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March 2010

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If You Use Foursquare, You Are an Annoying Jackass → gawker.com

“The competitions for mayorhood and other badges have already become tedious. According to the Wall Street Journal, patrons of the Buttermilk Bar in Brooklyn are pissed because the bartender is the mayor. It’s official, I never want to visit the Buttermilk. They also tell the tale of a young woman who’s dying to be the mayor of her coffeeshop. Listen, lady. If meaningless electronic competitions mean that much to you, buy yourself a Wii and unlock a bunch of surprises playing tennis or something. You can get all the approval you need and maybe even burn off some of those venti soy half-caf lattes you’ve been sucking down hoping to earn your imaginary trophy.”

Hilarious take on an App that I will never purchase if I ever buy an iPhone. Props to Anna for posting this on her GChat feed.

Mar 31, 2010
#foursquare #gawker #le sigh
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Mar 31, 20101,393 notes
work WIN

After frantically complaining and pondering for the last 4 days over how to produce a show on the legality of drones to fight the Taliban and Al Qaeda, not only did I pull off a solid show, but I got props from the host:

“Just wanted to say — great booking. Glad we got on the UN Special Rapporteur (Philip Alston). He was an important voice. Nice job.”

Moments like these are cherished. Slick booking skillz FTW.

And I get to go into work at 1:30 tomorrow. Tonight’s gonna be a good night.

Mar 30, 20103 notes
#NPR #time to relax
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Mar 30, 2010
#justin bieber can suck it
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Mar 30, 2010
#ben stiller #greenberg
shortest walk of shame ever

TFLN: (630): I didnt realize til after I got out of her apartment and into the lobby that we lived in the same building.

Mar 29, 2010
it's not where you are it's who you're with: I always liked hide and seek better than tag. → brklyn.tumblr.com

But that’s neither here nor there. I was tagged to name 5 random things about me by seashelby, Jodi, jmelv, and Chris so I thought it might be time that I go ahead and participate.

  1. When I was little I would beg to go to eat at Ryan’s because I thought that was the only place that had…

Dude, I remember #2 like it was yesterday! The main buzz in the senior halls at Collins Hell was “Did you hear what Brooke Mundy did to a bus?” I can also vividly remember asking you how you got to Newspaper if your car was wrecked. I think you said you borrowed your dad’s. What a day.

Mar 29, 20106 notes
“The biggest misconception … [is that] every single thing about The White Stripes is premeditated. Our stage setup and the way we present ourselves and dress is premeditated, but it’s pretty much something that was premeditated 10 years ago. … When it comes to the music, that’s not premeditated at all. The music is really completely in charge of us.” —Jack White, The White Stripes, Under Great White Northern Lights
Mar 27, 20101 note
#the white stripes #amazing rock doc
Mar 27, 20101 note
#sweet virginia countryside #crazy uncle
Mar 27, 20101,660 notes
reminders of why i love my ghanaian hertiage

Right now, I’m spending the weekend in Bealeton, VA with my uncle and cousins. You can pretty much call it BFE, since it’s 90 minutes from my house and I have to pass by dilapidated barns and pastures full of cows to get there.

Anyways, it was time to see some family. Plus, anytime I come out here, it’s like I’m a superstar. My cousins (Ernest, Jr. - 16, James - 7 and Bonnie - 4) go GAGA anytime I make an appearance. Aside from clearing my head, I love the fact that driving out here for peace and quiet always includes:

a.) my cousins getting berated in a different language

b.) LOADS of Ghanaian food - plantaines, fish, chicken

c.) a somewhat brainy (and hopefully lucrative) scheme made up by my uncle to go back to Africa a rich man — at the moment, it’s repackaging/reselling used clothes from DC to send to kids less fortunate in Africa…we’ll see how that turns out

d.) the observation of one country trying to understand another…case in point, through entertainment.

Love it. Here’s to a weekend away from the hustle and bustle of the city. I can wait a week or so for the cherry blossoms.

Mar 27, 20104 notes
#sweet virginia countryside #family
Mar 27, 20103 notes
online complaints

I hate to be a Negative Nancy on a Friday (albeit it’s gloomy in DC, and I’ve been in an awkward funk the WHOLE week)…but a culmination of ignorant comments and self-centered bozos (moreso on Facebook) have been putting me off. GAH.

For instance, I check my Facebook feed after a work meeting today and see this post from a high school friend. Truth be told, I had a huge crush on her back in the day, but that’s neither here nor there. Anyways, let’s call her Sally:

Sally *****: Hey guys my fan page is up! Be sure to support Sally. I’m getting this one thing at a time!

Making a fan page FOR YOURSELF and then subsequently announcing it to the whole world is in just bad taste. I don’t care if you have 3,000+ “friends.” I don’t care if you’re trying to be the next Oprah. This is not ballin’. Agreed?

Again, 11th grade bitterness is showing through…

Mar 26, 20103 notes
Health-reform rally heckler says he's sorry and scared | The Columbus Dispatch → dispatch.com

When Letcher sat down in front of opponents and held a sign indicating that he had Parkinson’s disease, an unidentified man berated him, saying, “If you’re looking for a hand-out, you’re on the wrong end of town.” 

Reichert then stepped from the crowd, bent down, pointed a finger in Letcher’s face and as he tossed a pair of dollar bills yelled, “I’ll pay for this guy. Here you go. Let’s start a pot, I’ll pay for you. I’ll decide when to give you money. Here. Here’s another one.”

WTF America?

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In 2004 Lisa Sparxxx broke the world record for the most sexual partners in a 12 hour period. She had sex with 919 different men.  | Fact-o-tron.com → fact-o-tron.com

cathythighs:

OUCH.

 The phrase “throwing a hot dog down a hallway” comes to mind…

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#metro #unruly kids #family guy
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