December 2010
45 posts
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding...”
– Carl Jung
“Will the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’”
– Isaiah 45:9
“I’m shakin’ the dust of this crummy little town off my feet and I’m gonna see...”
– Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Christmas Eve: Work 4 to midnight.
Christmas Day: Work 4 to midnight.
New Year’s Eve: Work 7 to midnight.
Happy holidaaayyyss!
Being single during Christmas at church....
One of the most popular Stuff Christians Like posts of all time was #550. Surviving church as a single. But recently, a friend who is single came to town for the holidays and I realized I had missed whole chunks of awkwardness in describing the bottomless joy that is “Being single during Christmas at church.”
So instead of simply remixing an old post, I decided to create a holiday-focused...
Walking outside…
Rebekah: *looks to the sky* What’s that sound?
Mary: An A-bomb?
Rebekah: Great, I just got to the point where I thought I looked decent for the day, and now my face is gonna melt off.
“I saw this wino, he was eating grapes. I was like, “Dude, you have to...”
– Mitch Hedberg
20 Untranslatable Words from Around the World →
youmightfindyourself:
1. Toska
Russian – Vladmir Nabokov describes it best: “No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes,...
“…unless you want to lose your man to a mentally ill ginger-pygmy with eyes...”
– Sue Sylvester
“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I...”
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Two Movie Reviews. In a nutshell.
On Thursday, Mary and I decided to celebrate the completion of her last final by going to dinner and seeing a movie.
Can I just say…this was (as I’ve described it to many friends since) an absolute train wreck. A train wreck full of sequins, bad wigs, and that face that singers make when they’re really into their song. But I enjoyed it immensely. You can’t help but...
Probably the hardest decision we'll have to make...
Mary: “Do you want just plain mac n’ cheese, or the Toy Story mac n’ cheese with some chicken nuggets?”
…I love Christmas break.
Be jealous of my life.
Last Friday: Went to school, came back, went immediately to work till midnight.
Saturday and Sunday: Would have loved to hang out with Barat, but had to work 4 to midnight both days.
Monday: Arose, school from 8-5 (this includes transit), went immediately to work until midnight.
Tuesday (today): Wake up to calls from co-worker asking me to come in early. Work from 3 to midnight.
Wednesday...
I am far too excited about this for it to be healthy.
I’m sorry, but changing your Facebook profile picture isn’t doing jack crap for abused kids.
Barat: What if that’s what your honeymoon was? What if your husband took you to a dinosaur-themed place with dinosaurs and random dinosaur eggs laying around? What would you even do?
Me: ….love him forever?
So glad that Mary and I both have phones now, so...
Mary: I just wanted you to know that you ARE as good-looking as a mailbox.
Me: …I hate you.
Mary: That was a compliment, you ungrateful toady!
Me: But you said I’m as good looking as a mailbox. That’s not a compliment, you foul-faced harpy!
Mary: I just wanted you to know that you are at least as good-looking as a mailbox. I just didn’t mention that you have possibly...