December 2008
A farewell
I didn’t even realize it, but today is my last day at Royal Bean. I won’t be working here next semester, except for a substitute if needed. I’ve met some really great people here and I will definitely miss them!! It’s been a fun job and a good place to be. I learned some valuable skills and drank tons of delicious coffee. Although not working here will free up some...
The "squeeze" →
“Look at the moon, look at the stars, look at the sun,
Look at the ocean and the...”
– Kimya Dawson
Traditions & Transitions
My grandma bought a new house across town last week, and we started the dreaded-but-obviously-necessary process of packing her stuff up today. She lived in this house with my grandpa for several decades, and they had accumulated a SHIT TON of stuff. Piles and piles random things occupy every room — and there are lots of them. The term “packrat” doesn’t even begin to cover...
“I asked my mom if I could go hang out with people on Christmas Eve, and she was...”
– Small, angry hipster girl talking to her small, angry hipster friends at the Bean. Who the heck “hangs out” on Christmas Eve, anyway???
Gawker's top 10 feuds of 2008 →
I am on a very strange sleep schedule.
Falsehoods
Deb: What can we do to talk Maggie out of moving to Seattle?
Tim: People out there get mold and mildew on 'em because it rains all the time!
Me: Yeah, right.
Tim: I'm serious! Mold grows in damp places! Like armpits!!!
Astral Inter Planet Space Captain Christmas... →
Thank you, Alison!!! →
Braving the elements in a Ford Windstar
I have been trusted, for the second day in a row, with my grandma’s van. Yesterday’s adventures included a trip to Target and a trip to Michael’s. I guess Michael’s got shafted by the plowing crew, because it was a make-up-your-own-parking-spot situation due to a thick layer of snow on the ground.
Deb and I went for a walk this morning, and a lot of the snow had melted and...
Remember Sufjan Stevens?
alexbalk:
Indie kid, glockenspiel fan, had that album about Illinois out like a decade ago? What’s he up to these days?
If only he was up to touring. I would fly ANYWHERE to see himmmmm
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I am so horrible at packing up to go home for...
It is taking me so long. And I am taking WAY too much stuff home. This reminds me of one time when I was the last person in Bragaw before a break and Alison talked me into finally getting my shit together and driving home at 1 a.m.
It took that long.
I need to be out of here by 12:10. That’s my goal. I think I can, I think I can.
My thought processes are going a little bit like this:
...
Fear and loathing
me: apparently
the avett brothers are touring with...
dave matthews band
Alison: NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
you can stand under my umbrella-ella-ella →
(via showtheworldyoursmile)
THIS IS THE BEST WEBSITE EVER
“So, on a stormy evening, she’ll sweetly coo “Kevin… come to...”
– On Britney’s comeback, via Gawker
All I listen to →
“Why hello there Maggie Luckadoo,
Right now I am talking to your doppelganger...”
– Also Helen
Also????
“i cut it on my razor
i reached into my bathroom bag
and SHUNT off a flappie...”
– Helen
We have no idea what this means
Raleigh top 5
I used to really loathe this city. First semester of college, I thought it was the ugliest place on earth. I can’t remember when I decided to give it a second chance, but I’m glad I did. I’m quite fond of it, now. I decided today that I wanted to make a top 5 list of places I love in Raleigh. They aren’t in order. And, there are more than 5.
-Reader’s Corner,...
I don't know whether to feel sorry for this person...
So, I just finished paper number two for the day. As I was doing my works cited page, I suddenly noticed that four out of six articles I used from the New York Times had the same byline. They are all from different times about different countries in South America. Should I be glad that this guy gets to write lots of stories? Or sad that they’ve laid off so many people that he has to do all...
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“i would not be a good luckadoo”
– Helen Dear. Thanks for finally realizing that. Now, tell my parents so they will go back to loving me more than you.
“Get a one-pound turkey from the woods. Carry him home in a wagon. Put two cups...”
– Anthony from Kay Dixon’s and Carol Simmons’ kindergarten class at Morehead City Primary school. Printed in the Thanksgiving edition of The Gam, the most renowned news publication in the world.
“No one in my family hunts or fishes. We live in Cary, so live game is hard to...”
– Also from my paper.
“As a child, my favorite food was sweet potatoes. My family always had them on...”
– Actual excerpt from my final paper for Anthropology 325. Thank you, N.C. State, for providing me with such a solid education.
Tumblr, FTW →
me: just go straight, this road turns into beryl. eventually.
maggie: how do you know?
me: i'm really good at directions.
maggie: haha! no, you're not.
me: yes, really i am.
maggie: ... that's weird, because you're not good at anything else.
THANKSGIRLLOVEYA
You forgot to say that I added this: you are also good at messing things up.
Or something like that.
YOU'REWELCOMELOVESIT!!!
in other news
helendear:
i think i might actually be getting into The Office. it seems like EVERYONE i know is obsessed with it, but i’ve never sat down and watched a full episode — i never knew what was going on, so never was interested (a vicious circle, if you will). but tonight we watched the secret santa one, and i thought it was hilar.
but i still think scrubs is better.
The Office > Scrubs!!!!
...
Matt: you need to get strapped if you gonna deal.. you also need some other peoples in your crew
Me: strapped???
what do these things mean
Matt: gettin tooled up
a gun
so you don't let anyone punk you for your real estate
Me: hahahha OH
i def. need a weapon
Matt: one thing is to park a car near you and leave the gun on the tire, just inside the wheel well
that way it's not on you if the 5-0 rolls around
Me: ohhhhhh good idea
man, you should write a book
Matt: of stuff i learned from watching the wire??
Me: YES
Matt: lololol
the book would be one page
"go watch The Wire"
Monumental
I just did my thousandth post on Twitter.
That’s a lot of posts.
Mostly about nothing.
BUT STILL, HOORAYYYY I THINK WE SHOULD THROW A PARTY FOR THIS
what is your middle name?
failsafe:
ginobambino:
noahkai:
spin-lighted:
Mine is Scarlett, after Miss O Hara.
et tu?
James, after my father and his father.
Alessio. I’m the only one I know who has that name!
Russell, a family name.
Collins, also a family name
Interdisciplinary forgetfulness
My classes go together. That’s the point of my major, and while it’s sometimes confusing because I can’t keep straight what I’m learning in each class, it’s pretty cool that the topics relate to each other. So, as I work on my final paper for International Studies Seminar (shoot me now), I am referring back to my final paper for International Law.
The paper was 11...
This week's highs
Monday: 42
Tueday: 58
Wednesday: 71
Thursday: 46
WTF, North Carolina????
