January 2012
35 posts
“i was never good at geometry or physics”
– bbg, on why he’s bad at loading the dishwasher.
To celebrate my birthday...
Friday:
workout, work, pho for dinner at Mr. Pho (decent), and ice cream (good).
Saturday (my actual birthday):
slept in, ridiculously gigantic brunch at Doug’s (amazing), 49ers unbelievable win, Cal basketball blowout against Utah (live and in person), Gypsy’s chicken (miss it), cheesecake with caramel and fudge (via Safeway and surprisingly tasty).
Sunday:
slept in, more...
Watchthedailywhat:
Politics As Satire of the Day: In the first political ad from Stephen Colbert Jon Stewart’s Super PAC since the Colbert Report host’s “major announcement,” Americans For A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow targets voters in South Carolina with a very important John Lithgow-narrated question to ponder: If Mitt Romney really believes corporations are people, does that make him a serial...
“The first time they all meet at the training center is like the first day of law...”
– Bbg, drawing analogies between hunger games and the battle royale quality of law school. I wonder if that’s where the similarities will end…
“I thought he was the hobbit guy.”
– bbg on daniel radcliffe.
when i see people i havent seen in a long time
i should bring a list of questions i want to ask so i dont forget to ask them.
New Year's Resolutions
I posted this on Twitter, but might as well do it here for posterity as well. My resolutions are as follows:
1. Read more. Let’s get that brain workin’ and get some learnin’ on! I’ve read three books already, so good for me!
2. Exercise more. I’m out of grad school, we just got exercise equipment, so there are no excuses. Turns out, I’m out of shape. Maybe...
December 2011
32 posts
“It’s going to be between me and a hamburger.”
– therapist at work on our new sliding scale system for counseling for some clients who probably can’t afford to pay.
Top 5 wedding gifts that are way more useful/I...
1. “Hotel quality” bed sheets from one of Brian’s mom’s friends.
It’s typical to get sheets as a wedding gift. I believe we received at least 7 sets and I registered for two. I kept about 5 sets but really only use two. Interestingly, the ones we use aren’t ones we registered for. In fact, when we got them, I was kind of like, “eh, they’re just...
Watchthedailywhat:
Movie Trailer of the Day: After a week of shaky, shoddy leaks and bootlegs, the new trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises has finally been officially released.
The third and final installment in Nolan’s Batman trilogy, which stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway, and Tom Hardy, is due to break the box office on July...
“is there any policemen in alaska shows on?”
– bbg, channel surfing. in reference to this.
“The case is great and your mom has put her Ipad2 in it. You’ll have to...”
– email from my dad.
