February 2012
95 posts
Comic Book Men
The other night, Harold wanted to give Comic Book Men a try. As far as I can tell, this show is about the staff of a New Jersey comic book shop, who make nerd culture jokes and dick jokes. There are some funny moments, but a lot of the teasing is hard to watch because I’m pretty sure any character on the show’s staff would toss the other guys under a bus if Kevin Smith dared him. Sometimes...
radio silence, at least for awhile
oldtobegin:
feeling really sad about it. i’ve built a wonderful community of people here that i really don’t want to lose. lots of you i know i’d be in touch with anyway because we’re friends on facebook or through some other means, but there’s lots of people i only know tangentially, or only know here, that i’ll really miss. if you want to reach out, please do, i’ll check my askbox.
NO! You...
“About me:
I`m a senior at an accredited university. I currently host a blog...”
–
Intricate, Ambitious Writer Looking for Work (Raleigh Craig’s List Ad)
I have a wonderful southern boyfriend, so I won’t say anything snarky about this ad, the poster of the ad, or the local educational system.
My sister is visiting! Yay!
“I’m not saying drivers in India are insane… I’m just saying that they way they...”
– Mom, on traffic in India
Friends: Omg my boyfriend sent me the cutest message ever about how much he loves me.
Other friends: Omg this boy I like sent me an adorable message about how amazing he thinks I am.
Me: Sometimes people on Tumblr send me messages saying that they like my blog.
The Privacy Memorial
luckysipe:
I think I will choose today as the day to mourn the complete and total death of our individual privacy.
How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did
The thing is, it wasn’t stolen. WE gave it away willing for 15-35% off the cheap crap we buy.
I try not to worry about it. I am sure all these corporations with intimate knowledge of how I live my life only...
Extended Metaphor of Suck
Two game producers who I admire have both called their job “making the trains run on time”. They say this independently, I’m pretty sure these guys don’t know each other, and it’s a really good metaphor.
I’m good with a late train now and then. I’m ok when the train turns up on the wrong track, or promises to be an express when it’s really a local....
Unsure if premenstual or if today’s expected, unpleasant news means more to me than I’d thought. Do not want to eat salt-covered salt, but AM convinced I completely suck at life, so it could go either way.
this one's for the vacant: LOOK →
oldtobegin:
i don’t have a favorite albert ayler album because i’m an uncultured swine but nobody expects me to know a genre-defining jazz musician. THEY PROBABLY SHOULD but they don’t and i don’t see why the beatles are really any different
personally i think it would be great if music history was taught in schools, like they teach literature, but it isn’t, and this is what happens when...
“The police thought they were dealing with a potential kidnapping case. Turns out...”
– Valentine’s Day Bondage Role-Play Leads to Portland Couple’s Arrest
“The same is true of music and cinema,” he adds. “It seems that every movie is a...”
– ALAN MOORE ON WATCHMEN’S “TOXIC CLOUD” AND CREATIVITY V. BIG BUSINESS (via luckysipe)
Today I got a press announcement of a new Transformers toy based on the Transformers games based on the third Transformers movie which is a sequel to the second Transformers movie which is a sequel to the first...
Morning Crosschat
Meg: I just got a press pitch.
Roy: For my difficulty in sleeping?
Meg: at the end of it, the woman lists her credentials and ends with **oddly specific Chinese phrase**
Roy: Or is this a new topic?
Roy: Woah, thats just weird
Meg: I am going to write back that game pitched isn't a bit interesting, but her Mandarin is stunning and can we chat about any upcoming Chinese casual games instead?
Meg: no, that's a new topic, not your sleeping.
I'm starting my day by checking my email and narrating my email checking to you
Meg: aren't you lucky to have me as your friend?
Romance
oldtobegin:
abloodymess:
For our third anniversary next month Jess and I have decided to recreate our first date.
Beat Kitchen
Beer
Whiskey
Rock Music
Making Out In The Back Of A Cab.
i’m so excited about this
That sounds so nice! Hey, Harold, we should totally recreate our first date!
Awkward
Awkward
Awkward
Awkward
Making out on the street
““While I was away from my desk, a dozen roses arrived with no delivery name,...”
– Unclaimed Flowers | Simpson’s Paradox
Grumpy Goats →
1000 goat flingers, and counting.
Coworker: This can't work, I don't know what's supposed to be in R5 and what's in R6.
Meg: Did you get an email from me entitled "R5 and R6 breakdown"?
Coworker: Yes, but I didn't read it yet.
“And I’ll take 69 cents on the dollar, or whatever the current feminist...”
– Ann Coulter on feminism
Later, we went into one of the shops in Hogsmeade.
Harold: What do you think of this shirt?
Meg: But that’s a Hufflepuff shirt! Didn’t I tell you what’s wrong with Hufflepuffs?
Harold: Yeah, I guess you did, but I don’t know about all that. They seem just fine to me.
Passing HP Fan: Can’t really argue with the Sorting Hat, miss.