2008

May

“i found tumblr via jakob lodwick’s account:...”
— (via ianbroyles) My tumblr...

yourdp at Loft 150. I never referred to him as Aaron. I feel...

The official Wichita and Kansas City tumblr meet-up....

Epic clouds as I drive home from work.

“Michael Palin is 65 today.”
— Very important text message...

Part of an email I wrote to my sister...

“…Well the father and son were talking about how they thought it was important that...

Carl makes me a peanut butter and honey sandwich every...

mother's (cat) milk

Back in 1998-1999, we moved out to the suburbs. Literally if you walked across the street, you’d...

Of all the Reggie Watts videos on his website and vimeo, this one is my absolute favorite. I WANT...

Apr

value judgement

At this point in my life, I am struggling with whether it is better to judge things based on values...

yea-nay voting

Voting with yeas and nays seems like a really bad way to vote. Excluding voting in smaller meetings...

thommy: dalasverdugo: Compilation of Reporters Getting Owned (via Graham) Nice … very nice....

via amandalynferri If I could only watch one video for the rest of my life, I would choose this one....

Mine for $2.50!

At an auction. I want.

ricky gervais

I am highly recommending Ricky Gervais’s podcasts on iTunes. I’ve listened to them all...

White water rapids are dangerous, so don’t try this...

Gardetto’s rating

My vimeo account is 2 years old!

just thought of this

I think my productivity at work would go way up I were sitting on a saddle with stirrups instead...

caitlinoppermann: Orkin “Broken Down” I just saw this commerical and then played it over again. ...

The main reason I, until recently, believed in an afterlife was because it scared me to think that...

Lunchtime in the park

taxes

Last year I waited till the last hour to mail my taxes. This year I was a whole day ahead of the...

“On Saturday, four officers were killed when militants...”
— (from a CNN news story) Are...

tremendous pressure

Jason: I'm feeling tremendous pressure right now.
me: underwear too tight?
yuk yuk
Jason: no... but i suddenly feel like i have to be very witty in this convo so you'll cut and paste it onto your blog
me: HAHA! Oh, that's going on.
You're safe now.

Desert Survival Case

dihard: … Your group was able to salvage 15 items from the plane, as listed below. Your task...

Can Native Speakers of a Language Make...

hot4discourse: is a 1961 speech by Allen Walker Read - he decides that “No” they cannot - and I...

Hey Webster’s!

farfaraway wrote: How did “brunch” slip past the system? It’s a fake word. You can’t just slam to...

self-centered altruism

Yesterday I told a man who works down the hall from me, “cool moustache.” I then felt...

Carl took this photo of me last night. Sometimes I am...

Just ordered some new frames. My mom still has some of...

You can vote for the 2009 State of Kansas...

no video on flickr discussion forum

(via jstn) Tonight I dine on turtle soup.

Urban Outfitters Swim Suits 2008

I like the Wichita Public Library’s style.

aging differently

me: I never thought I would get to 24 or 25 or any age beyond 17
Katie: 17 was my dream age
me: it used to be that 24 was like adult - like real women were 24. I'm so young and i dont feel like a "real woman." I don't know how mom and dad were able to raise me when they were just 24.
I think people grew up faster back then
Katie: no kidding. even in videos and such they seem so much older than you are now. Maybe it's just because we see them now as old, and the pictures themselves look old.
me: maybe. but I truly believe people are aging differently. I think it's because of our value systems. What's important to them is not at all what's important to me.
I want to travel and do things for myself -- but they wanted kids by my age.
A few folks my age are like that but i wouldn't say the majority.
Katie: do you also think a factor in this is that kids aren't necessarily kicked out of their parents' house after high school? I think we are kind of allowed to be young longer
me: agreed
Katie: its a new generation baby

Ate a for a newborn infant for lunch!

via tree: soxiam:milhouse:(via predacio.us) I bet it was a...

My first British-guy crush

was on that flustered scientist in Thomas Dolby’s “She Blinded Me With Science.”...

I work better when I'm

listening to music interacting with another person snacking on something intermittently solving a...

My very talented friend, Jason “I moved to NYC from Wichita, KS so now I’m saying pie...

I like collecting things. My newest collection? Facebook...

(via cameronchristopher) This literary archetype is known...

SweetT, you’ve come a long way. Thommy and I believe...

photo by Brian Brown

Here’s a cute bunny’s portrait I took at the...

drumspeak

I enjoy hearing how other people say their drums talk. When drummers describe licks using their...

weeblow:

sweett: an intermediate scout. somewhere between boy scouts and cub scouts. did anyone else...

Nuhorizons by Ladytron I consider this the hidden stand-out in my now fully-realized muxtape.

Vimeo Etiquette

dawkeye: Last night a discussion between myself and SteveR took place on the vexed question of...

“I am sick and tired of facebook albums called ‘totally...”
— Katie Allen

Thommy Browne teaching his kids about French surrealist...

“I’ve had shit to do every single day yes, some of that shit...”
— (Andrea), on why she’s been...

katiea: Writing papers is like, so cathartic. No, really. I’ve become much more in-depth in my...

Mar

Amir Has Never

amirhasnever: Amir has never drank coffee. (from Pavla) Hilarious new blog to follow!

(via garfieldminusgarfield) In no way do I mean this to...

tonight we're gonna party

me: Do you remember lying in bed thinking what partying would be like in 1999?
Wonder: YES! lol
and then when it happened, it was so lame
it was like we were waiting for the world to end or something
me: I know. It was the let-down before the Y2K let-down
Yawns all around
Wonder: yep

list of euphemisms I use for...

perd surfin’ the crimson wave visit from my little red-headed grandma wringing out the...

“Dream Image” created by Thommy...

dream (kinda morbid)

A guy that looked like Danny DeVito and I were hiding in a house while a thunderstorm ripped some...

A 1968 prediction of how life will be in 2008 (via...

After work drinks with mom

X-FILES movie info!

mom was all over the internet yesterday

mom: Hot or not just contacted me. I am the top hit in my age group! :-) Just wanna thank you for getting me out there!
me: I have no idea what you're talking about.
mom: You put me on Hot R Not remember?
me: not really. Congratulations!
mom: Thx I just won my age category for the most hits thanks to my #1 daughter! PARTEE LIKE A ROCK STAR
me: lean like a cholo momma

“It’s a free world, I can share any vimeos I want....”
— My mom in response to me...

me: trust me, I'm a liar
Heather: haha

jstn: I’m proud to introduce Muxtape, a new way to share,...

The start of my ongoing list of Lame...

Where it’s perfectly socially acceptable for men to grow their fingernails out really long...

pleasure is

Using a paperclip to scratch that part of your ear canal that is just out of pinky-wriggle reach.

Hi rainbow shadow!

Katie is back for Easter. We’re about to get on the...

Iphone’s maiden photo voyage.

(via blakewhitman) A.A.? That’s me! Who’s Dan?

dream

My sister, Katie, and I were riding around on a moped. I was sitting on the handlebars and she was...

via anjalouise: found photos: 1970’s swiss holiday I know...

school loans

sweett: OFFICIALLY PAID OFF! now, if i could just get my employer to stop taking it out of my...

jakoblodwick: I didn’t shave for two weeks, and I couldn’t...

mummified dinosaur still in his skin

(cont.) list of words that don't sound...

panacea chagrin

I’m slicin’ up eyeballs; I want you to know.

I don't wear this ugly tie anymore

my 4 most-common doodles shooting gun bloody knife palm...

I have a compulsion to learn other people’s handwriting. Not just to recognize it, but to...

Zach Klein updates his portrait every time he visits...

Office porn. I wants.

I laugh everytime I see these two tumblr avatars...

WOMAN IN KANSAS SITS ON TOILET FOR TWO YEARS

(via SteveR’s flickr set: Dad’s Old Slides) One...

I turned my cat, Snickers, into a lolcat. She’s proud...

I want Netflix to recommend me a really good British Sci-Fi...

five facts about me

I wish my parents would have named me Agnes. In nearly two years, my boyfriend and I have had one...

noahkalina: Sarah Small called me last night and told me...

tracking in the seat

islebehere: maybe they moved in together
and they're both living in his momma's basement now
me: rolling around in their yellowed, bagging underwear
islebehere: eewwwww
me: sagging and worn out. Holes in places
islebehere: blech!
me: tracking in the seat
islebehere: SHUT UP!
me: what's that called again? i honestly can't remember
islebehere: SKID MARKS

over the past few days

Over the past few days, I have found men (like typical 30-50 year-old men) very interesting....

“man, she’s good! is she an actress?”
— (my dad), after watching...

confessions

I have developed a huge crush on Quark, the Ferengi, from Star Trek DS9. Pretty much all Ferengi,...

(via flickr user: Junku) So many great cat pics from...

Ach!

Mareen, if you were blogging in German, would you type “amg” instead of...

My name is and will always be Andrea...

When thinking about getting married (no plans yet) I’m not sure I want to change my last name...

I can has blondes hairs, now.

“I’m really glad Jakob Lodwick is blogging again, but...”
— Katie on the phone today. I...

How to know when you’ve eaten too many Ramen Noodles.

Today I reworked my celeb-crush top ten

Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh in “No Country” Alan Davies Alan Rickman Michael Palin...

SISTERS!!!!

Yesterday my sister, Katie, called me to let me know she was listening to a song which evokes...

millerthekiller: So far, the only advantage i’ve found to...

reading

I’m currently reading Cormac McCarthy’s “No Country for Old Men.” I highly...

stever-: David Attenborough is a hero of our times. Nature documentaries just don’t seem right if...

I was about to click the link to read the story, but the...

The via chain — caitlinoppermann:mareen:frischmilch:...

Remember these? I’m setting this as my desktop image...

no beer if you're pregnant, and no...

islebehere: and i really don't want to get pregs during Crawfish season
aa: that's the most hickish thing you've ever said

Feb

“…I remember holding you and everyone saying to support...”
— excerpt from my birthday...

Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming: xanga die hards?

Happy 5th Birthday, Katie! How does it feel to finally be...

smoke breaks

I’m not a smoker. I puff on cigars occasionally, but not cig’rittes. I am considering...

dalasverdugo: New for 2008, letting neighborhood cats into...

dog naming

It seems like more people in movies name their dogs Dakota than in real life.

in the motorcycle market

This spring I will be looking to buy a motorcycle. If anyone has done this before and would like to...

“I know it’s insane to be talking about this now, but...”
— From McSweeney’s Short...

I bet I’ll break out this “not looking into the...

Creating and ordering my sister’s birthday present at...

Inspired by Brian and Melissa Brown.

I was on Valleywag.com and didn't even know...

“#6 most desired for marriage #10 most famous #10...”
— The good folks known as my...

Introduction to Tea for a Reformed...

oats: My friend Andrea Allen asked me to write about the teas that I drink. She wants to give up...

Valentine Haiku

“I need to see the middle parts. The nether regions.”
— Ian Lee on the US States he...

nath: Blood Puddle Pillow by The Great Slumber. I used to...

“So This Is Goodbye” by Junior Boys. This really gets me in that classic ’80s...