April 2010
83 posts
You're amazing but... I don't like crust.
I made pop tarts from scratch!
Watch out: they slide and ooze while baking.
But here’s the thing I didn’t think through: I don’t like crust. In fact, I made crustless pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving because I don’t like crust. There’s a lot of crust in pop tarts. And I made minis - theoretically a good idea because they’re small and manageable, but then...
You're amazing but... I hope you fly! UPDATE.
The short version: It didn’t really fly - it was off-balance.
The longer version: When I was in middle school and high school I was a perfectionist. Somewhere during my 8 years of college I lost those tendencies. It turns out kite-making is a fairly precise science and those tendencies (along with more research) would have been helpful.
Kite aerodynamics - how kites fly.
Making something...
You're amazing but... I hope you fly!
I made a kite I made a kite I made a kite! Happy kite dance! I hope I hope I hope it flies! (The one I made a couple years ago only gets up to about 4 feet, unless a huge gust comes along, then it makes it to 8. It’s more like walking a dog.)
It took about an hour, one hot glue stick, some bamboo shish-kabob skewers, some string, some paper, and some fabric, and some ribbon for the tail -...
Damien Jurado - Sarah
Since we have a new Damien...
You're amazing but... you're hard to catch.
Yesterday I caught up with 2 things:
Thing 1: Coujo - she just got back from a trip to California where she ran a super hilly half marathon!
and she brought back this for me(!):
Thing 2: The cupcake truck! Finally! And there were so many flavors, I just couldn’t decide, so I bought 5. Yup, 5. 1. Banana with Nutella icing 2. Lemon with strawberry cream cheese icing 3. Dulce de Leche ...
Coping mechanisms for poor grammar: the Alot. →
As one who is highly sensitive to grammar and gross language abbreviations, and as one who also frequently employs my imagination to cope with surroundings that would otherwise be unmanageable, this is so good!
(thanks Remmyonetime!)
You're amazing but... the glory days are over/just...
Life update: I quit my job. Story time:
When I was growing up we frequently watched The Little Giants - you know, one of those scraggly underdog kids make a team that wins and nerds and outcasts everywhere have some hope and self-respect movies. This one’s about peewee football, Rick Moranis played the know-nothing coach. And then comes Spike, the new kid in town - he’s an idiot and...
You're amazing but... watch where your phlegm is...
In Center City there is a homeless woman with short hair, limited teeth, and a bristly chin-beard who, from time to time, can be seen bent over with her hands on her knees, her legs spread apart at least shoulder width, hacking hacking hacking like it will be the end of her.
John Coplans - Hands on Knees
I have been known to adopt that position. That’s how I feel today - bristly...
Twin Sister - Lady Daydream (Cassette Version)
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You're amazing but... You're emotionally...
Question (perhaps a request for a post topic?): How do you tell that a guy is emotionally unavailable?
Thanks, Emily! Identifying that a guy is emotionally unavailable was surprisingly tricky at first, but after a while I began to see patterns (which might seem obvious when listed, but can be confusing in the moment).
(Please note: I am not trying to bash men or to suggest that all women are...
You're amazing but... How trustworthy is your... →
(Zoom in so you can see the names associated with each beard - it helps to explain why it’s trustworthy.)
John K. - First Things First
The friends from...
Your amazing butt: Bring back the bloomers.
Good idea: Cute dresses with short swirly-twirly-billowy skirts. Good idea: Using bike as transportation.
Bad idea: Using bike as transportation while wearing a cute dress with a short swirly-twirly-billowy skirt.
My friend walked across the street to the restaurant tonight and a dude in a passing van hollered, “BIG BOOBS!” She does have big boobs. She says, “Meh. You gotta be...
"Would Tyrannosaurus Rex Eat a Lawyer?" →
This American Life, Episode 38: Simulated Worlds
Dinosaur revisionist Jack Horner was technical advisor to Jurassic Park (in which a lawyer is eaten by a T-Rex) 3 years prior to a lecture he gave (in 1996) entitled “Would Tyrannosaurus Rex Eat a Lawyer” in which he theorizes that T-Rex was a scavenger rather than a predator.
The dinosaur section starts around 17:20 and discusses the...
Dirty Diamonds - The Right Direction
I know I...
“I’ve been reading your blog… I got heart palpitations and had to...”
– My Grandpa
My Grandpa ranks as perhaps my favorite person in the world. We share a love/weakness for donuts, ice cream, and dancing.
He almost had a heart attack when he found out that I drink. Now when I visit him we go out for happy hour every night.
But reading me quote the lyrics to...
You're amazing but... "He's just not that into...
Ginnifer Goodwin as Gigi in He’s Just Not That Into You.
Confession: I know the movie didn’t get good reviews, I know it’s not cinematically stellar, I know it’s a total chick flick, but I kind of really love He’s Just Not That Into You. And I’m pretty much totally (and embarrassingly) Gigi in real life: over-thinker spastic totally bad at reading signals...
“Sarah Barbary Dancer”
– I’ve been meeting lots of new people lately and making lots of new friends too. It’s kind of nice.
Last night I met up with a new friend (and new business partner) for dancing, and then met his dancing friends.
Part way through the night one of them said, “I like your style....
You're amazing but... would I really do it?
For the past 7 1/2 years I have been thinking about getting a microdermal throat piercing. You know, in the dip where the clavicles meet. The only one’s I’ve heard about have had difficulty with infections and it popping out. This is what has given me pause. But sometimes I find my self unconsciously fingering the dip where it would go.
(This one’s lower than I’m...
You're amazing but... worth only 20% of the award.
I submitted some poems for a contest at school in the fall.
Turns out one of them won first place. Turns out the prize is publication and $100. Turns out when I was finally awarded my prize tonight and I got outside and opened the envelope there was a single bill inside: $20.
Sad trombone noise: Mwuh Mwuh.
I guess it could have been worse, it could have been only $1. Or empty.
It was one of...
“[Wo]Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious.”
– Edgar Sattus [bracketed text is mine]
A friend spent 20 minutes searching the internet for this quote for me in response to my statement: “sometimes i hate that you always know what i’ll like.”
It’s true. It’s what I want but it makes me feel predictable and...
You're amazing but... you're so last Friday night.
So, you’re out dancing with some brand new friends.
Last week one of the guys was into you, but you quickly discovered (as is your pattern) that he’s emotionally unavailable. Trying to be good to yourself and learn some lessons, you called it friends. But if you’re honest, you’re still kind of into him.
This week the same guy is into the other girl you’re out with....
