January 2009
42 posts
oh what a beautiful mornin
Early-morning rarely makes me happy, but today it did. A Starbucks Americano and McDonald’s hash browns, sausage and fruit ‘n yogurt, all before 6:45 in the morning.
“Well, the book Marley and Me bombed with Grandmother. She said it was filthy...”
– My mum | Oh, Grandmomma.
Rule #4- To Change the World
abster:
withoutlove:
Invest in people.
Find one or two people that you know could use a friend and give them your time, your love, and most importantly your sincerity.
“Technology Is A Bad Substitute For Authentic Community”
– How true that is.
Perry Noble (via davecooper)
(via abster)
PeacePlayers International →
Just a little more Ilovemyfriends — Denise, my good friend from high school, is spending her summer (with her European boyfriend!) in Ireland, working at a basketball camp that unites Protestant and Catholic children.
things that are hard to read
la-reine:
“It is much more comfortable to depersonalize the poor so we don’t feel responsible for the catastrophic human failure that results in someone sleeping on the street while people have spare bedrooms in their homes. We can volunteer in a social program or distribute excess food and clothing through organizations and never have to open up our homes, our beds, our dinner tables. When we...
my darling little sisters.
Brandy: Guess what? I got a boyfriend!
Adrianna: What color hair does he have?
Brandy: Blond.
Adrianna: Is it long or short?
Brandy: Short.
Adrianna: Does he ever poke his finger with a needle?
Brandy: Nope, he's not diabetic.
steak wrapped in bacon, sauteed mushrooms &...
Matt and I made a phenomenal dinner tonight. He grilled and I manned the kitchen… and afterward, while he watched TV, I hand-washed all the dishes and plates and utensils. I forgive him, of course — the steak was good.
“Because no one should ever have to choose between chocolate and peanut butter.”
– Reeses Peanut Butter Cup commercial. So very true. (via bettybrowser)
another long quote.
“If we are the body of Christ - and Christ came not for the healthy but the sick - we need to be fully present in the places where people are most broken. And it has to be more than just financial presence. That helps, of course. But too often money is insulation - it conveniently keeps us from ever having to come face-to-face with a man or woman whose life is in tatters… When...
wedding reception menu redux
When school starts, I’ll stop obsessing about about my astronomically expensive insert-a-groom wedding, which is probably at least 935798 ten years away.
The menu is inspired by the Beauty Shop, the Memphis restaurant where I held my Sweet Sixteen, with a little Smitten Kitchen thrown in.
Passed Hors D’oeuvres
Coconut Mango Shrimp
Indian-Spiced Vegetable Fritters with Curry-Lime Yogurt
...
goals + too many m-dashes
I’d like my grades to reflect hard work, dedication, priorities and intelligence; I must give each class the effort it deserves. I have free time every afternoon, and I will tackle my coursework — not my need desire for three hours of Facebook and Tumblr — then. I’d like to finish my homework before I head off to a meeting or meet up my friends. Also, I won’t neglect any of my...
most amazing. business class. evah. →
My best friend Lauren is going to Belize this summer with a group of students from her school, the University of Arkansas, to work on economic development projects. Right now, they’re studying the economics of developing countries in a business elective course; the class culminates in the trip.
In 2006, students from the University of Arkansas went to Kenya and worked on fair-trade...
my trip back to columbia in fifty words
No more online geology ever, oh thank goodness O Magazine and Private Practice on my laptop My favorite mall ever Two new skirts and a new vest A yummay fast food salad with super-ripe-good cherry tomatoes Grocery store for berries and frozen Indian dinners and other nomness Love my parents
A Love Note
To: Taylor, Beka, Kendall, Lauren, Sophie, Lulu, Beth and others I miss, desparately
Op-Ed Columnist - Where Sweatshops Are a Dream -... →
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my search for the ultimate chocolate chip cookie,...
If you know me, then you also know I am very, very picky about chocolate chip cookies. I’ll eat your chocolate chip cookies — any chocolate chip cookies! — but I probably will not ask for the recipe. But don’t feel too bad: Until this morning, I’ve never been perfectly satisfied with a recipe I’ve baked. Yes, I’ve actually found a recipe I’ll bake again.
Perfect-er Chocolate Chip...
cute cute cute overdose
nycbumpkin:
“Two German children, ages six and seven, who say they are “very much in love,” decided to get married in Africa “where it is warm” and went to the train station, where police apprehended them.
The children, Mika and Anna-Lena, hatched their plan to elope while their families celebrated New Year’s Eve together. The next morning the couple, along with their witness, Anna-Lena’s...
baking and a movie-induced sobfest
both before 8:30 in the morning
xoxo
Divine Rags, a boutique in downtown Memphis, created these ohemgee-love outfits as an ode to Gossip Girl. Note to self: please start dressing this way every day.
Sushi with my mum
We lunched on dynamite rolls, tempura shrimp rolls, fried rice, salad with ginger dressing, marinated cucumbers and chilled noodles at Fuji Cafe, om nom nom! And then I got a new navy coat.
“Well, I wouldn’t marry anyone who was really wicked, but I think I’d...”
– Anne of Avonlea
A week of Lauren and Gwen -- and Kendall!
Happy birthday, Kenn!
This week is all about Page Robbins, Justine and my online geology class (and spending time with my bestie, of course). Today, Lauren, Kendall and I went downtown to American Apparel and stopped for coffee at Otherlands in Midtown. And tomorrow, Lauren and I are meeting Michael and Denise for coffee on the square — after I volunteer at Page Robbins & see Susie...
Fred Flare: Valentines For A Cause →
awkwardcity:
Send in a nifty homemade Valentine, and they’ll sell them for charity. Get crafty!
A week of Lauren and Gwen!
Get so excited! I’m seeing my best friend every day this week. Today, Milk and Java Cabana in Cooper-Young.
the campus kitchen project →
“What we do is kind of a no-brainer. We know there are people in each community who need nourishing meals. And, we know that every college campus has unserved food in its dining halls and brilliant students in its classrooms. So we put them all together. We empower thousands of students each year to recycle food from their cafeterias, turn these donations into nourishing meals, and...
rec'd!
Let’s play! I’m looking forward to Cycle Xpress on Mondays and Wednesdays 5:15 ‘til 5:45p & Upper Cuts on Tuesdays and Thursdays 11 ‘til 11:30a, plus Interval Cycle on Saturdays, 10:45 ‘til 11:30a, if I can force myself to get movin’. I love cycling classes, and I’m excited to add an arm workout to the mix.
Happy 2009!
It’s 2009, but maybe 60’s-era scarves can make a comeback? Thanks to Cate Blanchett in Benjamin Button, I’m currently in love with this look. And since I would very much like to abandon hygiene, the headscarf trend — please become a trend! — could become verrrry handy. Today, for example, I’m going to meet Sophie’s boyfriend for the first time, and I...