Archive for August, 2009

slugtastic

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Lately, for some reason, I am tired all the time. I could sleep all night, get up, take a mid-morning nap, and recover by sleeping away the afternoon. I’m like Ben Stein on downers…in slow motion.
And my lethargy makes for sparkling conversations with the perky, Red Bulled salespeople in the hallways and elevators at work. [...]

is this thing on?

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

I moderately enjoy Facebook as a means of finding people and staying in touch. It seems to be vastly more effective than the annual Christmas newsletter or birthday card. However, there’s something that has happened to me on Facebook several times, and I don’t know whether it’s just me. It goes something like this:
Person I [...]

maddening

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

My blog posts have been really specific lately. I guess I have a subconscious need to alienate my readers. Well, here I go again…
I am ridiculously infatuated with the AMC drama Mad Men. It’s brilliantly-written, well-acted, meticulously detail-oriented, and visually-stunning. When I became a fan, most people were like “What’s a Mad Men?” And now [...]

driving me crazy

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

I saw this study a couple of weeks ago, and it really is fascinating and validating all at once. I have lived in Irving for 15 months now, and since I hadn’t previously lived and drove in another big city for any extended period of time, I thought this was just how urbanites drove. I [...]