August 2008
55 posts
Since when did homelessness become a disease? →
since 2002 apparently…this is REALLY worrisome.
WatchHahahahhahaha, well played bankers.
I’m pretty sure that I would have rapped along in the old days. Still hilarious now! The guy without a shirt is so ridiculous and unnecessary…but so right for the video. Are those the pyramids in the background??!
I saw Google campus today.
Saw the campus. Then saw the bikes. Then saw the volleyball court. Then saw spaceshipone. Then some googler asked if I was lost. Then I went to TC drinks. Then I met some TC50ers. Then I met Jason Calacanis. Then I ate some buffalo blasts. Now I tumbl. Soon I shall sleep!
this is my nightcap. (for a mindblowing-ly good...
“His life is a 21st Century incarnation of the American Dream. His achievements...”
– Bill Clinton on Barack Obama
“All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another,...”
– I don’t know who said this. But I would add — why blame when you can get in the game? Oh, I just rhymed, mm hm!
Procrastinativity
brianconnor:
pro·cras·ti·na·tiv·i·ty (proh-kras-tuh-nuh-tiv-i-tee) -noun 1. The inciting act of procrastination that gives birth to further procrastination. 2. That which college students everywhere participate in when reports are coming due That which Brian participates in when summer assignments and college apps are coming due
So I was reviewing some background information on Wikipedia this...
What people say before they realize their car got...
Rich: Where's the car?
Me: What? It's the next block.
*silence*
It HAS to be the next block!
*walks another block*
damn.
“So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we...”
– Gandalf
“I am so lucky to be married to the woman who delivered that speech last night....”
– Barack Obama in a campaign e-mail, more evidence that I’m a sucker for those who stand in awe of their partners. (via aja)
Wow. :)
WatchThis is pretty funny stuff. I think I need to get one for my co-founder, correction, I need to get one for myself to annoy the heck out of my co-founder. Yes. Thank you :)
“Suppose that a hundred years hence we are eight times better off than today....”
– John Maynard Keynes
Thank you, Michelle and Jesse.
Sometimes, people in your life remind you of what’s important in life - friends and family. And that’s a blessing. And, what’s also amazing is when sometimes the same people remind you of what is important in the world - working towards positive change while reversing some of the damage we have already caused. There is hope in humanity and the wonderful things that we can...
Next book to read. →
Obama chose Biden as running mate: and they have... →
California.
Holy macaroni.
I am going to be living in CA. It’s sort of starting to hit me now and I can feel the bubbles of anxious excitement in my stomach. Especially after some apartment hunting today, it is only becoming more clear that this will be one of those ‘turning point’ experiences in life. And, I cannot wait.
Even listening to the “California” song from the O.C....
“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper...”
– Robert Frost (via Stacey)
Good night, and good luck.
So, everyone says that it’s good luck to get pooped on by animals. I think that they are just saying that because you got pooped on - I mean, it would be really lame if that meant bad luck on top of it.
Running list of countries I have been pooped on:
1. USA (NY) - bird
2. USA (NJ) - bird
3. France (Paris) - bird
4. England (Glamara) - bird
5. Costa Rica (Manuel Antonio) - monkey
I...
All the happiness in the world to the lovely... →
This will be the very first wedding that I have ever attended, and I could not have asked for a better one! A beach wedding in Costa Rica with an international mix of attendees. I may even break it down on the dance floor to my favorite latin songs :)
Bisous!
I would just like to point out ...
juliaallison:
that, as a college graduate, with a B.A. from Georgetown in political science, I was rejected by Bath & Body Works. Where I applied. To work. As a cashier.
Thank you, education.
I think it’s time for me to come clean and admit that I was rejected by Starbucks earlier this year after I quit my job at Goldman Sachs to work on a startup. They didn’t think that...
Fundraising advice from the YC man himself. →
“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses...”
– T.E. Lawrence (by way of B.G.)
You are just so funny.
Rich: It's really cold in here, can we turn off the air?
Mom: Yeah, it is... *turns of AC*
Me: What? I'm hot.
Rich: That's because I turned on your seat warmer.
Me: *silence*
Hah. Comical.
Zoning on Second Life →
Snow Crash, here we come. It never ceases to amaze me how quickly the time to mass market is these days. The amount of opportunity is huge - you can get drunk on it.
So true.
Q: On what occasion do you lie?
A: Whenever I have to...it is called manners.
10 ways to tell you’ve been backpacking too long:
beenthinking:
kraabel:
1. The smell of airline food makes your mouth water. 2. You are excited to find a fresh full size bar of soap in the shower. 3. You “steal” soap, shampoo, instant coffee, tea and sugar packets from your room. 4. Your backpack weighs half of what it did when you left home. 5. You have more recipes for Ramen noodles than your mom had for chicken. 6. You say thank you...