June 2008
110 posts
Google game
sabine: Type “*Yourname* Likes to” into Google and see what happens. Tracy likes to spend time with her family, especially her 5 year old daughter Mara. [A recurring story that] Tracy likes to tell is that her mother is a Hollywood movie star, and that she is coming to collect her someday. Tracy likes to tell the story of John F. Kennedy’s political rise. Tracy likes to be needed, as well...
May 2008
122 posts
I just realized...
that I couldn’t even finish my pie tonight. And it was coconut cream from Strong’s. What’s wrong with me?! I took it to go and it’s in my fridge. If I didn’t have a raging headache and wasn’t planning on passing out in 2.5 seconds, I would eat it now. Tomorrow…the pie will call to me.
“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power....”
– Washington Irving (via robot-heart)
My brain hurts.
My mind is so cluttered with thoughts and filled with emotion right now. Seeing Sex and the City made me think about a few things (Cheesy, I know. Shut up.). Relationships suck, but there is hope things will work out in some way or another. Being single in New York City is SO MUCH MORE acceptable than being single in Dallas. Even though I never lived in New York, I miss it. It’s home. I...
“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants....”
– from Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (via tumblinas) Amazing book.
It's the weekend.
Finally! Office closing at 2pm. Warehouse sale at Market Hall at 2:30pm, Sex and the City at 6pm. Tomorrow and Sunday…who knows, but I would like to just lay around, maybe go on a shoe hunt again and possibly lounge by the pool. A drink or two or five would be nice too.
i took your phone number out of my phone today
tumblinas: and saved it in a different place. now if you want to talk you have to call me. I have done this before. And I have always found myself pulling the number out of a drawer and re-entering into my phone. You know the number is there, on a small scrap of paper and it just eats at you. Just keep it in your phone, ignore it, do not call it. You’ll know when you are either ready to...
“The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a...”
– The History Boys(via claudia) (via emilyposts)
He's Just Not That Into You. →
Wow. The story of my f-ing life. PS - I stole this from ALane, but didn’t want the whole link to be in my post. So props to her.
My weird dinosaur loving friend.
Jess: fyi http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24861957/
Tracy: eww
Tracy: where do you find these things
Jess: i have a google alert set up
Tracy: no
Tracy: you do not
Jess: dinosaur or pretriassic vertbrates
Tracy: you are so strange
Jess: thanks.............
“Every time you sniff and say somebody has “too much free time,” the part of you...”
– Merlin Mann (via superamit)
Movie night!
I just bought advance tickets for the Sex and the City movie for Friday at 6pm. Woo hoo!
Facebook ruined my day.
You can’t hide on Facebook. Everyone knows everything that is going on in your life even if it came from someone else’s wall or photos. And even though what I thought I found out on Facebook about someone today wasn’t true, it lead me to have a shitty day. In short, it’s over. Completely. I have the closure I needed and now I need to ignore those little flicker’s of...
“It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes...”
– Virginia Woolf (via mathewparkin)
The official start of summer.
I forgot how much I love the summer. BBQ’s, drinks by the pool, the smell of suntan lotion. This is my favorite time of year (although fall in the Northeast is pretty close). Even though it is blazing hot in Texas, I still love the warm weather and can put up with the heat and sweat as long as there is a pool nearby. And although I am miles and miles away from the beach, I am still there in...
“When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True Story.”
– Barney Stinson (beenthinking) (via bellavita) I should try this…
“But I don’t want to look at you this way
I’m staring through your...”
– “Let Me In,” Hot Hot Heat
“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish...”
– Anais Nin Quote (jeralyndwile) (via bellavita)
“Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do...”
– Norman Vincent Peale (via bakeurfaceoff)
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you...”
– Ferris Bueller (22 years ago) (via michaelikesit)
Tip of the day
extrafirmhold: Tell someone you like that they’re cute. Upon hearing it, the recipient will be temporarily cured of any current ailments they may have.
Friday. 2:20pm. Back at work.
It’s 2:20pm. We had an office picnic at noon and were supposed to close at 2pm. I am sitting at my desk waiting to hear from Kinko’s about two posters I need printed up for Tuesday. This is bullshit. I want overtime pay.
“Take time to realize,
That your warmth is. Crashing down on in.
Take time to...”
– “Realize,” Colbie Caillat
“By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it....”
– Franz Kafka Quotes (via bluechameleon)
“Listening to your heart, finding out who you are, is not simple. It takes time...”
– Anonymous
Off.
I’ve felt off lately. I’m emotional, from one extreme to another. This morning I snapped at co-worker on the phone because I was stressed out. I apologized later because the guilt settled in. And I knew it was unprofessional. I hear certain people speak or a tone in someone’s voice and I want to turn around and just tell them to shut up. I can pretty much tear up at the drop of a...
“I gotta feel you in my bones again,
I’m all over you. I’m not over you.
I...”
– “All Over You,” The Spill Canvas
“You, you want nothing to do with me,
I, I don’t know what to do with you,...”
– “Beating Heart Baby,” Head Automatica
Summer Fridays.
Yesterday I found out that my office will be giving us summer Fridays. We will close at 2 pm on Fridays from Memorial Day through Labor Day. After almost four years here, we have never had summer days. This is big time. To me, closing at 2pm means more time to either a) lay by the pool or b) attend happy hour.
“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.”
– Isaac Asimov (via enquotations)
“I cannot stress how important an independent mind in a person is to me. I like...”
– Jayel Aheram (via triciaward)
Goodbye, Michael.
I just found out that my favorite yoga teacher is moving to Washington, DC for the summer and isn’t sure if he will be coming back to Dallas in the fall. Sigh. On a brighter a note, I am totally making progress! I did crow and side crow (side crow with help) today. Even if I only held myself up for 2 seconds, I still did it and it’s pretty empowering.
The other side of the bed.
Last night as I was laying bed, watching TV, getting ready to got to sleep, I realized something. I sleep on one side of the bed. The right side, next to the alarm clock, to be exact. I have a queen size bed, so it is obviously big enough for two, but since I live alone and have no man in my life, I am the only one who sleeps in it (with the exception of Ash or Jess every now and then). So...
“Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity,...”
– Oscar Wilde (via enquotations)
I wonder...
what it would take to make all the fonts the same. Hmm…
“As far as I’m concerned, if something is so complicated that you can’t explain...”
– Calvin, Calvin & Hobbes (via sailingonthesea)
Interesting theory from Monday night TV.
I was just watching How I Met Your Mother, which I catch on occasion, and Doogie Howser’s character had this theory that you shouldn’t make plans with someone farther in advance then you have been dating them. The thought behind this is that you will most likely not be together, forget the person’s name, etc. by then. For example, if you are dating someone for a month and you...
Rental car.
I am planning a trip to Napa/Sonoma/SF at the end of July with my friend Ashley. I just booked a Toyota Prius as our rental car and I am pretty stoked. Not only will be riding in (green) style, but since gas in California in July will be well over $4 a gallon, we will be saving some cash too.
Disconnecting Distraction →
cubicle17: Paul Graham talks procrastination-by-distraction: Procrastination feeds on distractions. Most people find it uncomfortable just to sit and do nothing; you avoid work by doing something else. So one way to beat procrastination is to starve it of distractions. But that’s not as straightforward as it sounds […] Sounds familiar…
“Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food...”
– Mark Twain (via mascarah)
“When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world...”
– Georgia O’Keefe
Shoes.
I went shopping on Saturday and got some pretty good deals at the mall. The one thing I didn’t get that I actually went to the mall for was shoes. I don’t have big feet by any means, but they are slightly wide and I have weird pinky toes, so most shoes that fit normal feet, don’t fit mine very comfortably. I have come to the realization that my feet are jacked up. I used to buy...
Ugh.
I go visit my parents in the Dallas suburbs usually every weekend. It’s an 80 mile round trip, but I usually get good food and random stuff (like new steak knives today) out of it and I do enjoy spending time with my family. Anyway, my aunt calls me this morning and asks if I am going to my parents today and I tell her yes. She asks if I can pick something up from her friend’s house...