May 2013
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“Refrog is such a funny name. It’s like he’s a frog, and then he’s a frog again.”
– Yes, Mom, it’s exactly like that.
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Out and About
I finally got some fold-up camping chairs to put around my fire pit. I’m sitting in one on the back porch, just soaking up the sun, and I’m having this intense sense memory that takes me straight back to Toph and Charlie’s backyard last summer. It’s the nicest feeling in the world.
We went on a hunt for a hatchet today so we can chop up some kindling for a fire. We...
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The Acquisition
I’ve done a lot of thinking about Yahoo purchasing Tumblr since the rumors first started a few days ago. At first, I was worried, like most everyone else. I’m certainly not business savvy, and I won’t even pretend to know all the reasons the deal was made, but my gut tells me it’s not The End of Tumblr As We Know It.
I trust the staff at Tumblr. I trust David Karp. I know...
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Our soundtrack this morning. Mom and I are having...
Trip planning is so fun
Mom: Have you ever wanted to go to Turkey?
Me: Oh, yeah. I want to go to Istanbul and call it Constantinople the whole goddamn time we're there.
Mom: Sounds like a plan, honey.
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Gimme back my giggles, please
Recovering from having your midsection sliced open isn’t the easiest thing to do, especially since so many involuntary actions require your abs to do a ton of work. Things like coughing, sneezing, hiccuping, or even stretching as I wake up have become terrifying events to be avoided at all costs.
The worst thing? Laughing. Mom and I usually make a habit of laughing a lot when we’re together....
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Pain, Pain, Go Away →
So, today’s been tough. I came home from the hospital and I’ve been in a crazy amount of pain. Mom says, “Well, it’s better than having that thing inside of you.” I guess she’s right, but involuntarily dry-heaving two days after you had your stomach cut open isn’t exactly the most pleasant thing in the world.
Anyway, you guys wanna help out? Send me some...
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Okay, awful hospital roommate lady has a CD with...
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Cranky hospital post
Okay, so I’m finishing up my first 24 hours at the hospital, and I’m totally over it. My impression from movies and TV shows was that hospitals are quiet and restful places, but that is not the case here.
First of all, there is a new nurse coming in to check my vitals or tell me to turn over or ask me to wiggle my toes or whatever else, like, every 30 minutes. All goddamn night. At...
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Thoughts from the pre-op waiting room
This hospital looks like a nice airport. There’s a shiny Starbucks in the lobby and lots of windows and escalators. At least that part is nice.
My hospital bracelet has QR codes on it. Are my nurses gonna whip out their smartphones before treating me? Hope so.
I burst out laughing while signing my consent forms because one part of the form takes the time to make very clear that every tissue...
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I know we all found out that Miley Cyrus can...
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“Keep running from adulthood and you will never be bored.”
– Yellow Pencil | Lessons learned at SXSW2013 (via shaneguiter)
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Let’s all listen to this and feel better...
“It is in our nature to need stories. … Any story we tell of our species, any...”
– Jag Bhalla considers the evolutionary basis of storytelling. Also see The Storytelling Animal and complement with Kurt Vonnegut on the shapes of stories. (via explore-blog)
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Sometimes when you’re scared, you just have to let...
My surgery is next week and I’ve been acting strange all week. In general, my way of dealing with stressful or scary things is just to sort of keep them in my peripheral vision. “Just don’t look straight at it, and it won’t ever be real.” I’m finding out that that’s a terrible way to process something that’s actually going to happen. So, anyway, I’m just super overwhelmed and...
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“If you want to be a creative person, then you’re gonna have to be creative in...”
– Alec Soth on creating a career in photography, and how he pays the rent today. Read our full interview here. (via nedhepburn)
folkinz:
Mariah Carey ft. Miguel: Beautiful
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WatchJustin reminded me this morning that bats don’t really use their eyes much, so if I want to feed my little backyard visitor, he probably won’t slam into the glass door. He’s got sonar.
Anyway, Justy also sent over this killer video that shows how bats’ tongues work to grab nectar, and that chubby little dude in the beginning is so cute that now I want to adopt a bat.
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Bat bait
This latest batch of crickets that I got for Refrog are unusually chirpy. Usually they all just hang out in their little plastic house, nibbling on the piece of apple I give them or eating the weakest of the bunch (they’re cannibalistic jerks, those crickets). But this group, they will not stop chirping, even during the day.
So, this evening, I set them on the back porch step because they...
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