Check it out! I look like the lady being stomped on in the second panel of Dinosaur Comics!
so i have this problem Wednesday, February 28, 2007
…where i think that my way is the best and no other way is as good. my brother pointed this problem out to me several years ago, and i’ve lost a couple of friendships because of it.
i am now trying to learn to stop being so judgmental and critical of other people. i am trying to recognize that although my way might work for me, it is not the best way for another person. and even if it is a good way that might work well for another person, it is not my job to tell them. i am trying to free myself of the responsibility of making the people around me as happy as i think they should be in the way i think they should be happy.
i do it in every aspect of my life. i criticize my friends’ relationships, i criticize my friends’ study habits, my brother’s sleeping habits, a random person’s posture, my boyfriend’s habits. i don’t always say these criticisms out loud, but they are there in my thoughts, expressed subtly in my mannerisms, and are seen easily by those who know me well.
i think that i don’t always even recognize when i am being judgmental. i need the help of those around me to spot it and save it and stop it.
i want to be able to see someone make a choice i don’t agree with and be okay with them making that choice.
i will keep having this problem until i learn to not have it. it will be hard to learn to not have it. but i will learn.
A dream Tuesday, February 27, 2007
I had Jaimie the cat in my lap and I told her she couldn’t put her paws on my knees but she was arguing that it was more comfortable. She kept trying to escape, but I held her long body. We were taking a nap outside in the neighborhood / not my neighborhood while I was talking to Avner / Magnus on the phone. Avner / Magnus was driving down from Denver to Boulder, and offered to pick up Matt at the party he was at to bring him to our party. Our party was amazing - it was only 5 pm but we had been partying for almos2 11 hours. I was tired and taking a nap. Avner / Magnus agreed to pick up Matt and I called Matt to tell him. An alarm in the corner of my eye reminded me that I had left the skybox with Jaimie the cat in it behind on the lawn. I was watching an enormous garage door open - it was the entire side of the two-story house, and telling Avner / Magnus that it was disorienting to wake up because I had some of the same houses on my old block in Aurora that were here. As we spoke I looked around, trying to remember where I was. He wasn’t interested in my stories and so I hung up and went back inside to meet Deana.
Ok Chickadee Monday, February 26, 2007
I love this art. I want to paint it on my stomach, run into walls while the paint is still wet, and leave messy beautiful Ok Chickadee imprints everywhere.
(click on the picture for a link to her website)
A cute idea! Wednesday, February 21, 2007
My brother invented a creature when he was a little kid called a Molt. He created an entire species and could describe every aspect of it - their eating and sleeping habits and whether or not Molts were nocturnal (they were crepuscular - his favourite word when he was six). He also could draw pictures of them and created an entire book describing the species.
Snow emergency Friday, February 16, 2007
It’s snnnn-no emergency!
HIlarious joke said by Matt Baker!
Distorted beauty image Friday, February 16, 2007
Dove reveals the work that goes into creating a fake image for an ad campaign.
I find it fascinating that people can beat themselves up for not looking the way people do in advertisements, when not even the original model looks the way people look in advertisements. It’s ridiculous to be jealous of a beautiful person who doesn’t even exist! This also reminds me of Zefrank’s video about the media’s influence on body image.
Change Driving Laws for Bikes! Friday, February 16, 2007
“I did my first Portland bicycle commute after my car was stolen Monday night. I live near McMenamin’s Kennedy School and my job is in the Hollywood district. I have two options: I can go down NE 33rd and try to wedge myself between an endless and very dangerous stream of traffic and parked cars, or go down the neighborhood roads and encounter a stop sign every other block.
“Cars, bicycles, and pedestrians are all very different forms of transportation and the law should respect those very obvious differences.”
–David Dean
Cars don’t use the neighborhood roads because of the stop signs and I don’t want to use the thoroughfares because of the cars. So I’m left with the stop signs and mostly empty intersections.
Once a cyclist stops it is very difficult and time consuming to start again, especially on a hill. From a stop, a pedestrian can typically move through a narrow neighborhood intersection much more quickly than a cyclist, and if the pedestrian is slow, they are afforded the right of way. On a bicycle at a two way stop, after waiting for traffic to clear, by the time I reach the other side of the intersection I could have a speeding car bearing down on me. A speeding car can plow me over and legally I would be at fault!
Slowing down to observe the intersection while maintaining enough momentum to quickly get through the intersection is the safest way for a cyclists to approach most neighborhood intersections. Cars, bicycles, and pedestrians are all very different forms of transportation and the law should respect those very obvious differences.
“The law is clearly written for the safety and convenience of cars and pedestrians, as most voters and lawmakers fall into those two categories on a daily basis.”
The law is clearly written for the safety and convenience of cars and pedestrians, as most voters and lawmakers fall into those two categories on a daily basis. Cyclists are an overlooked and under protected minority class.
Relaxing the existing law isn’t going to cause anyone to behave recklessly on a bicycle. If reckless cyclists don’t care about their own personal well being, why would fines change their behavior? We could use the “law as a deterrent” argument to justify any overly harsh and otherwise ridiculous law.
As a new and very conscientious cyclist, I would feel safer if I could treat stop signs as yields I want to be safe, I want you to be safe, and the best way to accomplish that is to change the law.”
I miss my cat Thursday, February 15, 2007
Zefrank’s cat reminds me so much of my little pretty kitty.
My favourites are the Fetch #1 and #1, and Stealth. Hilarious!
Happy… Wednesday, February 14, 2007
If you’re lonely today, then please consider the following pickups lines when attempting to woo a prospective lover:
Damn baby, you must be jenga because you are stacked
Damn baby you must be monopoly because you’re sending me straight to jail
Damn baby you must be uno because you got me yelling spanish
Damn baby you must be risk because all I’m holding is my kamchatka
Damn baby you must be parcheesi because I don’t know what the fuck you are
Damn baby, you must be Stratego, because your miner just defused my bomb
Damn baby you must be Scrabble because you triple my word bonus
Damn baby, you must be ‘Don’t Tell Your Parents’
