February 2012
4 posts
twenty-five
at 25…
i’m the woman looking forward to cooking for myself and cleaning my home with the windows and patio doors open, “sex and the city” playing (muted) on the television while Jewel sings me lullabies.
given the chance, i will wait in line for three hours to goofily smile at my favorite songwriter — AND THEN GET IN LINE AGAIN hoping that the next chance at 45...
email threads i don't want to forget
Good morning! I hope everything is going good. Are the kiddos* behaving? How’s everything going? Any floods? Jk. How are you? How’s class? Has the package for S arrived back home yet? If it has, I need to talk to you, [blah blah blah]. Also, [some person I know did something she didn’t want some people to know she did so she used our address]. Since I won’t be...
October 2011
5 posts
a chorus line -- only not actually
from what i can tell, i should love the ballet. i’ve never been. i’m putting this on my to-do list for “before 26”. one year, one month, and three-ish weeks. i think i can do it.
dying
papa angel died in january in dallas. uncle alex died last month in los angeles. uncle richard is dying in houston. uncle greg just escaped death in memphis. dad has been hospitalized twice since may.
i send prayer requests every time i get word of something like this. i count on my girls to pray for healing and peace. i count on them to pray for the repose of souls. each time, though, it...
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking...”
– Steve Jobs (via allisonweiss)
September 2011
1 post
July 2011
1 post
Independence Day, 2011
Today was nothing I thought it would be and that’s usually the best. Everything I thought I would do, I didn’t.
Even my go-with-the-flow approach was structured and planned - though I spent most of the day thinking I was being amazingly uncharacteristic. Showers, a face mask, moisturizing without pants (shoutout to Sarah on that one) - it was all nice but not what would, realistically...
June 2011
2 posts
ALLISONW.COM - Home of Allison Weiss: Monday, June... →
robinmbrowne:
let me tell you a tale of horror and despair. it begins yesterday around noon, when my roommate and i woke up and made our way to greenpoint for brunch. whether the result of a gypsy curse, e. coli, or a hangover, i started feeling queasy shortly after finishing a meal that, in…
May 2011
5 posts
what she said
the other day a twitter user i follow posted something to the effect of:
you know when it feels like a hundred ninjas went to town on your heart all at once? yeah. that.
and you know what? i know that feeling. i’ve had it before. and i empathized. and i wanted to wish it away for her, even though we’ve never met and we’re not technically friends. i wanted to wish it away from...
March 2011
5 posts
For Japan With Love →
“The initial goal was to make $5000, in order to send 5 boxes. The current total is over $30k. Let’s get it even higher – let’s send 100 boxes to Japan!”
“We would much rather you spend a little bit extra money for something that you...”
– Stacy London
February 2011
25 posts
[Citation Needed]: Citation Needed Podcast -... →
citationneeded:
Download episode 1 here
We have some exciting news: your favorite tumblr assemblage of crappy wikipedia prose is now a podcast! That’s right, the Citation Needed Podcast debuts today!
Since we rarely offer up commentary on the entries we post here, (preferring that they stand alone like the…
January 2011
43 posts
