by teresa wu

"Πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη."

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:55:41 -0800

“Πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη.”

- “faith, hope, love.”

"At the end of the day, when it comes down to it, all we really want is to be close to somebody. So..."

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:44:56 -0800

“At the end of the day, when it comes down to it, all we really want is to be close to somebody. So this thing, where we all keep our distance and pretend not to care about each other, is usually a load of bull. So we pick and choose who we want to remain close to, and once we’ve chosen those people, we tend to stick close by. No matter how much we hurt them, the people that are still with you at the end of the day - those are the ones worth keeping. And sure, sometimes close can be too close. But sometimes, that invasion of personal space, it can be exactly what you need.”

- Meredith Grey, Grey’s Anatomy (via lexual)

Noticed this slightly perturbing trend while stalking my own...

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:45:37 -0800

ever seen someone more excited for pie?

we made it rain fries on the pizza

cinnamon bun heaven

I guess wine helps

Noticed this slightly perturbing trend while stalking my own tagged Facebook photos — apparently it’s not hard to tell at all what brings me the greatest joy in life.

(These aren’t just smiles, people, they are expressions of profound ecstasy.)

annieisms: Outtakes from our Holiday Card 2009 photo shoot....

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:05:24 -0800

annieisms:

Outtakes from our Holiday Card 2009 photo shoot. Want a holiday postcard from the likes of me, Justine, and Shawn? Send your mailing address to annie@annieisms.com and get a 4x6 piece of love.

We made Shawn a snuggie for his birthday and then decided to make ourselves a matching set. Yes, WE’RE THAT AWESOME. tsayfan is terribly ashamed, but I love mine! /snuggle

Special thanks to Teresa for letting me fall asleep with her snuggie in Vegas, thereby cementing my love for blankets with sleeves.

Just doing my part to spread the snuggie magic.

Just another day in the life.

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:22:19 -0800

Just another day in the life.

13-Year-Old Girl Commits Suicide After Classmates Spread Nude Photos

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:11:00 -0800

13-Year-Old Girl Commits Suicide After Classmates Spread Nude Photos:

Deeply disturbing. Technology does not make being a teenager any easier, that’s for sure.

"When the Stupak anti-choice amendment passed, and so entered the health reform bill, no..."

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:38:48 -0800

“

When the Stupak anti-choice amendment passed, and so entered the health reform bill, no congressional representative stood up on the floor of the House to recount how access to abortion had saved her life or her family’s well-being. And where were the tea-baggers when we needed them? If anything represents the true danger of “government involvement” in healthcare, it’s a health reform bill that — if the Senate enacts something similar — will snatch away all but the wealthiest women’s right to choose.

It’s not just that abortion is deemed a morally trickier issue than mammography. To some extent, pink-ribbon culture has replaced feminism as a focus of female identity and solidarity. When a corporation wants to signal that it’s “woman friendly,” what does it do? It stamps a pink ribbon on its widget and proclaims that some miniscule portion of the profits will go to breast cancer research. I’ve even seen a bottle of Shiraz called “Hope” with a pink ribbon on its label, but no information, alas, on how much you have to drink to achieve the promised effect. When Laura Bush traveled to Saudi Arabia in 2007, what grave issue did she take up with the locals? Not women’s rights (to drive, to go outside without a man, etc.), but “breast cancer awareness.” In the post-feminist United States, issues like rape, domestic violence, and unwanted pregnancy seem to be too edgy for much public discussion, but breast cancer is all apple pie.

So welcome to the Women’s Movement 2.0: Instead of the proud female symbol — a circle on top of a cross — we have a droopy ribbon. Instead of embracing the full spectrum of human colors — black, brown, red, yellow, and white — we stick to princess pink. While we used to march in protest against sexist laws and practices, now we race or walk “for the cure.” And while we once sought full “consciousness” of all that oppresses us, now we’re content to achieve “awareness.”

”

- Barbara Ehrenreich, Salon (via thepoliticalpartygirl:newsweek)

thedailywhat: Early Bird Special: PostSecret founder Frank...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:18:47 -0800

thedailywhat:

Early Bird Special: PostSecret founder Frank Warren asks fifty strangers to share their deepest, darkest secret on camera.

Here’s mine: I love Brussels sprouts. Now you.

(via.)

Uh, so normally I’m a very controlled shopper, but makeup...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:02:00 -0800

Uh, so normally I’m a very controlled shopper, but makeup — right after purses — is my WEAKNESS!

I guess you could say I got a little carried away at Ulta today. Purchases include: One bottle of L’eau D’Issey, two Urbay Decay palettes, three bottles of OPI nail polish, a Smashbox brush set, bath bombs, loofahs, holiday-sparkle nail files, false eyelashes, makeup remover pads … the list goes on.

Don’t worry. Some are gifts!

(And yes, that is my painstakingly decorated map of Cyprus hanging over my bed. Resist the urge to reblog my pathetic longing, Justine.)

Awkward family gif. (via whoastephchiu)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:06:53 -0800

Awkward family gif.

(via whoastephchiu)

Awkward family photo.

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:39:00 -0800

Awkward family photo.

My bare-bones experimentation with Flavors.me! (Flavors.me...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:17:00 -0800

My bare-bones experimentation with Flavors.me! (Flavors.me invites are the new Google Wave invites.)

LOL-worthy Facebook threads

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:08:00 -0800

A: Perhaps we should extend this rendezvous we have planned to your ex? Kidding (sort of).
B: Hahahaha. I would be more than happy to, actually. My feelings of anger and resentment have more or less faded now that I've picked up a new boy to pay for my sandwiches.
A: I can't WAIT to meet him. Like seriously. Also I have a crush. He works with me at my internship. He said "hey" to me the other day. I'll let you guys know if any developments occur.

Holiday/Seasonal Sales Associate: Macy's -- Grand Forks, ND

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:01:00 -0800

Holiday/Seasonal Sales Associate: Macy's -- Grand Forks, ND:

The future for freelance writers appears bleak: This is an actual job listing on Mediabistro.

I know, I’m confused too. It’s like they can smell our unemployed desperation.

Airlines Slash Fares for Cyber Monday

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:24:00 -0800

Airlines Slash Fares for Cyber Monday:

United, JetBlue, and Virgin America have all just announced special one-day prices — flights to select destinations start at $39 each way.

(via violetmae:neatorama)

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:50:44 -0800

(via violetmae:neatorama)

What a city. (via Kareem’s iPhone)

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:05:00 -0800

What a city.

(via Kareem’s iPhone)

Dinner tonight: Oyster omelette, fried tempura, stinky tofu hot...

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:42:00 -0800

Dinner tonight: Oyster omelette, fried tempura, stinky tofu hot pot. The stuff a Taiwanese fob-child’s foodie dreams are made of.

"Somewhere down in the Flatiron, out in Brooklyn, over in Queens or up in Harlem, cabals of bright..."

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:26:08 -0800

“Somewhere down in the Flatiron, out in Brooklyn, over in Queens or up in Harlem, cabals of bright young things are watching all the disruption with more than an academic interest. Their tiny netbooks and iPhones, which serve as portals to the cloud, contain more informational firepower than entire newsrooms possessed just two decades ago. And they are ginning content from their audiences in the form of social media or finding ways of making ambient information more useful. They are jaded in the way youth requires, but have the confidence that is a gift of their age as well. For them, New York is not an island sinking, but one that is rising on a fresh, ferocious wave.”

- The Media Equation - For Media, a Sunset Is Followed Quickly by a Sunrise - NYTimes.com (via evangotlib)

I have crossed over into the dark side. The dark side being the...

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:16:00 -0800

I have crossed over into the dark side. The dark side being the side where people buy $40 belts.

Because I can’t handle throngs of rabid people, my Black Friday shopping ends up being regular shopping — as in, no real steals since I avoid the crowds — except everybody else’s enthusiastic participation in consumerism means there develops an inverse relationship between the weight of my guilty conscience and that of my shopping bags.

(Still, a little hard for me to justify: $40 is almost a whole tank of gas. But isn’t it fab-u-lous?)