August 2008
35 posts
“… and those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could...”
– Nietzsche
A Goal
I just read the scariest quote ever:
“You reach a point,” she wrote me once, “where you cannot cry anymore, and you look around you at people your own age, and they’re not crying either. Something has been taken. And they are emptier. And they are grateful.” — Lorrie Moore, “What is Seized” from Self-Help: Stories
If I EVER feel this way, that will be the end of the end. I would rather go...
“Say you have shot four bison, eleven rabbits, and Bambi’s mom. Say your...”
– Sloane Crosley on the 90s computer game “Oregon Trail” in her book of essays, I Was Told There’d Be Cake
My Dear Readers, It would make me supremely happy if each and every one of you would take a few more minutes of sweet hump day procrastination to go onto StyleCaster.com to pre-register for our super-duper exciting October ’08 launch. Love, Me
“At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don’t keep other...”
– Meredith Grey (yes, I am quoting Grey’s Anatomy. And you know you like it. Shut up.)
Love and Marriage
Me: So i had this really traumatic incident where this guy was hitting on me all night and then his friend let it slip that he was married. And now he won't stop texting me. Literally about 15 texts b/w friday night and now. Wtf?! I hate gross married men--it makes me never want to get married.
Laney: OK. Yes, they exist. But this guy sounds insane.
Me: Yeah he's pretty crazy. Second crazy married guy in the space of three months.
Laney: And no we should not be with guys that go out in NYC on Friday nights. Shady.
Me: Hahahahaha. Totally. At least not during the summer. And def not when they're 40.
Laney: I swear I'm moving to a farm when I get married.
Me: Haha.
Laney: I'm not joking.
Me: SERIOUS.
