I want to celebrate my birthday here

October 10, 2009 @ 1:37 am

The image above is courtesy of Pierre Smack’s side project called Karmaparrot.

I haven’t been keeping up with Tumblr developments lately and so I’ve missed this one entirely, but the theme he’s using on his Tumblr is the lovely Esquire Theme created by Matthew Buchanan.

Happiness

May 24, 2009 @ 5:18 pm

half-heartedly-quote

After following a loooooonnnnngggg list of re-blogs, I think I’ve finally found the place where this quote was first written. Said half-heartedly:

When I was 5 years old, my mom always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy.” They told me I didn’t understand the assignment and I told them they didn’t understand life.

I hope my future 5-year-old will be just as bold. :)

David Sedaris on undecided voters in the 2008 election

October 22, 2008 @ 11:59 pm


Photo: kuow949 on Flickr

David Sedaris, best-selling author of such funny books as Me Talk Pretty One Day and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, addressed the issue of the undecided voter in his latest New Yorker essay. This is what he has to say about undecided voters in this upcoming election:

To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?”

To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.

That’s just hilarious and very fitting of Sedaris’ style of writing. Also, the gay unicorn cartoon that’s connected with the story is funny.

Thanks Matt!