I usually don't really care about sports. I enjoy watching them. I usually pick a team to root for at some point in the game. I usually am a sucker for the underdog. I still have Tarheel loyalty pangs (these go with Duke-contempt-pangs).
Which brings me to two days ago, when I filled out my bracket and thought: I like Memphis. I've watched some of their games. You know what, they are going all the way!
Which brings me to this second. AHHHHHHHHHHH.
Why does filling out a bracket make me care SO much?
Update: Victory is sweet. 3-3 so far. Let's see how the afternoon plays out. What has happened to me?
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Happy Irish Day
Anybody want to go to Ireland? I've been once and it was amazing. The people really are friendly. The beer is good. People burst into song at pubs. These things really happen.
I also wandered around a ruined castle that had a tree growing in one of the rooms. I followed a line of cows into town. I sat in a small waiting room where old ladies talked about me in Gaelic.
I need to go back. Who's with me?
I also wandered around a ruined castle that had a tree growing in one of the rooms. I followed a line of cows into town. I sat in a small waiting room where old ladies talked about me in Gaelic.
I need to go back. Who's with me?
Monday, March 16, 2009
Fashion That Pisses Me Off
I have no idea if this is working. For some reason this whole blogging thing is hard for me.
http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/category.jsp?popId=APPAREL&navAction=poppush&navCount=39&pushId=APP_BOTTOMSUP&id=APP_BOTTOMSUP&cm_mmc=Email-_-10_Mar_09_Harem-_-031609Harem7M-_-BottUp
Let's see how this looks so I can talk about how it makes me SO ANGRY I HAVE TO TYPE IN CAPS.
Okay, maybe not that angry. Yet while I am in no way a fashionista (and jeez do I hate that word), I do possess eyes. That work. And I find myself becoming irrationally upset when I see a company that I usually like, or at least support by trolling their sales, offer up a brain-searingly ugly "statement".
Those are not harem pants. Those are MC Hammer pants. They are from 1990 and they make that model look incredibly fat and awkward. Why does the fashion industry try to fool me into clothes that will pretty much guarantee a sexless existance? That's just not nice.
http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/category.jsp?popId=APPAREL&navAction=poppush&navCount=39&pushId=APP_BOTTOMSUP&id=APP_BOTTOMSUP&cm_mmc=Email-_-10_Mar_09_Harem-_-031609Harem7M-_-BottUp
Let's see how this looks so I can talk about how it makes me SO ANGRY I HAVE TO TYPE IN CAPS.
Okay, maybe not that angry. Yet while I am in no way a fashionista (and jeez do I hate that word), I do possess eyes. That work. And I find myself becoming irrationally upset when I see a company that I usually like, or at least support by trolling their sales, offer up a brain-searingly ugly "statement".
Those are not harem pants. Those are MC Hammer pants. They are from 1990 and they make that model look incredibly fat and awkward. Why does the fashion industry try to fool me into clothes that will pretty much guarantee a sexless existance? That's just not nice.
Friday, January 30, 2009
It's Friday and I want to be...
Before each weekend, I find myself dreaming of places I would love to travel. I get intense wanderlust, and the fact that I have no money does not crush my optimism that I will soon get to travel the world. Part of my job is searching through hotel websites. This does not help things. So on this Friday, I would like to present one of my favorites. The hotel itself seems nice, but the people who work there seem truly amazing. Please follow the link below and click on VIP area after you get to the main page.
Doesn't it just look amazing? What is up with the zebra print chair, and will I be allowed to sit on it and drink from a chalice while surveying the room as if from a throne? Why is that one dude wearing a tux? Does this mean I can wear a formal ball gown the whole time and people will be okay with that?
I also want to thank Sara for setting this up. It is something that I've wanted to do for a long time. Somehow, my mind always wanders off and I've never gotten around to it. So here's to new beginnings! Also, I still haven't quite figured out how this thingamajig works, so bear with me. Hopefully I will be able to come up with some posts as stirring and interesting as Sara's last one. Most likely I'll talk about stuff that scares me, things I learned from TV, and vampires. Comic-Con is coming next week though, and I promise a very nerdy post on the event.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
A New Beginning
Welcome!
So, my good buddy Katherine and I had a brilliant idea over an exchange of emails today to create a blog about a wide variety of topics and have ourselves and our friends contribute. Let's get a little history first:
Pretty much since I first met Katherine during sophmore year of high school we have been saying we're going to get together and write a book, or write a screen play or write a sit-com. Yeah, so none of that has happened. Then on last week's episode of How I Met Your Mother we saw our life mirrored on the silver screen. Ted turns to Barney and says "Dude we should buy a bar!" they then determine that it should be called Puzzles. So, in a nutshell calling this blog Puzzles for the Wandering Minds is a homage to one of our favorite shows and as well as our mind's inability to focus on a project for very long. BUT with this blog, and the wide variety of topics we are going to grow, we're hoping that our wandering minds will find a place to travel on this site. We're hopefully going to come up with a system to organize the topics so that they are easy to pick out. Of course, this is assuming that we won't be procrastintors, which has history working against us. But damnit, it's a new year. And what are new years for except to right your wrongs!
So, to 2009, How I Met Your Mother, and No Last Calls!!!
Cheers,
Sara
So, my good buddy Katherine and I had a brilliant idea over an exchange of emails today to create a blog about a wide variety of topics and have ourselves and our friends contribute. Let's get a little history first:
Pretty much since I first met Katherine during sophmore year of high school we have been saying we're going to get together and write a book, or write a screen play or write a sit-com. Yeah, so none of that has happened. Then on last week's episode of How I Met Your Mother we saw our life mirrored on the silver screen. Ted turns to Barney and says "Dude we should buy a bar!" they then determine that it should be called Puzzles. So, in a nutshell calling this blog Puzzles for the Wandering Minds is a homage to one of our favorite shows and as well as our mind's inability to focus on a project for very long. BUT with this blog, and the wide variety of topics we are going to grow, we're hoping that our wandering minds will find a place to travel on this site. We're hopefully going to come up with a system to organize the topics so that they are easy to pick out. Of course, this is assuming that we won't be procrastintors, which has history working against us. But damnit, it's a new year. And what are new years for except to right your wrongs!
So, to 2009, How I Met Your Mother, and No Last Calls!!!
Cheers,
Sara
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