February 2012
3 posts
Thanks for breaking my heart Susan...
Just read an article from CBS News that breaks my heart… Susan G Komen one of the largest movements in the fight against breast cancer has recently decided to cut ties with Planned Parenthood.
If you were unaware Planned Parenthood performs “nearly 750,000 breast exams each year, critical services in detecting cancer.” And a large portion of last year’s $680,000 in funding...
January 2012
8 posts
Coffee From Your Tap, Controlled By An App →
The Scanomat TopBrewer is going to revolutionize the way you make coffee at home. It’s a fully automatic coffee brewer that can be built into any tabletop with only a stainless steel tap visible. The minimal design is stunning and quite intriguing.
Reddit Announces Blackout to Protest SOPA →
Reddit, in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), will be shutting down normal operations on Jan. 18 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET. During that window, visitors to the site will find a message about SOPA and its sister bill in the Senate, the Protect IP Act (PIPA). There will also be links…
Meaning of life
December 2011
1 post
What I'm looking for...
The past weekend was a harsh realization that no matter how hard you may try to love and make everything perfect for someone else if they do not have the desire to satisfy your emotional needs then you are existing in a delusional one-sided relationship. At some point you look up and realize the row boat has been going in circles for far to long and you have to just jump alone into the chilly...
November 2011
1 post
October 2011
1 post
The illogical reasoning behind female’s decision...
Modern Twenty Something Girls are complicate. We’re emotional, volatile, intelligent, and yet make illogical decisions that makes perfect sense… to us. Most of our gender also likes the color pink which is a pretty awkward handicap in life. In an attempt to help the rest of the world understand why we are so adorable and yet unpredictably retarded at times I have been working on creating a cheat...
July 2011
4 posts
Jon Ray taught me how to hate men
If Jon Ray taught me anything about emotional warfare, you must immediately post pictures of you with smoking hot girls/guys to make your ex jealous. If you are snuggling or they happen to be kissing your neck ah-may-zing. The point is post break up to go out and have the time of your life. Now if that happens to involve hate f*ng a lot of random people so be it! Just as long as someone has a...
May 2011
1 post
Bitch is the new Black.
Hey kiddos I posted a rather rad article in the zero issue of novel fashion magazine called Astonish Magazine.
I would encourage you to chez it out.
http://www.astonishmagazine.com/themagazine/
February 2011
1 post
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Maybe it's okay to be a little vulnerable.
A while back I watched a Brene Brown Ted Talk on The Power of Vulnerability and it overwhelmed me with the concept of creating strength through expressing ones most vulnerable moments. For the longest time, I had always assumed being vulnerable was a sign of weakness. And with my Charles Darwin Inspired Pick up Artist training, being smart, sexy, and dominate were the key ingredients in dating....
November 2010
2 posts
Back to Basics.
Life has gone astray lately. And I figure the best way to get back on track is to go to the basic blocks of what I am feeding myself mentally. Books are food for the brain. SERIOUSLY.
Like many people I am striving to be financially independent, better at human interactions, and spiritually open. So I will focus on…
Rich Dad, Poor Dad. How to Win Friend and Influence People. the Holy...
Little Things...
Anytime I meet a boy I really really like I write out a list of all the amazing wonderful “little things” about him that I love. Sometimes its in a word doc, other times my phone, a lot of times just randomly scribed in a moleskin. But I found one searching word files that I wanted to share because reading it makes me smile.
Little things about you that I love…
The way that you watch...
October 2010
4 posts
Paper hearts and the importance of tape
When I was in kindergarten our teacher did a little exercise to help us understand the concept of being nice. She came in with a paper heart. And explain that in the morning when she woke up, got dressed, and went to grab an Eggo for breakfast, but the box was empty. So she tore a little piece of her paper heart. Then driving to school someone had honked and cut her off in traffic. She tore...
Are there wrinkles in the Universe?
In some deep cosmetic way I know everything is predetermined. Granted the small hold we have in existentialism can slightly alter the picture, but the end result will eventually pan out the way it was always expect to. If you are going to die tomorrow, staying home may mean slipping in the shower instead of dying on a job site with provided workers comp. One way your family would have a small...
August 2010
5 posts
"You've got Mail"
Thinking about starting a new service…
Are you having a crappy day? Are your customers sending you mean emails that almost make you want to cry? Did you significant other just dump you on your anniversary?
Well I may be able to help!
Now offering motivation emails/photos on those days when your life just stinks.
Just think how happy would you be if you got an email with a picture of a T-Rex...
“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out whether...”
– William James
ARE YOU A CARROT, AN EGG, OR A COFFEE BEAN?
by Mary Sullivan
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as if as soon as one problem was solved a new one arose. Her mother took her to the kitchen. The mother filled three pots with...
“Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens...”
– Michael Caine
the end of chasing unicorns
“Is there anybody in there To come outside and play? Did I run around you? Did you run away? Now there is nothing left But promises to fade Was it goodbye from the start? Coffee on Sunday And a walk in the dark To your beautiful sadness When you stole my heart Was it a goodbye Goodbye from the start? Did I ask too many questions? Or have I been a pest? Is there someone in the...
June 2010
1 post
Free Screening of Hitchcock's THE BIRDS!...
Sunset Supper & Cinema: The Birds
Saturday, June 25th
Seating at 7:30, film starts at sundown Free!
Join me on the rooftop plaza for a fabulous feast and film! WholeFoods is partnering with the Alamo Drafthouse’s Rolling Roadshow to present classic movies on the giant screen beneath the twilight of the summer sky. Snacks, beer and wine will be available for purchase à la carte,...
May 2010
3 posts
April 2010
2 posts
“I believe in manicures. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I...”
March 2010
5 posts
Cathedral of Junk NEEDS YOUR HELP!
Out here in the greatest city in Texas there is a little saying called “KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD”.
It’s simple enough, but to really understand you can’t simply just live in Austin, your whole being must “believe” in Austin.
Folk in Austin love weird, we love art, creation, growth, and more than anything we accept different.
And so to my peers and fellow loved ones I come to you with a very disturbing...
“if plan A fails we go to plan B. if plan B fails we go to plan C, if plan C...”
– my SXSW advice
The Top 5 FREE parties of SXSW
Do you wanna party at SXSW but don’t have hundreds of dollars to spend on badges and alcohol at venues? Sick of RSVPing to parties that are probably going to suck?
Well my friends I have the solution the TOP 5 SXSW Free Parties (with RSVP links!) that will rock your world and get you slammed. I promise if you stick to these picks and avoid everything else your SXSW experience will be better than...
February 2010
3 posts
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
He glanced at the girl lying asleep on one of the twin beds. Then he went over to one of the pieces of luggage, opened it, and from under a pile of shorts and undershirts he took out an Ortgies calibre 7.65 automatic. He released the magazine, looked at it, then reinserted it. He cocked the piece. Then he went over and sat down on the unoccupied twin bed, looked at the girl, aimed the pistol, and...
Austin's Modern Home Tour
This past Saturday the Good Life Team and Launch 787 opened up 16 of Austin’s most architecturally interesting new age abodes for the 3rd Modern Home Tour. http://modernhometouraustin.com/
Estimates from Matt Swinney of Launch 787 had presale tickets at roughly 1,750, which far exceeded their hefty goal of 1,000. Including day of tickets, and comps for sponsors it would be easy to say that over...
January 2010
4 posts
“Hamlet: I did love you once.
Ophelia: Indeed, my lord, you made me believe so....”
– Hamlet Act 3, scene 1, 114–121
The Greatest Birthday Dream EVER.
I have a dream. That someday people will forget that they are growing old by having kick ass parties where people get drunk and fornicate. And forever everyone will remember that party as the greatest celebration of their life (until the next year’s party.)
I am coming up on my quarter century and I think that means I deserve something so magical, so magnanimous, the cops getting called to my...
Tom... Collins
I like my drinks like I like my men. Tall and juicy.
So then why do I find it so hard to find the right version of deliciousness when I am out in public?
Last night I ordered a Tom Collins twice at the bar.
The 1st time was some variation of a lime overloaded with sugar.
The 2nd was a cherry garnish with even more cherry flavoring.
I should have known better to order a basic well from a...
December 2009
4 posts
New Years Resolutions…
How to be the most awesome Barbara I can be. (Aka list of impractical things I probably won’t do but can at least say I will attempt!)
Step One… Beauty Makeover! It’s as simple as washing my face every night with a million and one products, teeth whitening strips every night, rubbing expensive exfoliating lotion all over my body, tanning 3 times a week, dying my hair every month and always...