February 2012
23 posts
Pet Peeve of the Week: One-Uppers
One-uppers HAVE to say something more impressive, or outlandish, or even unrelated to the topic at hand… just so long as they get the spotlight back on themselves. If you pay attention, you can actually see them squirming in their seats and approaching a near-panicked state when they’re dying to regain control of a conversation by way of a comment that’s sure to blow...
“Not only that, but I think the use of parmigiano is a radical departure from...”
– main reason why chow.com is too intense for me
geodude:
georje:
I’m hoping for a good six inches tomorrow
and I’m not talking about snow
me: bleh
Garrett: bleh bleh bleh
2: 48 PM bob loblaw law blog
me: lol
7 minutes
Garrett: I can't wait for that movie to come out
me: if it ever does
5 minutes
Garrett: supposedly they are working on it
me: we're all working on something
Garrett: thu
me: don't "thu" me
me: if you can't appreciate my segue from the arrested development movie to an overarching existential question, then you can't appreciate me
me: bleh
Garrett: bleh bleh bleh
2: 48 PM bob loblaw law blog
me: lol
7 minutes
Garrett: I can't wait for that movie to come out
me: if it ever does
5 minutes
Garrett: supposedly they are working on it
me: we're all working on something
Garrett: thu
me: don't "thu" me
3: 08 PM if you can't appreciate my segue from the arrested development movie to an overarching existential question, then you can't appreciate me
January 2012
35 posts
“Then, one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into...”
– Neil Gaiman (via likesirensinthenight)
“My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.”
– Rumi (via stellarexplosion)
“We all need someone to look at us. we can be divided into four categories...”
– Milan Kundera (via black-wolves)
the world: hey man we've got some really serious problems like global warming and mass economic failure and riots and genocide and aids and cancer and your healthcare system is shit so maybe we should get to work
us government: sit down i have to stop people from sharing things online
“Cynics are, in the end, only idealists with awkwardly high standards.”
– Alain de Botton, (Status Anxiety)
“You will always have some excuse not to live your life.”
– Chuck Palahniuk (via bambiguts)
