January 2010
46 posts
A typical saturday at the ISU library...
I just left the library where a guy had a keystone light cracked on his table. We keep it classy at isu. That’s a fact.
“Attitude is a choice. We create our own world by the way we choose to see it....”
– “Where will you be five years from today?” (woah. anyone else feel pretty powerful now?)
“There are clubs you can’t belong to, neighborhoods you can’t live...”
– Nike (from one roadrunner to another).
That's the worst case of i'm-an-idiot that i've...
A man who pleaded guilty to robbery and intent to kill asked to have three years added to his 30-year sentence so his prison term would match Larry Bird’s jersey number. Our justice system astounds me.
“Really, Ames Government? Those potholes on lincolnway and hyland ave. are ok...”
– and my running thought saga continues.
Apparently God has a sense of humor...
Enter ex boyfriend #1 and #2 tonight. The first stares (sorry, i didn’t mean to break your heart…) from across the room. The second comes up to me says “hey!”, smiles, makes small talk, continues in good conversation, and we leave together cordially. Now there’s an adult and a braver soul than most. Thank you, God, for this evening.
“I am voting all states in between here and Texas out of the U.S. I apologize...”
– my current thoughts
You've got mail...
Dear boys attempting to walk with a “swagger”,
Don’t. You look like a seven year old kicked you in the shin, and now you’re limping. That is all.
Sincerely,
me.
“How do you make Colt McCoy cookies? Put him in a big bowl and beat him for three...”
– Can you tell who i’m gunning for tonight? Sorry, longhorns, but tonight is the end of the road.
Replace the rain sentiments with snow and...
.f.i.e.s.t.a. .b.o.w.l.
Does anyone else think the horny toad is an ironic mascot for a christian university?! I’m just sayin’… in other news: i still wish they would have pulled out a win against boise state tonight.
Just when you think people in America would...
A man who pleaded guilty to charges of robbery and intent to kill asked to have three years added to his 30-year sentence so his prison term would match Larry Bird’s jersey number. Ummm…ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
“I have two weapons— my legs, my arm, and my brains.”
– Michael Vick (on the secret to his success). Thank you, Michael, for those wise sentiments. I can see the jail time has done you well, sir.
Note to self:
Smile politely at the man filling the open vending machine when you leave the gym, and when he looks at you and says, “You really look like you could use more meat on your bones.” (especially after you just pounded out a half marathon on a monotonous track with a mass of people staring at your sweat-ridden workout attire (and body for that matter) each time you pass by) and tosses you...
“If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d...”
– anonymous
“I don’t want to make a living doing something ordinary.”
– Leighton Meester
A typical day back at the hometown gym...
To every guy at the gym wearing a muscle t-shirt, doused in cologne, sporting an orange-ish glow from 15 minutes in a spray tan booth, swimming in hair gel who grunts and flexes in the mirror while he lifts in order to compensate for the fact that I can squat more than he can:
Don’t.
That is all.
“In the arithmetic of love, one + one = everything, and two - one = nothing.”
– Mignon McLaughlin from The Second Neurotic’s Notebook (1966)
It's game day, baby.
I’m pretty sure gators eat bearcats for breakfast (or in this case, dinner). Bring it on, Cincinnati. Bring. it. on.
Thirty-eight minutes after the year 2010 began...
i did it. I broke up with the boy. Details to come.
“It’s the same old story: Boy finds girl. Boy loses girl. Girl finds boy....”
– The Naked Gun