November 2008
102 posts
“For every problem, every failure — ask: What is this here to teach me? And...”
– Oprah
October 2008
73 posts
“But I can promise you this: I will always tell you what I think and where I...”
– Barack Obama
another rich dream from the grab bag...
Me: good morning Rich!
Rich: what time is it?
Me: 8 am...
Rich: I dreamt I stopped by lucky magazine last night...
Me: oh yeah?
Rich: --- took a picture of an orangatan. right infront of the ocean.
Me: [silence.]
Rich: the orangatan was from korea.
“If there were no TV, that guy would be living in a tree.”
– David Letterman (about a star on The Hills)
This is what happens when you don't sleep...
[at 2am, when Rich gets up to start working. his bedroom is a converted dining room right next to the work space, so we talk through the door a lot]
Me: Are you getting up now?
Rich: I just dreamt that I pooped.
Me: Ew, really?
Rich: I was getting off the freeway.
Me: What? Explain.
Rich: Yeah...because I was part of a high speed chase.
Me: What do you mean?
[I'm basically holding back the laughter now and starting to tumblog it]
Rich: I was supposed to go sh** in a tub to help someone. You know, like do it on the decoy.
Hipsters - redefining or ruining the western...
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Hipsterdom is the first “counterculture” to be born under the advertising industry’s microscope, leaving it open to constant manipulation but also forcing its participants to continually shift their interests and affiliations. Less a subculture, the hipster is a consumer group – using their capital to purchase empty authenticity and rebellion. But the moment a trend, band, sound, style or...
after many hours of lost sleep...a long time... →
weardrobe has a new skin! you can think of it as a detoxifying facial for the site. it was great, and we have many more great things planned…next step: site colonic. hah.
“I don’t have two lives, this is just one life…”
– Annie Liebovitz
why NDAs don't really matter...
The most important thing: idea intelligence connections experience determination.
“… as in all matters of the heart, don’t settle.”
– Steve Jobs
a sunny afternoon in palo alto.
Me: It still feels like summer.
Rich: It feels like I don't have a job.
Me: You don't have a job...I don't have a job...
Rich: We just have a life...[pause]...filled with work. A job means that we are supposed to get paid.
“I have a good memory for certain things. And a very short memory for painful...”
– (via R. Witherspoon)
bubble burst.
[I am in a good mood and start singing Eleanor Digby...]
Me: All the LOVELY people -- where do they all come from?
Rich: Dude, it's lonely people.
Me: No it's not. It's lovely.
Rich: Dude, it's lonely. [starts to play the Beatles song]
Me: [singing along with the song] see? ...all the LOVELY people...
Rich: you can't hear it if you're singing!
Me: [stops singing, listens closely] Oh. [sad face]
excuse me.
dear clock,
could you please make the workday just a little bit longer? i would appreciate it.
thanks,
suz
[no sarcasm was injured during the writing of this]
Classic song. Perfect for how i feel today. →
Angelina Jolie is pretty awesome. →
“Oh, they all think I can’t do anything, that I’m just there to snuggle with. But the other day Madd said, ‘Can you do a cartwheel?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I can.’ And he was like, ‘Wow, Mom.’ And I thought: ‘Oh, yeah. I can do some things. You wait. You’ll find out. I’m capable.’ ”
Overheard outside CoHo on stanford campus
*kid hocking and spitting in the bushes*
mom: what are you doing??!
kid: I'm spitting on the plants to give them water! I want them to grow!
uh oh...
I just read the Kombucha bottle and it says: “Please note: Due to the fermentation, this product may contain a trace amount of alcohol (less than 0.5%)”
No wonder I’m feeling dizzy!
“I don’t like my kids. My kids are rich – I wasn’t rich. I don’t like them. They...”
– Chris Rock (via) (via eec)
Optional Essay.
[After rummaging around my folders looking for a copy of my old college app essay for my cousin (who will be applying to my alma mater - yay!), I found an optional essay that I’m pretty sure was written in well under 10 minutes the night before the application was due.]
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I have a tendency to laugh at inappropriate times. I like to see the positive side of situations and laugh about...
Financial Crisis Timeline →
This will be in the history books kids.
Our stylish fashion editorial intern, Wendy. →
“If you have many desires, life will be interesting.”
– Helvetica.
Some things I would like to do...soon:
- visit a labyrinth
- practice sketching outdoors
- read (and re-read) some children’s books
- actually get a tour of the campus
