March 9, 2010

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Husbands and Husbands

This video is only a minute long. You won’t regret watching it.

Watch what happens when a little boy named Calen meets a pair of husbands for the first time. He talked things out, asked a few questions, and things just seemed to click in his head for him.

Let’s quit with the ignorance and fear and play ping pong. (rb)

I vote for Less Hate and More Ping Pong.

“So that means you love eachother!”

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When a woman musician can really play, people are, like ‘Man, she’s a monster, she sounds like a dude!’ Something is wrong in the mind right there. Because actually that quality of power and strength and quickness—and a wittiness that’s necessary—that’s not a masculine trait.

Esperanza Spalding (New Yorker)

This is a great profile of Esperanza Spalding, and this quote especially stuck out to me because Marian McPartland says that she has been hearing the same thing about her playing since the 1950’s.

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March 8, 2010
I just picked up The DIY Wedding: Celebrate Your Day Your Way from the library, and after reading this introduction, I’m ready to skip to the chapter about writing the ceremony then call it quits. It’s supposed to be a cool book for crafty folks who want to keep their budgets low, but unfortunately it encourages the same bridezilla princess crap as the normal books/magazines. Another example…

 “Wedding magazines are (hopefully) a one-time phenomenon in your life, as such, you are entitled to as many as you can get your paws on.”

Ugh. I don’t like the word “entitled” anywhere in wedding planning. Or life, for that matter.

I just picked up The DIY Wedding: Celebrate Your Day Your Way from the library, and after reading this introduction, I’m ready to skip to the chapter about writing the ceremony then call it quits. It’s supposed to be a cool book for crafty folks who want to keep their budgets low, but unfortunately it encourages the same bridezilla princess crap as the normal books/magazines. Another example…

“Wedding magazines are (hopefully) a one-time phenomenon in your life, as such, you are entitled to as many as you can get your paws on.”

Ugh. I don’t like the word “entitled” anywhere in wedding planning. Or life, for that matter.

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While singing “Do your ears hang low?” today, a kindergartener said “This is a remake of the original! the real one goes ‘does your chain hang low do it wobble to the flo’. That’s the one my mom listens to!!
Erin, a classmate from college who is teaching elementary music in LA
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Tonight we considered going to Magnolia Bakery to get some banana pudding for dessert, and instead got a box of Jello pudding at the grocery store. My dad used to make pudding for Andrew and I all the time, and somehow I had forgotten how easy and tasty it is.
The $1.49/box is better than $4.50 at Magnolia (which is definitely more delicous, but this is still pretty good for a Monday night).

Tonight we considered going to Magnolia Bakery to get some banana pudding for dessert, and instead got a box of Jello pudding at the grocery store. My dad used to make pudding for Andrew and I all the time, and somehow I had forgotten how easy and tasty it is.

The $1.49/box is better than $4.50 at Magnolia (which is definitely more delicous, but this is still pretty good for a Monday night).

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Quick photo shoot on the way to the Performing Arts Library (that’s open until 8pm on Mondays!).

Quick photo shoot on the way to the Performing Arts Library (that’s open until 8pm on Mondays!).

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EZCracker (via Consumerist)

Consumerist is talking smack about this, and assuming that it is an unnecessary device, but I think I actually need one. I always get shells in my eggs, and it grosses me out to crack them. Brilliant!

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March 7, 2010

Throw your hands in the air if you's a true player

  • Me: Thanks, big papa.
  • CR: I don't like it when you call me big papa.
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Mint.com homepage earlier this week (top) versus Mint.com homepage today (bottom).
When I noticed the red triangle earlier this week I imagined the Quicken folks saying to the Mint folks, “Now that we own you, let’s put this red triangle on the side, so everyone thinks we are actually cool and invented Mint ourselves!!”
Then the Mint folks said, “Your red triangle sucks.”

Mint.com homepage earlier this week (top) versus Mint.com homepage today (bottom).

When I noticed the red triangle earlier this week I imagined the Quicken folks saying to the Mint folks, “Now that we own you, let’s put this red triangle on the side, so everyone thinks we are actually cool and invented Mint ourselves!!”

Then the Mint folks said, “Your red triangle sucks.”

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We just watched La Moustache and I’m not sure what I think about it. I wish someone could explain it all to me, but I suppose that’s not the point.
Also, whenever I watch movies in french, I finish them feeling like I am fluent in french, when the reality is that all I can say is “oui oui, la moustache!”

We just watched La Moustache and I’m not sure what I think about it. I wish someone could explain it all to me, but I suppose that’s not the point.

Also, whenever I watch movies in french, I finish them feeling like I am fluent in french, when the reality is that all I can say is “oui oui, la moustache!”

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“Oh no! You’re sitting on my phone!!” -CR, deceived by the ad on the back of the New Yorker

“Oh no! You’re sitting on my phone!!” -CR, deceived by the ad on the back of the New Yorker

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