February 2010
January 2010
Dear neighbor:
Is 11pm on a Friday night TRULY the most ideal time you have to move out?
Love,
Kate
I once went on a date with a guy who used the words “salubrious,” “sartorial,” and “loquacious” in one evening. I declined his invitation for date number two, for fear that he would show up wearing an ascot.
His words are like the sound of a needle dragging across a record. A sinking, sickening feeling washes over me. This is why you should never, ever get your hopes up.
This is why you should see the glass as half empty. So when the whole thing spills, you aren’t as devastated.
I’m not a saint; I’m not a sinner.
If you want me, the cherry on top The pick of the peck, the crème de la crop If you want me, you better Do better than that tonight If you want me, it takes more than a wink And more than a drink, more than you think If you wanna ride, just name your price And don’t play cheap with your heart Don’t make a bet if you can’t write the check for me, for me ‘Cause I can be...
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
-Socrates
This is an amazing and inspiring quote that makes me want to be the best teacher ever. kthxbai.
Favorite job quotes
Okay, I worked at the call before you dig center, and I wanted to share these quotes. I only really saved ones from my first two years at the call center. Nothing THAT exciting happened my third summer, apart from some fun conversations asking texans if they know how many area codes their state had. Only one person knew.
Here you are!
“Do not use paint. do not use flags. Use sidewalk...
Chemistry nerd fun
This is a sources of error write-up for the “Mathematics of Chemistry Lab” during my junior year of high school. Yes, I ACTUALLY turned this in. Needless to say, my partner and I got an A for this lab. Enjoy! Sources of Error: While tediously doing their experiment, Mara and Kate happened to look out of the window. There were four velociraptors chasing a sausage link through the...
I wrote myself a letter Addressed it to the world Who has read it? None but you It reads: Where did you go? We miss your playful self Your energy and laughter Your joy and thirst for life That thirst for life is gone now A thirst for death consumed it But why? Why is that big question As Shakespeare once wrote To Be or Not To Be The current me might choose the latter But my dreams...
WatchOkay. This is Supraluxe - a group of doctors from the Twin Cities who rock. Seriously. Epic. LISTEN.
I noticed that lately all I’ve really been posting is music. You guessed it - I have a problem. I LOVE music. I always ALWAYS have music on. The moment I get up in the morning, I turn on my iPod. I plug it in my player when I shower/get ready in the morning. I listen to it on the bus. Hell, I’d listen in class if I thought I could get away with it. I think when I’m in class,...
You know that feeling? When you feel like you’ve never experience something worse and you never will, even though you know you have, and you know you definitely will? Sometimes it’s heartbreak and sometimes it’s just a shitty day.
This is me. Right now. Today. Yesterday. The day before, although not til the evening. This is how you feel when you feel betrayed.
Anger, hurt,...
Change everything you are and everything you were, your number has been called.
Fight, battles have begun. Revenge will surely come.
Yeah, hard times are ahead.
Best, you’ve got to be the best, you’ve got to change the world and use this chance to be heard.
Your time is now (your time is now).
Change everything you are, and everything you were…
This is my favorite psalm. Although I’m not particularly religious, I was born and raised Catholic, and this psalm has always stuck with me.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk...
Hate is baggage. Life’s too short to be pissed off all the time; it’s just not worth it.
Dreaded Bliss in New Jersey →
I found a wallet… inside were pictures of your small family. You were so young, your hair dark brown; you had been born in 1953. Your winter birthday was stamped on the plastic of a license so recently expired. I was so tired as I walked through my door; I laid all the contents of your wallet on the floor and, like a holy relic, or a mystery novel, I thumbed them in the dim light, searching...
…she liked this time of morning, before the sun rose, before the heat woke to warm the air. Everything remained asleep and still. Night anticipated the day, and life waited on the fringe of beginning. She could hear the grass grow and see the flowers open.
Today, someone decided they were too lazy to walk around the other side of someone’s car to get to their own. So, instead of backing up and going around the other side, they rammed their cart into this car’s sideview mirror until it broke off so they could fit through with their cart.
Best part is: a woman was sitting in her car and saw the entire thing, and called the cops with the...
This is for you:
To buy:
One box honey graham crackers
One jar Nutella
To Do:
Dip graham crackers in Nutella. Enjoy.
Do it. I dare you.
Please note: you will need to purchase more than one box of graham crackers to thoroughly enjoy the entire jar of Nutella.
Also, do not blame me when you become addicted. Keep some milk handy.
I absolutely LOVED Avatar. I’m not going to lie, I think it might be one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. The good company helped with that, a lot, and considering it was my last night at home for winter break, I was especially happy to be with the girls I was with. But seriously. The graphics were amazing, the 3D totally sucked you in, the storyline was amazing, the MUSIC! my god,...
It isn't cold yet...
60 above zero: Floridians turn on the heat. People in Minnesota plant gardens. 50 above zero: Californians shiver uncontrollably. People in Duluth sunbathe. (hell yeah!) 40 above zero: Italian & English cars won’t start. People in Minnesota drive with the windows down. 32 above zero: Distilled water freezes. The water in Bemidji gets thicker. 20 above zero: Floridians don coats, thermal...
When I feel bad I like to treat myself. Clothes never look any good… food just makes me fatter… shoes always fit.
…but it’s hard to stay mad, when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much; my heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst… And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every...
The 30 Most Satisfying Simple Pleasures Life Has...
Sleeping In on a Rainy Day – As the rain beats lightly against the window, you nestle your head deeper into your pillow. The sound is soothing and your bed feels like a sanctuary. There is no place you would rather be.
Finding Money You Didn’t Know You Had – You reach into your pocket and find a $20 bill from the last time you wore these jeans. You aren’t rich, but you are richer than you...
Dear selfish wench,
Yes, I am going to jump in to ask a fellow team member to look for something for me before she helps you for the guest on the phone. No, you are not more important than this guest just because you are in the store and she is not. She has been holding, on the phone, longer than you’ve been in the store. Shut. The. Fuck. Up.
Love,
Service Desk.
I’ve never done anything for Spring Break before. Nothing fun and exciting. I really want to do something fun this year. However, I have not a lot of money to spend. Can we think of some things I can do that don’t cost a lot of money? anyone want to do something over spring break?
I drink tea.
I don’t just drink tea, I drink copious amounts of tea. Also, I’m British when I drink my tea, because I add milk. No, I don’t live in Britain or the UK, nor have I ever even been there. I also add honey, and one tsp sugar.
Don’t judge me.
I’m sitting here in the boring room, it’s just another cloudy Monday afternoon I’m wasting my time, I’ve got nothing to do I’m hanging around, I’m waiting for you But nothing ever happens And I wonder
I’m driving around in my car, I’m driving too fast, I’m driving too far I’d like to change my point of view, I feel so lonely;...