July 2009
111 posts
Me: Does anyone know a word for [standard request for crossword assistance]?
Ricki: I don't really know a lot about that much. Except musicals!
[moderately long pause]
Ricki: And consumer packaged goods. I know about those two things.
Jenn: Maybe they'll make a musical about marketing and you'll be set?
[Ricki offers a proposal of some such thing. It involved-- "the 4 P's," hand gestures and head bobbing.]
“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.”
– A Fitzy Friday cameo by Zelda Fitzgerald
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A Thursday gift, from me to you...
16 of My Favorite Food blogs/tumblrs/sites:
I know, I know, you’re overwhelmingly excited. I do, however, need to insert a disclaimer. Disclaimer: this is an evolving list. There are 100’s 1000’s of other great sites. For now, these are a few good ones. I would completely recommend going to the links portion of these and finding your own favorites. Spice up your RSS feed.
101...
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You said WHAT?: 43 Actually Said Things During Job... →
This makes me feel tons better about anything silly I may have said yesterday.
Some gems:
Why are you leaving your current job? “Because I (expletive) my pants every time I enter the building.” - Abbe Mortimore, human resources manager, True Textiles Inc.
Why are you looking for a job? “Cigarettes are getting more expensive, so I need another job.” - Pechstein
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“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
– Annie Dillard
I have an interview today and I hate interviews. Bright side: I have a bakery date afterward and I have the day off from work.
This week I will...
Cook this:
Strawberry Panzanella
Finish this:
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
Go:
Here, here, and here
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(Foggy Bottom farmer’s market/ Smithsonian Amer. Art/ Peruvian Embassy)
And run this:
(the Gtown Waterfront)
And I’d like to do a few loads of laundry. How’s that for Monday ambition?
50 Most Inspiring Travel Quotes of All Time →
ahodgepodge:
“Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic qualities are made more clear. Travel does this with the very stuff that everyday life is made of, giving to it the sharp contour and meaning of art.” - Freya Stark
Warning: Shameless plug for a friend’s blog.
Warning: It’s a great blog.
Kat (my hysterical co-worker) and her friend Rich (I don’t know him but I assume he has a decent amount of wit and cynicism in him) have started a Foggy Bottom specific blog, perfectly titled, “Fo-bo-blo.” Today FBB has a breakdown of what’s good in the hood for the rest of the week.
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“All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.”
– John Gunther (via kari-shma)
About to have a church/brunch date with my friend, Sara. She’s a fabulously powerful DC consultant (hope she reads this) and this means she usually only has time for me on the weekends.
Hope everyone enjoys pancakes, booze before noon, and a lazy Sunday
xx, J
I'd like to make a prediction...
I predict that there is only one place. Only one place on a Saturday night where mud sliding happens. Where the discovery of rain boots in a trunk ellicts a cheer and a refill. Where jutting a 16 oz’er (CAN) of Miller Lite into the air and moving to one side then the other is acceptable, nay the norm. Where fist pumps are plenty and with the mere strum of of chord and the words “lets...
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Intimidation comes in all forms...
B: Sometimes really intense hair parts intimidate me.
Me: Hm. Yeah, like "hey I MADE a decision today! What did you do?"
B: Uh huh. Like, "my hair obeeeys me!"
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“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees,...”
– FSF (Gatsby)
And a Happy Fitzy Friday to all!
A note of thanks to the Saint on the treadmill...
I would like to thank you from the bottom of my oversleeping heart for having the good sense to play Saved by the Bell: The College Years on the communal T.V. My miles went faster and I got to work 5 minutes early despite 30 minutes of the snooze button.
Saint I tell you, Saint.
All my Friday love,
Jules
“Cause we’re standing at the edge of tomorrow/ And from here the...
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"On Modernizing Development: Leah Mo's write-up... →
My fab-o buddy and world changing, Bono-riffic One Campaign intern wrote this.
It’s her account of yesterday’s hearing (held by the Senate Committee on FR). Discussed: a bill written by Senators Kerry, Corker, Menendez and Lugar that would reform foreign aid to a point where it would be used most effectively. If you’ve ever taken an entry-level IR class, traveled, or been an...
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C is for Cookie...
Since the Tuesday morning blackberry crumb bars were a hit (paired with peach spice muffins from my cube-mate, Kat) I’ve decided cookies are next. Kat’s baking her way to a raise, I’m baking my way to excellent references. Please don’t mock our plight(s).
So, this weekend, in addition to belting out to Brad, celebrating a DC-departure, brunching, interview prepping,...
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15 Books
Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.
Franny & Zooey (Salinger) *for strenth in personal belief
Anne of Green Gables (Montgomery) *for youngness and memory
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Didion) *for American Identity
To Kill A Mockingbired (Lee) *for kindheartedness
The God of Small Things (Roy) *for compassion...
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Rahm Emanuel eats dinner at Guapo's!! →
“Neighborhood Mexican dive restaurant.” Is there any better kind of restaurant?
For two solid years of college my end goal was not a degree, friends, or a great time. No, it was to be the proud owner (by way of petty theft) of a sparkly G’po’s sombrero. Degree (check), friends (check), a great time (check). Sombrero (no check).
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(ps: Thanks Leahmo, for spreading the...
10 reasons why being a brunette is awesome →
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My favorite:
8. James Bond prefers brunettes [Telegraph]
I love being a brunette!
This is great! I love #4: “We get to claim cool-girl beauty icons like Elizabeth Taylor, Katherine Hepburn, Thandie Newton, Mary Louise Parker, and Zooey Deschanel.” Don’t forget Audrey Hepburn and Jackie O.
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NPR: Rapper Feud Mirrors World Politics →
Related Story— Foreign Policy: Jay-Z Schools Us in U.S. Hegemony
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A Tuesday Dinner: Mark Bittman's [Southwestern]... →
Followed by rooftop sangria and maybe a summer thunderstorm.
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It takes 32 glasses of water to flush the acid...
emphasisadded:
cadyheron:
(via fuckyeahfacts)
Wow. Wowza.
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“Words are like that, they deceive, they pile up, it seems they do not know where...”
– Jose Saramago (Blindness)
Ps: The upside of my inability to sleep like a normal person is that I am a good way through The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis. The downside is there isn’t enough coffee in this whole office to bring this Tuesday up to speed.
It's only Tuesday? →
This is from 2007 but still funny (and accurate) now.
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“I wanted to get out and walk eastward toward the park through the soft twilight,...”
– Fitzy
(Happy Fitzy Friday, everyone! I know this is an overused one, but you have to admit, the words are gorgeous.)
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Attention: Nandos does $4.95 PITCHERS of Sangria... →
It’s 5PM, do you know where your happy hour is?
[ PS: Shout out to Laura and Leah, whose little faces melted with joy when the “Dupont Nandos: Coming Soon” sign first arrived. I love you both! ]
