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just bloom
sweet peas are my favorite top image via pinterest bottom image via my momma
the j.crew dress metaphor
"you're like a beautiful j.crew dress." i said. sure, it was an odd comparison, but i like metaphors, especially when they involve clothing and especially when the involve j.crew. i was actually quite impressed with how i could relate a dating dilemma to a frock from my favorite prep-style apparel company without it sounding completely obtuse. ...
brother from another mother
last night my friend R had me over to his parents' house for dinner. and by "had me over to his parents' house for dinner" i mean that i brought my own dinner from whole foods because i'm the pickiest eater-slash-worst-dinner-guest-ever. if it's any consolation, i brought his mom fresh ranunculus and daffodils as an ...
enjoy yourself now
blueprints for the future are a fool's errand. they're like blueprints for a house -nice to have but any foreman with half a brain doesn't need to look at them. one day, this year, or maybe the next, you're going to be somewhere else. so enjoy yourself now. ron swanson | parks & recreation image via design chalk
all of me
while i cannot stand what the hip hop stations have done to the original version of john legend's "all of me," (no djs, adding club-type beats to the background does not make it better), i can appreciate the sweet sentiments of this song. some(most)times lyrics are ridiculous. but every once in a while, they are essentially poetry put ...
the new windex
Toula Portokalos: I woke up with this huge zit this morning. Ian Miller: Where? Toula Portokalos: There. Ian Miller: I had a huge zit this morning! Toula Portokalos: Really? Where? Ian Miller: Well, it was there, but it's gone now. Toula Portokalos: Why? Ian Miller: I put some Windex on it. (via) remember how the patriarch in my big fat greek wedding was ...
recreate what i ate: the skinny confidential’s 2-ingredient pancakes
let's just state the obvious: pancakes are always a good idea. especially when you're craving breakfast for dinner and double especially when they are grain-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, and full of protein. and did i mention they only require two, yes TWO ingredients? eat your heart out, ihop. 2 good to 2 be true 2-ingredient pancakes (adapted from the skinny confidential blog) ingredients: 1 ripe banana 2 eggs dash ...
spiritually decoupled
so after GOOP invented a euphemism for divorce by coining it "consciously uncoupling," when addressing her recent split from long-time husband chris martin, the geniuses at slate.com had a little fun with it. following the success of their "adele dazeem name generator" (on the heels of john travolta's royal butchering of idina menzel's name at ...
