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“OK, this has got to be the WORST SHOW EVER…. And I think the thing I hate about it most is that everybody else LOVES it!”
“Oh yah?”
“Yah.”
“But what if you ever have to make an acrylic bathtub?”
“…”
“Exactly. Meanwhile I’m gonna be like, ‘First….’ ‘Next…..’ ‘And finally…..’”

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365

“So I’m considering doing the 365 project on Flickr.”
“Yah?”
“Yah, I think it would be a good challenge.”
“I think it would be a challenge for you to not take a photo of the cat everyday.”
(And then later… ;) “So, do you have to take a photo of yourself at the same time everyday?”
“NO!”
“I’m just trying to see what [...]

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While listening to the radio on a road trip:
“Now playing LESS hits MORE often!”
                       . . .
This morning while listening to NPR:
“I thought people were abandoning the word ‘niche’ in favor for the word ‘niche.‘”
                       . . .
Earlier today on IM:
“So. Done. With. Once. It. Feels. Like. *Twice*.”

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While playing “Taboo”

Bryan: “You get about 6 hours of this a night.”
T: “Shagging.”
(Answer: Rip van Winkle)
T: “You are really this with me right now.”
Me: “Pissed off.”
(Answer: Annoy)
After playing AN HOUR of this…
Me: “So, we’re playing to 80???”
Bryan: “Yes. But the good news is, you’re winning!”
T: “But the bad news is, you only have 16 points.”

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While watching Cash Cab

“Um yah, I’d like to use my shout-out.”
“What’s his name?”
“Tim… Gotothecomputerandlogontowikipedia.”
Why don’t people do this?

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This morning I had a funny little convo with a coworker.
Coworker: “Is your hair naturally curly?”
Me: “Yes.”
Coworker: “My daughter’s hair is naturally curly too.”
Me: “Oh, she’s so lucky!”
Coworker: “Yah, but you know what they say about girls with naturally curly hair?”
Me: Thinking, What, that they always want straight hair? (Which is not true… ;) Coworker: “They have [...]

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Roomba

My friend Amy called me up yesterday just as I’d turned on our new Roomba.
“Whatcha doing?”
“I’m Roombaing!”
“Um, doesn’t that mean you’re not doing anything?”
“Yes! I love it!”

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Airbus

A conversation with a coworker earlier today:
Coworker: ..Well, at least Boeing’s doing well. Maybe all the Microsofties can go work there.
Me: Boeing’s doing well? When did that happen?
CW: You didn’t hear? Don’t you watch the news?
Me: No.
CW: Oh. Well, they are. They’re gonna kick Airbus’s ass!
Me: God. What kind of a name is Airbus? Who [...]

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Haircut

While giving T a haircut…
So how short do you want it?
Give me the Britney Spears cut.

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pre-sleep chit-chat

“Do you ever lay there with your eyes open while you’re trying to go to sleep?”
“Uhhh, sometimes. Why?”
“Well don’t you think maybe you’d go to sleep faster if you had your eyes shut?”
(pause)
“Are you laying there with your eyes open now?”
“YAH.”
“Why?”
“Well you can’t see my eyes rolling back in my head with my eyes shut.”
” [...]

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