December 2010
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October 2010
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September 2010
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a ha
My friend Katie and I discussed our impending birthdays and soon-to-be-33-days and the cresting into our middle thirty days. After running through the mysterious increase in complexity that is drowning our lives (“But Nothing Has Changed Since We Were 26 and Yet Everything Feels Like More of a Pain in the Ass” was the refrain) and determining that we are far from the expectations of...
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Maybe...
my underwear were advertised as “invisible” because they’re designed to immediately ride up the ass and thus hide from view.
August 2010
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Grace Potter?
My friend and I stopped by the free Grace Potter show — Yes, I’m emphasizing the word free to preserve my dignity — and we went for selfish Potter related reasons, since my companion shares the name.
But it was not without its charms.
Foremost, I was pleased to see a black teen and his brother betray their race play some mean air guitar, along with the Nocturnals no less....
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But. I'm. Asian.
How is it that I bought my first MINIMIZER BRA??
This just makes no sense. I’ve lived in Beijing. I know that my chest is supposed to look like a serving plate.
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Things I learned from Facebook
A guy I knew in high school named Chris is now named ‘Chrys.’
I really am so glad that I didn’t marry the guy to whom I lost my virginity.
A woman I once adored is still adorable!
I’m deeply afraid of the past.
Stalking: not so interesting as one might think.
Baby photos: far more intriguing than I had imagined.
So the name has changed
But nothing is really different. No collaborators ever had the time to post, so there were no guests but me…
July 2010
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i can't say no to a triple dog dare (sorry mom)
Miss S. has just taken this game to the next level...
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K: who the hell tells their mom about their lady friend's blog?
that is courting trouble, heartache, pain, and embarassment
unless your mom is pamela anderson
me: she found me on facebook
decided to read sandychats
K: Jesus Mom. Chill out and go do a bong hit and get away from the computer
me: he & mom are just super close
K: uh huh
i've seen spanking the monkey
i get it
me: what?
K: www.imdb.com/title/tt0111252/
me: ewewewew
also, thus far
boy meets all the requirements
K: as long as he's not sleeping with mama, he sounds great
i dare you post that on sandy chats
me: double dare?
K: triple.
me: damn you.
K: i mean, unless you've SEEN them making out, it's possible that he meets that requirement as well.
(triple dog dare...)
me: 1. i hate that i can't say no to a dare.
2. i haven't met her, so who knows?
3. there is no telling where i'm going to end this when i post it.
The leak
Listening to the radio conversation about the 92,000 pages of documents on WikiLeaks (a terrible name for a purportedly subversive organization, or a subversively terrible name?) the host asks if “this sort of forced transparency ultimately good for the world?”
Um, hello NPR host. All transparency is forced.
Well that was a bad idea
I just ate a pound of cherries. I am courting disaster.
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Time & Life!
For the kick off of Mad Men season 4, it was nice to see Peggy not wear the ugliest mid-60s clothing ever made. And it was nice to see Roger and Don be all friendly-like, since it made me so sad to see them hate one another last season. And it was nice to see Don’s version of bottoming out after everyone in the world told him that they’ve always known he’s a lying,...
“I want to put my hands on those loaves of bread like a man puts his hands on a...”
– Katie U.
Sawadee Ka
Why are there half a dozen Thai restaurants within walking distance from Yale? Is fish sauce the magic that keeps Ivy League brains humming?
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WatchThe original Schweddy Weiner, courtesy of my better half
There’s nothing like the look on a child’s face…
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Frisson!
Direct deposit Thursday and, yes, the money is there.
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“Twitter is like the VHS of social networking sites. VHS sucked compared to...”
– George K
gabrieldunn asked: Hey Katie. :) I like Olivia Munn..Im not a fanboy or anything, but as far as cute chicks on tv..she's is at least personable and can read without struggling. That should count for something in the reality obsessed world we're in now. Right?
Hello Katie!
This message is from George Kiriyama, who is a great journalist out on the West Coast. No posts yet, but you should still follow him. georgekiriyama.tumblr.com
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Katie,
I was thinking of joining Tumblr a while ago, but never did. When I saw you pushing it, I said, “Okay, now’s the time!” I never really had my own blog before, so this will be an experience for sure!
The Study
For my work trip I’m staying at The Study at Yale, a hotel chosen for its relatively cheap rate and proximity to downtown New Haven. Its particular boutique hotel gimmick is Ivy League Nostalgia, and it takes great pains to remind visitors of the great times they had just two blocks away and many years ago.
Thanks to all the sleek Swede decor, it really does have the warm feel of a college...
Complaint #658
whitewhine:
Remember when “I’m at the Ritz Carlton” meant “luxury experience” and not “who put a chandelier and some Baroque art up in this ghetto Sheraton Four Points?”
-Whine by Brian
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Munn-ster
God decided to have five random people ask me what I think of Olivia Munn, which is weird because I don’t really think of her very often… or at all. And I’m not sure why anyone would solicit my opinion unless they think that our shared asianness (she being half, me being half-hearted) has some meaning, or they think there’s an unspoken connection between asian women with...
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Well well well. What do we have here...
I’m making dinner for a friend who watches cycling and we’re both working on our respective projects.
There’s no other explanation. I’m a yuppie. A New York City yuppie. Worse yet… a Manhattan yuppies.
I am my teenage nightmare, albeit a nightmare formulated before I knew what it meant to pay my own bills and have student loans, but a nightmare nonetheless.
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Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Trotskyist...
Hey hey! So I also submitted my writing samples as per the chat between G and SL below, and hey, whaddya know... most of my stuff also came up as "David Foster Wallace," which, lets face it, is 1) a little boring and 2) not true.
It's like going to karaoke night and being told that your singing style most resembles Gloria Gaynor. Perhaps, I thought, DFW is the only option on the site and no matter what you submit the big guy's gonna come up.
So then I put in an old resume and was told that my writing style most resembles DAN BROWN, which maybe is like being told that my karaoke singing style most resembles that of Joe Cocker.
After a couple more tries and more "I write like David Foster Wallace", I finally hit paydirt with "I write like Cory Doctorow," who can be found here on Wikipedia for all those, like me, who had no idea who the eff he is. A science fiction writing, tech blogging megadork. Now THAT is more like it.
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G: Ive been submitting a bunch of writing samples to this silly thing that analyzes your writing style and tells you which author you write most like. I get David Foster Wallace about 90% of the time...
now I have to read his shit and make sure i like him
me: ha ha ha
i saw that and avoided
G: http://iwl.me/
me: oh no thanks
G: lol
me: i like my style as undetermined first person ranting
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Hecho en Chelsea
I made tacos for dinner and dare I say it, they’re really effing delicious.
I make superior tacos.
Of course, it’s relative. In Mexico these tacos would neither prevent nor provoke divorce. In LA they’re still amateur time. But in VT, they’re effing award winning south of the border cuisine. And in my neck of Manhattan (where no amount of illegal Mexican house servants...
This world just keeps getting whiter
Alannis Morisette is filed under R&B and Soul at Borders.
In the elevator: Bergdorf Goodman edition
Lady: I love your t-shirt.
Me: Thank you!
Lady: Is it Dior?
Me: It's from Forever21.
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Remember when...
And then remember when Ben Lee dated Claire Danes and it was certain that a very special group of indie planets had aligned themselves to create a panic?
Perhaps even a Manic Panic?
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A few questions about my trip from CT...
Would it be rude if I ate a Pepe’s clam (and garlic) pizza pie before getting on the train to New York? Yeah. It would be pretty effing rude. And would it be even more rude if I saved a couple of slices for the road since I was in such a hugeass hurry? Sure I shoved four slices down quick like (with birch beer) at the restaurant, but the remaining four had to be consumed AT THE TRAIN STATION...
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Photos from a sex doll factory →
meaghano:
syntheticpubes:
Enjoy your nightmares, kids!
OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDDD
“The vignetting doesn’t help, either,” —Matt
ed: excuse me everyone please look at this.