GF can bitch all she wants, but goddammit, I was hungry. $1.90 at Taco Hell...she can get over it.

8/20/2009 12:05:19 PM

^is it the taco bell she's fussing about, or the money?

8/20/2009 12:10:12 PM

dude.....

8/20/2009 12:12:09 PM

Quote :

"The 12 most annoying types of Facebookerswhat are you thinking about thread poster The Let-Me-Tell-You-Every-Detail-of-My-Day Bore. "I'm waking up." "I had Wheaties for breakfast." "I'm bored at work." "I'm stuck in traffic." You're kidding! How fascinating! No moment is too mundane for some people to broadcast unsolicited to the world. Just because you have 432 Facebook friends doesn't mean we all want to know when you're waiting for the bus. The Self-Promoter. OK, so we've probably all posted at least once about some achievement. And sure, maybe your friends really do want to read the fascinating article you wrote about beet farming. But when almost EVERY update is a link to your blog, your poetry reading, your 10k results or your art show, you sound like a bragger or a self-centered careerist. The Friend-Padder. The average Facebook user has 120 friends on the site. Schmoozers and social butterflies -- you know, the ones who make lifelong pals on the subway -- might reasonably have 300 or 400. But 1,000 "friends?" Unless you're George Clooney or just won the lottery, no one has that many. That's just showing off. The Town Crier. "Michael Jackson is dead!!!" You heard it from me first! Me, and the 213,000 other people who all saw it on TMZ. These Matt Drudge wannabes are the reason many of us learn of breaking news not from TV or news sites but from online social networks. In their rush to trumpet the news, these people also spread rumors, half-truths and innuendo. No, Jeff Goldblum did not plunge to his death from a New Zealand cliff. The TMIer. "Brad is heading to Walgreens to buy something for these pesky hemorrhoids." Boundaries of privacy and decorum don't seem to exist for these too-much-information updaters, who unabashedly offer up details about their sex lives, marital troubles and bodily functions. Thanks for sharing. The Bad Grammarian. "So sad about Fara Fauset but Im so gladd its friday yippe". Yes, I know the punctuation rules are different in the digital world. And, no, no one likes a spelling-Nazi schoolmarm. But you sound like a moron. The Sympathy-Baiter. "Barbara is feeling sad today." "Man, am I glad that's over." "Jim could really use some good news about now." Like anglers hunting for fish, these sad sacks cast out their hooks -- baited with vague tales of woe -- in the hopes of landing concerned responses. Genuine bad news is one thing, but these manipulative posts are just pleas for attention. The Lurker. The Peeping Toms of Facebook, these voyeurs are too cautious, or maybe too lazy, to update their status or write on your wall. But once in a while, you'll be talking to them and they'll mention something you posted, so you know they're on your page, hiding in the shadows. It's just a little creepy. The Crank. These curmudgeons, like the trolls who spew hate in blog comments, never met something they couldn't complain about. "Carl isn't really that impressed with idiots who don't realize how idiotic they are." [Actual status update.] Keep spreading the love. The Paparazzo. Ever visit your Facebook page and discover that someone's posted a photo of you from last weekend's party -- a photo you didn't authorize and haven't even seen? You'd really rather not have to explain to your mom why you were leering like a drunken hyena and French-kissing a bottle of Jagermeister. The Maddening Obscurist. "If not now then when?" "You'll see..." "Grist for the mill." "John is, small world." "Dave thought he was immune, but no. No, he is not." [Actual status updates, all.] Sorry, but you're not being mysterious -- just nonsensical. The Chronic Inviter. "Support my cause. Sign my petition. Play Mafia Wars with me. Which 'Star Trek' character are you? Here are the 'Top 5 cars I have personally owned.' Here are '25 Things About Me.' Here's a drink. What drink are you? We're related! I took the 'What President Are You?' quiz and found out I'm Millard Fillmore! What president are you?""

[Edited on August 20, 2009 at 12:15 PM. Reason : i admit. i'm a lurker]

8/20/2009 12:15:08 PM

Quote :

"^is it the taco bell she's fussing about, or the money?"

The money. Fucking neuroses drive me insane. I think it may be time for some ch-ch-ch-changes.

8/20/2009 12:22:55 PM

Class sucked, now back to work till 8

8/20/2009 12:25:48 PM

What you two do (valuable tool I learned from my parents)

...Each partner gets an 'allowance'. You can spend it however you damn well please, and other partner has no bitching rights. Of course, this only works if she agrees to this.

I forget what book they saw it in, but it's a very effective tactic for reducing/eliminating money arguments.

My mom? Saves hers and then buys craft stuff, or clothes as she loses weight, or gifts above and beyond the household contribution - things like that. Dad saves, and saves, and saves, and saves, and then buys computer shit. Every once in a while, he goes to pizza hut at lunch with that money.

Why am I telling you what they each do with their money? Because dad's computer toys - there is no room in the budget at all for that stuff.

Z and I are doing this now, but august is the first month of an actual budget with real money, and our monies combined. I have no idea how our spending trends will fall.

[Edited on August 20, 2009 at 12:28 PM. Reason : sdfg]

8/20/2009 12:26:33 PM

HONGRY

8/20/2009 12:28:59 PM

what do i want for lunch?

8/20/2009 12:29:53 PM

I hate vista sooooo much

8/20/2009 12:33:52 PM

i'm going to politely request that my boss let me take a few vacation hours this afternoon

8/20/2009 12:40:07 PM

ask mine to let me do the same?^

8/20/2009 12:42:06 PM

i mean honestly, if you wanna take vacation hours you should just be able to say PEACE OUT and take them. so maybe i'm not going to politely ask. maybe i'll just politely tell.

8/20/2009 12:42:57 PM

yup watching a disney movie

8/20/2009 12:43:55 PM

A: I need to ask an english major a question

Q: When is it not quite as advantageous to have only engineer-type friends?

8/20/2009 12:45:00 PM

i'm gonna watch Clueless when i get home...in like an hour or two. i love chick flicks. Bridget Jones is probably gonna happen today too.

8/20/2009 12:45:04 PM

That's it, time to lock up and go eat!

8/20/2009 12:49:37 PM

"I've Had the Time of My Life" just came on the ipod. Guess I'm watching Dirty Dancing this afternoon too

8/20/2009 12:50:59 PM

I think we need to have a yard sale Saturday...

8/20/2009 12:54:53 PM

home, here i come

8/20/2009 1:24:09 PM

tuna and red grapes!

8/20/2009 1:25:42 PM

what a shit day, off to find a beer.

8/20/2009 1:27:29 PM

finally lunch time


pzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

8/20/2009 1:28:34 PM

so nice to get out of work a little early today

8/20/2009 1:42:29 PM

A GIRL

8/20/2009 1:43:07 PM

I love on-campus jobs for students.

8/20/2009 1:45:04 PM

lots of rain

8/20/2009 2:25:31 PM

whoa

apparently explosions in the sky is opening for the flaming lips next saturday night when i see them

how did i not know this?

this makes me super duper happy

8/20/2009 2:50:00 PM

So far this is a bomb. I didn't really expect anything less though!

8/20/2009 2:52:46 PM

scooter will be here in 4-5 weeks

8/20/2009 2:53:23 PM

One of the items on the "Do not use" warnings for my allergy pills is "to make a child sleepy" ... kind of sad that they have to specify that on the bottle.

8/20/2009 3:00:59 PM

8/20/2009 3:09:42 PM

^ pwnt

8/20/2009 3:10:10 PM

I, too, read reddit.

Why doesn't Outback open before 4pm??? I wanted a fucking marggggarita

[Edited on August 20, 2009 at 3:13 PM. Reason : ]

8/20/2009 3:11:54 PM

that was a good crunch bar

8/20/2009 3:16:52 PM

oh fuck, now I want a crunch bar!

8/20/2009 3:19:02 PM

you're welcome!

tomorrow, i will file...which is a scary task to think about

8/20/2009 3:21:10 PM

that thunder came out of nowhere.

8/20/2009 3:22:22 PM

That storm was cool to listen to and distracted me during my meeting.

My head is poundinggggggg.

8/20/2009 4:18:07 PM

home at last!

8/20/2009 4:19:52 PM

the bonus to having people that i work with come to my house on sunday...

Office manager: "Wow! I had no idea you lived that far away. You have one hell of a commute everyday."

Yes...yes I do!

8/20/2009 4:21:43 PM

Quote :

"One of the items on the "Do not use" warnings for my allergy pills is "to make a child sleepy" ... kind of sad that they have to specify that on the bottle."

my mother definitely used to do that to me

8/20/2009 4:25:22 PM

goin hommmmme

it's the wknd.

8/20/2009 4:27:38 PM

i really wish my friends parents would stop comming up on the "people you may know". Its sorta weird

8/20/2009 4:35:47 PM

you know what, fuck it

im taking off tomorrow at noon

8/20/2009 4:40:14 PM

Why, because you shouldn't know your friends' parents? Jesus.

8/20/2009 4:40:57 PM

Quote :

"Jesus."

yes?

8/20/2009 4:42:09 PM

i think its the parents of people i dont know well that sorta skeev me out

8/20/2009 4:42:36 PM

if youre talking about the suggestions box on facebook there is an x in the top right corner that you can click and keep them from coming up again

8/20/2009 4:56:55 PM

also this song just came out at a very fitting time

Quote :

"Here we go again, infatuation Touches me just when I Thought that it would end Oh but then again it seems Much more than that but I'm not sure exactly what you're thinking Well,I toss and turn all night Thinking of your ways of effection But to find that it's not different at all I throw away my past mistakes And contemplate my future That's when I say... What the hey!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yvivoayXcg

8/20/2009 5:03:35 PM