December 2009
33 posts
AM NY horoscopes know my soul
Dec 31st
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Lord I hope so
Sanam: I just need to know that in my future there is gay duck cake. Cameron: In your future there is gay duck cake.
Dec 30th
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MS Paint Portfolio: My Crazy Family
With a bunch of friends coming to stay for New Year, I decided to draw a family tree to explain who’s who. But my family’s pretty confusing, so I’m not sure it really helped (for example, the guy on the far right is my ex-step-great-uncle-in-law).
Dec 29th
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Kinda.
“I’m owned by nothing. I could leave it all behind—like you [pointing to Elisabeth], you could be gone like that [snaps]. I’m kinda like the Buddha that way.” -Joe
Dec 28th
My most favorite newspaper correction EVER
Dec 27th
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Symbiotic relationships
“So he makes me read Ann Coulter and Glenn Beck, and I get to give him books I think are interesting, like a biography of Edna St. Vincent Mille and the history of the Scottish Enlightenment and so forth…” -Antlers
Dec 26th
Merry Christmas!
From a Christmas card I made in college:
Dec 25th
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Post office-party discussion
After-after party at a decidedly fecal-scented Grassroots, snippets from a discussion about the potentiality of having children some day…
Dec 24th
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Ohhh, THAT'S what you meant!
Aemon: What do you mean a wig? Joe: She had fake hair!
Dec 23rd
Online dating
I’ve been trying to keep an open mind about online dating, because I have several truly delightful male friends who are doing it and so I know that not every guy online is a complete bozo. But until recently I couldn’t figure out how to turn off the IMs on OK Cupid, and this led to some rather odd/creepy interactions: The worst one was so unsettling I deleted it...
Dec 22nd
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This one's from a while back
KJ: …and it cost me three Australian dollars. Mark: Ah, yes. Dollaridoos.
Dec 21st
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MS Paint Portfolio: Daryl the Ironic Chicken
per a request from Sanam I don’t know, are trucker hats still ironic?
Dec 20th
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MS Paint Portfolio: Ted and Beans
I’m not quite sure why, but for some reason, this was my favorite moment from Sanam’s birthday:
Dec 19th
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Oh Squirrel
“So I sat down on the train, and it turned out I sat next to someone who was at the Martin Luther King ‘I Have A Dream’ speech. So we talked about that, and about Usher, and that sort of stuff…” -Tracy
Dec 18th
Some days I miss chat rooms
Multi-person chat: the way of the past, and the future.
Dec 17th
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I think better on paper
Katie: It’s just like that show you like, um… what is it? Infiltration? The one that starts with an “i” and is like, “No! Don’t do drugs!” Sanam: Intervention? Katie: Intervention, that’s the one. Elisabeth: “Infiltration”? Seriously? Katie: My whole life is basically a game of Taboo.
Dec 16th
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Shopping FTW!
I bought a dress! A fancy, cocktail, not-appropriate-work-attire dress! This happens infrequently enough that I keep remembering it happened and getting a little head rush. Seriously—the last time I bought a fancy dress I was living in San Francisco, so that’s… 2006. Yup. It’s not all that exciting of a garment: …but I’m still pretty pumped. It comes...
Dec 15th
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My mother doesn't get quoted on here enough
Sarah Fitz: You can borrow the heddles and shuttles if you have a handy tree. KJ: Was that in English? SF: Yup. (I’m pretty sure she was talking about weaving…)
Dec 15th
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MS Paint Portfolio: New York Moments 12/6/09
Just a slice of life… The Martha Stewart Craft Fair was pretty disappointing, turns out.
Dec 14th
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Going through old journals
I used to keep non-internet-based journals with some regularity (I still do, but now they’re all dedicated to Emotional Angst and very dull reads), and I just discovered this nugget from early 2006: » It seems I have acquired a reputation for myself of writing everything down; Dad was telling us about a funny convo he’d overheard on a bus, and said, “I wish I’d...
Dec 13th
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2009 in review: the short version
For those of you who lack the stamina for yesterday’s epic post, this video is basically the Cliff’s Notes version. I made the video in honor of Aemon’s departure; it was supposed to be a cheerful homage to happy times, but it apparently had the effect of making people on both coasts cry. (Next time I’ll use “Shiny Happy People” as the background music.)...
Dec 12th
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2009 in review
So, in 2004 I made the New Year’s Resolution: “Wear pearls more often.” It was the first year I actually kept my resolution, and every year since I have made a similarly succinct and mindset-improving resolution. To wit: 2004: Wear pearls more often 2005: Be more vain and selfish 2006: Embrace flakiness 2007: Live a life of integrity—aka the three-drink-maximum 2008: Date...
Dec 11th
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MS Paint Portfolio: I heart Horatio Hornblower
In the week leading up to this conversation, Sarah and I had spent a significant amount of time discussing her plan to dress up like Horatio Hornblower (aka the love of my life), and how I could make her a hat for the occasion. Sarah: In googling images of Horatio, I found this! Holy hotness! KJ: God bless you, Sarah. Sarah: Basically I need to recreate this look: from...
Dec 10th
2009 has led to some hilarious Notes To Self
Dec 9th
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Planning
“Sanam and I already started planning things to escalate new years. There might be things on fire. There might be wild animals. There might be wild animals on fire. For you to juggle.” -Joe, to Aemon
Dec 8th
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MS Paint Portfolio: She's Got The Jack
Walking towards Carrie and Evan and Richard and Sushi bigger version here
Dec 7th
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Why I love Daphne
“I did just finish all my graduation requirements though, which is ‘hot’ as Paris would say.” -Daphne
Dec 6th
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Yup
[KJ and Sanam high-five] Sanam: Ow, that was painful. Katie: Painful and not at all satisfying. Sanam: I know how that goes.
Dec 5th
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MS Paint Portfolio: Planning the Scavenger Hunt
From my notes during our main planning session:
Dec 4th
Weird moments of synergy
Dec 3rd
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A priceless pair
Oh, those boys… MEJ: You know what they say, “a potato in the vagina is worth two in the mouth.” BKS: That is what they say! BKS: [examining M’s bowl of kale soup] that looks like the flower of my secrets! MEJ: I like how you say that right as you put your hands in your pants. That’s nice.
Dec 3rd
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MS Paint Portfolio: Sugar Gliders
I came across this recently; dating from 2008, when I was moving into our current apartment and Sanam and I were debating how to divide up the space. I believe this is where the re-awakening of my love for MS Paint (we had a brief affair in high school) began, and you can see the transformation in my attitude in the space of a few short emails: » KJ: Covering reception is boring, for the...
Dec 2nd
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I think there's already a word for that
“It’s like it used to be deprarious, and now it’s just deprer.” -SNP
Dec 1st