xoxo, adrienne (.com)

CR: What's this from? [pointing to brown splots along door frame]
Me: I don't know, it was there when I moved in. Why? What does it look like?
CR: You haven't seen Trainspotting, have you...

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“ go smash, go smasho, go smasho works for me.

The lyrics to Don’t Stand So Close to Me, by The Police, as heard by me from the late eighties through 1999.

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It’s very exciting to see the baby quilt I sewed for many hours with a little Darren on it. ♥

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Me: should puckish be capitalized?
Me: it looks like pukish
PC: that's a pretty shoddy argument for capitalizing something adrienne.
PC: christ
PC: but since you asked, i'll look it up.
PC: nope, it's good.

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My quickly scanning eyes read this as “Paterson recommends less ATMs…” and my brain decided that this would be a great way to make people more frugal.

Not the case. Besides, it would’ve had to read “fewer ATMs”, since I’ve just learned that one uses fewer when referring to things that can be counted.

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Ordered a new tail light for my bike after sadly losing my last one on the train on Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, the box indicates that though this one includes “7 eXtreme LEDs”, it doesn’t include an invisible shield that protects from inattentive motorists and road hazards like my old one did.

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A completely unbent and unripped Netflix envelope. Mind boggling.

I just switched my account to have these delivered to my office, so this is the first time I’ve seen what happens when they don’t have to be crammed into my tiny mailbox at home.

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“ In a clear majority of those studies more time with television, films, video games, magazines, music and the Internet was linked to rises in childhood obesity, tobacco use and sexual behavior.

Report Ties Children’s Use of Media to Their Health (NYT)

I was all about this article when it was talking about TV being evil, but MUSIC?!
Hopefully just Beyonce, and not Brahms or Basie.

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“ I was still bopping more than everyone around me. I’ve gotta tell you, I’m just a bopper.

CR, after the Vampire Weekend show, on the audience’s lack of energy

Perhaps the next step is borrowing my Omnibook?

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Birthday Calculator

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“ harkhowthebellssweetsilverbells
allseemtosaythrowcaresaway
christmasisherebringinggood
cheertoyoungandoldmeekandthebold
dingdongdingdongthatistheirsong…

The chorus in my head every time I see something even remotely Christmasy this week.

over and over.

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“ …the YouTube Symphony Orchestra provides a unique opportunity not only to perform on the world’s most famous stage - Carnegie Hall - but also on its largest stage — YouTube.

Clive Gillinson, Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall (YouTube Symphony Press Release)

I will be very interested to see if this stirs up interest from unusual musical talents, or if it will result in a mix of musicians who are already in the circle and finding success via more traditional routes. I am surprised to see so many legit program partners, though (Berlin Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, etc).

YouTube may be the “biggest stage”, but as a result, it’s probably also be the biggest collection of garbage.

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