February 2012
22 posts
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if only it was that easy
Amy (grabbing remote during Super Bowl commercial break): How do you get to Animal Planet? LaPolla: Space ship?
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Truth
“I dunno, I was trying to get into it so I could be sophisticated and have something to talk about, but then, like, The Artist wins best picture? I’m like, really? Black and white, silent film? The guy didn’t even have to memorize any lines!” -my cubicle mate, Marque
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Blistering Blue Barnacles! →
There’s a new post up on Gingernut, about Tintin.
I need to do more Gingernut posts, I have several dozen “to do” posts pending and it’s weighing on me. So many redheads that need writing about!
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in Cyberland we only drink diet coke
Late night dance party
early 2011
float to the dark side of the moon
Another comment on the state of publishing these days?
Damn fine ice cream, though.
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MS Paint Portfolio: resistance is futile
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MS Paint Portfolio: Spring Break 3 (located!)
Finally found and MS Painted this one from the college spring break comic series:
I think the colors are a bit distracting but I was getting bored with the black & white format.
(original version)
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Good advice
Scribbled in a corner of a journal:
“Never underestimate how much I don’t think.”
-girl at station
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lost in translation
KJ: It’s like that guy, Frank Lloyd… Coppola? Mark: Francis Ford Coppola? KJ: Oh yes. I was getting muddled with Andrew Lloyd Wright. Sarah: Frank Lloyd Wright? KJ: Exactly.
(I should really write quizzes for Sporcle)
Not too sure about this hat
Egyptian Synergy
A random instance of cohesion in my Reader feed. I love these little moments of collective harmony.
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MS Paint Portfolio: ---, gina
Many thanks to Flaath for suggesting this particular piece of hilariousness:
AND NOW, THE ORIGIN STORY: Evan: katie Evan: i have an idea that you could perhaps make into a reality Evan: It’s a beaver looking at his watch Evan: and saying “it’s about dam time” me: !!!!!!!!! me: but: how to google image search “beaver” while at work? Evan: lol...
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Not our kind of people.
“She said they seemed more into skiing and bros than, like, making breakfast and being snarky.”
-Joe
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Mastering margaritas.
Mark: Oh, the Mavericks are winning? Ben: Yeah but whatever, they’ve lost every game this season so far. KJ: Cut them some slack, they won the… um… the last big thing that was winnable. Mark: But Katie, you’re overlooking the fact that they’ve lost their defensive balance and have a roster of new pieces to contend with. KJ: Why do I always do that? Ben: C’mon,...
the equal sharing of miseries
First sentence of the Twilight review begins: “To borrow from Winston Churchill…”
AM New York, I love you I love you I love you.
also this:
seriously.
writer's block
From my journal in 2004:
“If only I had written more often instead of filling my journal with silly doodles and timetable information!”
Truth.
sick of swimmin'
A statement on the current state of children’s publishing?
My mother knits
I could watch for hours.
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through the desert of truth
Dad (gesturing to a parking lot): This is where Jason P. was arrested. KJ: Why? Dad: He was naked, in the middle of the night, in the middle of a shopping cart. KJ: Oh! Dad: Being driven ‘round by his compatriots. And the cops discovered the video camera they’d been recording with, which unfortunately showed the escapades of the last few nights as well!
she did not like to drop the jar...
Stressed-out Katie Jane, rabbit-holing for answers on Wikipedia: a chronological list. phentermine psychostimulants amphetamines catecholamines (dopamine, adrenalin, noradrenalin) serotonin ephedrine / ephedra codeine
vagus nerve nutritional yeast spirulina
meditation prayer beads codependency
narcissism borderline personality disorder social anxiety disorder
And then Marcie posted Anxiety...
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Magical Weekend
“I’m drunk, I’ll walk outside with no boots on and canoe, I can’t even talk to you. All y’all, you’re the worst. You, you’re second worst. Y’all over here, you are tertiary.” -A Kerri: How was the nap? Claire: Victory! Kerri: Hooray! You win… A mimosa!