I made a pretty bad mistake at work today. I feel humiliated, but mostly I had the strangest insatiable urge to tell my mom. Almost like I needed her to say, “It’s okay, you didn’t mean to.” I KNOW that’s weird.
highs | lows and the mess in the middle
Things that make me unusually happy: bubble wrap, fireworks, nightly concerts at Café Populart on c/ Huertas in Madrid, simple clean designs, diet cokes, navigating, people who laugh [a lot], the Spanish words pantufla and bicicleta, yo-yo ma, dancing salsa, professors Kent and Jottar, bottles of red wine, clean ears, watered down orange juice, caipirinas, The Shadow of the Wind, secrets. I like cloudy days with low humidity & sleeping in. I’m a world cup fanatic and a politics junkie.
I don't like anything banana flavored and I hate cilantro. I often assume the ambitions of the person with whom I have most recently interacted. I despise the manipulation of certain issues for political gain. In my future lives I hope to be a movie producer, a photographer, a travel magazine editor, and a professional tourist.
I hail from: Palo Alto, Cambridge, Jamaica Plain, Gallup, El Paso, Williamstown, Madrid, Washington DC, Oaxaca, Barcelona & NYC (currently).
“ Why is it such a stretch of the imagination,” he said, “to consider that someone overweight or obese might actually be healthy and fit?
Well - Weight as Main Measure of Health May Be Misguided - NYTimes.com
YouMail needs Rosetta Stone
I’m still undecided on whether or not I will continue to use YouMail.
Pros
- You can record individual voicemail greetings for specific callers.
- YouMail emails you when you receive a voicemail and you can listen to your message online.
- YouMail transcribes voicemail. Great option when it’s inappropriate to pull out your cell phone at work.
Cons
- Can’t figure out how to also have my phone indicate when I have a voicemail
- When people leave voicemail in another language, YouMail transcribes what it thinks it heard, in English. (see below)
Spanish voicemail from Boyf: “Leslie I thought it and. If I don’t have but I mean and be my sign. And. It’s not necessary. But I don’t know come out and blow out of the. And gentleman’s landell address you know it’s a. At. Breeze. Yeah. Take it easy. Evil something I mean outside. Down. By”
Fantastic crisp morning. I think I have new neighbors who cook a lot. I must befriend them so I can be invited to eat some of their food that smells.so.good.
(photo via skewby)
WAFFLE HOUSE: Unknown location in the South.
The Julia Road Trip, 2005
Me: Can I have two eggs, potatoes & wheat toast?
Waitress: Sure, what else?
Me: That’s it.
Waitress: You mean, you don’t want meat with that?
Me: Nope, that’s it thanks.
Waitress: No meat? At all?
Me: Yup, no meat. Thanks.
Waitress: (Disapproving look) okay
I just spent an hour and half trying to make a thank you photo card, printed on matte paper. Just ONE, not a set of 12. NOT glossy. After trying Kodak, Snapfish, Qoop and Moo, I finally found what I wanted on Shutterfly.com. She better like it :)
“ You guys have better things to do. I’m not the guy.
Sen. Joe Biden, as reported by my friend Mike from among the throng at Biden’s home earlier today. -boutofcontext
- Type your answer to the questions into flickr search
- Using only the first page, pick an image
- Copy and paste each of the urls in the Mosaic Maker
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3.What high school did you go to?
4.What is your favorite color?
5.Who is your celebrity crush?
6.What is your favorite drink?
7.What is your dream vacation?
8.What is your favorite dessert?
9.What do you want to do when you grow up?
10.Who/ what do you love most in life?
11.Choose one word that describes you?
12.What is your Flickr name?
- idea from brieflynoted and everyone else on tumblr.
Just met someone who I “know” on tumblr who has no idea that I “know” them. Awkward!
Amazing. Eph love.
Dear NBC,
Please do not go to commercial smack in the middle of the Brazil v. Argentina game. Should you need further clarification, please see Univision.
Thanks, j.
It’s happening fast.
BIG meeting tomorrow.
Pumpous! (pumped+nervous, duh.)
Now, the FTC is ordering the company to pay consumers back for as many as six purchases each, at an estimated total cost of $30 million. If you bought Airborne between 2001 and 2008, you have until Sept. 15 to apply for a refund.