I’ve been resisting the urge for like a year now but I am not sure I can hold out much longer… Surely I can justify this somehow by using it in my wedding?
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Thu 10 Jan 2008
Last year was so much fun, we’re doing it again. Um… well not the whole year, but just one special part of it. In case you haven’t heard, the Be My Awesome Valentine Swap is back again! That’s right, crafty fun people from all over the world will be masterminding their own version of the Awesome Valentine and swapping it with other clever scamps. Doesn’t that sound like fun? Of course it does, and you should join us. Check out our Flickr group for more details and to chat with other swappers.
Schedule:
So what are you waiting for?
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Mon 7 Jan 2008
The One in Which I Wait for Peapod to Deliver My Groceries
Posted by Caryn under insane in the membrane , FoodBrought to you in IMasterpiece Theatre format:
Caryn: i think i’ve been stood up by the grocery people
Jamelah: bastards!
Caryn: i will be very upset
Caryn: but they are supposed to be here by 9:30
Jamelah: yeah it’s 9:30
Caryn: wah
Caryn: i feel crushed
Jamelah: is there anyone you can call and kill?
Caryn: damn people
Caryn: i hate people!!!!
Jamelah: me too
Caryn: and now i’m on hold
Jamelah: those bastards
Caryn: i’m still on hold
Caryn: and i’m very pathetic
Caryn: i keep thinking i hear something outside
Caryn: “it’s them!!!”
Caryn: no it’s not!
Caryn: i may get crymad
Jamelah: i think you should get the blowgun
Caryn: hahah ok some guy finally answered
Caryn: and looked up my account and he’s like “ok let’s see … ok your deliveryoh boy. let me see what’s going on here”
Caryn: now i’m back on hold
Caryn: i just didn’t want to have to go out and buy milk
Jamelah: damnation
Caryn: oy
Caryn: you know
Caryn: it’s always something
Caryn: apparently
Caryn: and i quote
Caryn: “the delivery guy’s truck broke down earlier in the day, so they had to call out a new truck and that’s pushed them back quite a bit”
Caryn: le sich
Caryn: um
Caryn: le SIGH
Caryn: but “they should be there within a half hour or so”
Caryn: LE SICH
Caryn: god DAMMIT
Caryn: hahahahah
Caryn: is that like german or something????
Caryn: anyway i’m like “erm, ok… but they’re coming tonight, right. because I need my milk in the morning.”
Caryn: and he’s like
Caryn: wait for it
Caryn: le sich.
Caryn: ok no just kidding
Caryn: i think he said “oh definitely, unless you can’t wait”
Caryn: i didn’t press him on what if i CAN’T WAIT
Jamelah: hahaha
Caryn: like i’d timed it out to order my groceries so they’d be delivered at the exact point of starving
Caryn: sadly
Caryn: my confession is this
Caryn: i do have dry milk and i’d totally use that instead of going to the store right now
Caryn: i am on strike!
Caryn: and now i’m back to peering through the blinds in desperation
Jamelah: i hate that stuff
Caryn: which, dry milk?
Caryn: or peering through your blinds in desperation?
Jamelah: dry milk, i mean
Jamelah: peering through the blinds is totally find
Caryn: hah
Jamelah: finE
Jamelah: goddammit
Caryn: and here i was so ready to be in love with them
Caryn: and now they’ve sort of soured it a bit
Caryn: now I”m worried I will start crying when they show up
Jamelah: maybe you should
Jamelah: that’ll show ‘em!
Caryn: can you imagine?
Caryn: “I thought you’d never get here!!!!”
Caryn: ripping into the bags
Caryn: I’m assuming they bring it in bags
Jamelah: what if it’s in boxes?
Caryn: then I will have a problem
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Thu 13 Dec 2007
These are my links for December 6th through December 12th:
- Create a Cookie e-Card - Want to decorate some holiday cookies but don’t have the time to bake them? Try creating a cookie e-card. For every one sent, Betty Crocker will donate $0.10 to Toys for Tots
- 101 Handmade Gift Ideas - Still need some last-minute gifts? May be time to get crafty…
- Sixeyes: The One And Only Christmas Mix - ??? Sixeyes MP3 Blog by Alan Williamson ??? -
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Wed 5 Dec 2007
- Grinch Name–Discover your true identity - Sincerely, Crabbymonster Smughead.
- Build-a-Bearville — PARENTS’ INFO - Smart. Smart. Smart. A strong growing brand adapting to the market. Let’s hope they keep the quaility up and follow best practices in this still developing landscape of online kid destinations.
- of Montreal - Something to Be Laughed At/Feminine Effects - I’m not sure why, but this new song from Of Montreal has me hooked.
- Report: Apple should kiss and make up with NBC…fast | Tech news blog - CNET News.com - Not … saying … a … word.
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Tue 4 Dec 2007
- Worst. Gifts. Ever. > A Horrifying iVillage Top 10 - Ok, I have seen some bad gifts, but these really deserve to be in the Bad Gift Hall of Fame.
- Unhappy? Self-Critical? Maybe You?re Just a Perfectionist - New York Times - Maybe so?
- Crayola Digi-Color - Ever want to just break out a box of crayons and go to work … maybe from your cubicle? Crayola has an online drawing tool that will let you test out burnt sienna as well as virtual colored pencils, markers and stamps. Then you can print it out and hang in your cube.
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Sun 2 Dec 2007
These are my links for December 2nd through December 3rd:
- Techmamas: TechMama’s Perspective: Kids, Parents and Use of Technology - Beth has some really great points here and links to some great resources for keeping kids safe online and gauging your little ones’ readiness for technology.
- In Japan Half The Top Selling Books Are Written On Mobile Phones - They’ve *got* to be better than these drippy literary hipster darlings.
- Everything Rachael Ray: It’s a Keeper: Ravioli Lasagna - Ok, so I know a lot of people can’t stand Rachael Ray. I am, however, not one of those people. And I really need to try this sometime soon. Right after I use up the frozen Stouffer’s lasagna I have in my freezer just for emergencies.
- Unclutterer » Gift Giving Guide - Some great online giving options plus meaningful but consumable gifts that won’t leave your family and friends trying to clean out their closet to find room for another juicer.
- Holiday 2007- LIMITED EDITION on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - Linda’s offering a special limited edition photo print — proceeds go to Heartly House, a program that provides safety, hope, and compassion to members of the community in need. Linda’s prints have an amazing magical quality to them and this year’s print
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Sat 1 Dec 2007
Fri 30 Nov 2007
Well here we are — November 30 — the finish line of National Blog Posting Month. It seemed pretty simple: post once every day. But it’s really not that easy. I can’t exactly explain why; for me it was even harder because I’m already a very sporadic blogger, but I wanted to take on this challenge to see if I could commit to writing something (however inane it might be) each day. The truth is, I’d like for this blog to be a better record of my thoughts and to be something that others would like to read. Unfortunately I’ve not always had a lot of time or focus to devote to it. I’m not sure if that will change now that I’ve completed this challenge, but it might. I think that I need to consider what I really want out of this outlet and then build from there. In any case, although right now I feel like I kind of hate blogging, it was sort of fun — if for no other reason it gave me a chance to say to Jamelah on more than one occasion: “I have nothing to write about.” or “I haven’t blogged yet.” or “I really hate November.” I wrote a missive about November last year and I think while much of it still holds true, I have to think about how much has changed in a year and what that means. I can only imagine what will happen by the time November rolls around again.
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Thu 29 Nov 2007
You know it’s a slow news day when one of the “top stories” is this
And yes, that also means I’ve pretty much run out of things to blog. Only one more day left for NaBloPoMo and I’ll have succeeded. At what, I’m not sure, but all I know is that as of tomorrow I’ll have blogged for 30 days straight and that has to count for something, right?
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Wed 28 Nov 2007
Sure, sometimes online overload can drive me crazy, but I also pick up a few good/funny/interesting/amazing things along the way.
– Do you love Indian food? I do — here’s a Dal Makhani recipe I found that looks really, really good.
– This is nothing new, but just more confirmation that Google is the devil.
– And we knew this all along, didn’t we? How Your Creepy Ex-Co-Workers Will Kill Facebook (or just about anything on the web)
– Picture it: Sicily 1947… Mental Floss brings us 7 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About The Golden Girls. I found this one particularly interesting: (more…)
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