August 2008
43 posts
“Dog Owner: “When my dog pees, he leaves brown patches all over the lawn. Is he...”
– Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes
“If at first you don’t succeed; call it version 1.0”
– NonSociety: Meghan
Bummer fabulous
Turns out we’re not going out tonight, which I found out after I had my heels on and was trying to finger-comb my hair. The news has got me a little depressed, and I’m not sure why, because we just made the plans last night. Guess I got my hopes up.
Tomorrow should make up for it, but I’m still feeling down. At the library. I have so many things to do this week (research paper,...
Walking is overrated
Ugh… I’m home, and I’m sore. I get 3 days to recover from a strenuous week of two-a-day practices My calves are so tight that I can’t walk easily, and going down stairs is an utter no-no.
Just got my first cup of the diet iced green tea that I love so much. Mmmmmmm.
Really out of it; tired. Got up at 5:30 once again. Ready for my last week of summer vacay!
Gone daddy gone, love is gone
Love was back in town after a one-month hiatus, and it lasted 6 fab hours or so before the love had to break back in two. One half drove home to West Covina and the other half to L.A. So here I am, it’s 12:20, and I really need to go to bed.
Tomorrow at 8, my XC team packs up and hauls out for 6 days of intense two-a-day training in the wilderness of Mammoth Mountain. Thus I will not be...
ah, Ribet
Angelo: If I didn't know you
Angelo: I'd call you a whore.
Me: Awwwe, thanks!
Plan and plan and plan and plan, that’s all I ever do. Gave up on writing at noon; have been packing and primping since. Still don’t know when E.’s gonna meet me, so I have to leave for my errands extra early.
Have to coordinate toiletries and purchase my summer reading—which I still haven’t started. I read Pride and Prejudice a few years ago (and hated it), as well as...
I am a busy girl. I have so much writing to do today. I have errands to run. I have a boyfriend to kiss.
*sigh* Yes, kids, I get Eddo today for the first time in a full month. But only after I keep working on the outline I rewrote last night and shopping for the XC team’s trip to Mammoth Mountain. Summer reading, anyone? You could say I’m a little behind…
Showa time!
'Cosmopolitan' Institute Completes Decades-Long... →
Gotta love how this Onion News Network video ends.
California dreaming
A number of new things: I have changed the Tumblr address to be blog.hollyerthanthou.com. Also, I’ve gotten Google Apps and as such my new email address is also up; find the contact link.
Switched back to Safari because Flock doesn’t have Google Apps support and Safari is faster and meh… I figured out how to use Safari as an RSS reader!
Most importantly, though: Edward is back...
Asian Dan: 2 Many DJ's 20 Minute Intro Mix →
Heard this on Indie last night… it’s really creative. And danceable!
I now have 7 pages of my paper written! Unfortunately I’m a day behind… still. To write tomorrow:
Equity vs. equality
Research done on gender equity
Case studies
Neon Noise is on Indie 103.1, keeping me awake. I worked for about 9 hours today, not including the 3 hours of layout poking. I have 2 more things I’d like to do to the layout before bed.
Expand the header...
water cooler
You know you feel guilty when you’re relieved that the email you just got was for “Penis growth, 3-4 inches” (translated out of quasi-haxorspeak), instead of from your supervisor.
My supervisor being Mr. B., who is clearly one of the people I most respect, but who also scared the crap out of me and gives me that warm, fuzzy fear of judgement.
(Why am I posting this? I should be...
“I write sonnets & haiku on request!”
– the Hollyblogger
Rolled my ankle at XC practice on Thursday, and it still hurts to walk on. Now I have an ice pack on it and it hurts so badly. Oh my goodness. Ow. Ow ow ow.
Thank goodness for Indie playing Weezer. Workers are going home, workers are going home, the workers are going home…
Am working on my research. I didn’t work at all yesterday, so I have yesterday’s writing to complete as...
Duo: That's quantum physics basically
Duo: We don't know shit
Duo: but it could be something.
Perfection much?
Over a lunch of delicious tangy beef, steamed rice, and spicy green beans from my family’s favorite Chinatown establishment, I have definitely and completely finished this layout.
I am so happy it’s over!!!
I have finished the world’s biggest pain the in butt layout. There are still 1 or 2 more things to be done, but WHOA! I have to get to work on my research.
Ergo, the layout is complete and I am proud.
Layout victory!
The Olympics were godly. Too bad they hide bad things going on in the rest of China.
the Hollyblog now has an imperfect but totally functional new layout! I’m still working on it… the dates/sharing/comments/individual pages have yet to be resolved/disabled.
Check it out!
BBC NEWS | Europe | Russian tanks enter South... →
Apparently Russia has attacked the country of Georgia. Makes me wonder a little about WWIII.
“Make it work, designers.”
– Tim Gunn
I renamed the unBetty to the Hollyblog because the novelty of unBetty wore off. Now follow: hollyblog.tumblr.com.
It still matches the ianua Hollyblog.
I just finished writing the first few pages of my research paper! It’s a three-page introduction to feminism with a brief explanation of how feminism relates to single-sex education.
If anyone’s interested in reading it, do contact!
Also, am taking down the chaotic mod to unBetty, so I can look at my Tumblelog for once.
Nike+ Human Race →
I’m trying to get my XC team to come run this. If you’re reading this and want to run with us but are not on my school’s XC team, just contact me. It’s in 25 cities around the world, and the L.A. race ends with a concert by Kanye West.
Dysfunction --> redesign
The unBetty page is as of the moment under some serious construction. I’m trying to make a horizontally-scrolling layout; if anyone knows how to get this to work in Tumblr the same way it worked on static HTML, please contact me!
On my static HTML page, I took the idea of a list and made it in block display, which allowed me to space the posts out correctly. Since editing the Tumblr custom...
Pineapple Express was a-freaking-mazing. Oh my god. It’s… Pulp Fiction for a new generation. Larkin and I were laughing the entire time. It is amazing. Amazing. Don’t know how I”m gonna live that down.
Working under pressure
Technically I have a draft due tomorrow. Screw that. Yesterday was Maryellen’s birthday, so I want to take her to see Pineapple Express, and also take her to lunch, my treat!
I cannot get over the Edgartronix Summer Mix 2008.
My mouth is minty fresh! —unBetty
I have now made both unBetty and Hollyblog functional. I win. Gotta love posting from AIM! I have a long-term plan for Tumblr that involves signing up for Flickr and ditching a hosting plan. I think I’ll have ianua.us direct here instead. I only use it for the email address, really. And what to do with hollyerthanthou.com? I love that one so much… please comment/contact with any clever...
More Holly!
I have a broad presence on the internet. My primary web address was ianua.us (which now only has stuff you can’t see that I can), but I also have a number of blogging accounts. The only one out of 5 or so, including 2 Blogger accounts, 1 WordPress, 1 Xanga, and a couple of others, that I use regularly is my Livejournal.
Most of my daily life and socializing outside of the real world—in...
h [at] HuntHolly [dot] com →
Some calculations: According to the Brown website, if I plug in the numbers for my statistics, I have a 22.25—24.5% of getting in to Brown. The range of possibility comes from the chance that I may be salutatorian. Were I valedictorian (which I highly doubt), the chance rises to 25.75%. This doesn’t account for any extra oomph that Early Decision might add, or any thunder that my lackluster...
BAAAWWW. I am so manic right now. It’s disgusting. I don’t even know. I am in high energy mode, have been since 4 or so. That’s four hours of jitters. I just ate some Golden Grahams. Not hungry, but am. Bad thing for those things to be conflicting. Just a shoutout to all the people who keep my mental health in check, thank you! At least I’m not depressive. ♥
Otay… well. I have now completely embedded my Tumblr into ianua.us, thereby replacing the old CuteNews system. I call the blog Hollyblog. But really, it’s the same thing. I just can’t for the life of me figure out how to include the dates. I don’t think the Tumblr export JavaScript allows for date inclusion, or something equally preposterous. Now to attach the link to...
“Because we’re grown-ups now, and it’s our turn to decide what that...”
– XKCD #150
Getting to know you more
Now I am experimenting with Tumblr (and pecking away at the infamous Yale v. Brown issue) for a few hours in between research stints. I got a bit of writing done today: the first part of my introduction to feminism.
On my list of interwebby things to accomplish before dinner are
Hacks!
Layouts! Gotta make it simple, but with a picture, please.
Embedding Tumblr into ianua.us, because CuteNews...
From my seat here in the Humanities Wing at the Pasadena Public Library, I look out at the shelf facing me. On one shelf sits Who’s Who In Espionage, directly above all four volumes of Butler’s Lives of the Saints. Earlier today the crazy who thinks aloud in a gruff, gravely voice was in the Reference Wing. He keeps his little DVD player with him and watches something mysterious. He...
I have a list of things to do: 1) Convert Hollyblog to Tumblr! Yessss. 2) Pedicure. 3) Research, you fool [the fool being me]. I have to get back to work. Posted via TumblrBot on AIM. Neet-oh!
Blog slut
[I save all my AIM transcripts.]
me: i just signed up for tumblr
me: it's a weird blogging app or something
Marissa: ?
me: i sign up for everything i see
me: so if it turns out to be a hit
me: i can just jump right back on it
Marissa: lol
Marissa: you slut
Hollyer Than Thou →
My livejournal, where I blog most regularly.
Oh hi!
I have heard of Tumblr but never tried it out. So here I am.
I am a college-obsessed, overcommitted 17-year-old in Los Angeles. When you meet me though, you probably won’t catch that vibe. You’ll just think I’m weird.
That’s OK with me.
