July 2010
60 posts
“So after you left, Benjamin looked at me and said, ‘Aunt Beca....”
– Haley
“And no, I don’t love Facebook more than you … I love poking more.”
Everything big and important is happening right...
Me: Bah. I'm sorry. I'm playing a game right now called "I Clearly Can't Get Motivated to Do Anything Right Now and My Legs Have Awful Circulation."
Dad: I think you're winning.
scarbroughfair:
my followers are dropping like flies.
jeeze
-3 in 3 days.
Me too! I’m sorry for disliking Inception, guys! Wow.
“Yeah, OK, now I am reflecting on the whole ‘I sleep with my cat closed out...”
– Gwynedd whilst commiserating with me re: living alone in old houses and the ensuing poltergeist phobia
Joel: I'm going to Korea in a week. Should be pretty funny.
Me: Why is that funny?
Joel: Because I'm poor and when poor people travel, humor ensues.
“‘How perfect your day can be if you think positively.’ Well,...”
– Granny, reading her Dove chocolate’s foil wrapper’s inspirational quote. It’s just another Sunday evening at the Grimm household.
“Are you a thief, rapist, child-molester, murderer, drug-dealer, fugitive or some...”
– Thanks to the customer reviews on apartmentratings.com, I’ve stumbled upon a perfect fit, folks.
“So what have you been doing with your days, besides interviewing pantsless?”
– Katt
“But I don’t take any notice because I don’t listen to what other...”
– Christopher Boone from Mark Haddon’s “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time”
I have never been so nervous on the phone before.
I literally paced the entirety of my parents’ home for the whole 20 minutes connected just north.
But I continued to wear no pants so I felt like I knew something the other side of the phone didn’t. I’m unsure if this actually ended up helping.
Me: ... so I thought I could maybe write that. Just one more story. You know, since I'm not really doing anything right now.
Daisy: Hahaaaaa. You're so your dad.
Me: What?
Daisy: You can't just sit there either. You have to keep busy -- be doing something.
Me: ...
Watch“Hard as Nails” by Peter Wolf Crier
This is a duo Joel hipped me to. They are from Minneapolis and on Jagjaguwar.
I went to Minneapolis on Thursday, their airport only, actually. It was really big with a lot of sort of yuppie-outdoorsy retails stores.
I walked around with a big cup of coffee, exploring the pressed carpeted floors, the first steps I’d taken on American soil in...
“Leopard Thighs” by Phillip Oskar...
