February 2010
Cooking with Julia (not Child)
The other day, my personal trainer (I know, I know) told me that I need to eat more protein and less carbs. After trying to explain to him that, as a half-Italian half-Jew, carbs are basically like my oxygen, I decided that I should take his advice. So I went online, found this recipe, and experimented cooking something besides risotto.
Chicken Paillard with Curried Oyster Mushrooms
This is a...
January 2010
I am...concerned.
A year ago, I would have preferred taking a bath in battery acid than watch a movie involving Nicholas Sparks.
But I just saw one of those extended commercials for Dear John, and I was in tears after no more than 10 seconds. And then I felt compelled to check when it opened, and actually got excited when I found out that I could see it the night before The Dude is supposed to come back. And then...
the-hurricane-k-reigns-here asked: What does The Dude do that makes his last-minute presence needed overseas? How did you meet him? At a secret spy-lawyer conference?
Where are you from? Where did you go for undergrad? Did you always want to study law?
Where are you from? Where did you go for undergrad? Did you always want to study law?
No, it's cool, I didn't like having him around for...
Almost one week to the hour after The Dude returned from his last business trip, he got a call this morning, telling him that he had to be back on a plane overseas tonight. His boss gave him basically no information, except for the time of his flight this evening, and the date of his “tentative” return next weekend. So instead of spending this frigid Saturday lounging around and...
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The Continuing Adventures of The Situation, Esq.,...
Missed the last two episodes? Find them here and here.
From my work BFF, first thing in the morning:
Situation: Do you like the no tie look? Work BFF: You’re not wearing a tie? Situation: You don’t check me out? Work BFF: No, sorry.
Later:
He’s listening to Britney Spears to get his energy back. He had it up loud and refused to turn it down at first. Now he has, like 10...
lizlemon asked: Top five nachos in New York. GO!
“Boy, when you’re dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do...”
– J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
Paralegal: Would you really play a drinking game by yourself?
Me: I'm not above it.
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OMG you guys I fucking love Joe Biden
For like, 9,600 reasons, but right now? Because he absolutely cannot control his facial expressions. He has had that awesome old-man-on-the-Amtrak grin on his face for like 10 straight minutes and GOD do I love him for it. And he is not just applauding, he is fucking CHEERING. If I could go to court with Joe Biden sitting behind me, clapping and smiling to the judge the entire time, I would never...
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Remember when "De-Friending" wasn't a word?
A few years ago, I was in this girl’s wedding. I don’t really know why she asked me to be her bridesmaid. I wasn’t very good friends with her, but she was a friend of the family and, I mean, how do you say no to someone who asks you to be in her wedding?
Her wedding turned out to be The Worst Wedding In The World. I’m not going to go into details right now because, well,...
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Tonight's State of the Union Drinking Game →
“Hope” = 1 wishful shot
“Change” = 1 drink
“Hopeful audacity of yes we can change” = 1 sip of unicorn wine
These were a lot more fun when Bush was president.
Normalcy
It’s weird getting used to The Dude being around again. Like, I have to remind myself that we don’t have to spend all of our time together, because he’s not about to go anywhere. We can go to our separate apartments and do our separate things and that’s totally okay. I feel like I have to re-learn how to be in a normal relationship.
Is that weird?
bobbybigwheel asked: Did you like UVA Law or love it?
hello-amorous-congress-stick asked: If you could take your dream job, The Dude, and move...where would you be?
justdom asked: You can tell me a funny story about the woes and wonders of NYC living. 'Cause I miss the city to the point of heartbreak.
haygirlhay asked: Who better to ask than the nacho connosieur herself - favorite mexican restaurants? Any city, country, planet.
Also, not a question, but a request that should I find myself in NYC we can grab a giant molcajete of guacamole somewhere and test the limits of stomach elasticity.
Also, not a question, but a request that should I find myself in NYC we can grab a giant molcajete of guacamole somewhere and test the limits of stomach elasticity.
rabsnyc asked: Tell us a story where the punchline is that you got really drunk and did something embarrassing.
scenes-from-my-hood asked: i understand that you don't like mayonnaise. i, personally, like it as a totally guilty pleasure. not "guilty" because of the fact that it is heavily caloric and fatty, but because i realize it is inherently disgusting, but it's just so tasty. thus, guilt from cognitive dissonance. discuss.
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I'm bored and I can't think of anything funny to...
And I really hate it when that happens.
A little help?
http://fullcredit.tumblr.com/ask
“I don’t see how we could be on lots of people’s best-of lists and in the running...”
– James Cameron Sad About Avatar’s SAG Snub, via NYMag.
Honestly, the more I read about him, the more I think that James Cameron is a giant douche.
One More Reason To Kick Tim Tebow In The Nuts. →
allthingsalishan:tlmonahan:
A national coalition of women’s groups called on CBS on Monday to scrap its plan to broadcast an ad during the Super Bowl featuring college football star Tim Tebow and his mother, which critics say is likely to convey an anti-abortion message.
“An ad that uses sports to divide rather than to unite has no place in the biggest national sports event of the year — an...
In which I become a Missouri Tigers Fan
From Rockmnation, a Mizzou blog, regarding tonight’s game against Kansas:
To the tune of “What do tigers dream of” from “The Hangover”
What do tigers dream of When they take a little tiger snooze Do they dream of mauling jayhawks, Or Todd Reesing in his sod helmet suit? Don’t you get in a self-loathing funk, We’re gonna start this party with a Lawrence Bowers dunk,...
Having a fantastic weekend* with someone you love...
* Even with the Sunday night conference call.
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NO IT'S TOTALLY COOL, I DON'T MIND HAVING AN...
IT’S NOT LIKE I CARE ABOUT THE GAME OR ANYTHING. NO BIG DEAL.
“Remember last August when I said I wanted to bring back Dynasty inspired nude...”
– (2birds1blog)
i dont want to be friends with you if you dont understand why this is prose at its best. (via sparkleneelysparkle)
In 1994, I wore jean cut off shorts over tights to middle school. And I got made fun of for it, to the point where I had no choice but to change into my gym shorts for...
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If someone could please explain to me why I have...
“It doesn’t bother me to tell kids my parents are gay. It does bother me to say...”
– KASEY NICHOLSON-McFADDEN, a 10-year-old boy from New Jersey, arguing for the state’s legalization of gay marriage during hearings last month. New Jersey’s Senate ultimately voted the measure down.
(Quote via the New York Times; article, “Children Take the Stage in Same-Sex Marriage Debate,” here.)...
Can adults run away and join the circus too? Or is...
I mean, I hate my bosses right now, and they’re kind of like my parents.
So is there some sort of age cut-off that I should know about before I buy novelty-sized clown shoes, a bright red nose and a gallon of white face paint?
“All I want to do now is f—- the girls I’ve already f—-ed, because I can’t fathom...”
– john mayer keeps it classy. (via meredithbklyn)
The worst part:
“I’ll be honest with you. All this weird shit about me? All this strangeness? I wouldn’t have a music career without it. But I am at odds with myself. I have some presence of psychological damage from the past 36 months. I have...
“Why should you care about figure skating? Because you have a soul.”
– A very male, very straight coworker.
NY Times, "Democratic Defeat Imperils Health Care... →
Mr. Brown, as a state senator, voted in favor of the Massachusetts universal health-care law in 2006 – when the state became the first in the nation to pass such a far-reaching overhaul to guarantee coverage for nearly every state resident and to require everyone in Massachusetts to obtain insurance.
It would have been easier with Coakley, obviously. But maybe there’s hope.
R.I.P. The Democratic "Super" Majority
thegreg:
July 7, 2009 - January 19, 2010
And let’s be honest, there was very little that was actually “super” about it.
I don't want to say that I WOULD kill someone in...
…but let’s just not put it outside the realm of possibility, okay?
“You seem like the kind of person who would like slam poetry.”
– A 23 year old paralegal. I am not sure if that’s an insult or a compliment.
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The Continuing Adventures of The Situation, Esq.
Office Mate: "Ok I have a meeting." [gets up, puts on jacket. fixes tie.] "How do I look? Like a stud?"
Work BFF: [sarcastic thumbs up] "Go get 'em."
Office Mate: "Ok, hold it down. [wink]"
