December 2010
52 posts
Charlie Carillo: That's Why the Lady Was a Champ →
I like taking my daily commute photo, it reminds me to look around. Yesterday morning, I saw a couple sitting so close, talking softly and laughing loudly. I felt a bit odd taking a photo of them, what would I say? Id like to put your picture on the internet next to dirty snow and the blurry LAX sign?
So I didn’t, but today im sitting in their seat.
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Text from boss: Are you at the Starbucks again?
Text from Meg: Yes. Awesome runs on coffee.
My Cyberpunk Life →
With Benefits →
Almost as soon as I moved back north, I got into this… situation. I hesitate to call it a “relationship” because the other party made it pretty clear that I couldn’t make any demands. We’d see each…
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More Almost-Quotes From Work
Geek Squad guy came to the office today. My boss told me beforehand that was I NOT to go looking for a new boyfriend.
This is my life.
“A Positive Ending
Retail | Culver City, CA, USA
(A guest comes through my...”
– Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes » A Positive Ending
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Styling Our Video Game Characters in Real-World... →
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Quotes From Work
Damnit, boss, I’m a blogger, not a graphic designer!
“But what if gaming could be even more than another version of Facebook? What if...”
– “Call of Duty” – Newspaper of the Future? - Michael Humphrey - Techno-tainers - Forbes (via luckysipe)
I’m much more interested in the interactive fiction side of writing in games, but newsgames is an interesting concept.
in the fade: note to self →
inthefade:
Next time you’re on a plane and you’re reading Skymall and you make fun of that wee wee pad thing for dogs, the thing with the fake grass so dogs can do their business inside, and you laugh and say oh come on, who would need something like that, just take your damn dog for a walk, I want you to remember this night and this snowstorm, when you took your dog outside and shoveled a...
Why I Suck At Dating #3
Sometimes you meet a guy and you’re thinking he seems really great and wondering why he doesn’t have a girlfriend, and then he keeps talking and you realize “OH! THAT’S WHY!”
No Romans needed to explain Chinese blondes | Gene... →
“In the ER. 2nd degree burns. Drunken attempt to make gasoline scented candles.”
– Texts From Last Night
Why I Hate Talking To People, Part 4 of Infinity
Relative: Do you want some gross casserole?
Meg: No, thanks, I’m not really into that one.
Relative: Are you sure?
Meg: No, thanks.
Relative: Don’t you like it?
Meg: No, not really. I’m fine, thanks.
Relative: Oh, but it’s got stuff in it! Gross ingredients! Cooked together with things you like! Don’t you like gross ingredients?
Meg: No, seriously. Not...
#348 That moment near the holidays when there’s... →
I know, right!
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Simpson's Paradox » No Punchbacks →
How to impress a smalltime journalist:
“In the past week, I’ve talked to Forbes, LA Times, and you.”
(almost) quotes from work
“that city was made for me… you can smoke inside”
Halls Mouth (n): When a mentholated film forms...
inthefade:
see also, Ricola tongue.
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Why I Suck At Dating #2
Scep: So, a 3 hour phonecall, huh? Who was that? Meg: Bad Idea Name$
Scep: Gaming work or your male harem? Meg: And you’ve accurately pinpointed exactly why I call him Bad Idea Name$.
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…kept driving my car through the walls…
“what he was thinking I will never know. I could hardly have been more toxic at...”
– http://julia.typepad.com/julia/2010/12/a-story-in-search-of-a-moral.html
Still Life With Blogger →
Still Life With Blogger, by Simpson’s Paradox
Alternate title: Michael tries to run a live event. I get in the way.
From the blog Simpson’s Paradox, please comment here: …
“Being heartbroken is like having this really horrible freedom. You can be...”
– Florence Welch (via charlenekaye)
“It might be worth noting that Arthur Laurents invented a character called Baby...”
– Geeky and great musical theater quote from Stephen Sondheim’s new collected lyrics book FINISHING THE HAT. (via veganchameleon)
Saving The World With Games →
This is Jane McGonigal’s awesome TED talk about gameplay, problem solving and creativity. I’m mostly posting it for my dad, but I want everyone in the world…
Scep: Meggy, are you on MYSPACE?
Meg: I can explain! I’m just internet stalking a boy!
Scep: Oh, that’s alright then.
Next Island →
Please note that the Next Island bikini girl is no more.
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Why I Suck At Dating
“Yeah? Well, I have a 15-yr-old car AND I live in my friends’ study. I’m a catch.”
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Further quotes from work
Michael! I’m stuck! I lost my giant killer lizard!
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So then I had to use dragon blood…
“Hes the only one i know who can talk to a girl for an entire hour abuot the...”
– Texts From Last Night
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Work quotes
Boss: I don’t want you to meet some guy and move to LA.
Meg: laughs hysterically
“9. If you are female and heartbroken, simply visit a lake or a beach and stare...”
– Lets have a cocktail…: 10 simple life lessons, as learned from Cinema
At Least Once →
Some times I do things without thinking. (I know! You’re shocked! Me?!) Fortunately, I have friends and family who make sure I’ll never forget stupid things I’ve done. I’ve recently joined a D&D…
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Meg: Have you seen “how to bathe a cat”? Eric: I showed it to you. Meg: Stop laughing and shut up Eric!
