January 2012
“I’m trying to start a Twitter rumor where Melissa Joan Hart is a Christian...”
– exceptionalgayhousewives
no grapes for old ladies
I’m trying to do the Filipino thing and be eating grapes at midnight but the Jewel on Broadway near Berwyn would had no suitable grapes. So I bought cherries instead. Hope my pinoy points don’t get yanked for this.
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“There is a very specific amount of booze, that, if I drink it, I feel so pretty.”
– My lovely wife, just now. (via themattsmith)
(and on that note, Happy New Year!)
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December 2011
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a lovely way to end the year
manicure
pedicure
lunch at Falafill
reading more of “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Benedict Cumberbatch replies to me - TWICE - on Twitter and he seems so nice (follow him! his Twitter handle is @mrcumberbatch)
Martin Freeman (@mrmartinfreeman) joins Twitter
update: Martin replies to me on Twitter
Of course, these accounts might be run by their publicists (or whoever does...
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“…Mildred, gentle in person but persistent on paper, wrote pleading letters...”
– The Case of Loving v. Bigotry
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my week with Marilyn or tinker tailor soldier spy...
lotus09:
jasmined:
Oh who am I kidding. I’m totally going to see TTSS again.
How was Shame?
Shame was pretty damn depressing. I have never watched someone like Michael Fassbender’s Brandon, who was so clearly in agony and with no idea as to how to make it stop.
(This is probably the point where inappropriate me would make a Shame supercut of all of Michael Fassbender’s sex...
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daniel sinker: Hacker-Journalism 2011: A year of... →
sinker:
It has been exciting to be both a witness to and a participant in the growing movement towards open web development in journalism. 2011 is one of those years that it’s amazing to sit back, here on one of its last days, and look back at just how much has been accomplished.
There was incredible…
Just got home from Leah’s awesome eve of the eve party (liquor & latkes!)...
my week with Marilyn or tinker tailor soldier spy...
Oh who am I kidding. I’m totally going to see TTSS again.
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“I prefer females to emails.”
– Peter Capaldi as Dr. Pilfrey, “Fortysomething”
(terrible line but i had to laugh)
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watching 'Fortysomething' because who can sleep?
cute cast but I could really do without Edwin
also Laura
and Lucy
speaking of those two, they really prefer Daniel over Rory?
idiots - Rory’s adorable
Stephen Fry makes an awesome fishmonger
i love the Slippery house but if I were Estelle I’d have demanded my own bathroom ages ago
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today in spinsterdom
* eye checkup, where doctor bugged me to get married
* solo lunch at Longman & Eagle, where I had a cocktail with my chicken & waffle
* slight Asian flush on bus to my next adventure…
* the Art Institute, where I will sit in the members lounge and drink tea
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“This is not class warfare. It’s math.”
– Obama (via aatombomb)
This kind of sums up 2011 in America for me.
(via soupsoup)
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“The White House’s social media campaign to increase public pressure on House...”
– Obama makes statement on Twitter and at White House for #40dollars campaign on payroll tax cut (via ryking)
(The #40dollars Storify page is worth checking out, I think.)
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USA.gov: Tips for Traveling Abroad →
usagov:
By the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs
We all know that the holiday season is peak travel time. Although airports will be crowded, that doesn’t have to ruin your holiday travel experience. Whether you are packing your bags for the sunny beaches of the Caribbean or headed…
Another credit card tip - tell your bank(s) when and where you will be going. If you...
I just discovered a 1-question test to help me...
thatwhitebitch:
Did you also want to be a Fly Girl on “In Living Color”?
Yes. Also - I wanted to be the Asian lady dancer successor to Carrie Ann Inaba.
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“Arun’s has always been a pretty serious place, but a lightly battered red...”
– Arun’s in Albany Park: The Accidental Masterpiece - Chicago magazine
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grown lady wants grown lady things
brother: you just want a dog
brother: and maybe a piggle
me: i want dogs, pigs, penguins, ducks, otters, puffins, maybe a few chickens
me: a donkey
me: some muppets