March 2012
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ho-hum
I’ve been feeling really down lately, and here is the thing about it that really sucks: I know (I know) that I will feel totally happy and back to my regular self in just a few days. I know how I work, I know how feeling sad goes for me. But it’s so hard to just think, “OK, just get through this.” You know? Like the thought of having to feel sad and also do all my usual...
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pinterest is weird
I just got a notification that one of my mom’s friends is following me, and then realized that her daughter also has pinterest now. She was bff with my sister and me when we were homeschooled… and now she’s married, with a baby.
I’m kind of used to people from high school being all old and married, because I’m from a small town, and there’s not really anything...
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What do you do when you feel boring?
Not bored, just boring. Lately I’ve been feeling a bit off, and it makes me a bit more introverted than usual. People ask me what’s new, and I shrug and don’t really know what to say. Today at lunch my friend was like, “Well I guess we’ve run out of things to say!” and I know it was a joke, but also I kinda wasn’t bothering to talk at all?
Blerg! It...
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"As my father would say, you have the lower lip of...
File under: the super hick thing my bf said to cheer me up as I pouted about not feeling well.
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It is making me CRY that Jack Layton is going to...
I can’t decide if this is extreme political nerdiness or just PMS.
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“Ugh, fine, don’t read it. I just thought you’d care since it’s...”
– Last night my (fairly drunk) boyfriend was upset that I refused to read an article about prostitution laws in Canada on his teensy blackberry screen.
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LAMOB! will totally change your life
I have been making my bed every day this month for LAMOB! and it has genuinely really improved my life. Frequently in university, my bed would be completely covered in books, pyjamas, dirty socks, clean laundry, various food wrappers AND my laptop. In order to sleep, I would push some stuff out of the way so I had about 1/3 of a bed to sleep on (it’s kind of a blessing I was single that...
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I am afraid of being one of those gushy people
I keep shying away from posting too much about that boy, partially because I never want to be one of those people who talks endlessly about her boyfriend, but also mostly because I think to myself, “It’ll be weird to read it later if we break up.”
….. UGH. I mean, there’s being pragmatic and realistic, and then there is straight-up being pessimistic. That is what...
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Sunday evenings just don't bum me out as much as...
I guess this is that whole “happy” feeling people talk about?
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more favourite things
secondhand compliments (“my friend said you seemed really smart!”)
happy moms with cute babies on the subway
people who do excellent Katharine Hepburn impressions (“I’m just so heppe!”)
garlic naan
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Ask Metafilter: Help me bring back my sparkle! →
“I think I’m suffering from the winter blues. For the past few weeks, I’ve been crabby and easily frustrated - possibly some SAD, or hormonal, or work-stress related. I just feel … “blech.” You know? My hair looks dull, my skin looks dull, my back is hurting and my posture is poor, I feel out of touch with my muscles/body …”
UGH YES TO ALL THESE...
The single life: Some people never find the love... →
A really lovely Washington Post piece about how people treat older singles like there’s something wrong with them.
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my favourite things
• getting to have a cheese plate and various dips at Bar Volo for dinner
• that’s it, really
• I am very easy to please
• this does not need to be a list
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Wild Geese
You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the...
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the best things that the crazy folks of Toronto...
“Haaaaappy birthday Mark!”
(I am not Mark! Nor is it my birthday!)
”You shouldn’t be crossing when the light isn’t green. CITIZENS’ ARREST!”
(I was with my mom at the time and she leaned over and said, “My, some people in Toronto are obnoxious!” and I was like, “Uh, I think he’s just crazy.”)
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“I simultaneously feel like I am thriving and floundering. I’ve heard this is...”
– Cassie’s confession today made me feel so much better about the way I view my life.
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One partial explanation for the gender wage gap →
Ladies of Tumblr! You really need to read this Reddit about salary negotiation. It’s a skill I really need to learn myself. It makes me awkward just thinking about doing it, but it is also so so necessary!
