2008

Colbert just beat Kanye on iTunes

That's no moon...

The taxi driver on my way home from school kept breathing like Darth Vader for the entire ride. It...

Oh my. I can’t even get past the first picture to read...

“Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.”
— Bertolt Brecht.

Why don’t you?

Murphy's Law

Great, a whole week set aside for tests and my only test has to be scheduled on the one day where I...

“George gave me this idiotic hairstyle. I was terrified...”
— An excerpt from Carrie...

(via) When I was little, I shared a bedroom with my older...

Speechless.

I realize that with Tumblr, I’ve come to rely a bit too much on the typical short posting...

BRB discussing the Bosnian problem

The Secret Service has already begun preparing for the possibility that the president’s tight...

(via) We will become silhouettes.

rocketjumper: minus. I’ve been reading through this...

MK12

Bring it back

I really like it when I’m in the car with my parents and a song from when they were my age...

(via) I want candy.

“I want to take this box home and lick it everyday.”
— My younger brother, regarding...

Baby P

“Call me a dreamer and I’ll call you comfortable; While...”
— Words to live by. (John and...

(via) Three awesome things about this picture - the aurora,...

Some Like It Hot

You’d think after 19 years of a 30°C (86°F) average temperature and 80% humidity, I would be...

And the Geek Shall Inherit the Earth

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Standards

I don’t think I should be taught Scriptwriting by a teacher who doesn’t know any sitcom...

Secret Service Code Names

Ok these are kind of awesome: Barack is Renegade, Michelle is Renaissance, Sasha is Radiance, and...

President-Elect Obama

election08: Yes we did. CHILLS. What an amazing moment.

patrickmoberg: Today is a big day. Please don’t blow...

Helena Bonham Carter in the latest Vogue.

What do tumblrs do for work? or if you...

folkinz: Reblog with your answer…i can post the results later…i am curious if there are trends with...

Overboard

Have any of you started off with trimming your own fringe/bangs and realised, hey, you’re...

Jon Hamm is in talks to do a multi-episode arc on 30 Rock as...

Just do it?

I just bought a pair of running shoes. FACT: The last time I actually ran a long enough distance to...

I am in love with this girl’s bedroom, especially the...

How awesome were my older brother and I as babies??

“I’ve never understood why people even like spicy food....”
— My brother’s having an...

Whine

Urgh, I can’t believe I’m expected to do Advanced Television Production with cameras...

(via) I loooooove aerial photography.

My Sub-Conscious is Awesome

Hidzir: I had a dream last night where I was a pimp. But Amish?
Hidzir: An Amish pimp.
Me: Haha whaaaaat? That should be a College Humor skit.
Hidzir: I called myself Jebediah Smoove, and I drove around carriages full of hos.
Me: This is even better than the dream I had of me saving the world with a bunch of prostitutes.

END OF THE WORLD

I just accidentally deleted my entire Videos folder from my computer and Windows didn’t do...

This guy does some amazing wedding photography.

She thinks there's oil in those 'R's

My dad just went “Is that the impersonator?” when he saw Tina Fey in yesterday’s...

Neverland

The JD McCoy kid in Friday Night Lights is played by that kid from Peter Pan??! Wow, he grew up real...

This is a fact no-one else will care about: Remember that...

You decide

Eating spaghetti sauce without the spaghetti for dinner because I ran out: Liz Lemon-y or just...

(via) I love drawings of everyday items.

Casting Calls

I’m currently working as a Production Manager for a shoot, so I’ve sent out a few...

Wasted Potential

I hate it when I spit out bits of unused toothpaste after brushing my teeth.

Listen

This is the worst

I can’t find a song from a few years ago I forgot about but heard while in a shop today....

How much easier would it be for everyone if people were...

Monogamy

Sometimes I wish I was the kind of girl with only one pair of go-to shoes in their wardrobe - a pair...

Elspeth Diederix

Plot summary for Not Another Not Another...

I love this woman.

The Equalizer t-shirt is a light up sound activated shirt...

Hoarding

I’ve collected a massive amount of junk over the years, most of them the usual things for a...

A bird mobile(!!!!) Here’s the pattern.

Me: Hey Dad, what's your gmail account?
Dad: Gmail@singnet.com.
Singnet is our internet provider. I think the little "How You Use the Internet" booklet I made for him 5 years ago might be out of date.

(via)

Star Wars

Me: I just have the VCD boxset from a long time ago. Hidzir: Hee VCDs. Me: Laugh it up,...

You know the music used at the end of Star Wars, in the throne room scene? If I ever get married,...

patrickmoberg: Pills:Story 1  Wow. I don’t know...

I really shouldn’t have walked into a video store a day after reading a Top 500 movies list....

Nerd-on

I’m currently downloading the original, unedited version of Star Wars (the original death-star...

Empire’s Top 500 Greatest Movies of All Time list is...

Me: Could you make everyone at school dress up for Halloween? (Note: Nobody here does.)
Me: So I can finally dress up as a ghostbuster? Make my dream come true!!
Fred: ... When's Halloween?
Me: WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?

Outside the lines

As I was babysitting my niece today and helping her with her coloring, I had to stop myself many...

Over-estimation

My younger brother points at a picture of the Sydney Harbour.
Shane: What's this building called?
Me: Oh, that's the Sydney Opera House.
A beat.
Shane: That's OPRAH'S house?!?

(via) Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert spoof the...

I know how it would seem suspicious that I did not turn up for work on Emmy day (it’s shown...

Listen

“Don’t try to convince me you were ever unloved.”
— Don Draper, Mad Men. Ok if I...

Kite-flying! (via lomography)

Farewell

Next week is the end of my 6 month internship. As a gift, I’ve passed most of my colleagues...

My, my, Mia

Me: I prefer Meryl Streep all catty as Miranda Priestly.
Daniel: Which is why Mamma Mia is so... orgasmic.
Daniel: Watching her explode.
So far Daniel is the only person I know who loves Mamma Mia. Everyone else is pretty much uncomfortable with Meryl Streep in overalls.

We all knew it would happen - Tina Fey as Palin on SNL....

Palin wins over Obama women??!?

Mmm, I could use some of this right now.

10 Geeky Movies to Raise Your Kids On

SLEEP

Just came back from a 16-hour outdoor shoot. The internet can wait. Note to self: Never...

“These are hard times for dreamers.”
— From the universally loved...

Dexter leaked!

On a Saturday night

I should not be: Taking my long fringe into my Own Hands and ending up chopping up a bit too much,...

Destructive

My cell phone gave out on me a few weeks ago, and since then I’ve been using my dad’s...

(via) I do that too.

(via) Dear Showtime promo team, can I work for you please?

A modern-day Flickr fairy tale

Passenger seat

I love it when friends go travelling. Of course there is the “I hate that you’re off...

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It might be Option B

Is it just me, or is the internet very boring on a Sunday night? (Or, am I the only one lame enough...

W4M

Despite, admittedly, having not much experience in that arena, I like to think myself a...

Pizza Lust

(via)  I’ve heard first-hand, and through perusing food porn blogs, about how awesome the...

“Only the children are flattening their noses against the...”
— The Little Prince.

Over-eating

Ok conclusion: Should not have eaten half a large pizza at 9pm, especially when I am not a college...

(via) Sometimes I can spend hours on Flickr, looking at...

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“It seems to me now that the plain state of being human is...”
— Nick Hornby

Superhero

Usually when people ask me what my father’s job is, I am confused about what to say. In 2008,...

sjdhakjsdkalsd akjdjaksd FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, I miss...

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I lost my copy of 1984. That’s pretty depressing. What’s not depressing, however, is...

A chance at gold

Ok right now I am really glad that I’m in the same timezone as Beijing because it means I get...

After School Special

Dad: I knew this guy who went overseas to study, and he started messing around with women... and with horses-
Everyone else: WHAT?
Dad: I mean racetrack betting.

Kinda makes me wish I had more blank wall space in my room.

When will the hipster die?

Headcount for the Death Cab for Cutie concert tonight: Too many unnecessary oversized thick rimmed...

I apologize for the shallow, but SWIMMERS. 

Teeth

I don’t think I’m flossing right.

“In 100 years people will look back and realize that the era...”
— From the ever amusing Oh No...

(via) How incredible was the Olympics Opening Ceremony?...

Silver linings

I forgot to bring my cell phone, umbrella and jacket to work today; It rained for the...

I want a roommate just so I can get this sofa bunk bed....

“This [Dr Horrible] endeavor could not only potentially serve...”
— Nathan Fillion on his MySpace...

Another example of social awkwardness

You know how when it’s a Monday morning and your brain’s not working yet and a cute guy...

You guys all fail for not telling me about this sooner. Really, win a trip to the effing...

The Ikea 2009 catalogue arrived today! It’s my...

Toyota announces new "personal transport...

Spunky

A conversation with a colleague lead to him christening me with a new nickname,...

Officer

… I really have got to stop saluting people as a greeting.

(via)

Conversations with normal people

Me: Uh, Yoda lived on Dagobah, not Mars.
Fred: He had a run in with a Martian prostitute.
Fred: It was pretty much like a threesome with C3P02.
Me: They exist in separate star systems! How did the Martian prostitute even get there?
Me: And it's C3P0! R2D2! I AM SO OFFENDED BY YOUR LACK OF NERDINESS!
I have no idea how we ended up at such a random tangent, but I think this displays my need to get out more.

“… Eventually they put her in slave chains and tied her...”
— Kevin Smith, RE: Princess...

Battlestar Galactica Comic-Con '08

Remember how you were little and had a night light in your...