February 2009
39 posts
The Devil Wears Prada
Emily: I will take care of all of that. You will go to Calvin Klein. Andrea: Uh, me? Emily: Oh I’m sorry, do you have some prior commitment? Some hideous skirt convention you have to go to?
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
“A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become...”
– Ingrid Bergman
“A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”
– Coco Chanel
“I think mother nature is on drugs.”
– Merissa Lee Daborn on snowfall in late February, a week after it was nice enough to tan.
Today has been a really great day. Dance practice was amazing, I went for a run AND I actually got major procrastinations items done!
Just got offered a job at The Brick - We were there to get them to return the sofa mom’s friend bought & became allergic to. (They agreed.)
Of ice cream floats, home videos, workout dvds, kitchens & two person comedy acts: http://tinyurl.com/b5un7g
“You cannot abide where you do not currently reside.”
– Pastor Royce Odiyar on John 15
“Don’t work on being good—work on being connected [to God].”
– Royce Odiyar, pastor
“I’m attracted to only one type of guy: the wrong one.”
“Keep your vision strong. Set your own standards and set them high. This is your...”
– (via merissalee)
“That’s the risk you take if you change: that people you’ve been involved with...”
– Lisa Alther (via merissalee)
I did some de-antisocializing last night! Inner Chanel couldn’t be more proud. Time for a repeat tonight at the running club.
I haven’t touched school in nearly a month. This is bad.
Rejection x 3
Me: “What’s wrong with you?”
Mom: “I’m depressed.”
Me: “Ugh. Where’s the dog?”
Mom: “Winkey isn’t here?”
Me: “I guess he doesn’t want to be around you right now.”
[Small annoying talk for five minutes, mostly consists of her asking annoying questions about my life.]
Mom: “Why are you going out...
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(via wildx)
“We are all faced with innumerable opportunities brilliantly disguised as...”
– Chuck Swindoll
TONIGHT: Snowball Classic at the Sheraton Wall... →
I AM SO EXCITEEEEED. There will be IDSF competitors from all over the world competing. I’ve been looking forward to this for months!
The dancer's curse
“So how often do you practice [for dance]?”
“Well, we’ve got a competition coming up in just over a month, so like every evening we’re both free; usually 2-3 times a week.”
“You must be single.”
“What was your first clue?”
At Starbucks with my Macbook Pro. Five minutes here and someone comments on it. I FEEL SO TRENDY! (It’s his first time here, too.)
“We’re all a little weird. And life’s a little weird. And when we find someone...”
– (via leightsy)
Them bros always be tryin to slip me up
Brother: “So i’ll put a donate button on my website, a donate button to paypal.”
Me: “And you think people are going donate?”
Brother: “Of course they will. They will want to support me as a blogger!”
Me: (echos) “A blogger!”
Brother: “A warrior!”
Me: (echos) “A warrior!”
Brother: “A man!”
Me: (echos)...
“Watching you walk out of my life does not make me bitter or cynical about love....”
– Javan
“You’re my exception.”
– Movie, “He’s just not that into you”
Spent the afternoon doing online quizzes (math, geography, etc) as a family on our HDTV. We’re all apparently not smarter than a 5th grader.
Did anyone else see the full moon’s halo last night? So magnificent! It’s an optical phenomenon: http://tinyurl.com/253ufa
I’m finally out of this anti-social hermit crab phase. It feels like I see the world completely differently!
“I’m just wait for Steve to turn me on.”
– Royce, waiting for Steve to turn on his lapel mic. 