January 2012
11 posts
Lessons in Sizing
Though the world of clothing is strange and mysterious, here are two truths:
Clothes available in even sizes are for women and are fairly reliable, though you’ll want to check every season to make sure you’re still the same size, because vanity sizing totally exists.
Clothes available in odd sizes are for juniors and girls and none of the universal truths of sizing will apply, as in,...
“We shouldn’t be criticized for using Chinese workers,” a current Apple executive...”
– Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class - NYTimes.com
Though I realize that in using the term “producing people” they’re referring to educating and training people with particular skill sets, I can’t help but read this and think: AMERICANS! Why can’t you just make a...
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Living in the Midst of Crashed Ice
So, I live within shouting distance of the beginning of the Crashed Ice event. As in, I can see the wall of the course start from my bedroom and kitchen windows. Hey, do you wonder what that is like? This is what it’s like:
My block has been closed since Christmas, and they just recently put up more barricades which means I have to walk through road closure signs just to get to the front...
“Look, if you don’t want to make your bed, don’t make your bed. You’re an adult...”
– Ask a Clean Person: Tackling a Major Clean-up, Part Two - The Organizing | The Hairpin
I’m not lying when I say that the existence of Ask a Clean Person has made a positive impact on my life and has also gotten me to wash my dishes every day this week. To cleanliness!
Goals, New Year Edition.
I’m a fan of setting goals and having ideas on how to make life better - I’m also a fan of being able to changing and abandoning goals if I feel like it. Here are some goals, sort of for the year, but more just in general.
Do a pull-up. Cardio is sort of ingrained in me at this point but building strength has never been a …strength. Heh. Heh.
Start looking at houses for real....
Missing Esme.
wornwhite:
Lots of people have stories about their journey knowing Esme Barrera, because she knew everyone and was the very best. I think writing and sharing helps some through such a terrible time. And for others, they have a private journey. This is just my story. Part journey, part grief, part guilt.
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This is a really touching story about Esme and the Weezer board. I’ve...
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Eleven years ago, I started posting on a Weezer message board. It sounds trivial, but this space in the internet changed and affected so many parts of my life. I often forget about it, because friends are friends however you meet them.
Yesterday I woke up, hungover, and checked my new iphone to find out that one of my Weezer friends, who is also an ex, is engaged. This wasn’t surprising...
