January 2008
The Things I Will Do in the Next 8 Hours
Finish talking to Travis Clean the apartment Read David Copperfield Say good night to Amanda Sleep soundly Wake up slowly and shower Wrestle my way into black jeans Read the WSJ on the 6 train Go to La Colombe and drink some coffee goodness/do some work Go to work. Kick ass
My Favorite Rohit
Rohit lives in Chandigarh, India and tonight he was nice enough to help me with some HTML editing on my tumblr. He is quite good at this.
Did I seriously just eat a Creamsicle? Learning CSS makes me hungry, it also makes me feel overwhelmed.
Vampire Weekend gets 8.8 on Pitchfork. Good work... →
if you focus on the new trends, you are already behind in creating new ideas.
– mike cina, weworkforthem via travis ekmark this should be a mantra for anyone wanting to change the world they wake up in everyday
I got a new hard drive this weekend. From 5.8MB of free space to 76.2GB. Not bad for 2 days work.
Bacon Alarm Clock →
If I could I would get this for Dylan, because can not think of anyone who loves bacon as much as he does.
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I love New York City
I just ordered a chicken quesadilla and a beer to be delivered to my apartment, it will be here in 15 minutes and it cost me $9. This city is great. Truly.
Macworld
I think I will take the next hour off and watch this. Yes I am very excited.
Impressive →
Charity: Scattered, Smothered and Covered
On Sunday’s my Mom sometimes has breakfast at The Southern Skillet, which is a greasy, fattening and altogether amazing restaurant in Roswell, Ga. She has made it a habit to buy someone’s meal anonymously when she goes there. She scans the resturant, picks a couple and tells the waitress to bring her the bill, and NOT to tell them who is paying it. While this may only cost her $20...
Today on the way to lunch as it started to rain
Jason: Does anyone have an umbrella?
Michelle: I do in my purse
Jason: Well take it out!
Michelle: No, I don't want it to get wet.
Checklists
One of the many things Amanda has taught me is the bliss that comes with making a checklist, than crossing it out one glorious point at a time. Anyone who has spent anytime with me knows that I am all over the place, and would not ever consider me to be an orginzed person. Thus when I entered the workforce this part of me stopped being funny and starting causing problems; I would forget things...
I just opened a savings account. I feel good about that.
Empires
America is involved in 130 countries around the world and we have over 700 military bases around the world. When I hear about our involvement around the world I can not help but think about some other great empires, specifically British and Roman. Overextension of resources and hyper growth we both large contributing factors to the downfalls of those respective nations. Are we getting too...