasurist.
Ellen Degeneres: Pleasurist. That's all right. Listen, if you have us whipping our head back and forth, we'll say pleasurist. We don't care. Whatever you want us to do.
