February 2012
7 posts
Top five regrets of the dying
nevver:
I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.
I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
I wish that I had let myself be happier.
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Full disclosure
I watch Jane by Design on ABC Family. It’s like Devil Wears Prada for the high school set.
Playlist: Almost Familiar . Pretty Lights
In the mood for...
to eat healthy….
Dinner du jour is a seafood stew (salmon and fresh clams) with bok choy, oyster mushrooms, and green onion in a chicken/clam/miso broth. Served over vermicelli noodles. I’m eating this with a can of Coke on the side.
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…color.
I...
January 2012
11 posts
Craving
Spaetzle, from smitten kitchen
After eating spaetzle for the first time in a few years over the weekend, i’m obsessed. I think i’m going to try to make my own.
Between moving in, Gatsby being sick, and both myself and Jinu being incredibly busy at work (it’s almost 9:30pm and he’s not back home yet, second night in a row) life seems to be moving quickly. It felt a little...
Update.
I’m on a wind down from a whirlwind few weeks. Getting the house painted, moving in, and workload is picking up. On top of all that the puppy is sick. Not just any sick, but hemolytic anemia which is an autoimmune disease, meaning his white blood cells were attacking his healthy red blood cells. Depressed, lethargic, pale puppy—took about half a week to really figure out what’s...
Paint Chip Hell Pt. 2
I’m am literally cowering in fear from the paint swatch book. Get it away from me!
When moving into a new house and faced with the dilemma of “oh my gawd this paint color makes me angry” (see a couple posts ago) it’s even more daunting to pick a paint color for the majority of your living space (main room, upstairs and downstairs hallway, entry) because it all blends...
Home Cooking for Breakfast
I’ve been dabbling in the breakfast territory for a few months which is new for a reformed non-breakfast eater. Now that i’m used to it, my stomach protests when I don’t give it food in the morning. In general, my digestive system doesn’t do so well in the morning anyways so I can’t eat anything too heavy.
So i’ve tried a few different solutions for breakfast:
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Oh yeah. About that house...
Yes, I bought and moved into a new house recently with my fiance. It can be classified as large and it’s probably the nicest place i’ll ever live in…not a bad thing. We bought it with future life event planning in mind so you know, we’ll grow into the space.
I get a lot of “Damn, your place is huge!” and to me that is annoying. Yes, I know the space is big...
2011 and beyond.
(Obligatory retroperspective post)
2011 was a big year for me. New job. Engaged. New house. New family members. It’s almost embarrassing how well I was treated this year. It’s a bit excessive.
And that’s what i’m getting at. 2011 was also a year full of whining, mainly “WAH, I want a new job!” and feeling under appreciative and under appreciated. My typical...
December 2011
2 posts
“It means that the future leaders of your country…are gonna be people that...”
– via ShitMyDadSays
Tomboy Style
Girly girl, I am not but I am most definitely a girl.
Middle School / High School / College consisted of Dr. Martens boots, Converse All Stars, clean lines and t-shirts. I was not the most desirable little being out there, competing with boobs that I wish I had and curvy figures that I didn’t have. I was not putting myself out there to compete with the hoochies (sorry, but this was...
November 2011
3 posts
Riddle me this...
How do you deal with a condescending doctor?
Today, I went to go see a GI specialist that my primary care doctor referred me to for my stomach issues. Feeling optimistic that maybe i’ll FINALLY get a start to figuring out what is going on with my stomach all these years.
But I was so disappointed.
From the get go he’s a bit of an ass. I described symptoms that have been going on for...
October 2011
2 posts
The State of Face...
is pretty crap right now.
Let me warn you that this post is beauty-centric so stop reading now if you just don’t care.
About 4-5 years ago, living in Arizona with probably too much time on my hands, I got heavily into the natural skincare world. I converted completely almost overnight after devouring all I could about what’s good for the skin and what’s wrecking it. I’m...
Steve Job's Stanford Commencement Address
I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories.
The first story is about connecting the dots.
I dropped out of Reed...
September 2011
15 posts
A Perspective
Enjoying the last bit of the season before Autumn completely takes over. Made it out to Cleveland Botanical Gardens for RIPE Fest. Food vendors and farmer’s markets galore. Since we went right after lunch we weren’t too hungry but did end up with fig-hazelnut gelato and some of the best kettle corn i’ve ever had. Really nice time with a really nice day to boot. It was my first...
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NYC
Labor Day weekend I went to visit my brothers in Connecticut which really means we spent all our time in New York City. Per usual. My littlest brother, E, just moved there for a new job at the same company where my older brother works. Like a good big sister, I decided to check in a week after his move to make sure he’s happy and what not. He is. Hooray!
This time around, the trip was...
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09/11/01 - 09/11/11
We must recognise that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity. That the happiness of one person or nation is the happiness of humanity.
Under the bright sun, many of us are gathered together with different languages, different styles of dress, even different faiths. However, all of us are the same in being humans, and we all uniquely have the...
The secrets of french girls →
yes, because we americans are still obsessed with the french je ne sais quoi
on being a newb
Happy September everybody! Seems like Mother Nature is strict in Ohio and enforces the summer to end on Labor Day. Nights are cool and chilly and the days are slowly catching up with the night.
I’ve had a bit of time to digest the current situation. If you haven’t noticed, July became the BEST MONTH EVER and I got a brand new shiny job which so far I am liking but it’s also...
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August 2011
12 posts
I feel somewhat compelled to apologize for my absence of any real posts beyond a reblog but honestly I feel like i’ve been swept away with life, which is probably a good thing, not enough time to blog :D
The other side of me says that I don’t need to apologize. It’s my own blog therefore my own space to cultivate or neglect! :P
For the long weekend, i’ll be visiting NYC...
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Egads, new kid jitters. I start my new job tomorrow and i’m fussing over what to wear.
We Date At the Level of Our Self-Esteem
This question popped up in one of the forums that I read on a regular basis. The first thought that came to my mind was actually a comment that was said to me after my first relationship ended from a female cousin of mine.
“You shouldn’t date guys who are more attractive. I’m not surprised that he cheated on you.”
Uh. What? Wow. Thanks. Thanks cousin for reminding me not...
Never leave me alone and idle.
Another post about material stuff I want?!
While searching around the internet for interesting and unique, wedding bands (a wedding blog post to come) I found a few pieces of jewelry that I would like to covet. Jewelry is hard for me since I have a damned nickel allergy that i’m realizing is slowly worsening as I get older. Drat. But then it just forces me to buy investment pieces rather...