December 2008
WatchFINAL CHRISTMAS CAROL OF THE DAY - “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays” by *NSync
Yeahhhhhh boy!!!!!!!!!!
Merry Christmas everybody!!!!!!
(ps, no meltdowns yet!! Woo hoo!!!)
And, um, our Christmas Letter
Dear all:
Happy Holidays!! Hoping this letter finds you and yours well. My mother, wild child that she is, decided to shake things up on the Collins Christmas newsletter this year, with each family member tackling their own updates. Personally, I think she was just worried I’d take too long delivering a finished product to her (What can I say? I love to edit!). Not that I’m complaining – if...
T Minus 24 Hours
Til Christmas Break.
I fly out of LGA tomorrow at 7am, but then of course have a ridiculous layover in Minneapolis (which, yes, I realize puts me past Wisconsin, but if Northwest wants to charge me $100 less to fly there and double back than they would to just bounce me through Detroit, who am I to stop them?) which puts me in at like 230p.
Regardless, my Christmas holiday starts tomorrow,* and...
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Stay Classy Wasilla
Oh, Advertising
After posting my carol of the day, my colleagues (I hate that word, by the way. At work I say teammates, because we’re all on the same account — “team” — so that’s just what we call eachother. But whenever I use that word outside the office, people are all, “Are you in some kickball league I don’t know about?” And I wouldn’t necessarily...
Free Shipping Day! →
I don’t know about all of you, but I’m certainly not done (read: started) with my Christmas shopping. For all of my fellow procrastinators, there’s the First Annual Free Shipping Day! Retailers like Pottery Barn, J.Crew, Kohl’s, Sephora and more are offering free shipping - in most instances no minimum purchase - today only.
See a full list of retailers here
“[Jeremy Piven] told me that he discovered that he had a very high level of...”
– - David Mamet (via) about the Piv’s sudden departure from his play, Speed-the-Plow
Megan + Tall Megan = True Love Forever
Me: (sent 12:05am last night) Love? Love me forever?
Tall Megan: Yes...
Me: Why do you say that like a question?
TM: Yes!!
You should know...
That re-blog was executed only ambivalently. In general, I’m reticent to acknowledge that cartoons can so effectively capture my mood, and sometimes even my life. This disturbing phenomenon applies to Dilbert specifically.
Civic Literacy Test →
I got an 81.82%! Lemon out, bitches…
shiningstar:
dazzlingdelta:
loreal:
I got a 72.73%! Totes didn’t expect that…
lfarm:
I got a 66.67%, which happens to be well above average. Thank you 2003 US citizenship test.
(The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%.)
via caitlinoppermann : joshmohrer: jackzerby
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“First we’ll make snow angels for two hours, then we’ll go ice skating, then...”
– Buddy the Elf (via complicatedshoes) (via randyhaddock) (via soupsoup) (via lindsayneedscoffee)
Love. Elf.
Weekend of Murder, Mystery and Bacon Lollies
Ok, so my weekend.
Was awesome. But if you’re looking for more information, allow me to dive into some detail.
Friday the boy and I got on the road early (which, in his definition means “anytime before noon”) and made it to DC by 4ish. I was a little nervous - four and a half hours trapped in a car with pretty much anyone can potentially make me not like you anymore. But we...
Agreed 147, Starbucks can do no wrong when it...
Oh maaaan
More on my crazy awesome murder mystery weekend in DC later, but I just had to say - how BAD* was Kanye West on SNL?
*Answer: Sooooooo bad.
Ummm...
So I might be sitting in the ESPN box at the Rose Bowl.
No big thing…
“Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-color boxes, but what...”
– If this wasn’t John Mayer, I would be all, “Wow, totally man.” But because it is John Mayer, and I think he’s a total D-bag, I’ve gotta call him out. You know he thinks he’s being all witty and deep, but I really just want to punch him in the mouth.
John Mayer...
My sister just got all mad at me for the previous...
Joey: Oh! All blank and no blank makes blank a blank blank. Oh no-no, no! The end, when Jack almost kills them all with that blank, but then at the last second they get away.
Rachel: Joey! I can't believe you just did that!
Chandler: I can't believe she cracked your code!
Bryan my brother-in-law: I got (redacted) DVDs for (redacted) for Christmas. We can watch it while we're all in Madison.
Me: Fun! Yes, its always good to have not-talking-to-each-other activities on hand while we're home.
Bryan: Yup. I also like competitive activities to keep me entertained: board games, feats of strength, etc.
