June 2012
62 posts
day 182: why do you think people are so addicted...
ea - We love comparing ourselves to other people. And showing other people what we have been up to, and have accomplished. Also, it is easy to get sucked in, then it is a cycle of obsession!
cc - because it’s like easy socializing. you can pretend to be interacting with people, but you’re really just interacting with yourself and your computer. it’s cheating. haha i’m...
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What Was Nora Ephron's Greatest Line? →
You should spend all day today reading Nora Ephron. Remember that stupid debate about whether women could be funny or not? “Nora Ephron” were the last two words of that argument. She was, to writing, what the five tools player is to baseball: great novelist, great screenwriter, great playwright, great columnist, great interview. But above all she was a a creator of maxims. Is there any...
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A Few Words about Breasts!
I have to begin with a few words about androgyny. In grammar school, in the fifth and sixth grades, we were all tyrannized by a rigid set of rules that supposedly determined whether we were boys or girls. The episode in Huckleberry Finn where Huck is disguised as a girl and gives himself away by the way he threads a needle and catches a ball—that kind of thing. We learned that the way you sat,...
The Funny Sides of Film and Feminism: Things I... →
My thoughts exactly! Seriously I think I said half of this to ab the other day! -ea
day 181: how did you spend your last birthday?
ea - Seeing The Hunger Games! and eating the 17 cakes I/cynthia/other people made! —sooo many sweets! Oh and I took a shot and looked like an idiot! (there is a video for proof)
ab- I went out to eat at Blue which is one my favorite sushi restaurants in Omaha. I went there with friendsies and got tipsy and then went home haha. I celebrated that Friday because I am a dork and didn’t...
day 180: what is the most inspiring book you have...
cc - Writing Down the Bones. I still use it to help me with writer’s block and I am always inspired to sit down and write after reading just one chapter.
ea - Obviously I have a theme going with these “inspiring” questions but Operation Homecoming, I guess when I look back on these answers I will see how interested I was in soldiers and Veterans? But, the cool thing about...
Nora Ephron Commencement Address 1996 Wellesley...
President Walsh, trustees, faculty, friends, noble parents…and dear class of 1996, I am so proud of you. Thank you for asking me to speak to you today. I had a wonderful time trying to imagine who had been ahead of me on the list and had said no; I was positive you’d have to have gone to Martha Stewart first. And I meant to call her to see what she would have said, but I forgot. She...
day 179: how do you feel about discrimination
ab- it’s bad. This is a dumb question.
mlp - agreed. Equal opportunity employers for the win!
GRE Issue Essay Question
I thought it might be fun to answer some of the issue essay questions from the GRE question pool! You obviously do not have to participate, just an idea!
Competition for high grades seriously limits the quality of learning at all levels of education.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you...
day 178: a goal you have this weekday
ab - hmmm… I have a “To Do” list and I need to finish stuff on there… I’ve already made progress on it! I am avoiding paying my parking ticket :P But other than that, I need to sign up for the gym and get to work! :)
cc - take a nap. i was awake for 16 hours straight yesterday and had to get up early again today (7:30 is early now…that’s when i left the...
Dear Photograph →
I already discussed this with Carlie, but guys I think this website is such a cool idea! I think I even want to buy the book. But, then I got to thinking and realized kids who are 10 right now probably have no hard copy pictures to look through! I love looking through our stacks of photos! But, any recent photos are just saved on the computer! I got really sad about this! (Yes I am crazy) I guess...
day 177: something you’re proud of in the past few...
ea - The fact that even though I played a terrible round of golf on Saturday and was basically ready to withdraw from the tournament, I returned on Sunday and ended up shooting 19 strokes better than the day before! I felt like I had at least been able to put Saturday behind me and that was important to me! Tied for 24th place at the Women’s Amateur of Kansas City (aka not last! even though...
day 176: do you enjoy cooking
ea - UMM YES! and baking! Food is awesome, and making a new recipie can be quite exciting and fun! And when you are done you can be so proud of the awesome meal you are eating! :)
mlp - I do if I’m doing it with someone else, but I don’t have the patience to do it by myself, which is awful but I genuinely don’t like doing it alone (that’s what she said!)
cc - this is like...
day 175: songs you listen to when you’re happy
ea - Chocolate High! (yes, still) Something ‘bout a Truck! Hahaha Umm I don’t know! It totally depends on the day and what kind of happy!
mlp - hmmmm I don’t know, lots of songs! I’ll get back to you on this one
ab - Chocolate High! Yay! Ummm I like Pandora stations! This isn’t a song, but I have been listening to the Comedy station on Pandora and I literally LOL...
day 174: how do you think you’re going to act in...
cc - how am i supposed to know? i hope i’m a really cool 31 year old who has a steady job but still knows how to have fun and has her life under control (let’s be honest about that last one, though…).
ea - Hopefully with confidence in whatever I happen to be doing at that time!
mlp - Like a total tool. THIS IS A TERRIBLE QUESTION
ab- Agreed ea! I hope I am confident! Other...
day 173: is there something you laugh at everytime...
ab - I pretty much laugh at every episode of Modern Family and HIMYM.
ea - Basically I can watch all of Tyler Oakley’s videos a million times and still laugh! And more recently Hayley Hoover’s videos
-me practicing embedding videos since I finally figured it out! :)
mlp - yay Erin! Every time my dad does a pirate voice I laugh no matter what. I miss my familia :(
day 172: what kind of person attracts you
ea- THERE ARE SO MANY REPEATS. I THINK WE HAVE ANSWERED THIS 3 TIMES OVER!
ab- AHHHHHHHH
cc - the human kind.
mlp - I recently decided that the biggest turn on for me (personality wise) is someone who is generous and really expects nothing in return. Biggest turn on ever!
day 171: one famous guy you would marry in an...
mlp - James Franco. I don’t know, ever since Maura told me that he published a book of short stories I’ve decided that I’m in love with him. But Idk, I also don’t think I would marry an actor (I spent wayyy too much time with one last week, haha). So I would marry Obama in an instant (also lol @cc), but he’s married. Damn.
cc - First of all, 365 Day Challenge,...
day 170: what is something you notice throughout...
mlp - How everyone personalized their uniforms. I think this was pretty common, though, for girls at our school to notice. Like your shoes/hair/jewelry or lack thereof (me!) say sooo much about you when you’re forced to wear a uniform! Kind of? Now I’m doubting myself, haha
cc - I didn’t notice a lot throughout high school, it was more realization after the fact. I did realize...
day 169: what is your life motto
What’s a motto? Idk what’s a-motto with you? - ab
P.s. can someone show me how to embed videos in existing posts? I don’t get it!
ea - I don’t think you can.. but I love the vid!
This too shall pass (when I am in a semi okay mood)
mlp - Hmm yeah this is a difficult one! And Idk either amanda about the embedding :(. Right now it is “Boys suck, throw rocks at them...
day 168: how do you feel about cyber bullying
mlp - I think it’s great. In fact, we should teach kids how to cyber bully. WTF KIND OF QUESTION IS THIS?!
day 167: funniest movie you have ever seen
ab - there are way tooo many to pick just one!
ea- WAY TOO MANY!
mlp - There are a lot, but I looooove Airplane 1 and 2.
day 166: have you ever had a teacher that changed...
mlp - yes! Magistra did for sure, but so did Ms. Dunlay and Rez and my poetry prof, Dr. Casaregola. Oh and my philosophy professors. I love teachers!
cc - yes, many. my 4th grade teacher, 5th grade english teacher, a few high school teachers (dunlay for sure), and there have definitely been professors at Marquette that have helped direct me down the right paths.
ab- yes! 4th grade also! My...
day 165: favorite type of music
ea - Pretty sure everybody knows I am obsessed with Country music! #wannabecountrygirl
mlp - Mine changes, but currently I realllllly like reggae. I don’t know why but I love it!
ab- I don’t know! I like lots! I can say that I am not a huge fan of techno/dance music or 80’s music!
cc - the kind with rhythm, beat, tune and lyrics? haha also without lyrics. i like music, you...
day 164: one thing many people don’t know about...
ea - If I said then people would know… Tricky one, aren’t you!
mlp - bahahaha Erinnn. Ummm I think people are surprised to find out that I’m really, really superficial about boys, but yeah it’s terrible but totally true. Also, since we’re all kind of into this psychoanalytical stuff (but esp. ab/ea) analyze this: we were staying at my uncle’s like...
Kansas City: One City, Two States →
day 163: where is one place you would love to...
ab- Pretty sure this is a repeat question. Germany! Deutschland! Ja!
ea - Pebble Beach! (I added a pic!)
mlp - oooh ea that’s prettyyyy! I decided I want my honeymoon (if i get married; if I don’t, then my child’s 10th birthday) to be a safari, sooo central Africa! (ps - Erin, you’re not the only one who thinks too much :D)
cc - there are so many more than just one....
Who Needs Feminism →
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day 162: highs and lows of this month
ea - I’m going to do last month, since we are only 1/3 of the way into this month, okay? highs - summer starting! golfing in Missouri! seeing my family! seeing almost all of you! :) playing with my dog! lows - not seeing mlp. …not to much to complain about! start of summer was good!
ab- Highs: warrior dash, LSAT. Lows: warrior dash, LSAT.
mlp - haha ab. Are we doing May or June? May...
day 161: why is it so much easier being a child,...
cc - actually, i think it’s the other way around. children don’t get to make their own decisions, they have to do what other people tell them, they can’t go anywhere alone or take care of themselves. that might be an “easy” lifestyle because it doesn’t take a lot of thought, but once you know the freedom of adulthood, it would be so difficult to go backwards....
day 160: do you go by live, laugh, love
kb- no. I actually find that saying to be a bit annoying. Along the same lines of YOLO. Too simplistic to have any real meaning.
cc - i do those things but it’s not my life’s philosophy.
ea - Sure! I should probably think about it more!
ab- death, silence, hate. Just kidding! This is totally hanging in my house somewhere.. I believe it is above the door. Yay for suburbia and...
Watchlizjudy:
nala-chan:
Everybody needs this on their blog.
It doesn’t get old!
day 159: what is one thing you love about...
ab- I love that this just implies that everyone loves photography. I think it’s pretty and I wish I could do it.
cc - this
ea - IT EXISTS
mlp - haha agreed ab. I love how it preserves your memories of people who have died. Depressing but that’s probably my favorite thing about it!
day 156: what is a tv show you enjoy the most
ea - wayyy too many! HIMYM, Parenthood, Veronica Mars (yes, still could rewatch that one alll the time!) and obviously GG and Scrubs are high on my list! Modern Family! Big Bang Theory!
ab- a better question is which tv show do I not enjoy? I love: HIMYM, Scrubs, Breaking Bad, Weeds, Sister Wives, Modern Family, Toddlers and Tiaras, Wife Swap, Say Yes to the Dress, Say Yes to the Dress:...
day 157: do you like to give or receive
cc - what are we talking about here?
ab - this sounds yucky! And Erin you deleted your answer! That’s not allowed!!
ea - once i realized how you guys were taking it, I HAD TO!
mlp - Erin what was your answer?! Here’s my dirty answer: both, but I like to receive first. Here’s my clean answer: both, but I like to receive first (if you’re talking about presents). Haha but...
day 158: would you give up all of your presents...
cc - yes. you guys, we have too much stuff.
ab- Yes. Next Christmas I will be 22 and if I can’t give away my Christmas presents when I’m 22 then I am just a sad 22 year old person!
kb- Yes. I prefer the food and family traditions of the holidays rather then the presents. If I didn’t get presents but still stuffed my whole family into a car and drove around looking at Christmas...
day 153: do you think the hardest thing is...
ea - ummmm I have no idea what this means…. The hardest thing morally is sometimes the easiest thing? The hardest thing physically? The hardest thing? I am probably overthinking this but I do not know how to answer it! Sometime I think it is easy to avoid the hard things… does that answer the question?
cc - what?
ab- yeah I don’t get this…. Sometimes it’s easy to...
day 154: a moment you felt most satisfied in your...
ea- Tuesday night I made dinner. Then I made breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the next day since I would be gone all the next day. And this was after I exercised! I felt like I had my life on track for that portion of the day and was going to feel good about myself. It was oh so satisfying.
cc - i always feel most satisfied when im working, doing something meaningful, or when ive ACTUALLY done...
day 155: what is one achievement you are proud of
ea- This is a great question to make us all focus on the great things about us! YAY!
cc - then why didn’t you answer, ea? I’m proud of hiking the Grand Canyon, and becoming brave enough to do things like go to DC and Morocco. And run for sorority president. And memorizing all the words to “Look At Me Now.”
kb- running a half-marathon and getting an internship in NYC....
day 152: what is one step of action you would take...
ea - hmm… Getting to big questions are we now? Eventually help more veterans share their stories. I think their stories are so important and could change the world in so many ways.
cc - first, i would see it all and learn as much about it as i could.
ab- Idk! I think that’s what I’m trying to figure out with the whole whole what-do-i-wanna-be-when-I-grow-up thing.
mlp - I...
ANNNNNNND
I now know why I have been avoiding these questions:
My name is Erin.
I am a crazy, and I mean crazy over analyzer with anxiety issues.
These posts make me remember that and force me to think about things I do not want to.
I may need help. Maybe.
My name is Erin.
This sounds like a poem. I like it :) - ab
Also, I can’t find it but there’s a really good article about the...
