I am from the middle of fucking Iowa.

2009

December
November
October
September
August
July 3
June
May 1
April 6
March 16
February 17
January 21

2008

December 19
November 29
October
September 3
August 44
July 31
June 58
May 55
April 49
March 18
February 23
January
TN: Tommy when I first met you I thought you were mentally retarded.
Tommy: Yeah, I get that a lot.
Apr 29th

Tommy is special...

The first time I met my friend Tommy he was coming out of a gas station bathroom: 6’2”,...
Apr 29th

Anyone know a wealthy, NYC apartment...

isthisit: I am totally down with having things bequeathed to me.
Apr 28th
“Art is why I get up in the morning, but my definition ends...”
— Ani Difranco
Apr 28th

School's (almost) out for summer...

Currently writing a paper on “preventive, developmental, and psychotherapeutic intervention...
Apr 28th
“Just saw baby mama and so I was calling to say that I hope...”
— My dear friend AMB
Apr 28th

Jill Bolte Taylor

villagevegan: David Nichtern told me about this video. Its a fascinating story about a brain...
Apr 28th
Dinner from Pagliais! (I got a new camera so this was...
Apr 27th

I am addicted to ebay

On average I bid on one thing a day on ebay.  Since I usually bid so low I have no chance of...
Apr 25th

My advertising professor would've given...

Does anyone else find the botox commercial with the song “express yourself” a tad bit...
Apr 25th

Analyze this Freud

Last night I had a dream that Holly from the girls next door was choosing “the other”...
Apr 25th
See, Des Moines is funky...
Apr 24th
I like Des Moines for a lot of reasons, but the biggest one...
Apr 24th
Listen Listen
vaivoda: Ryan Shaw - We Got Love Today’s shower sing-a-long. If this ain’t a feel good song,...
Apr 24th
Today, post pathetic parallel parking job I was leisurely...
Apr 22nd
This week of beautiful weather combined with the realization...
Apr 22nd
“Mind your children or they will be given an espresso and a...”
— On the wall of the coffee shop...
Apr 22nd
Apr 22nd
The famous to-do list book.  I got it from old navy for 90...
Apr 21st

Instropective Satur- and Sunday, back by...

Reading this provided a much needed break from my paper about the tantalizing topic of the...
Apr 21st
I got this little tree from Urban Outfitters and keep my...
Apr 21st
My new (and admittedly amateur) painting for my kitchen.
Apr 21st
The 99th Annual Drake Relays begin in 3 days, 21 hours, 27...
Apr 20th
“We were all feeling a bit shagged and fagged and fashed, it...”
— Alex DeLarge (via simko)
Apr 20th
These brave writers actually tried on Heidi...
Apr 20th
My classmate is hilarious...
Apr 17th
“I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my...”
— Anais Nin
Apr 17th

I'm a fat kid at heart

Today I ate at the lovely, little Uprise Bakery. I had an unlikely choice for me, the Turkey Curry...
Apr 17th

I love days when my biggest question is:...

That’s not today.  Or ever really.
Apr 17th

OoOoOprah

ER: What's on Oprah today?
Me: Maria Schriver. She wrote some book.
ER: What's the title? "How to look like an alien"
CR: Look! If we put it in slow motion you can actually see her face move.
(Just for the record - I happen to like the woman and will probably read the book)
Apr 17th

Blue, songs are like tattoos, you know...

This Friday I am attending a “blue jean ball” where I have to give a speech to people...
Apr 16th
missmeyer: “Bravo announced plans to increase its...
Apr 16th
This is for all of you with extra money to...
Apr 16th
Warch Watch
A documentary on the Austrian designer Stefan Sagmeister.  The title of his exhibit (because it is...
Apr 15th
I finally have the soundtrack for Once, the fabulous movie...
Apr 14th
Listen Listen
I don’t know you But I want you All the more for that Words fall through me And always fool me...
Apr 14th

One down, two to go

(Paper’s that is - all due in the next 36 hours, none of which I started before this morning) ...
Apr 14th
How frugal...
Apr 14th
Listen Listen
Some Aaron Neville as background for some good old paper writing.  I’ve always loved this song...
Apr 14th
“I am Jessica Schroeder. New Yorker, Hoosier, Lover, Fighter....”
— http://lovepuppy.tumblr.com/
Apr 13th
Jessica Schroederis cool.  She has two blogs. On the one I...
Apr 13th
“Insight is the mental habit of asking penetrating questions...”
— Wolin & Wolin, 1993, p.71...
Apr 13th
What a drag...
Apr 11th
“You are educated when you have the ability to listen to...”
— Robert Frost (via birdgirl)
Apr 11th
From The New Yorker, which my dad has had a subscription to...
Apr 11th
Rachel Ray, I may be from the middle of Iowa but even I know...
Apr 10th
“Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to...”
— Thomas Jefferson
Apr 7th
I am visiting the lovely little city of Charlottesville,...
Apr 5th
Here I am at my last indoor race.
Apr 1st