February 2010
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I just used a chili mix that expired exactly one...
I’d already cut up two whole tomatoes, and rinsed out some black beans, before I checked. If I’m not on here in two days’ time… well, goodbye then.
Feb 23rd
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Here's a reason I didn't invent Starbucks.
White Chocolate Hot Chocolate Tea Milk.
Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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morninggloria: kelsium: A posting on the student listserve: “I left my bike at the Art Building for a few days and it went missing. If you borrowed it to get across campus that is totally cool, however I am hoping to get it back sometime soon.” This is my school in two sentences. Once, a friend of mine had his bike stolen on campus at my alma mater.  About a week later, he was walking up...
Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
Feb 21st
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Clusterphobia.
It’s a real thing. Not something to be laughed at, YOU. Who can honestly say this photo of a seemingly cute dog doesn’t gross you out, just a little bit.
Feb 19th
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these go to 11.: whenever i have to spell... →
That’s LOCATIONS. Lesotho, Ohio, California, Argentina, Iceland, Oklahoma, Netherlands, Sudan. I do it to stay mentally sharp and also because I was subjected to a childhood full of my dad randomly saying a state’s name to me in the middle of a conversation, and I was supposed to answer with the… T for Tanzania?
Feb 18th
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent is really just background noise for what you really want to do with your spare time. For Helen, that’s sharing a blanket and a box of mallomars and watching Animalympics.
Feb 18th
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Feb 18th
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Feb 18th
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“That’ll be $10. I just made your fucking dreams come true.”
– Maggie, after we officially met my Cup a Joe boyfriend Juan. Before tonight, we just referred to him as that 30-something guy who sometimes bathes and always wears the same green plaid jacket and hat.
Feb 18th
Feb 18th
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Listenpangea: Song for Alison. It’s her favorite. ...
Feb 18th
Feb 18th
Just slept for three hours, packed with the power...
I feel like someone punched me in the face underwater.
Feb 18th
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Feb 17th
ListenTV on the Radio — Staring at the Sun
Feb 17th
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Neurotic thought of the day
The guy who works here all the time and is always too-creepy-for-comfort nice to everyone (not the owner, Mike) is sitting, off-work, in the table across from me. You work here, dude! All the time! Go home! Stop drinking that espresso! Stop reading that book! Go back to sleep! Hi, my name is Alison!
Feb 17th
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Woke up this morning at 5:30 feeling like, "what?"
But it’s actually not so bad. And I’m only just now (7:30) having my first sip of caffeine. There will be a crash later, but now it’s all wooWOO vanilla latte, bluberry scone wooWOO old people-watching in Global Village. The thing is, I just looked at the syllabus for the class whose two assignments I woke up ungodly early for, and while I’ve got to do the presentation,...
Feb 17th
Feb 17th
Holy shirts and pants, my hair smells like smoke.
But Cup a Joe is smoke-free. How did this happen? I washed it right before I left. The thing that hurts most, though, is that I also blow-dried it.
Feb 17th
“What was that internship my dad told me about freshman year? It wasn’t at...”
– THIS IS MY BRAIN NOT ON DRUGS.
Feb 17th
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Made it alive to Cup a Joe!!!!
Maybe the bank robber will come and save me the agony of writing this paper and presentation.
Feb 16th
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Decisions to make, addictions to break.
Me: maggie i want to go to CAJ but the BANK ROBBER is over near there! i don't want to get shot but i need my coffee!!!
Maggie: It seems getting shot would be a small price to pay.
Feb 16th
“Bank Robbery at the State Employee’s Credit Union on Hillsborough Street....”
– E-mail from the University. Too bad we live two blocks from “the area.” Oops!
Feb 16th
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TOO MUCH EGGPLANT TOO MUCH PASTA TOO MUCH TOAST TOO MANY VEGETABLES TOO MUCH INFORMATION
Feb 16th
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________ __________ joined the group Where are you...
Lies Propagated On The Internet #43793: Southern California is all that and a bag of chips. North Carolina’s where it’s at.
Feb 15th
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Feb 15th
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Feb 15th
Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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“Is Shiny on yet?”
– Sarah, referring to Shani Davis after mis-hearing his name.
Feb 13th
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The things my grandparents discuss.
Sarah: [getting too invested in the Olympics' speed racing] Look John, he just keeps going over that line.
John: You should go in there and call them and see why he's allowed to do that.
Sarah: I do not like that plastic overlay on the Canadians, it looks like it adds so much weight --
John: Well, stop watching it if you're just gonna complain about their outfits --
Sarah: and it does not look comfortable for them.
John: the whole time.
Sarah: I don't like it.
John: I'm turning it back to golf.
Feb 13th
Feb 13th
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WatchWatch
fuckyeahnorthcarolina: A new proposal for the history curriculum in North Carolina public schools is causing uproar. Among the biggest concerns is covering U.S. history only from 1877 to the present in the 11th grade. (via) And they signed the Declamation of Independents sometime… between now and when Columbo discovered America. And there was a war between North Carolina and South...
Feb 11th
“oh you know, straight up balling at the end of a movie where frederico garcia...”
– Alison, in an email. I had no idea what she meant by this and spent all morning trying to figure it out. I am not cultured enough to know who Frederico Garcia Lorca is. And — “straight up balling?” Alison doesn’t typically use such slang. I consulted Jessica, and she surmised that Alison...
Feb 11th
TO the God haters: SHUT THE FUCK UP. i DONT GIVE A...
goddamnitsweetheart: clintisiceman: amnesiacr: (via godsangeloflove) Christians, everyone. Ehemmmm. Upon hearing Young Lifers say shit like this in high school, I stopped going to church and never looked back.
Feb 11th
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Feb 11th
Feb 10th
“You can put in some information here to whet your reader’s whistle. Whet...”
– My Analyzing Style professor, analyzing his style
Feb 10th
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Who wants to volunteer at Bonnaroo for $10...
Work: 18 hours. Meals: three. Ticket for a three-day festival (usually $235): $10 Unlimited shower access: priceless.
Feb 10th
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Hey You! Yes, You!
Turn yer dials to 88.1 WKNC to hear the sweet honey voices of two fellow Triangle tumblrs. The high-pitched, stuttering five year old you hear is yours truly.
Feb 8th
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All I want to do today is play Free Rice,...
until I learn the location of every country in the world.
Feb 8th
Feb 8th
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someone get me out of this studio now
in a few minutes the resentment that has been building slowly for six hours will go off the charts, and i swear to god when that happens i’m GOING TO PLAY INCUBUS OVER THE AIR ON REPEAT I SWEAR TO GOD
Feb 8th
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Helen: [looking up from her studying] It'll be funny when it's 6/9/69.
Maggie: You mean 2069?
Helen: No, 6,900.
Feb 7th
Feb 7th
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Let the record show
that the Internet I’m stealing from my grandparents’ neighbors’ house across the street is better than the Internet we get billed for every month.
Feb 6th
Well, it happened.
pangea: I overslept this morning for the first time this semester — woke up at 7:30 and had to be at work by 8. I made it on time, but I really hope everyone can overlook the fact that I look like the dirty kid at school. I am truly sorry about that. I wore the same thing today that I did yesterday. And no, I don’t care.
Feb 6th