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Jan 25th

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Jan 22nd

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Jan 16th

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overheard at the gym 16

 (Two dudes bro-hug, talk about one of the dudes being home from college, and how life has been going since high school.)
Dude A: You just getting back into working out?
Dude B: No man, I've just been losing size. I don't wanna do the hard stuff, you know?
Dude A: Oh right! I forgot, you use that stuff. I read there's some law against it now?
Dude B: Yeah, I'm gonna be waiting for a while before they pass a bill to make it legal again. I got a pharmacist who knows all about it and is helping me out, but I'm gonna have to wait until February until I can get anything.
Dude A: That sucks, man.

Jan 6th

Watch

Required viewing for today. I used to rollerskate like crazy when I was younger, but ice skating is mostly foreign to me. (There will be lots of penguin-stepping.)

Dec 27th

Dec 22nd

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Nov 4th

Oct 21st

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overheard at the gym 15

 (A dude walks past the row where I'm packing up my stuff in the locker room twice before going to a locker on the other side.)
Dude (to his friend): Seriously think that stuff affects your memory 'cause I forgot where I put my stuff like five times today.
His friend: You're just stupid, dude.
Dude: Shut up.
 (They come out just ahead of me as I leave. The dude steps in one direction to the parking lot, stops, turns, steps in the other direction, stops, turns.)
Dude: Sh**, now where did I park?

Oct 6th

2 tags

overheard at the gym 14

 (A dad is on the mats with his teenage kid, doing crunches together.)
Kid: Ow. Ow. Dad.
Dad: One, two, three, four...
Kid: Dad. I don't like this. This hurts.
Dad: ...Two, three, four...
Kid: You started over! OW!
Dad: Your complaining... made me lose count... now we gotta do more... three, four, five
Kid: Ow! DAD.

Sep 8th

Aug 2nd

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Aug 2nd

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Jun 15th

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Jun 5th

85 notes

190 lbs

burn: I’m one hundred ninety pounds now, since a week ago. Yay. I actually feel like this was easier than 170-180, or 160-170. I Also feel like my body fat percentage is about the same or lower, despite stuffing my face full of food. I guess I hit 180 in January (according to my own tumblr (now you see why I do these things)). It wasn’t til March that I started at my current gym, after a...

May 8th

1 tag

I made a huge life decision today...

james-sykora: I stopped following Charlie Sheen on Twitter. It won’t be easy but I’ll muddle on somehow. Well played, sir. Well played.

Apr 30th

Crafting an interesting online persona is...

james-sykora: But the personal data of 750 million PSN users won’t sort through itself. I would love to see you use that last tag more often.

Apr 28th

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Twilight

Just the Rifftrax, promise. Also, listening to Rifftrax without the movie going on in the background is kind of weird, yet still pretty funny.

Apr 22nd

tinycartridge: “You never hear people say, ‘The HD visuals looked great but didn’t add to the gameplay, and so are nothing more then a gimmick.’3D, like HD graphics or surround sound, improves the presentation of the game and helps with immersion. There’s nothing wrong with that. Why do some act like it needs to do more in order to be considered worthwhile?” — Astute observation from NeoGAF...

Mar 29th

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Getting books

sharingtime: I wish “getting books” was slang for “getting laid” because then I could boast that I “get more books than a library.” Of course, then I would have to qualify that statement with the fact that most of the books I get are from outside of bookstores at the Used Books table, and that they’ve been deeply discounted and have issues with their book dads. I have, in fact, read many...

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Mar 16th

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Chareth Cutestory

One of my editors listed a story in our schedule as “T.B.A.” so I went and found a picture of the check for him. Best part of the day.

Mar 1st

I was supposed to drive two hours for a work trip today, but the snow has me pretty much housebound. I’m pretty okay with this resolution, despite looming deadlines.

Feb 25th

Today, I hugged my little nephew so hard he farted. I tried really, really hard not to laugh. Between this and the nicknames, I am right on course to be a truly terrible uncle.

Feb 13th

This crowd at the Robyn show is the single most...

themattsmith: And they all hate Diamond Rings They are not the only ones.

Feb 13th

1 tag

overheard at the gym 13

 (Two teen guys are taking turns at a machine nearby.)
Dude A: So she was like, you can either stay here and fail the test and we can do it again, or you can go study for your stupid chem test.
Dude B: What'd you do?
Dude A: I was like, "Man, I really need this right now," but I have to pass the test, too. So I waited a couple seconds.
Dude B: Wow.
Dude A: Then she started crying, so I left.

Jan 21st

Dec 23rd

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Dec 13th

"glee" is basically a porn.

xavierjones: at first this might sound preposterous. how could a show about attractive teenagers from Ohio who sing and dance possibly be compared to erotic films? but if you look at how the show is presented, there are some eerie similarities. “It’s just irresponsible!” -Kelly from the Office. 1. Bad Writing Watching the show from week to week, i’ve noticed that characters come and...

Nov 18th

overheard at the gym 12

 (Two high school students are just hanging out on one of the machines.)
Guy: So what did you get on her test?
Girl: Whatever.
Guy: What'd you get?
Girl: A 65.
Guy: Hah! Yaaaaaay, you're dumb like me!
Girl: Shut up.

Nov 18th

happy halloween

I just woke up from a dream that was perfect for the holiday, so I thought I’d share it. In this dream, I was part of a group of people hunting zombies (yes, I know) on this old property that had been owned by a mad scientist of sorts. People had been buried there from before the Revolutionary War, with an absolutely massive graveyard broken up and hiding in pieces throughout the woods...

Oct 31st

Are You Interested In Being So Furious You...

daveholmes: Then read the transcript of this NPR story about the religious right’s reaction to gay content in anti-bullying programs in schools. Much has been and much more will be written about Tony Perkins’ truly repulsive comments here (in a nutshell: gay kids don’t kill themselves because people bully them, they do it because they know they’re disgusting), so I won’t spend any time on...

Oct 28th

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Oct 7th

Sep 24th

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James Kirkwood is not the only one who can be (a... →

I need to do more book reviews like this.

Sep 16th

1 tag

overheard at the gym 11

 (Two girls are getting water before heading out after running.)
Girl A: When he came in, I jumped up to cut his hair. He was so hot.
Girl B: What was he like?
Girl A: He was like like one of the Nsync guys.
Girl B: What? Those guys are all gay. Which one?
Girl A: The blond one with spiky hair. I don't know.
Girl B: Yeah. That's the gay one.

Sep 16th

Post-film discussion: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

gurlcomix: Stephen: [walking out] Wow, Kyle, you are not very good at suspending your disbelief. I saw you grimacing through the whole last hour of the movie. Kyle: I’m sorry! I know you were enjoying it, so I didn’t want to say anything. Stephen: Well, you’d better say the things now while i’m in my state of euphoria. also, i’ve already prepared arguments to most of the things that...

Sep 6th

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Jun 29th

2 tags

All I can say is

you guys are so lucky that I’m not live-blogging this poetry slam that is happening right now.

Jun 27th

overheard at the gym 10

 (Two middle-aged ladies are stretching near me.)
Lady A: Brian and I went camping last weekend.
Lady B: Oh, that's nice.
Lady A: Yeah, it was. We had two other couples along, too. It's nice to have others around.
Lady B: Did the kids like it?
Lady A: Oh, they stayed at home. This was an ADULT weekend.
Lady B: OooOHHH.
Lady A: Right. My son asked why we even wanted to just go camping with other adults.
Lady B: Haha, he'll understand.
Lady A: I told him he would understand if he had kids.

Jun 27th

overheard at the gym 9

 (A bunch of bro dudes are hanging out right around, of course, one of the machines I want to use)
Bro 1: And he was like, telling me how wearing tighter shorts lets him move better on the court.
Bro 2: Yeah, I heard that.
Bro 1: I don't care man, wearing tight shorts like that? If you're wearing tight shorts, that's totally being gay!
 (there is a pause, wherein he realizes that two of his four bro dude buddies are wearing skin-tight shorts)
Bro 1: I mean, uh, whatever you like is cool though.

Jun 23rd

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Jun 7th

The Final Countdown

sharingtime: Today marks the first day of the last month I will be employed by this company. That means I have thirty days to do some great work here. But that’d be boring. Instead, each day before I leave work, I will steal one piece of office furniture and replace it with a goat. If you know where I can get thirty goats super cheap, please email me. ...

Jun 3rd

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May 22nd

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May 20th

Beautiful day outside

ihatepigeons: All my friends are hanging out with their boyfriends, girlfriends, ex-boyfriends, ex-girlfriends, random hook ups. Me? I’m home alone. ————————————— Well, you should be back. The gaming tumblr blog world is lonely without you. (also, don’t be lonesome; you live in a pretty awesome place)

May 17th