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every little story counts: The Very Narcissistic Post
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Thursday, July 2, 2009. The Very Narcissistic Post. I stumbled upon this quote today. A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely." -Roald Dahl. Yes, but self-image is such a sticky, strange and interesting matter. Okay, the eyes are wonky (and the picture is blurry), but can we take a second to acknowledg...
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every little story counts: Destiny Sucks, or Sensitivity Calls
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009. Destiny Sucks, or Sensitivity Calls. A few days ago I overheard some of my co-workers talking about the viral ad campaign for the new season of "Lost," and questioning whether the fake billboards for Ajira Airways. Were really going to pull oblivious non-viewers into watching the show. I didn't really think about it, because I don't watch the show. I noticed my first Ajira Airways billboard on my way to work today. Same tiger, same "Destiny Calls.". The Oxford English Dictio...
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every little story counts: March 2008
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008. Daylight Savings Paper Cuts = Dreams of a Broken Camera. I just finished reading two parts of Gertrude Stein's "Three Lives," entitled "The Good Anna" and "The Gentle Lena." Basically the stories are about women who spend their lives working hard at doing everything they ought to, and they are never happy and they die sooner than they should. So I was walking around thinking, This is a nice day and I shouldn't waste it sitting inside! I just had a thought- I always say that I had...
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every little story counts: February 2009
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Thursday, February 19, 2009. Thanks, But No Thanks. This morning Cole brought in a few recent issues of Rolling Stone. I grabbed the one with Sean Penn on the cover, eager to read anything having to do with his performance in "Milk." After finishing that article, I happened to keep reading the very next one, about Ray Kurzweil. The link is a pdf of the article). One particularly disturbing moment: "By scanning the contents of your brain, nanobots will be able to transfer everything you know, everything y...
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every little story counts: July 2009
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009. The Eensy Weensy Spider. Links to this post. Thursday, July 2, 2009. The Very Narcissistic Post. I stumbled upon this quote today. A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely." -Roald Dahl. Yes, but self-image is such a sticky, strange and interesting matter. Okay, the eyes are wo...
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every little story counts: Eating Cookies and Blogging... Productive!
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Eating Cookies and Blogging. Productive! Cole and I just got our very own P-Touch Labelmaker, and Cole is labeling everything he can get his hands on. It's kind of hilarious to me. What else is new? I just want to get through it, if nothing else then as an exercise in finishing a long story. It will go toward my 10,000 hours (I just read "Outliers"). I'm reading Stephen King's "On Writing" right now, which some writing-related person once recommended to me (I can't remember who)...
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every little story counts: Auto-Tune This
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009. While I was at home this weekend, I stumbled upon this article. But- as the article states- it is kind of sad that anybody can run their voice through a subtle Auto-Tuning. There is something to be said for imperfections. I have heard that some older people are bothered by the fact that CDs don't have that scratchy turntable imperfection that records used to have. I guess our generation will look back wistfully on a time when voices were voices, perfect or not. While my drama-...
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every little story counts: February 2008
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Friday, February 29, 2008. Eazy Breezy Grilled Cheezy. So the whiteness was not fungus. It was the real color of the cheese! That blew my mind. That's when I knew that nothing is what it seems. Anyway, back to the entree story. When I was a kid and I wanted grilled cheese sandwiches, this was how my mom made them:. Step 1: Toast the bread. Step 2: Put the cheese in between the toasted slices. Step 3: Microwave the bread for a few seconds. I was perfectly happy with that. Hooray! I got nervous and had a f...
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every little story counts: June 2009
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Eating Cookies and Blogging. Productive! Cole and I just got our very own P-Touch Labelmaker, and Cole is labeling everything he can get his hands on. It's kind of hilarious to me. What else is new? I just want to get through it, if nothing else then as an exercise in finishing a long story. It will go toward my 10,000 hours (I just read "Outliers"). I'm reading Stephen King's "On Writing" right now, which some writing-related person once recommended to me (I can't remember who)...