January 2010
66 posts
Paycheck!!
My contract for this project with some former coworkers is signed. I can sort of claim to be employed! I will be getting a check that doesn’t come from the government! Celebration drinks tonight….no one knows it yet though!
Bill OKs teachings on contraceptives, sexually... →
I don’t get it, I thought that’s what you were suppose to learn in sex ed at public schools…especially the STD part. Even my Catholic school taught us about STDs…scare tactics and all. It just seems crazy to me that we need a law saying you should teach sex ed. Oh well, it’s a good thing when it comes down to it I guess if teen pregnancy goes down and all that jazz....
Can you engineer that for me?
One of my favorite things to ask Mike, especially since it rarely makes any sense. For example, I just asked him to engineer me some socks that are specifically designed for the big toe. He’s an engineer though, ya know, so he should be able to solve all my problems with math and stuff.
This space heater is my savior
Just please don’t tell J.C…I’ll be back once spring gets here.
Lake FM, music for everyone...except racists
Have any of you Milwaukeeans (or is it Milwaukeans?) seen the commercial for LakeFM where the guy goes on how they have music for Chinese people and I think he says little people and a few other things. Then he goes on to say how they have music for every race and everyone, except for racists, that LakeFM isn’t for racists. They drop the word racist at least 6 times in like a 30 second...
Oh, and the other part of me couldn't care less.
(via themattsmith)
Didn’t realize he (J.D. Salinger) was even still alive…so I guess I’m saying it doesn’t really phase me that now he’s dead. I just always assumed he was. Ok, back to filing my taxes.
“Kim you live in WI. How do you not have cheese falling off your walls?”
– Mike, in response to my complaint that my sandwich would have been exponentially better if it had cheese on it.
I'm making a consciene effort to swear less
And so far, I think I am actually succeeding. That may all change thought on Saturday when I’m watching Marquette get destroyed by UConn. Oh well.
Nyquil fueled conversations
Zach: Do you know how good pancakes are?
Kim: How good?
Zach: 300
Kim: What? Oh did you say how much?
Zach: No how good.
Kim: 300?
Zach: Yeah if you had to quantify how good pancakes are, they are 300.
“Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing...”
– -Kurt Vonnegut (via elpasajero:early-onset-of-night) (via lefan)
That’s the whole reason I use them; proof that I’ve been to college. Although, not a lot of engineering documentation needs them, sadly. I’ve managed to work them into a summary here or there. Ideally, I would have used only...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
The Very Best (12)
Editors (2)
Kings of Leon (2)
Cloud Cult (2)
Feist (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Attention random people from high school
Just because Facebook suggests we should be friends doesn’t mean you actually need to send me a friend request. Were you in my class? No? Hmm well did we have a elective class together then? Oh no? Oh well then you must have been friends with one of my friends because of a sport or something so we hung out a few times? No? Oh, hmm our lockers were near each other so we said hi in the...
“Things have really slowed down for us now that you have minimal boy drama and I...”
– Beth on how she had nothing to discuss in her latest e-mail.
Nicotine withdrawal
While I’m confident it’s far worse for the person actually going through it, it’s no picnic for those around said person either. I’m really looking forward to the end of this.
I plan to document all of tonight's quit smoking...
lefan:
isworeidneverliveinwisconsin:
If I need to sacrifice my Friday night for this ridiculousness, I’m making it worth it.
pictures or it didn’t happen.
I’m sad to report that I have no pictures. The whole thing took far less time than any of us expected. It took about a quarter of a bottle of tequila and five unfiltered cigarettes. After cigarette three and not very much tequila the...
I plan to document all of tonight's quit smoking...
If I need to sacrifice my Friday night for this ridiculousness, I’m making it worth it.
The worst idea ever?
A little while ago Zach called me to inform me that he was going to quit smoking tonight in three “easy” steps.
Step 1: Drink a bunch of milk Step 2: Smoke a lot of unfiltered cigarettes while also drinking a ton of tequila Step 3: Puke so much he never wants to smoke again
So, my Friday night is going to be really exciting.
I guess I'll enable this question thing →
Guess who spent all but 2 hours of today in bed?
This girl. Ahhh being sick.
Milwaukee Firefighters Battle 5-Alarm Fire -... →
themattsmith:
danielholter:
FIVE ALARMS. Wow.
Link has local coverage for those interested.
For all those not interested, it’s clear you’ve never been to Milwaukee and had the pleasure of Pizza Man, which is possibly the cheesiest (sorry) name for an amazing restaurant ever.
I repeat. ALL. THAT. WINE.
THIS IS THE WORST NEWS I HEARD ALL DAY!! (sure I stayed in bed until 11 because...
Bobby Flay, I hate your voice
It makes me not want to like what you are cooking. Despite how tasty the burgers you are making right now look, the sound of your voice is making me want to puke.
It's my turn to pick the book for our book club
Any suggestions?
“And since you are cool, you can’t get like a collection of really bad...”
– Mike on my options for valentine’s day gift purchases.
Dealbreakers →
This is my personal favorite from this list
‘Nicknamers:’ This can apply to men or women. People that give themselves a nickname and either sign their emails, begin or end phone conversations, or introduce themselves using this self-proclaimed nickname drive me up the wall. First of all nicknames are something someone else gives you, it’s not something you just come up with...
“Yeah I ate it too fast and now I am thinking about what it was and my insides...”
– Zach on his first White Castle experience
Amazing
When I got to Zach’s last night him or his roommate said something about how they wished they had beer. I have a ridiculous amount of beer in my fridge left over from various gatherings, so I said oh you should have mentioned it I would have brought some over. Having had to park about a block away and nearly slipping on the ice three times, I wasn’t about to go back home to get it...
man talks in sleep. wife writes down everything he... →
attackattack:
this might be THE GREATEST THING EVER. “I can’t control the kittens. Too many whiskers! Too many whiskers!”
Wow this is entertaining on so many levels.
Fail
me: oh my god it's going to be 38 here tomorrow!
Katie: heat waaaaaaaave
me: this is my island in the sun
Katie: nice reference
me: im glad you got it
Katie: it's about the only Weezer song i like
me: oh that wasnt my reference
me: shoot
Katie: hmmmm...that's the only island in the sun i know of
me: it was a muppet christmas carol reference
Katie: statler and astor are about the extent of my obscure muppet knowledge
me: it wasnt even that obscure
Brotherly love
Mike: so hows that foot and hand
me: at the moment my hand is ok....my foot hurts if i put too much pressure on it
Mike: you are so dumb
Mike: i mean that in the nicest way possible
Please, Milwaukee, plow my alley →
Dito. I also find it irritating that some of my neighbors who don’t actually use their garage refuse to shovel out the area behind it. This last snow I think one of my neighbors cleared out the area by our garage while doing theirs. It was greatly appreciated.
And then I found 800 mg of Ibuprofen
When I was getting out of the shower today I accidentally kicked the faucet. It was the sort of pain where you can’t even make any noise because it hurts so bad. I didn’t cry and I didn’t yell. I just bent over on the sink and put my head in my towel. I few choice words slipped out each time I tried to put my weight on it while I stood there dripping wet. It bled a little and has...
And then all of a sudden it was like I was a...
I went to the grocery store before noon. I’m cooking something in a crockpot for dinner tonight and I’m going to spend my afternoon cleaning. I should probably invest in a housecoat or something like that.
Triumph!!!
Kyle, the downstairs neighbor, is outside shoveling right now. I was just about to give in, I had my boots, coat, gloves and hat all on. I picked up my trash to walk out to the ally and when I got there Amanda was out with the dogs. We talked a bit and then she said that Kyle was out front shoveling and he loves this stuff. So I stood out there and talked and played with the dogs a little....
Stand off
I’m currently engaged in a stand off with the downstairs neighbors about shoveling. I shoveled twice yesterday. I know they are both still home and no snow has been shoveled yet. It’s driving me crazy that they haven’t gone out there yet to shovel. In general they do a fairly crappy job too. They never shovel in front of the garage in the ally, which makes pulling in difficult...
Remember how I slipped on the ice like a month...
My hand still randomly hurts every so often. It’s really been bothering me a lot the last two days. I think Dr. Dad was right that I broke it.
Maybe the greatest that's what she said of all...
Kim: It's never going back in.
Kim: It's too bent and hurts.
Zach: THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID