“If you’re wondering if I want you to, [I want you to]”
—
xoxo
Weezer
September 2009
If you don't want to be gay married, don't get gay married. If you don't want an abortion, don't have an abortion. If you don't want to dress like an actual fairy, don't dress like an actual fairy.
(via notthatkindagay)
The Case of the Missing Swoosh →
usctrojans.com
For everyone who thinks I’m too obsessed w/ college football and USC:
“We received several e-mails wondering why Matt Barkley’s jersey didn’t have a Nike swoosh on it during Saturday’s game at the Coliseum. According to football equipment coordinator Tino Dominguez, the small logo was ripped off the breast of his jersey at some point during the game. Because it wasn’t a necessary part of the functionality of the uniform — and because the equipment staff doesn’t carry around extra swooshes — Dominguez said they didn’t reapply one during the game, but will do so before the next time the Trojans don their cardinal jerseys.”
THE QUARTERBACK FINAL DESTINATION WATCH. →
everydayshouldbesaturday.com
Colt McCoy shoots varmints. For real.
Also, hilarious.
“Play every play like it’s your last, because you never know. Stafon had no idea that might his last game. Guys have every reason now to come out and refocus on why you love the game, because you never know when it can be taken from you.”
—
USC O-lineman Jeff Byers (who’s had a season-ending injury, albeit a much less serious one, of his own).
Not bad advice for the rest of us either
USC RB Stafon Johnson gives thumbs-up after neck surgery - NCAA Football - SI.com
What to do with Tebow? Hopefully a no-brainer for Meyer - CBSSports.com →
cbssports.com
“Tim Tebow’s scrambled brain will provide a window into Florida coach Urban Meyer’s competitive soul. The No. 1 Gators are off this week in the wake of the nasty concussion that sent Tebow to the hospital Saturday at Kentucky, but next week they play at No. 4 LSU — a game that will shape the national title picture.
Which means Meyer faces a once-in-a-lifetime choice: He can do the right thing for his team, his career, his legacy and his future earnings. He can play Tebow against LSU.
Or he can put the interests of Tebow ahead of all those things. Meyer can tell him it’s too soon to play after suffering one of the more disturbing football concussions in years…..
…You can guess what I think Meyer ought to do. I think he ought to prepare sophomore John Brantley to start. Because Tim Tebow can’t play against LSU. Not so soon after that horrific collision.”
Not a Gator fan by any means, but no one ever wants to see a phenomenal player suffer such an injury, and I certainly don’t want to see it again. I’m not a doctor either, but as bad as Tebow looked after that hit, I think a collision of the type he usually runs straight into, especially against the LSU defense, could potentially end his season, if not his career, depending on the hit. Tim Tebow has had - and will always have - Urban Meyer’s back. Nothing should be more important to Meyer than doing the same for Tebow by putting his health and safety first.
Is it just me, or has Justin(Bobby) morphed into a legitimate human being who talks in actual words?
And he gets rid of that fugly facial hair in a few eps? Whoa.
See, told ya Kristin was good for somethin.
“We got married so we could make decisions together”
—Pouty, whiny voice. Heidi’s logic was always pretty questionable
“we should really stop and think about what message this is sending to young women who HAVE been sexually assaulted and or raped by older men in positions of power and authority. Do all these people who are advocating for his release and pardon realize that they are ACTIVELY contributing to a culture of silence that denies and ignores the existence of rape while simultaneously upholding KNOWN RAPISTS as people worthy of celebration. We are telling rape survivors that THEY DONT MATTER if their rapist is good at his job.”
—Commenter KATE! on Jezebel (via katoleary)
“Don’t ever say you can’t do anything. It pisses me off”
—Trainer Bob
“The Fighting Irish have played three straight games that were tighter than Terrence Cody in a Mini Cooper.”
—
1. Lol
2. Second reference to Terrence Cody’s size I’ve come across today. Lol.
Oklahoma Sooners, Oregon Ducks and Virginia Tech Hokies are back in the title mix - ESPN
“Love is never convenient-and rarely painless.”
—Richard Paul Evans (The Sunflower) (via thresca)
Tuesday September 29th: Slap A Hipster Day.
(via lickystickypickyme)
“Life’s too short to give a shit”
—
“whenever we need
to make a very important decision,
it is best to trust to impulse, to passion,
because reason usually tries
to remove us from our dream,
saying that the time is not yet right.
reason is afraid of defeat,
but intuition enjoys life and its challenges” —
to make a very important decision,
it is best to trust to impulse, to passion,
because reason usually tries
to remove us from our dream,
saying that the time is not yet right.
reason is afraid of defeat,
but intuition enjoys life and its challenges” —
Paulo Coelho
Eat, Live, Run - A Food Journal of a Baker with a Healthy Mission - Part 2
Cowboys players flunk cheerleader test - Rick Reilly - ESPN →
sports.espn.go.com
Q: List three lean proteins.
“Like, foods?” asked LB Keith Brooking.
Uh, yes, foods.
“Tuna fish,” he tried. “I don’t know, man.”
Watkins replied, “Fish, chicken, duck.”
WR Sam Hurd listed, “Steak, chicken and pasta.”
Pasta? No. Some correct answers: fish, skinless poultry, lentils, beans, soy products and lean meats. Definitely not duck.
I'll never get used to this.
- [Scene - F train stops at Broadway/Lafayette, very pregnant woman gets on, all seats in the area are filled by men. Train stops at West 4th, by this point no man has gotten off or attempted to give her a seat. She's clutching the pole and her belly. Note: I was standing up during this, obviously. If I was seated this would've never happened as I would've stood up IMMEDIATELY]
- Me: (looking slightly peeved at closest 3 men) Do you think any of you might be willing to get up and give her a seat?
- Man #1: What? Why?
- Me: Isn't it obvious.
- Man #2: If she wanted a seat she could ask.
- Me: I'm sorry I don't think she should have to.
- Man #1: This isn't the 'olden days.'
- Me: Oh so, because women can now vote you shouldn't relinquish your seat to a pregnant woman? (Pregnant woman is half cheering me on/ half horrified. A man finally gets up - Man #3 - she thanks him and sits down)
- Man #2: Women don't want men to hold doors or give them their seats. It's anti that feminism garbage.
- Me: I don't know who told you that but for future reference if a visibly pregnant woman gets on a train and it's muggy and she looks exhausted or even if she doesn't - OFFER HER A SEAT. It's beyond the right thing to do.
- Man #1: Why do you care? Are you pregnant? You don't look it.
- Me: No, but my good friend Georgina is and I swear to God if this ever happened to her and I was there this convo would have escalated awhile ago.
- Man #2: (Mutters something about liberal women.) I turn back on my ipod.
- [What is wrong with people??? Why isn't it instinctual to give up your your seats to elderly people, injured people, and/or pregnant women? Am I missing something?]
“Relationships are hard. It’s like a full-time job, and we should treat
it like one. If your boyfriend or girlfriend wants to leave you, they
should give you two weeks’ notice. There should beseverance pay, and
before they leave you, they should have to find you a temp.” —Bob Ettinger
(via lickystickypickyme)
it like one. If your boyfriend or girlfriend wants to leave you, they
should give you two weeks’ notice. There should beseverance pay, and
before they leave you, they should have to find you a temp.” —Bob Ettinger
(via lickystickypickyme)
Only if you want to.
Pep Talk: You don’t have to be happy all the time. If you’re just not feeling it, that’s fine. It can be worth it to be relentlessly positive, but yeah, it can also be pretty fucking exhausting. So if today you’re feeling like, “fuck. everything.” you can indulge in whatever emotion you want. *It’s your life, fucker.*
Today remind yourself: Only if I want to.
*by Chona.
“I’m here to tell you that life can change in a very instant! Never in a million years could I have predicted this but I’m hanging on for dear life and taking it as it comes….life is meant to be experienced”
—
Eat, Live, Run - A Food Journal of a Baker with a Healthy Mission
True story.
What I Wore: En Route
WhatIWore:
When:
Sept 19, 2009What:
Trench: Zara
Tee: Cheap Monday (from the Weardrobe Conference)
Leggings (as pants!!!): Target
Booties: thriftedWhere:
NYC-DC-Cleveland-FTWWhy:
I wanted to be chic and comfortable and I really was. I also want to end this nonsense on whether or not leggings are pants. They have two legs and a waist opening. They are pants. Let’s not be so concerned with what other people are wearing!!! Remember when we were little and wore Burger King crowns and thought we were royalty and our mom’s weren’t all like “you’re not a princess because that is made of cardboard”!??! Remember? Wear what you want, call it what you want and make yourself happy. Once you follow your bliss, everything can happy. That’s when the real opportunity starts. So I wore my running pants as real pants. I threw on shades, a cool jacket and some stillettos. And I felt like a million dollars!!
First, let me say I think this is a fabulous flight outfit and I love the booties with the leggings and the trench. Jessica TOTALLY pulls it off.
Second, I LOVE the reasoning behind the wearing leggings as pants and wearing what you want, etc., etc.
But, because I’m weirdly passionate about this issue, I have to argue that two legs and a waist opening does not equal pants. Pantyhose have two legs and a waist opening and I better not see anyone walking around with only their sheer nylons on. That’s the problem with trying to wear leggings as pants - they don’t always offer the same (necessary) coverage as pants. Sometimes they look super hot. Sometimes they look a little too much like pantyhose - just without a dress or skirt to help the wearer leave anything to the imagination.
I’m not unequivocally opposed to wearing leggings as pants, a la Jessica, because sometimes, it just works. Not only works, but rocks, and in the comfiest way imaginable. But just because they might be serving as pants, they’re still leggings.
And no, I don’t know why I care so much that I just took five minutes out of my life - not for the first time - to argue the point b/c like the original post says, Wear What You Want!!
“Students are going about their business as normal,” said Dr. James Turner, the executive director of the department of student health at the University of Virginia. “They’re asking, ‘What’s the big deal?’ Some of them are aggravated. Those that are sick report feeling miserable. They recover uneventfully and go on.”
—
Students and H1N1 mingle on campus - CNN.com
It’s not like there are that many more precautions for H1N1 than for “regular” flu - it’s just a different strain.
Later in the story, Turner says students are at high risk because they “tend to socialize in large groups, frats, bars” and are “densely packed into parties which are all breeding grounds for infections.”
Ok. I’ll give him that.
But what the hell are people supposed to do? Voluntarily quarantine themselves and lead solitary, sanitary, hermetically-sealed lives?
Keep reminding people of the basics (which we should all be doing anyway) but stop trying to make this into a terrible emergency before it hits that point.
Wash your hands. Keep them to yourself. Don’t share drinks, cigarettes, lipstick. Don’t stop belieeeeeeving.
This is why I can't focus on work....
- Coworker 1: I have no qualms about kissing my dog.
- Coworker 2: Hell no. I let mine lick ice cream off my spoon.
Why Video Clips Bother Me
*Exception: Clips from The Daily Show, etc., or clips of sporting events I missed, or from The View, etc. when something scandalous happens live
…because I can read/skim/scan and get the relevant info and get the fuck on with my life way faster than anyone can explain it to me in a video that first must load and play pretty intro music/graphics.
I have too much to do to sit around and watch a video about the top fall trend or the number one must-have or must-do or the celebrity who _____. If it’s something that can be presented in a very straightforward manner, in print, quick & dirty, that’s the version I want. That’s all I have time for. Especially since my internet at home is really slow.
- Currently following 151 people. Awesome since that’s one of my lucky numbers. Irrelevant since some of them aren’t active and I’m not here much these days anyway.
- Red wine makes my tummy hurt. So I eat to try to soothe it and obvi it doesn’t work. Lose, lose.
- The majority of my problems with exhaustion, being sore & achy & headachey & overwhelmed, etc. etc. would probably disappear if I actually went to bed.
here's some things i've had to learn
- Don’t answer your phone if you do not recognize the number
- Start your days with a half a bagel and a tall glass of ice water. Then get your coffee.
- Walk as frequently as possible, especially when you don’t feel like it.
- Know who your enemies are.
- After 23, being “that girl” at a party is not cute. Again, drink a glass of water and shut the fuck up.
- Know your worth. Powerful women know what their rate is. If you lowball someone on your fee, they will pay you that fee AND think you are an idiot. Aim high. You can always readjust your rate later.
- Debt will not disappear if you ignore it. It gets worse and worse and worse and then you can’t buy a house some day when you have the money. Contact the people you owe money to and explain your situation. They are surprisingly willing to work with you.
- Cable television is a siphon on your life and your wallet.
- Walk with purpose at all times. If you look confident, people won’t ask you questions. This sometimes requires you to drink before you walk.
- Don’t be a nervous talker. Chitchat is for the playground.
- Learn to read people’s faces. It’s invaluable in social situations and the work place.
- You teach people how to treat you. I learned this from Oprah. If someone thinks they can push you around, react in a way that informs them they can’t.
- Say “yes” as frequently as possible.
- When in doubt, drink a glass of chardonnay over ice and take a quarter of a Xanax bar
