May 2012
3 posts
John: Do you want us to give you a wake-up call tomorrow?
Me: No
John: Ok
Gawd, you wake up late and miss one flight in the past, and your family will never let it go.
April 2012
13 posts
“Don’t try to be great. Being great involves luck and other circumstances beyond...”
– What They Don’t Tell You at Graduation - WSJ.com (via highlow)
Also, #7:
Your parents don’t want what is best for you. They want what is good for you, which isn’t always the same thing. There is a natural instinct to protect our children from risk and discomfort, and therefore to urge...
A phone conversation with a 4-yo
Me: Whatchya doin’?
Jackson: We riding in car watermelon so yummy and sweet
Me: Are you eating watermelon? In the car?
Jackson: I like carrots because they’re are sooooooo crunchy!!! Hahmee [unintelligible unintelligible] train carrots you think sooooo watermelon. Hahmee rides train same one you New York train
Me: …did you go to basketball practice, Jackson? Did you make any...
1 tag
When someone asks: "Aren't you supposed to be on a...
whatshouldwecallme:
BEYONCÉ'S TUMBLR IS LIVE Y'ALL →
popculturebrain:
So I’m guessing no one cracked the password?
Also, this is the greatest day for the #Celebs tag.
well this is certainly exciting
March 2012
13 posts
“As long as I can remember I have cared about the timbre, the phrasing of a...”
– Adrienne Rich, Paris Review 3/2/11
2 tags
“We actually started having family dinners, where my grandfather would say...”
– Talk about high-expectations Asian (grand)father, eesh.
[Cooking School Spreads Immigrants’ Skills and Ethnic Recipes, NPR]
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A reference guide to people who leave comments to...
I probably pay more attention to comments than I should. I’m not quite sure why I still read them. More than half of the time, I get annoyed, but I just…can’t…stop. At least with recipes, I can claim that I peruse the comments because I’m looking for helpful tips or suggestions, especially when there is an ingredient or two called for in the recipe that I don’t...
File this under unnecessary: Yet another reason to... →
February 2012
10 posts
1 tag
2 tags
January 2012
5 posts
Watchhighlow:
annamarie:
Here is a clip from my boyfriend, John Mulaney’s standup special airing on Comedy Central on January 28th at 10pm. He will make you laugh, so watch it!
I was in the audience — listen for my laugh.
I was there, too!
December 2011
7 posts
1 tag
