the artist formerly known as smartblonde

things i can do with the greatest of ease:

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:08:03 -0500

parallel park

knit you a scarf

swallow a large multivitamin

make a baby laugh

roast a chicken

alphabetize a bookshelf

french braid my hair

frost a dozen cupcakes

draw a straight line

calm someone down over the phone

THING I CANNOT EVER DO NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I TRY:

hook up my freaking wireless router and get it to freaking work HOLY CRAP YOU GUYS WHY IS IT SO HARD WHY IS IT WHY IS IT WHY WON’T IT WORK I JUST WANT SOME INTERNET UP IN HERE OH MY GOD

Lunchtime :)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:48:53 -0500

Lunchtime :)

All I want for Christmas is a Linus in Hats Calendar.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:12:47 -0500

All I want for Christmas is a Linus in Hats Calendar.

last night, like so many nights lately, i woke up at 3 am in the middle of an anxiety attack

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:31:00 -0500

but instead of being seized by panic and giving into the heart-racing, stomach-churning, teeth-grinding, throat-closing feelings, i got up and drank a glass of water, then i got back into bed and forced myself to start listing all the things i’m thankful for.

it started with the basic, easy things…thankful for a comfy bed, warm house, safe place to live, my family, my job, clean water to drink, food to eat, the fact that i can walk and talk and think and breathe all on my own, etc etc.

…and it worked! within 15 minutes, i was back asleep. it’s so easy to focus on the negative things, the stuff going on that stresses me out or makes me really sad…but then when i started thinking about all the great stuff i take for granted every day, all those black, panicky, anxious thoughts fell away as they were replaced by gratitude and peace.

just an idea to try next time you’re overwhelmed with anxiety or worry, or even just regular old insomnia…maybe it’ll help you like it helped me :)

moving sucks.

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:06:27 -0500

but doing it all by yourself sucks 10,000 times more.

in other news, i’m stronger than i thought i was! (muscle-y wise)!

in other other news, i’m probs going to be hurting tomorrow (muscle-y wise)!!

Down to the bare essentials… :(

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:00:34 -0500

Down to the bare essentials… :(

make your own business cards for next to nothing!

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:43:00 -0500

alinasmith:

Office Depot has a deal on 4 packs of 250 Full-Color Raised Print business bards. To take advantage of the deal, apply this code: 71968582 then this code: 16400993. The whole thing should come out to $3, shipped.

I believe these codes are only good today, but I could be wrong.

I just did this! I’ve always wanted business cards, hahah…I am super excited. Not sure what I’m going to do with 1,000 of them, but it was only $3.50 TOTAL. Even if I just use them to make it rain on my friends, I can justify that cost.

Yay secret online savings!

Everyone go make your own srs bsns cards now for super duper cheap, before Office Depot figures out what we’re up to.

it's friday, i am the ONLY person in the office, and i just ate chipotle for lunch.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:33:00 -0500

IT IS TIME TO UNBUTTON THE PANTS.

i knew i shouldn't have let that reporter into my bedroom

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:16:00 -0500

“For generations, kids couldn’t wait until they reached adulthood so they could smoke, drink, eat four-course meals, make money, drive cars, have sex, and, if they were the type to join the military, legally kill other human beings. Now we would rather log on and tune out, preferably in the womb-like comfort of a Snuggie, which is the perfect thing to wear as we gaze at photos of kittens while gnawing on delicious cupcakes.”

Vanity Fair | Addicted to Cute

Hey Vanity Fair, that was a PRIVATE MOMENT. I thought you said we were off the record.

MYTH: beer pong, ice luge shots, and all other drinking games are safe because alcohol kills germs

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:59:25 -0500

ohhleary:

Um, no. Alcohol is only effective in killing germs at high potency (>60%)… there’s not nearly enough alcohol in vodka, rum, tequila, or beer to kill the germs that can be spread through drinking games. Grain alcohol does the trick, but if you’re playing Everclear Pong, you might have more important things to worry about than the spread of the common cold.

(The more you know…)

SOMEONE DIDN’T READ THE TAGS :’(

beer pong, ice luge shots, and all other drinking games are safe because alcohol kills germs

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:35:00 -0500

SCIENCE.

(duh)

for the record, we were supposed to be moved out november...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:47:15 -0500

for the record, we were supposed to be moved out november 1.

shhhh.

what i would like to do this weekend:

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:44:00 -0500

have ~~one~~ many drinks by a fireplace

what i will actually be doing this weekend:

unnghhhhhh

a little secret santa confusion!

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:04:00 -0500

so apparently some dude started planning a tumblr secret santa exchange a day or so before i posted my thing about it!

here is the link to his

and here is the link to the original

his has gotten a lot of reblogs/responses, and now i am getting emails about it with people asking questions/wanting to sign up - it seems that people think it’s all the same one! his is actually different - however, since he is getting a big response to it, and started the momentum a bit before i did, now i’m trying to figure out what i should do.

it would be too big of a headache to combine them, especially since he’s in australia, hah. i’m trying to decide if i should just call mine off, and direct everyone to his instead…or keep our little original one, and just try to make it extra clear that they are two separate things? (so people don’t sign up for one thinking they are doing the other, etc.)

in the end, it’s not a big deal either way, i’m just trying to figure out how to keep it simple and easy for everyone!

so i’d really like to know - what do you think? should we call this one off and all just head over there to keep all the secret santas together? or should we keep our own little one going (since a lot of us are already good tumblr friends, it might be fun to do our own)?

i might be getting rid of sentimental objects, but don’t...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:55:10 -0500

housewarming party...we were babies!

our first very pink christmas

i got snowed in with attnwh0re83

we spent so many nights on this porch

and a lot of ridiculous nights inside

i loveloveloved my bedroom

dining room? no. dance floor? always.

weird dudes in the kitchen...

...weird girls in the dance room

i might be getting rid of sentimental objects, but don’t think that means i’m not still sentimental. we had a lot of good times in this place, and some bad times too (but mostly good).

it was a good 2 1/2 years, apartment…thanks for the memories!

cleaning house

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:46:10 -0500

So I’m moving! Technically, I was supposed to be moved out on Nov. 1, but between having the most laid-back landlord EVER, being struck with a mystery illness, and general procrastination, I’m still working on it.

Going through years and years worth of weird stuff I’ve squirreled away has been interesting, to say the least. Last night I found diaries dating back to my sophomore year of high school (which of course meant an hour sitting on my bedroom floor, reading through all the hilarious angst of 15 year old Katie).

In the past I’ve always been the pack-rat type, holding on to every scrap of my life, attaching strong sentimental value to the most mundane ticket stubs, magazines, dried up pens.

However, something has changed during this move - I want to be rid of EVERYTHING. The more I pack into bags for goodwill or the curb, the better I feel. It’s so freeing to finally let go of stuff, to whittle down your possessions to the bare minimum.

It feels so good that I have the urge to just sell everything I own, put it all up to be SOLD! to the highest bidder, and run away to start fresh somewhere else, with nothing to my name but the clothes on my back (and possibly a few of those diaries, because they really are hilarious).

I know I’ll probably never get the stones to do something like that, but it was a nice thought to toss around while I dragged bag after bag to the curb.

tumblr secret santa redux

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:53:00 -0500

Hello all you lovely people!

It’s that time of year again (can you believe it?)…time to start thinking about getting our Secret Santa crew together!

We had an amazing turnout last year, and it seemed like the majority of people really had a great time with it (I know I did!).

I’m putting my little tumblr feelers out to see who would be interested in doing it again this year…if you want to participate, please answer “yes” or reblog with your thoughts on things you’d like to add/change to it, and I’ll figure out if/how it will go down this year!

If you are not familiar with last year’s Tumblr Secret Santa exchange, you can click on over here to read all about the logistics of it (then click to the main page to read everyone’s fun stories!).

So what do you think - are you in?

"Ninety-nine percent of the world’s lovers are not with their first choice. That’s what makes the..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:13:26 -0500

““Ninety-nine percent of the world’s lovers are not with their first choice. That’s what makes the jukebox play.””

- Willie Nelson (via krispayne)

(via jphasthecapacity) i think this would be the definition of...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:36:41 -0500

(via jphasthecapacity)

i think this would be the definition of “my kind of humor.”

i’m not sure i want to know what that says about me.

super hungry (anthony bourdain marathon isn't helping), but too puny to get out of bed & cook something

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:34:45 -0500

when am i gonna get my own helper monkey? isn’t this supposed to be THE FUTURE.