February 2012
10 posts
Me: Harper, do you think we’re going to be good friends when you’re older?
Harper: Let me whisper something to you.
She comes over and leans into my ear.
Harper: (whispering) I’m going to marry you.
Me: (laughing) You can’t marry me. I’m your mother. And I’m married to your father.
Harper: Nooo. You adopted that guy!
Me: I adopted him??
Harper: I...
“In my opinion the best thing you can you do is find a person who loves you for...”
– Juno (via myquotelibrary)
This has worked out very well for me.
Harper's quotes of the week
Every moment that we haven’t done yet is the future. I’M IN THE FUTURE! I’m in the future that we haven’t done yet!
Oh mom, I forgot to tell you. I like boys better than girls. Except you. I like you better than boys.
(at least 20 times a day): Mama, I’m Captain Barnacle and I’m not feeling well, okay?
Cheryl Strayed is maybe my favorite author. I just stumbled on this essay she wrote about being a mother and a writer, which obviously is in my wheelhouse. Read the whole piece, but here is a snippet:
“My mother never met her grandson. She died young, when I was twenty-two and she was forty-five, and her death has been my life’s greatest sorrow. Before I had my son, every time I made a...
January 2012
26 posts
Happy birthday to me (and Oprah)!
Woke up, got Nutella french toast served to me in bed by Brett and two very adorable children, opened presents (Brett made me a bunch of extremely cute bow ties that I want to wear all at once), Clyde recited all the cars from Cars a few times to me and before going downstairs stopped, put his hand in my face and said, “I love you. I love you, mom. Kiss?” Gave me a kiss (Harper had...
The Format—Oceans
I drove up the coast to...
I’m watching Ricky Schroeder on Mortified and he has cried literally every five minutes without exaggeration. At first I thought, “How sweet! He’s not afraid to be vulnerable!” But then I realized he needs to get hooked up with a good psychiatrist and get on some meds immediately. I mean, seriously. Quickly.
Jen Kirkman - comedian: What I Would Have Said... →
jenkirkman:
**I wrote this last night but was shy about publishing it. But I feel good about it today. Please forgive any grammar or spelling errors. I’m not the best editor. ** - Jen Kirkman
I was supposed to talk to the Larry Mantle show on NPR this week. They wanted to talk to me about the recent…
This is perfect and also made me miss Kurt Cobain.
Stuff My Friends Made: The Ro-Co Review →
stuffmyfriendsmade:
Dudes. There are a lot of podcasts out there. To quote my friend JOHN SILVER (@BlueLanugo on Twitter), “If there are only 7 billion people in the world, how come there are over 9 billion podcasts? I think some people are doing more than one.”
With podcasts too numerous to sift and sort…
I agree with this review.
So just this year I started really liking nail polish DON’T FALL ASLEEP IT GETS BETTER, and in so doing I stumbled across this hilariously insane woman, Lynderella, who makes amazing nail polish. Who knew that the stereotype of “genius artist = crazy person” could possibly hold true for a nail polish designer, but it really does. This is some really good nail polish, guys. I...
What I took from the Golden Globes, aside from the...
Me: Why do you think George Clooney always picks these vapid, boring women? I’ll tell you, because they are beards. I don’t think he’s gay though, I think that George Clooney would be fine with being gay. I think that he probably has some weird, fucked up proclivities. Like, he likes to be hung up from the rafters and whipped or something. He uses a ball gag and just gets...
Russell Brand on WTF was amay-zang (sorry). It’s like sitting in on a therapy session, and I love therapy! And he’s a vegetarian and meditates and talks about meditation, so the only question is why he was with Katy Perry in the first place. I’m not talking about her music (although I’m also not not talking about it), she just seems like the exact opposite of him. ...
I am self conscious of getting all gushy about Brett on here SO I WON’T, howevs, I will say that I love not only that he’s on pinterest and fills it with things he loves (motorcycles, tattoos, tools probably—I don’t know, I’m guessing) but he also started a board just for me—things my wife should rock—and can I just say IT’S THE MOST AWESOME BOARD...
“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station...”
– Opening sentence of David Copperfield by: Charles Dickens, 1849. (via alltheloveintheuniverse)
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.
Because if you are making...”
– This made me tear up, because Brett sent it to me after a discussion we had about how I’ve been drawing lately and I’m doing it in spite of feeling like I don’t have an innate talent for it. That feeling has stopped me from doing it more, but this quote is propelling me forward. ...
FDA finally admits chicken meat contains cancer →
If you eat meat, eat organic!
“One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things.” - John Burroughs.
December 2011
43 posts
“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do...”
– Pablo Picasso (via dobetternow)
Autocorrect really wants me to look like a weirdo to my friend Carla, and only my friend Carla, for some odd reason.
It tried to tell her, “my son probed me wrong” instead of proved, and, “I hope your sister is soiling you!” instead of spoiling you.
I mean, gross.
WEIRDEST CONVERSATION I’VE HAD IN AWHILE:
Me: Do you validate?
Pharamicist clerk: Only for the first 20 minutes. But you can buy 20 minute validation stamps for $2.00 each.
Me: But it only costs $1.20 every 20 minutes to park here.
PC: Yeah.
Me: That’s more than it would cost for me to just pay for the ticket without validation.
PC: Yeah.
Me: That doesn’t make any...
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because i couldn’t have said it better myself.
“So this year, I am going to relax about the time tables. I have the love of my life and hilarious beautiful creative children surrounding me, and they keep me magnetized and pulled close to them, and so if that means that it’s going to take longer to get to where I want to be, that’s fine. I am getting there with good...
“Other bands, it’s about sex. Or pain. Or some fantasy. But The Beatles, they...”
– Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (via atomos)
Jessica Lea Mayfield - Little Toy Trains
