http://www.bluishorange.com Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:55:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am soon to be in need of a new car and a new phone and some studio lighting, and B and I need a bigger bed. That's a lot of expensive purchases that ought to be made, but before doing all that, we're getting a dog. Not a replacement ... http://www.bluishorange.com/2010/03/23/some-stuff-that-happened-recently/ Lots of homebody shit in this one. February's usually like that, isn't it? You guys had better get ready, though, because all the face-meltingly awesome stuff I did on the cruise will be on the list for March! made a paper garland for a party sewed a hat sang the karaoke song I ... http://www.bluishorange.com/2010/03/08/new-stuff-i-did-in-february/ So. I'm going on a cruise next week. I know, right? Here's how it happened. A cruise isn't necessarily the vacation I'd choose myself, given a week off and X dollars to spend or whatever. But my close friend Sharlee is turning 30 on March 3rd. To celebrate, her husband Dusty ... http://www.bluishorange.com/2010/02/26/a-supposedly-fun-thing/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250" caption="ye olde fish in a blender"][/caption] Dudes, bluishorange.com is 10! I've been running this motherfucker ever since February 23, 2000, when I didn't have any lunch money. Why didn't I bring lunch with me that day? Why didn't I go out and buy some food with my ... http://www.bluishorange.com/2010/02/23/on-the-occasion-of-bluishoranges-10th-birthday/ Just wanted to point out something I thought about this morning on the way to work, after remembering that tonight is the Winter Olympics opening ceremonies: a friend and I watched part of the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies from a Schlotzsky's Deli in Berlin, just around the corner from ... http://www.bluishorange.com/2010/02/12/small-world/ 1. Over the past few days, people searching for "facebook login" on Google have been clicking on the search result for this ReadWriteWeb article by mistake, thinking that they can log in to Facebook from there. There are hundreds of comments on the article from confused people saying that they ... http://www.bluishorange.com/2010/02/12/two-little-things/ I'm not much of a football fan. When I was a waitress, I'd always volunteer to work on Superbowl Sunday, in hopes that someone would volunteer to work for me on Oscar night. Since then, my Superbowl-watching has been confined to the years when someone I know has a Superbowl party ... http://www.bluishorange.com/2010/02/09/misogyny-bowl/ One of my goals for 2010 (let's not use the R word to describe my 2010 goals, okay? The R word applies to nebulous things like "go to the gym" and "get organized!" and other things that make people buy stuff) is to try new things whenever the opportunity arises. ... http://www.bluishorange.com/2010/02/03/new-stuff-i-did-in-january/ The Big Lebowski Endometriosis Chihuahuas Inferior to Maude Stuff That's Old Mid-Century Modernism Depression Joss Whedon And All Related Content Lady Business Gilmore Girls All Things Handmade All Things Abandoned Efforts To Stop Wasting Plastic Arrested Development (the TV show) That's all I can think of. http://www.bluishorange.com/2010/01/29/concepts-that-when-people-see/ This one's super lame compared to the others, because I didn't go on a roadtrip or to Europe or nothin' this year.  In fact it's so lame that I put two towns on this list in which I did not spend the night. I spent more than 12 hours in ... http://www.bluishorange.com/2010/01/21/my-year-in-cities-2009/