December 2011
8 posts
He worried.
He worried about his career and his future and if he would ever fall in love with a woman enough to want to marry her. He worried about his mother when she was sick and his brother when he got fired. He worried about who would be the next president of the United States and how it would change the economy.
But most of all he worried: what if that last tweet was the best thing he would ever write?...
How to be 26
How to be 26 years old:
1. Act responsibly sometimes.
2. Act irresponsibly sometimes.
3. Feel very anxious about things you did when you were acting irresponsibly.
4. Notice your eyesight getting worse and your achilles tendons aching.
5. Keep playing video games.
Unread Message
I have this email in my inbox that refuses to be marked as read. I’ve read it probably five times at this point. In fact, it’s not even a message to me, but a tentative acceptance of a meeting I’m holding this afternoon. No matter what I do, I can’t seem to mark it as read. I’m worried about this means, both for my present and for my future. What if having a red...
Not Clooney's Pig
I went to Storybook Lane at Alpenrose Dairy with my mom for her birthday yesterday. There was a pot bellied pig kind of curled up in a pile of hay. I asked the volunteer lady if I could pet him. “No,” she said, “He’s kind of sick. One of the volunteers from yesterday fed him some chocolate chip cookies.” I was disappointed and also felt sad for the pig.
The Chris Paul Trade That Wasn't
I’ve had some time to think, and I’m much less incensed about this whole situation. Owners veto trades all the time, the weird part is how in this case it was David Stern to do it. He holds role as the league commissioner but also as acting Hornets owner, in this situation he was acting as the Hornets owner. But I’m going to post it anyway because I wrote almost 2,000 words.
It...
How to get some work done:
1. Find a good place to work
3. Put on your headphones
4. Turn off the fucking internet
5. Get some work done