January 2010
70 posts
December 2009
37 posts
Last night Jessica’s bachan (grandma, in Japanese) told us about her two years in Manzanar, the internment camp a couple hours north of Los Angeles where she was sent for two years during World War 2. She said she doesn’t like talking about it much— not because it’s too painful, but because people get chafed when she tells them what a good time she had there. She made best...
Free Mosquito Ringtones →
jordanreid:
Yet another fascinating thing I learned while in Ohio for Thanksgiving: there is apparently a website that provides kids with ringtones outside the audible range of hearing for most people over the age of 30 (the eardrum and inner ear become less active as you age, making it more difficult to hear high-frequency sounds). This means that you can receive phone calls in class without...
Wherefore out thou, Shiloh?
I’m at a kindergarten Christmas pageant right now. I’m leafing through the program. It lists all the 5 year olds in the school. I remember going to kindergarten with Michaels and Jennifers and Johnathand and Brians. This school has none. But they do have: Beckham, Cheyne, Finnegan, Siena, Magnus, Cruz, Finn, Conan, Dax, Ashton, Peyton, Jakub, Campbelle, Avery, Hatton and Weston. I...
My Netflix Queue
1. A Star is Born
2. In America
3. The Bridge
4. Up
5. Sugar
6. Let the Right One In
7. Deliver Us From Evil
8. Jonestown
9. Murderball
10. The Squid and the Whale
11. The Incredibles
12. Spellbound
13. Kramer vs Kramer
14. Terms of Endearment
15. Hannah and her Sisters
16. Rachel Getting Married
17. Margot at the Wedding
18. Junebug
19. You Can Count on Me
20. Rain Man
21....
Yes. 1000x YES.
Muse and the Silversun Pickups are playing MSG in March. Neil is peeing his pants and so am I.
Shannon Lambert - Woman of Worth
gloriahawa:
scarydan:
Remember how a month or so ago I was asking for your help and support to vote for Shannon Lambert as this year’s L’Oreal Woman of Worth?
Well, I’m here to thank all of you who voted and reblogged. She just tweeted that she won, which means an extra $25k and a boosted media profile for her organisation, Pandora’s Project, which provides support and resources for survivors...
WatchDEA recruits Lil Wayne to clean up Mexico’s drug problem. (The Onion)
College bball fanatics.
Email me. I want to write about your devotion. Seriously.
molly.knight@gmail.com
ckck:
“Just Like Heaven” by The Cure.
...
Might as well jump.
I am an independent contractor. No company gives me health insurance. However, I am fortunate enough to be able to pay for my own plan through the Freelancers Union. I don’t get sick or injured often and I am, for the most part, blessed with a well and able body.
I just got an email saying my health insurance monthly bill will increase by 21% in 2010. I am used to health insurance rates...
“Maybe it’s just that I’m older and (hopefully) wiser than the characters and...”
– Ka3rning, on a brilliant post analyzing the Twilight series according to the National Domestic Violence hotline’s signs you may be in an abusive relationship. (via crumbler)
—(Ed note: BUT HE NEVER BITES HER, Casey!)