August 2008
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July 2008
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“Intro” from Animal Crossing: Wild...
“Character, then, isn’t what we think it is or, rather, what we want it to...”
– From Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point
COOLEST SHIRTS EVER!
I'm not a big shopper but...
I’d collect slip-ons if I were to ever splurge. But I can’t decide what to get! So I’m just waiting it out til I either make up my mind or don’t buy anything at all. Can you help me out?
“We’re addicted to consumption. Our economy is built on firms whose very purpose...”
– Umair Haque of Harvard Business
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“Valerie Remix feat. Amy Winehouse” by...
“Exercising self-control can deplete your brain’s decisionmaking muscle. ...”
– From the Scientific American
J.K. Rowling's commencement speech at Harvard →
My dad forwarded this to me in an e-mail, so I almost didn’t read it, thinking it was another stupid chain letter. But I’m glad I did. And you’ll be glad you did too.
“Do you have a ‘to do’ list? Do you also have a ‘stop doing’ list? Most of us...”
– A good idea from the book Good to Great
Talking about a marriage proposal
RJ: She shouldn't have said yes in the first place.
Me: Hey, I can't blame her. I'd take anything on the Eiffel Tower.
Camille: ...Except in the butt.
Watch your language
(RJ punches me in the stomach.)
Me: FUCK!
Camille: Whoa, you cuss now?
RJ: Actually, he cusses a lot now.
Camille: Really...
(A few minutes later, we walk by a store.)
RJ: I feel like I've been here before. ...Oh yeah! I was here with ______.
Camille: I FUCKING HATE THAT BITCH!!!
75 things to do before you die →
Inspired me to make my own bucket list.
“Bella Donna” by the Avett Brothers
...
TO BE OR NOT TO BE (MARRIED)
A friend once said something to me that has stuck with me many years later. She said, “I don’t know if I’m going to get married or not, but I know I am going to have the happiest life I can either way.” And that’s the key really. You should focus on having the best and most enjoyable life you can whether you get married or not.
I read that quote from this...
Lo and behold! My blog is interactive!
SHORT STORY
You can finally comment on my blog entries!
You can give entries a thumbs up or thumbs down!
I made some minor changes to my blog design!
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When I first moved my blog to Tumblr, I kind of liked that people couldn’t leave comments. It kept things clean and simple. But that didn’t stop some of you from sending blog comments through e-mail or Facebook. ...
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Malibu-style beach house in Thailand
“To succeed in your career, you need more than the skills that you got in school...”
– The last paragraph from the must-read article “How to Be a Leader in Your Field”
“I Adore You” by Melpo Mene
A gentle...
“Because people often seek to define themselves based on what makes them unique,...”
– From the article “How Effective Framing Can Make Your Message More Persuasive”
David Lee Roth is the quotemaster. Here are some of my favs:
I’m a family-oriented guy. I’ve personally started four or five this year already.
The perfect woman has an IQ of 150, wants to make love until 4 in the morning, and then turns into a pizza.
It’s not who wants to sleep with you; it’s who wants to sleep with you again.
When I die, sprinkle my ashes over the...
Berna's blog →
My friend Berna is a fucking fantastic blogger. She writes with a unique sass and wit that makes me consider linking to every single post. So I decided to just link her entire blog and tell you to bookmark it. Do yourself a favor. Or actually, do your future progeny a favor. Cause I have a theory that reading her blog actually strengthens genes and lengthens lifespans
I had sex with my brother but I don't feel guilty →
An anonymous article by a woman who slept with her sibling for years, and doesn’t regret it. A provocative read, to be sure, but I think I agree with a Digg commenter who remarked:
I think any consensual relationship is completely harmless.
Especially if they’re close in age.
“Paint a Face” by Neil Halstead
I...
I usually don't post on Thursdays but...
I’m also usually not blown away by a movie experience. So today I’m posting things related to the Dark Knight. I saw an early pre-screening last night in IMAX, and I want you to know that it was amazing. It managed to exceed the hype, and Ledger is at least going to get an Oscar nomination if he doesn’t outright win it.
“One time he and another actor were shooting a complex scene. We had two days to...”
– From Christopher Nolan’s moving tribute to Heath Ledger
“If you found the percentage of billionaires and multiply that by the percentage...”
– from a fun article called Why Batman could exist — but not for long
Before the Dark Knight screening...
Charlene: I haven't been this excited for a movie since I found out Robert Downey Jr. was gonna be in Robocop.
Jason: Wait, they're making a Robocop movie?
Jason: Wait, you've already seen the new Robocop movie?
Jason: Wait, are you talking about Iron Man??
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The group picture from the Dark Knight screening
“Little Twig” by Neil Halstead
I...
