Besties On Ice

“That’s not paintball…that’s war!”
— Sarah, when I told her about...

Aug 1st

The following is the facebook message I...

SUBJECT: long time no see, talk, hear!! Like the hellen kellar of friendships… July 25 at...

Aug 1st

Hard-earned exhaustion.

I was up at 3:45 this morning (12:45 for you kiddies on the west coast), at work in St. Pete for one...

Aug 1st

WWNND?

(What Would Nancy Needles Do?) …Stay tuned to find out.

Jul 30th

“I can’t seem to shake the feeling that older men think I’m...”
— excerpt from Brittany...

Jul 30th

“You only grow by coming to the end of something and by...”
—  The World According to Garp

Jul 30th

Where does your Tumblr name come from?

Del made me a tumblr (/forced me to start one by making it for me) in the good ole days in the PA...

Jul 30th

I feel the earth move under my...

I’ve lived in Los Angeles for almost 14 months and of course we get our first real earthquake...

Jul 29th

Watch

pauliophonic: Nancy Needles Episode 1. This is what happens when Paul and I have access to a...

Jul 29th

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pauliophonic: Nancy Needles Episode 2.

Jul 29th

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pauliophonic: Nancy Needles Episode 3.

Jul 29th

Things I Learned This Weekend:

holdthewhippedcream: 1. Spending an hour of worktime to get ready for happy hour denotes some sort...

Jul 29th

Facebook message from one of my sorority sisters that I...

Jul 28th

F Spirit Airlines.

No, seriously.

Jul 27th

“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this....”
— Julian Barnes, in Flaubert’s...

Jul 26th

So I’m flying home to Tampa on the spur of the moment - booked the ticket yesterday and flying...

Jul 26th

At the Magic Castle last night for Seth’s birthday....

Jul 26th

Let's go to Taj Mahal and eat lobster in...

Jul 25th

Why does my cake look more like a huge piece of cornbread than a cake? Hmm… :/

Jul 25th

Gettin' my bake on.

I’m about to put my apron on and bake this banana cake from scratch for boyfriend’s...

Jul 25th

(www.marriedtothesea.com) Taking the boyfriend to the Magic...

Jul 24th

It's the simple things...

Mangoes were 3 for 99 cents at Ralph’s, and I had a mini Weeds marathon with my boy. Today...

Jul 24th

irrationalblog: I made it 3 days without having to report to...

Jul 24th

“You know what? You’re an individual, and that makes people...”
— Harriet the Spy (via...

Jul 24th

Sarah Howell = Mastermind, squared.

Sarah: listen
Sarah: i just came up with the best idea ever
Sarah: we need to get married. not to each other, but to men. and then we have children and fulfill very serious but opposing stereotypes. and then we should go on wife swap.
me: OMG
me: YOU ARE A GENIUS
Sarah: and then we'll put on wigs and go on trading spouses.

Jul 24th

Headline on the home page of CNN.com:...

…Seriously?

Jul 24th

Post, post mortification.

I just realized there’s a link to my blog on my facebook page. With my luck, Winegardner will...

Jul 23rd

You know what's badass?

(I’ll tell you) …Receiving a facebook friend request from your old professor, who is...

Jul 23rd

The entire time we were in the Grand Canyon and white water rafting on the Colorado River, all I...

Jul 22nd

“Whether you choose love or fame, you’ll be able to...”
— my fortune from a fortune...

Jul 22nd

glog: Hey Nancy Needles! P.S. Ma’am, no shirt…no...

Jul 22nd

“Thanks for coming! We were waiting for you guys....”
— David Copperfield, to a couple...

Jul 17th

I'll make this short.

Met my parents in Vegas yesterday; stepmom’s here on business, I’m here to hang out with...

Jul 17th

Mimicking my niece. Babies - they’re so silly!

Jul 14th

Perfection, asleep.

Jul 14th

“Trust plus love. There’s nothing like it.”
—  My Mom (via allisonweiss)

Jul 14th

Why Shlomit is every (frat) boy's dream...

Shlomit: when i finally get exclusive with someone, it'll be because of their innate desire to dress up in theme for no reason.
Shlomit: and obviously for the sex.
Shlomit: clearly i have high standards.

Jul 14th

Go ahead - try harder to sound like a...

I want to bake a cake like whoa. Too bad you know who’s birthday isn’t for another 6...

Jul 14th

My niece will be 2 months old tomorrow and is already doing...

Jul 14th

Apparently Angelina Jolie has given...

Thank goodness. We can all get some sleep tonight.

Jul 13th

Almost Done with Little Harry

holdthewhippedcream: Since I’m almost finished with my workday diversion, Mr. Harry Potter, I have...

Jul 12th

Shlomit: but then i had this really crazy dream and it was totally a sign that i need to get away from him
me: i had a nightmare the other night that eddie murphy was trying to kill me because i wouldnt sleep with him. i was trapped in his mansion. it was the scariest shit ever and i woke up in the middle of the night in a panic.
me: who does that mean I need to get away from??
Shlomit: i'm gonna go with eddie murphy

Jul 11th

Talk nerdy to me.

Hiatus = lots of free time, and lots of free time = getting to do things I don’t get to do...

Jul 11th

“Oh, I get it. Romeo and Juliet, Capulus and Romulus....”
— Tracy Jordan to Jack Donaghy....

Jul 11th

I’m supposedly being taken on a surprise adventure tomorrow…my guesses so far: The...

Jul 11th

Drip by drip, Starbucks lost what made it...

Jul 10th

Turns out Helen Keller DID write a book.

Just got off the phone with Sarah Howell and told her about my little exchange with the 10 year old...

Jul 10th

Patting myself on the back.

I just booked boyfriend’s birthday surprise. He is going to be stoked. Now hopefully I can...

Jul 10th

Conversation between myself and a 10...

Girl: Oh, is this the line to check out books? I just need to ask a question, because I want to volunteer at the library.
Me: Oh, cool. (beat) I think the information desk is over there (I point to where the information desk is).
Girl: The guy said I needed to talk to someone else...I think he said Helen Keller.
Me: Oh yeah?
Girl: Yeah, she's an author or something. The author of the story of my life.
Me: Hmmm. (Consider this for a moment, and then, trying not to laugh, turn around slowly, and wait to check out books.)

Jul 10th

irrationalblog: What it’ll look like in our living room on...

Jul 10th

“i wish you unlimited sprinkles because i love you.”
— my brother, talking about a...

Jul 9th

This reminded me of this. Henna in Nepal.

Jul 9th

I’ve got a little black bag/backpack that is perfect for traveling but since i haven’t...

Jul 9th

Taj Mahal at dawn.

Jul 9th

This just in: I want to eat my lotion.

That’s right. But first let me explain - (though the title is pretty self-explanatory) ...

Jul 9th

I’m hoping my thighs will thank me for dragging them half a mile down the boulevard to pilates...

Jul 9th

One of the downfalls of living across the country from the...

Jul 9th

"We need to talk..."

Those four words, whether coming from a significant other or the California department of...

Jul 8th

www.marriedtothesea.com

Jul 7th

Dear Boyfriend,

Please come home soon. As much as I love getting drunk dials at 2 pm (and 6 pm, and...

Jul 7th

Loser!

christinahaberkern: Am I a giant nerd for going to see a movie alone? This is a first… I love going...

Jul 7th

Girls in LA are retarded. (exhibit A...

Dear idiot girl at LA Fitness, We get it - you paid a lot of money to look like you have water...

Jul 6th

Picture the boyfriend emailed me from his cousin’s...

Jul 6th

“We eat so much watermelon, you’d think we were black.”
— Mariam, on Armenian eating...

Jul 5th

How do you say "Happy 4th of July" in...

Rather than the usual hot dogs and beer at the beach, I spent my 4th of July at Mariam’s with...

Jul 5th

I love the festivities that come with the 4th of July, celebrating being American in all its drunk...

Jul 4th

I would post song lyrics to describe how I’m feeling, but this is tumblr, not livejournal.

Jul 4th

glog: THANK YOU JOANNA!!!!!!! It is always important to...

Jul 4th

www.marriedtothesea.com

Jul 3rd

Shlo’s email to me from her cousin’s wedding in...

Jul 3rd

Mashti Malone's

hipsterdiet: Thanks for the amazing cream rosewater. You’re ice cream rules. TOLD YA SO! :)

Jul 3rd

The good news is...

my lucky gun earrings worked and I got dismissed from jury duty by the prosecution. Or maybe it was...

Jul 3rd

On so many levels...

christinahaberkern: Today sucks. Ditto Quraishi.

Jul 3rd

I wore my lucky gun earrings to jury panel selection today...

Jul 2nd

“The inherent problem with watching Wall-E is that almost...”
— Twelve Reasons a Movie Should...

Jul 2nd

My emoticon for today:

:/

Jul 1st

happy Canada day, eh?

Jul 1st

“That guy is a joke,” Pratt says with scorn. “We were...”
—  Spencer Pratt on Kevin...

Jul 1st