March 2009
A secret fact about me:
I do the best Mickey Mouse voice.
Sick Sea Turtle Swims Right to Hospital Doorstep →
furrowedbrow:
kapitalisthippie:
A sick sea turtle swims to the doorstep of the only place in the world that is licensed solely to treat turtles.
disney can’t make this shit up
That writing made me cringe. A mutant turtles joke? REALLY?!
Cute story though.
Sick vacation
mufti:
You know things are pretty bad when you fantasize about getting sick just so you can stay home from work.
I used to pray to get some debilitating flu while in school so I could give myself an excuse to take a day off.
I feel guilty everytime I print large amounts of...
I know that none of it will be recycled and most will just be dumped in the trash can. I’m no staunch environmentalist, but I feel guilty anyway.
Hmm.
This girl at SuicideGirls has sent traffic to my wedding blog. I’m confused.
The wedding website. →
For the three of you who aren’t sick of posts about my wedding (that would be my mother, Tanya and Ellie), I’ve redesigned the wedding blog and added some photos.
Do I miss him? Yes/no/maybe? Yes.
Sam was one of my best friends. I had a big crush on him from first through third grade, and we would exchange notes that said things like “do you like me? yes/no/maybe,” but “yes” was always circled. We got “married” once at recess and I even brought some white frilly dress from home to wear and all the boys made an arbor of baseball bats for me to walk...
Originality FTW!
So I think Brandon and I should go as Dr. Manhattan and Silk Spectre for Halloween. I’m sure NO ONE has thought of this SUPER ORIGINAL idea.
I just overheard this at work:
“Ukraine is NOT the golden teat of Europe!”
Aaaaannddddd…time to go home.
Irritation looming large!
It’s taken me almost four times longer than it should to do a project at work because OpenSecrets.org is such a work of complete bullshittery. The bandwidth must be the size of my pinkie finger, because I swear I’ve pressed refresh almost 2,000 times now trying to navigate through the page errors.
*stab*
How messed up is that!?
My family took bets before the wedding on how long it would be before I got pregnant with Brandon’s child.
One bet was conception three months after the wedding. Three months! They also solicited other family at the wedding to see if they wanted to buy in.
Too bad they wouldn’t let me place a bet because this is one gamble I’m definitely going to win.
walpaper:
Check out jackieheartsb. Congratulations on your marriage, Jaclyn!
Thank you so much! :)
Yeah, I don't have enough self-control.
I’m trying to eliminate high-fructose corn syrup and processed white flour/gluten from my diet. The HFCS isn’t so difficult since I’m not a sweet tooth person, but as I’m remembering from my gluten allergy scare, it’s really hard to avoid white flour. It’s in cereal—my precious Cocoa Puffs—and it’s taunting me as I walk to work and smell the...
Brandon and I already decided.
Our five-year anniversary, we’re going to Hawaii.
For our one month anniversary, I’m also thinking Hawaii.
Maybe we should just move there. Any fancy hotels need PR people?
“Not even a boyfriend can settle me. I’m like the Wild West.”
– Ellie, in what is possibly the best quote ever.
My thoughts on Twilight, the movie:
It’s funny in parts that are clearly meant to be serious. Edward’s “Say it out loud!” and Bella’s “Vampire!” moment made me laugh.
My husband used to have Edward hair and still gives Edward-looks: that stern, angry stare. He was even solicited to be Edward for photo-ops at the midnight release of Twilight at the MovieStop store near his store. Luckily...
I really hate:
When the day ends worse than it began. I’m almost too tired to walk the half-mile to my Metro stop.
H&M Launches Home Textiles in Bid to Offset... →
(via vikax)
The fact that H&M is struggling surprises me not a bit. Their quality is on par with chain stores like Forever 21, yet H&M will charge nearly three or four times as much. I find myself bored by H&M lately and uninspired to spend money on their clothing.
Why I won't buy a Kindle.
A good deal of the positive associations I’ve made with reading came at a young age, with the tactile feel of a book, the smell and the sound it made to turn a page. I’ve never lost that delight for such a simple pleasure, and therefore reading involves more than one sense for me.
I read books too fast to buy each and every book I read: that’s why I’m a big patron of my...
Props to me!
I found out from my cousin Erika at the wedding that I’m a fairly direct descendant of William the Conqueror and Charlemagne. I demand a crown!
The best present ever.
One of my favorite wedding presents is a binder containing laminated, printed copies of tons of family recipes from both my father and mother’s side of the family. My aunt compiled it, and even labeled each recipe with a picture of who it originated from. It’s an amazing heirloom, and I’m anxious to get even more recipes from family to further expand the collection.
I’m...
It's the little things.
I feel so much better about myself when I know I’m wearing pretty undergarments. If there’s a draft in the Metro, I’m READY!
Marriage and name-changing.
I know there was a big Tumblr debate about married women taking the last name of their husband, so just to be clear, here’s my reasoning for changing my last name to Brandon’s:
I’m completely vain and I like the way his last name sounds with my first name.
Jaclyn Day, or including my middle name, Jaclyn Diane Day.
It’s a pretty sweet freaking name. Like a newscaster or...
Thoughts about today:
So excited to be watching Twilight tonight with the husband to determine for myself if it sucks as much as the book does.
It’s damn cold in DC.
I’d really like a coffee…
…but there are clients coming in a few minutes and I must sit and look busy/professional/smiley.
I put off going to the grocery store yesterday after my epic Target shopping trip, so I’ll have...
Okay, enough pictures for now.
I’ll write something deeper later, but I have never felt more loved than I did on my wedding day and subsequent honeymoon. I’m so lucky—I feel like I almost cheated the gods on this one.
By the way, Brandon’s first words to me when I reached the front of the church were, “You look so beautiful!”