June 2009
47 posts
At night when I can’t sleep, I go out on my balcony. The silence of the apartment complex and the hum of the airport in the distance and of Interstate 77 puts me in a wonderful trance. If only the planes flying the red-eye from Charlotte to O’Hare and the trucks hauling containers from Savannah to Statesville knew how therapeutic they were.
Sleep deprivation can be poetic.
“As they say, life is like a San Franciscan Cable Car: it starts a little creaky...”
– Cabel Sasser (www.cabel.name)
two years ago, I tricked a cute girl into loving me. don’t ask how i did it; i don’t know.
tuxor:
tinabgibby:
tradeandtryon:
tinabgibby:
tradeandtryon:
tinabgibby:
Got the laundry down from upstairs to the main floor. Now if I can just get it down to the basement and into the washer. This is vacation?
The worst part is that you’ll just have to haul it back up in a couple hours.
The worst part is that you’ll just have to haul it back up in a couple hours weeks.
The worst...
tinabgibby:
tradeandtryon:
tinabgibby:
Got the laundry down from upstairs to the main floor. Now if I can just get it down to the basement and into the washer. This is vacation?
The worst part is that you’ll just have to haul it back up in a couple hours.
The worst part is that you’ll just have to haul it back up in a couple hours weeks.
The worst part is that I don’t have a washer...
tinabgibby:
Got the laundry down from upstairs to the main floor. Now if I can just get it down to the basement and into the washer. This is vacation?
The worst part is that you’ll just have to haul it back up in a couple hours.
“Colby Curtin said she did not want to die until she saw the new Disney-Pixar...”
– A poorly written article in the OC Register.
Honestly, I liked the movie a lot. It didn’t make me want to kill myself.
“First, a technician checks to make sure the holes are in the right place. Then...”
– How It’s Made, Episode 1110
summer lists & countdowns
tiptoebitchrobot:
school: three days
beach: five days
camp: twelve days
pay check: four days
camera fund: $278 ($172 remaining)
four-leaf clovers so far: six
days left of work until camp: one (eight hours)
percentage of happiness: 85% 90%
SIX?
Off to Krispy Kreme. FUCK YEAH.
tuxor:
mliaverage:
Today I went to Costco and saw that one of the samples was almost ready to be served. I pretended to shop for cheeses until they were ready. MLIA.
My Mom is the director of floor procedures (a.k.a. C.E.O. of samples and shit) and she would be proud of this :)
Mrs. Tucker’s Mom - Director of Samples and Shit, Costco of Fairfax.
Three days living the Fairfax lifestyle has led me...
a-litman:
Can anyone explain to me in simple terms how the iTunes visualizer works?
It’s not nearly as clever as it seems. Let’s put it that way.
Tonight, The Girl and I went on an Apartment Cleaning Rampage. Then I made a delicious meatloaf specifically for consumption tomorrow as meatloaf sandwiches.
Tomorrow for dinner: cheap steaks marinated in onion soup mix and worcestershire, and garlic mashed potatoes. Oh HELL yes.
JapaneseBugFights.com →
dangurewitch:
Listen, I won’t beat around the bush - bugs are essentially tiny monsters and on this website Japanese people make them have tiny monster fights. These are unlike Alien vs. Predator, however, in that whoever wins, you also win, because you were watching a tiny Japanese monster fight.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT. YES.
“In Japan, the cars have the steering wheel on the right side, which forces the...”
– Jalopnik.com
Eleni's friends rule.
tuxor:
Dear Pete:
It’s currently warm and sunny in Charlotte, and later this evening there is 50% chance of rain followed by 30% chance of severe thunderstorms closer to midnight.
this weather update brought-to-you by Tuxor’s Weather Service Intl.
More of this. I especially like that the TWS is apparently registered for business internationally.
Watch
This Comprete Breakfast
Breakfast is my favorite meal. It is the only truly American category of food. Right now, it’s 4am and I’m still awake, and I’m thinking about making breakfast.
The finest breakfast on Earth, if you ask me, is the following:
Two Eggs-In-a-Basket. My dad still makes these for me when I’m home. A staple of breakfast in the Gibson household, the egg-in-a-basket is a...
a-litman:
Things I Like About Finals Week
it is socially acceptable and in fact encouraged to look like a bum in sweatpants
lots of naps! also the gym is emptier.
common suffering brings people closer.
Things I Am Indifferent About During Finals Week
my own finals. one exam a day for Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday. I went to class, I’ve done the reading, I took notes. I’ll study some and...
This is a voicemail I got last night. Mind you,...
delbertshoopman:
Peppermint Patty from the peanuts comic strips was bi right? right?
As Liz Lemon would say, bisexuality is just something they made up in the nineties to sell hair product.
Watch-Via SamReich.com.
Those cats are fucking adorable.
(817): Did you put 9lbs of birdseed all over my car?
(1-817): You weighed it?
-Texts From Last Night
tuxor:
Today, my whole family went to Baskin Robin’s after going to my friends house to get my stuff I left there the other night. And my Mom, right after getting her Cappuccino Blast, complained it was “not blended enough”. The guy tried his best and she still complained about how unblended it was. I was so embarrassed that when the man asked me what I wanted, I politely said “I don’t want...
Attention!
tuxor:
tradeandtryon:
Eleni dropped her phone in the pool. This is both stupid and brilliant. Because now she gets a 3G.
Dammit.
She’s a school-skipping whore, if that makes you feel any better.
I LOL’d. That was my idea. I didn’t want to drive to school; I just wanted to get McD’s breakfast.
Dear world,
tuxor:
THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING. FUCK YEAH.
HOLY SHIT. THANK YOU TUCKER. YOU ARE THE NEW NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Back in NoVa.
tuxor:
tradeandtryon:
I am back at the family estate, at 3 am, after THE LONGEST DRIVE EVER.
Time for sleep. Tomorrow: Hopefully early voting in Dem primary. I miss my bed at home in Chartown, but this one should do nicely for now.
Welcome home, Pete :)
Thanks, Tucker!
Detroit sucks.
Man, there’s nothing more depressing than reading the front page of the Detroit News’ website today. The top three headlines today are as follows (paraphrased, but only slightly):
Michigan Feels Brunt of GM Bankruptcy - State hit with 7 of 14 plant closures.
Milk Price Crash Takes Toll on Dairy Farmers - A collapse in milk prices has wiped away the profits of dairy farmers...
Dear world,
tuxor:
My Tumblarity went down by eighty. fuck my life.
The ironic part is that MY tumblarity went UP today because he followed me. Poor kid.
FUCK BIRDS.
THE SAME DAMN BIRDS THAT PISSED ME OFF THROUGHOUT MY CHILDHOOD WITH THEIR SHITTY CHIRPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ARE STILL HERE AND STILL PISSING ME OFF. IT’S 3:30 AM BIRDS. SHUT THE FUCK UP.
Back in NoVa.
I am back at the family estate, at 3 am, after THE LONGEST DRIVE EVER.
Time for sleep. Tomorrow: Hopefully early voting in Dem primary. I miss my bed at home in Chartown, but this one should do nicely for now.
Attention!
Eleni dropped her phone in the pool. This is both stupid and brilliant. Because now she gets a 3G.
Dammit.
Off Color Jokes - Part I
Q: What do Barack Obama and the Viet Cong have in common?
A: They both beat John McCain.