7.16.2009

Complex

there is something wrong with this sentence from a cnn article i read yesterday ...

"the 7.8-magnitude quake generated a small, 6-inch tsunami in jackson Bay"

... i mean, inch and tsunami probably shouldn't be in the same sentence.

1.19.2009

Kittens

no, i will not stop eating fish just because peta decided to start calling them sea kittens. you see, i don't actually eat fish because of the name. its more that they are tasty. kittens? not so much.

12.04.2008

Solemn

i’ll seek you out,
flay you alive
one more word and you won’t survive
- eyes on fire, blue foundation

11.06.2008

Par for the Course

lost in this world
i even get lost in this song
and when the lights go down
that is where i'll be found
- lost, anouk

7.09.2008

Oh, Anne

slate informed me today that the book, off of which one of my favorite movies is based, anne of green gables, turned 100 in june. so, as a tribute to bringing imaginations to many for the past century, the following is a list of endearing quotes from the movie. well, at least, i find them endearing. :)

there MUST be a limit to the mistakes one person can make, and when i get to the end of them, then i'll be through with them. that's a very comforting thought.

there she weaves by night and day, a magic web of colors gay. she has heard a whisper say a curse is on her if she stay to down towards camelot. she knows not what the curse may be and so she weavith steadily, the lady of shallot.

my life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes. that's a sentence i read once and i say it over to comfort myself in these times that try the soul.

ruby gillis says when she grows up she wants to have a line of beaus on a string and make them crazy for her, but i'd rather have one in his right mind.

7.02.2008

Annoucement

me: updates!
her: what?
me: udpates!
her: on what?
me: updates!
her: i hate you
me: you love me

6.30.2008

Introductions, Please

me: 100 calorie packs don't work so well if you eat ten
her: that may defeat the purpose
me: i was trying to think of that phrase ... and couldn't so i went with "don't work so good"
your's was better
her: apparently the three of us share a brain... we "dont work so good" on our own
other: nope, not at all
i think it is time for recess
did i spell that right?
me: probably not
other: it would shock me
i mean wouldnt
me: it loses so much umph when you misspell stuff, doesn't it? unless you're talking about caldrons
her: im going to make oatmeal
dont talk about me
5 minutes later
her: tim russert dies
*died
me: he dies over and over again
other: he dies and emily will be fired as of Monday
her: there is lots of murder tape involved
other: what? what are you looking at?
her: cnn
other: i just scrolled down my page...
her: i was kidding about the murder tape
other: what murder tape?
oh geez
i need to go home...this week has turned me STUPID
her: GET IT TOGETHER
other: I cant...I just cant!
me: i think she's referring to the meeting where the bear died someone
get with it
her: thank you emily
other: what meeting where the bear died?
me: was she there? cause it was hilarious
her: yea she was
other: i was? when?
her: it was the first and only meeting we have had
other: and a bear died?
her: i cant even talk to you
me: yes, in our meeting
emily brought it with her
and it died
her: wow
that was intense
other: yes, yes it was
me: are we all clear now, folks?
her: we better be
other: yes...we are clear
me: i'm off to a very important meeting
talk about me
her: what meeting?
why are you leaving us?
traitor!

And Then There Were 3

me: great lord of the rings reference in emily's email btw
other: your answers were much better than mine!!! i am jealous!!!
you both need to hug JIGGLES...she needs love and money
me: who is jiggles?
her: i have already told you how i feel about that
other: and i am telling you that you need to amuse me and hug her
it will make you feel good
me: who the hell is jiggles?
her: jiggles is her online "pet"
me: oh dear lord
other: my pet on myspace
her: much like your dragon
me: i don't hug my dragon
i send him into battle
DIFFERENT
other: jiggles is not the battle type
me: i don't like that name, either
other: she likes to be hugged so that she can make money and buy things
me: ralston is WAY cooler
her: its just weird. the whole thing. weird.
other: dont be jealous
me: we'll try not to be
other: i know it will be hard for both of you
her: wait.. what lord of the rings reference? (ten years later)
me: the potato definition is a quote from lord of the rings
i hate myself
her: nerd.
other: how do you know that?
me: because i am me
her: you notice that neither of us got the reference
just saying...
me: i know ... as i was typing it, i remembered that i wasn't actually writing it to people that would appreciate my nugget of trivia
her: nugget!
other: where do you come across all of these nuggets?
her: she watches lord of the rings weekly
THATS how
other: that is NUTS
me: seriously? do you not know who i am? how else would i be able to recite the movie from heart?

7 minutes later

other: i think i am having another heart attack!!!!
her: deep breaths!
other: it hurts to breath....
her: arms up!
other: this is crazy
me: i don't think you'd be chatting if you were having a heart attack
so there's reassurance in that
other: so i dont choke?
her: to open up your lungs
her: always looking for the silver lining
thats emily
me: i'm so empathic
other: nice....i dont think i am going to hold my arms up while they are having their meeting with the door open...they may find it to be a bit strange
me: they already find you a bit strange, darlin
her: no harm no foul
other: thanks, dear
her: i dont think ive ever used that phrase before
way to go me!
other: look at you...using good words and new phrases
her: im practically going nuts with them
other: that you are
i think we need to have a word of the day from now on...yesterday was goiter
me: i'm going nuts with the awesome words
i hate words of the day
they take away from my awesome word usage
other: today is haphazardly
me: because then EVERYONE has an awesome word
her: share the wealth emily
other: that is correct
me: NO
her: dont be so selfish with awesome words
other: didnt your mom teach you to share as a child?
me: i was a very good sharer as a child ... therefore i feel entitled in my adulthood NOT to be
her: that seems reasonable. meanwhile i think i was a jerk as a child.
does that mean i have to be nice to people now?