September 2009
“Come and show me another city with lifted head singing
so proud to be...”
– Carl Sandburg, “Chicago”
(I just really love this poem - sorry, the 14 year old version of me has taken over Tumbling tonight)
“[Rachael] Ray and [Guy] Fieri are the culinary versions of marijuana, the food...”
– Michael Nagrant - “Grub Street’s State of the Food Union” responses - full transcript [Hungry Magazine - All Things Tasty]
August 2009
What am I doing New Year's Eve?
I have some ideas and invitations for this year. Yes, I know it’s only August (well, tomorrow brings September), but I need to start this early when the airfare is involved.
Options are as follows:
home (aka Chicago): This will most likely involve New Year’s Eve and/or New Year’s Day hanging with friends, drinking some, eating tons, and playing board games.
home (New York...
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Ol’ Dirty Bastard, “Don’t Go...
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“Not doing social media because you don’t want people saying bad things about...”
– @joeschmitt, and he would have tweeted it, but it’s just too damn long. (via joeschmitt)
(It’s funny because it’s true.)
Love this song, especially this line:
Lyrics are...
"I'm moving to downtown Chicago for school. Any... →
From Straight Dope Chicago (I ♥ Cecil Adams1). I think this is pretty sound advice for anyone moving to or just visiting Chicago. Personally, though, I prefer visiting the Baha’i House of Worship with a car.
“Now honies play me close like butter played toast”
– Notorious B.I.G., “Juicy” (aka one of my favorite songs ever)
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humpty dumpty
I write another post about my Tumblarity falling and what happens? It falls another 3 points. I think the Tumblr folks are out to get me.
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listening to "T Rex - Jeepster" →
Favorite lyric from this song: “The way you flip your hip it always makes me weak.” Perfection.
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tumbling down
I noticed that my Tumblarity dropped 7 points, but only after I started following Will Leitch.
Coincidence?
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"a strange poetry"
August 29, 2009
In case you were wondering where I was today.
My friend Mike invited me to a meeting/workshop with Chicago journalists and bloggers to talk about working towards sustainability for local and niche blogs. It was great to talk to other folks about this. Also, we had Giordano’s pizza - delicious.
Afterwards, I met Nite at Urban Belly - second lunch! Squash & bacon dumplings,...
listening to "Daniel Johnston - True Love Will... →
Good night, everybody.
Pinturas de castas
[By] the eighteenth century the ethnic situation had grown so complex, and it was so difficult in practice to tell by appearance what an individual’s parentage was, that only a few basic terms for castas were used in practice. The paintings, illustrating as they do many subcategories, therefore represent a sort of theory of ethnic mixing. They also show some intriguing details of the...
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Okay so Cats have won
Ugh. I’m bitter as hell.
Did you all not see the Paula Abdul video I posted? Dancing cartoon cat! Terrible.
I am a sore shark loser.
johncabrera:
I’m not at all bitter. We fought a good fight. And so did they. Even if there was a tiny bit of cheating going on. At several points throughout the battle, I did notice some sexy vampires floating through the cats stream… I’m just saying.
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every time my tumblarity falls...
I wonder
was it something I said?
was it because I liked too many posts?
was it because I re-blog too many cute guys?
was it because I didn’t re-blog enough?
Tumblarity, you are a harsh, harsh thing, and I’d hate you more if I wasn’t obsessed with how you do (or do not) work.
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“When John Cho was a kid growing up in Los Angeles, seeing a face like his on TV...”
– THE CHO SHOW [GQ]
[It’s true. We do all do that. My mother still calls me if she sees someone on TV she even thinks might be part Filipino, just so I can look it up for her.]