July 2008
I totally whole assed it tonight
I half-ass stuff all the time. If I put my whole ass into things, my potential to accomplish great things increases exponentially.
Right now, for example, I’m somehow standing upright at Mercury Lounge. I’m operating on very little sleep and am jetlagged out of my mind. I basically fell asleep in the cab ride over here, despite living a few blocks away. But I was determined to drag...
June 2008
Sometimes we believe that when we step through the doors of our workplace, we cease being ourselves and start being someone else’s employee. Though our employer may depend on us to perform certain tasks, the truth is that we never stop being ourselves. The commitment to being a conscious, empowered person of integrity doesn’t stop and start with a time clock. Our decision to be present for our own...
“Wall-E was OK, but I liked it better the first time, when it was called Short...”
– Lee
Since he’s not going to credit himself for this great joke, I’ll do it for him.
(via dalasverdugo)
This is one of my prouder moments.
When I walk down the street, I like to imagine how I’d introduce myself to people based on their appearance. So if I see a pretty girl walk by, I might go:
“Hellooooooooo girl wearing short shorts and a smile. Why don’t you put down that bag and go have a drink with me?”
Or:
“Hello man with a huge beard! You look like my father used to look like in those old...
Xobni →
noigetit:
soupsoup:
I’ve been able to transform my company with Xobni, I got everyone using it, since we’re all Outlook users here. It makes our jobs so much easier. Its basically your Inbox assistant, keeps track of the people you email, the documents you share, the conversations you have.
I am reblogging the mention of Xobni here. I couldn’t recommend it highly enough to everyone who uses...
I'll see you there?
As the wobbly-voiced singer of the alt-folk band Clem Snide, Eef Barzelay is best known for mewing about Nick Drake tapes and about playing cards in the backyard. His solo work is similarly bucolic, delivered via his trademark, vacillating pipes. (“Try not to sing the words/As if you’re mumbling in your sleep,” he cautions himself in “The Girls Don’t Care.”) With Shawn Fogel, Brian Bonz, and...
Eddie Izzard is funnier, smarter and better looking than everyone. We should all just give up.
An old dude points to Radio City Music Hall, looks at me and says: Judy Garland used to sing here.
Me (in my head): Old people!
Chapter One
I want to write a novel. The narrator is a hard-boiled detective. This is my first sentence:
She smelled of cigarettes, sweat, sex, a dunkin donuts cruller, motor oil and the subprime mortgage crisis.
Good start, right?
Dear Portland...
Dear Portland,
I’m waiting to fly back to New York right now for the red-eye. As I think back on the past few days we spent together, I thought about my expectations going in.
“It’ll be fun, probably!” I thought.
You were more than fun. You exceeded all my expectations. If you didn’t rain 9 months out of the year, I would move to be with you and we’d hang out...
I'm on board.
lfarm:
I just watched the first episode of The Wire at the relentless insistance of my friends and coworkers. And I’ve got to say, I came to this party late but I am HERE TO STAY.
Woo! You’re in for a treat! Soon Stringer Bell will be your favorite person in the world.
dalas (to his wife): You stole my beer and then tried to trick me!
me: I can't wait to get married.
Wall-E was so good! I do wonder what certain people (i.e. those who don’t care about the environment, their health or the well being of others) think of it.
Beverly Hills Chihuahua looks better though.
Death before dishonor
The Portland trams are on the honor system. There is no one collecting tickets for any of the trains when you enter or exit. Try to imagine that working in NYC.
Now imagine what the pigs would look like flying out of your ass.
Cliffnotes version of today in Oregon
Breakfast: awesome french toast, eggs and “sausage”
Hiked, looked at waterfalls
Lunch at a vegetarian non-profit Thai restaurant run by female Buddhist monks (it was great!)
Took the aerial tram and almost wet my pants at how scary it was
(photo credit)
Walking People
ianlee:
I thought we could tour the brewery but I still had a good time.
(photos by Sean)
Dalas and Lee
Me and Anja
Me and a Growler, thanks Sean.
These are from yesterday. Great shots, Ian!
Last night I went to Stevenson, Washington. I recommend visiting if you enjoy saying “wow” a lot while you look at the scenery. Pictures later!
Today I’m going hiking with dalas! Hiking, for those not in the know, is the opposite of being inside on your computer.
It’ll be a nice change of pace.
flirting
I’m watching an attractive couple flirt in my hotel lobby. You can tell they just met.
They laugh way too loudly at each others jokes. They talk about boring shit, but for some reason the stakes feel high.
You can feel the nervousness. The sexual tension.
Best of luck, kids.
Do you tip a hooker
malty:
Lee and I had lunch today and we came to a conflict of our conversation. I guess you could say hookers are in costumer service… So do you tip a hooker?
too much?
We tip for exemplary performance in every other service industry. Why not the people with one of the more difficult jobs out there? Yep, I said jobs.
Also, if you’re visiting Portland, go have lunch with her!...
So far, so good. We landed on time in Portland and I checked into the Ace Hotel.
How did I get here? The guy next to me on the plane offered me a ride right to my hotel. And I took it. And he didn’t try to murder me! How nice are the people out here? Very!
This hotel is amazing. I want the designer who did this room to make my life over in their image. Is that possible? Video soon.
...
I’m riding AirTrain right now en route to JFK. I’ll miss you, kind people on my dashboard, each day I’m gone. I look forward to seeing each and every one of you on Sunday when I get back!
Yipee!
t-minus 15 minutes...
mascarah:
…and I’m dropping the ax. I’m soooo nervous and I have no idea why. Breaking up is hard to do, no matter who/what you are breaking up with and even if you are excited about doing so.
Weird how that works. I bet you so many relationships perpetuate out of people being afraid to just cut the other person/job/entity loose. Or maybe I am the only one?
I can’t imagine how weird it...
Below is the auto-reply my clients will get from me when I’m out of the office. The truth is in parentheses.
Hello (I’m probably tipsy when you’re reading this),
I’ll be out of the office (yesyesyesyes) on vacation (in Portland where you can’t reach me!) from June 25 – June 27 (not long enough). I will be checking my email sporadically (I will not be reading your email....
What ever happened to Doug E. Doug? Just curious.
Like a scone, but tastier
Half the fun of taking a vacation is anticipating it. Right now I am safely and happily ensconced in this state.
Republican John McCain said on Monday if elected president he would challenge American experts to develop a futuristic battery to power cars and win a $300 million prize.
(via Reuters)
I bet initially McCain wanted to make the reward $100 and two Werthers Originals, but his advisors made him change it.
“I came in about four writers into the process. It’s kind of hard to write a...”
– Dan Harmon, on working as a writer on Kung Fu Panda. (via boringloser)
You hardly ever hear commentary like this! If I were you I’d read the whole post…
(via bikerfish)
Matt Lauer: Your 7 year old daughter is about to star in a movie "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" and happens to open against you on July 4th. Is it true that you told her "Sweetheart, I will stomp you."?
Will Smith: You know, I mean... yes.
I posted this as I was eating a steak and watching...
OK Kiehl’s, you win. Yes, walking into your store made me feel a little gay (one week ago my roommate and his boyfriend went on a shopping spree there), but it was worth it.
Using their shaving cream and aftershave balm together resulted in the smoothest shave I’ve had in a while. Most importantly, it was the best feeling I’ve ever had post-shave. Very little skin irritation and...
“…by the following year he had lost the primary but won her heart.”
– a New York Times reporter and not a 2nd grader, as you might believe
Seriously though, this story is f’ing insane. If this isn’t made into a movie starring Matthew McConaughey and Katherine Heigl as the star-crossed lovers, I’m going to be disappointed.
Wordsworth = Dr. Dre
Songs run through my head nonstop. It’s usually gangsta rap from the 90s (I watched a lot of MTV growing up) or lyrics that relate to something I’ve been thinking about.
Since they didn’t have much recorded music in the 1800s, I wonder if people back then had the same problem, but with poetry.
“Juan comes to St. Petersburg with news of the victory, and attracts the...
Me: I just saw an old white dude with a young Chinese girl on each arm walking down 7th Ave and I thought of you!
Cynthia: Do you mean 7th Ave, Thailand?
(That girl better start a damn tumblog already.)
flickr hlps u fl btr abt yrslf
Here’s a fun activity I like to do on Sunday mornings.
Go to flickr.
Look at people’s photostreams.
Determine if their lives are more exciting than yours. If they are: feel sorry for yourself.
If not: feel superior to them.
You can’t lose!*
*Feeling sorry for yourself is a great way to pass the time, in case you weren’t aware.
“I love to be surrounded by perfectionists, and part of the problem with...”
– Matthew Weiner, creator of Mad Men
(via nytimes)
I rounded down
I like that no one can see who follows my tumblog! It’s like a little secret between me and the 299,408 people who follow me.
_______ be _______
I wondered why I woke up with Ben Folds Five’s song Jane stuck in my head. I think my brain was reminding me of the new wallpaper I put up last night.
“jane be jane you’re better that way not when you’re trying imitating something you think you saw jane be jane and if sometimes that might drive them away let them stay there you don’t need them anyway”
Tomorrow it will be "if I didn't drink 5 mimosas...
I’d go to the gym tonight if I wasn’t so tired. Here, now you try it!
I’d go to the gym tonight if ____________.
See how much time I just saved you?