December 2008
41 posts
more sage advice from that stupid ny times blog
This New Year’s Eve will be the fifteenth that I will pass completely sober. I celebrate the New Year booze-free because I’ve long since quit drinking at all. But might I suggest to the majority of Americans who still do tipple — especially on New Year’s Eve — that they consider passing the last holiday of the year stone cold sober as well? After all, this is nothing if not a...
id forgotten what a bunch of drunks my ibm team...
me: so you free to meet up today?
my old boss: surely shirley
me: should i drop by the house? or maybe coffee?
my old boss: or wine?
my old boss: or a beer?
my old boss: or maybe an irish coffee!
me: hahah dont you have work mary?
my old boss: im off-ish
me: well i have a boring eye appt at 4
my old boss: well lets meet at the sbux in almaden then
me: okay.
my old boss: ill bring the whiskey.
my old boss: unless you have baileys?
yah so we're meeting at a sbux in south san jose, in a strip mall, and spiking our coffees. i wasnt even this cool in HS. oh, and marys like forty year old soccer mom.
me: hey jacques you in san jose this week?
jacques: no im going to drunk in mexico all week
brian: happy holidays geets!
me: thanks :) hows your holiday?
brian: a little lighter on the wine than id like, but im fixing it.
brian updated his status: wine is a vegetable.
TORNADO!
unnamedplayer:
indian:
warning this morning. reactions:
I hop out of bed, grab jeans and sweatshirt, flashlight, cell, run towards basement
Brother-in-law gets radio, one of the kids, head to basement
Sister gets other kid out of bath, heads to basement
Mom continues cooking
Dad continues sitting on couch, declaring, “I’m old, I’ve seen enough.”
hahahahahha. well done papa adusumilli....
Never Forget
interstate:
thanks to watching excessive quantities of ken burns documentaries, omar now has a brocrush on thomas jefferson.
John Adams > Thomas Jefferson
That’s what I got from the miniseries on HBO, anyways.
wow, according to ken burns its quite the opposite.
also keane made an excellent point. TJ, Omar, black men. suddenly, everything makes sense.
Who in their right mind lives here? (zoom out) →
(via interstate)
why do you find these things??
interstate:
i has a iphone
please feel free to take large quantities of useless pictures and email them to your friends (or just me) this is my favorite thing about my iphone.
Never Forget
unnamedplayer:
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel...
i thought i was the one in bschool
Omar: YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE VARIANCE
Omar: I AM THE INDEX FUND WOMAN!
Omar: YOU ARE THE FOREIGN CURRENCY FUTURES IN THE RELATIONSHIP
six to eight blackmen
one of my favorite christmas stories, and my fav sedaris short.
merry christmas!
http://www.esquire.com/features/ESQ1202-DEC_SEDARIS
“of course someone like doesnt need to see you in a cadillac, you walk around in...”
– - car salesmen to don draper.
i love mad men.
Apple "PC / Mac Guy" Ads
unnamedplayer:
Am I the only one who finds the PC guy more endearing? The Mac guy is slowly starting to morph into a hatable hipster. Still like Macs more, but I want Mac GUY to die.
if anyone finds it shocking that omar likes the nerdy guy over the cool one, please raise your hand.
A CHRISTMAS STORY IS ON FOR MANY HOURS IN 10...
what more is there to say?
merry xmas eve everyone.
what what.
just took my last final! now to make sure the booze doesnt get in the way of my flight friday morning.
wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Bad timing, Geets →
caffeinated:
“That dinner party was almost 10 years ago; it was the last time I saw anyone visibly drunk at a New York party.”
Actually, this is a terrible article. Poorly reasoned, assumes the author’s personal experience can be generalized, doesn’t distinguish between alcoholism and social drinking, and is ultimately sanctimonious and bitchy. But I saw booze + New York and I thought, “hey,...
SNOOOOOOOOOWWWWW
i still can’t study.
Bad timing, Geets →
caffeinated:
“That dinner party was almost 10 years ago; it was the last time I saw anyone visibly drunk at a New York party.”
Actually, this is a terrible article. Poorly reasoned, assumes the author’s personal experience can be generalized, doesn’t distinguish between alcoholism and social drinking, and is ultimately sanctimonious and bitchy. But I saw booze + New York and I thought, “hey,...
rakesh: ugh i have to hang out with my slutty cousin over break
rakesh: shes the worst
rakesh: and shes an idiot
rakesh: shes majoring in botany! what the hell do you do with that? become a horticulturist?
me: more like whoreticulturist.
Missing home like a mofo
I booked my ticket home … I get back on the 19th. Pls clear your calenders. Thx.
Yaaaaaaaaaaay!
i got this from deech as studying music.
i submit...
Lasts
1) I’m sitting in my last class of the semester … Four beatings in the form of finals and a party bus to AC later I’ll be done with semester one
2) nacho and I just got yelled at by our stats prof for talking in class were not sure why he waited so long
3) I love my iPhone
4) now that I can’t talk I was looking at paid iPhone apps. First 90 percent of the top 25 paid...
a trend
me: I HAVE ONLY HAD COOKIES AND CHOCOLATE ALL DAY
omar: wow
omar: you must be hyper
omar: and out of control
me: dan brought me these awesome PB cookies from wichcraft
me: and marni brought me reeses cups this AM for sg meeting
me: and chris made those pb cookies with the hershey kiss and brought me some
omar: how come
omar: where ever you go eventually your friends start feeding you
omar: like a 4 year old?
me: wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
in case youre wondering
reeses pieces cup = best breakfast ever.
in my attempt to find the perfect joint to celebrate repeal day (dec 5, and yes im referring to the repealition (thats a word now people) of the 21st amendment) ive been reading many bar lists. and apparently theres a bar in the financial district that for every day that the market closes in the red, serves $3 drinks from 3:30 - 5pm. i was amused.
im debating between a gin joint and a bar for...