January 2009
40 posts
Regarding The Great Cupcake War of 2009: a...
Jirod, a man desperate in the throes of illness, summoned his friend Babs in the most pathetic of warbles. “Please, fair Babs, sharp as the blade of this pestilent streptococcus be my hunger for fine pastry. I beseech thee—concoct the most delightful of your cupcakes, and deliver them to me.”
Swooning with a heart full of fondness for her dear charge, the young lady agreed. ...
WatchThis gorgeous video was made by improvising a camera-stabilizer on an empty plane seat and shooting timelapse of the squiggles made by the cities the plane flew over. The creator, Flickr user Ettubrute, sez, “On my night time flight back to SF from Amsterdam, I noticed that the lights from cities were making the clouds glow. Really spectacular and ethereal - it was really seeing the impact...
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Regarding The I Love You Virus, or Long-Distance...
I recently became involved in a long-distance relationship. Scads of them, actually. I had just nestled in with a fantastic group of friends—and was meeting more amazing people literally every day—when I found myself graduated, and realizing that in less than two weeks I’d have to have my apartment packed into my Jetta, and be on the road to Fort Worth to start the new part of...
You know you're pre-med when
iPhone + bandage change = righteous photo op! GUTS!
Let me know if you want to see…though I think I’ve already fulfilled photo documentation requests from most of my health science need friends.
Haha, and you thought YOUR subculture was weird.
On the bright side,
I’ll never get appendicitis ever again!
Me: Yeah, Cesar and I would have some beautiful Swedish/Mexican babies.
Roby: Hmmm... Mexican meatballs.
Our Zany World & ‘Real Life’ Group Memes for the... →
Carles weighs in on IRL memes, meaningful youthfulness, and nopants…. another Hipster Runoff gem.
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“In the past week, I’ve twice been close enough to Dick Cheney to kick him in the...”
– Maureen Dowd, starting off last weekend’s op-ed piece
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A class literally made me cry today, but looking...
I underestimated how murderous this semester was going to be. I was afraid that this newfound surge of creativity was going to take a hit, but instead I’m just sleeping way, way less, to make time for 8-hr library shifts between blog posts.
Dunno how sustainable this is, though. I’m afraid I won’t be able to make astute yet comedic observations about my rise to internet...
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On Getting To The Bottom Of It, Once And For All
Girls everywhere, I’m certain, have experienced the following: you’re shaving your legs in the shower, you sneeze, and you get goosebumps—undoing all the hard work that society has so unjustly pressured you into. (For the boys: when you get goosebumps, your hair follicles move so the hair stands up, helping to trap heat—when you’ve just shaved, it means your legs...
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Hello, I'm here today on behalf of Satan.
Today I noticed an interesting difference between TCU and UT. Both schools have new, state-of-the-art rec sports centers that allow for everything from dumbbells to squash. UT actually has the Gregory Gym, in addition. The Greg and the UT Rec Center both are set up with the cardio center (treadmills, elliptical machines) facing away from the weightlifting area, giving a great view of the, um,...
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There is something rather comforting
about topoisomerases.
They prevent our strands of DNA from getting tangled while they’re being replicated. How very polite.
( ;
There’s something strangely disconcerting about reversed emoticons.
How to hallucinate using ping-pong balls and a... →
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How The West Will Be Won
Today I had a rather eye-opening experience, at my first day of school at TCU. And it got me thinking.
As a Texas-born Lone Star aficionado, I was lucky enough to be surrounded by progressive, intelligent, liberal individuals throughout my first 18 years of life in Fort Worth. Because of my environs and the company I kept, I was never caused any claustrophobia by the tight walls of the Bible...
I find NOTHING exhilarating
about waking up before the sun rises
bear with me
me : html :: toddler : dirty bomb
I know…me… coding… hilarious.
Read this, instead. It’s good background for some of my upcoming posts… philosophy, religion, and the Self in a technological world.
Tomorrow is my first day at my new school
I feel like I’m 13 and my mom and dad moved me to a strange, new place because of Dad’s new job.
What if the other kids are mean?
Will you guys come sit with me at lunch?
Do you think SXSW Interactive will let me into...
even though I keep accidentally pronouncing meme as “mee-mee”?
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Regarding internet stardom
So, I’ve recently become acquainted with people who “do” internet. As in, please-do-not-knock-over-the-internet-while-I’m-working-on-it people. Over the past few months, I’ve learned more from these kids than I could have ever imagined, just by picking their brains over margaritas or high-intensity games of Risk. I’m a person who’s interested in...
Why is it
that every time I read Lauren Bravo’s column, I find myself thinking with a British accent?
What living with my parents is going to be like
Characters: me; David, my stepfather figure.
Me: David, do you want to split the rest of this bottle of wine, or...?
David: Nah, that's okay. You finish it.
Me: Okay, good deal. (I pour the rest of the bottle into my glass.)
David: Bwahaha, now I can start on the bottle of port we just bought!!
Me: You bastard!!
David: Ha! Ha!
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Keep in touch, guys
I think that now most of my friendships are long-distance, I’m going to keep you all engaged in my life by writing inappropriately personal Tweets. Expect play-by-play documentation of fights with my total dickhead stalker of an ex-boyfriend (fuck you!), two-faced best friend (and you thought you’d be my maid of honor someday, you whore) and every nuance of my self-absorbed manic...
Ducking shot:
the next wave of ironic subculture lingo that gets integrated into mainstream vocabulary?
(See: “totes”; “pwned”)
This is soooo typical
but come on… Pete Cashmore…. hot.
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How do I do this?
Do I just… get in my car, and start driving?
Today, January 6, 2009, is the first day of my new year based on the Beccacentric Life Calendar. But let’s start from the beginning.
A Brief Timeline.
January 6, 2008
With my life packed in two suitcases bound for Barcelona, I leave my parents at DFW. I forget to turn around and wave goodbye as I go.
January 12, 2009
Are my feet...
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The Street Performers of Barcelona
K E V I N D O L G I N T E L L S Y O U A B O U T P L A C E S Y O U S H O U L D G O I N E U R O P E .
From Becca: It’s been a while since I’ve felt nostalgic about this city. But when I read this piece, the vivid memory of the places he describes put a lump in my throat. Originally published in McSweeney’s
THE STREET PERFORMERS OF BARCELONA
I have meant to write...
TEXAAAAAS!!!
FIIIIIIGHT!!!!!
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Cultivating a Writing Habit →
Thanks to Jon Ray for turning me onto Chris Brogan. I skimmed the first couple of the posts, and this was what I landed on—how strangely appropriate.
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Impossible, you say? Nothing is impossible when...
There is something radiant about the work of a good writer.
It’s there, if you look at the rhythmic serenity of David Berman; the mischevious comedy of Shakespeare; the endless, arrogant creativity of Eggers—hell, even the way a good scholarly article illuminates the points it’s trying to explain.
It’s similar to the awe you feel after watching a flawlessly executed film,...
“This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by youself as...”
– George Bernard Shaw
If there's a heaven
I hope it’s like HEB. Have you ever been down the deodorant aisle? I mean, come on. Awesome.
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I just found a cigarette and a flask of whiskey in...
I don’t smoke, or own a flask. What happened?!
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Do mops actually make a floor cleaner?
Maybe I’m doing it wrong, but I’m just skeptical about the whole thing.
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And I thought you were the moon in the sky, but it...
Moving is HARD.