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12 January 2004
Funny
"I don't care, it's hopeless."
"At least you have hope. I'm without hope."
"Um. Hope-less? Meaning also without hope?"
--A guy, and a girl paying half attention to him, in line for the bathroom at Raleigh's.
"At least you have hope. I'm without hope."
"Um. Hope-less? Meaning also without hope?"
--A guy, and a girl paying half attention to him, in line for the bathroom at Raleigh's.
12 January 2004
Wisdom
"Now see, why didn't I learn, when you finally get what you most want you don't want it."
"Whoo, you're on fire tonight. Drink your beer."
--Another guy and girl, also in line for the bathroom at Raleigh's.
"Whoo, you're on fire tonight. Drink your beer."
--Another guy and girl, also in line for the bathroom at Raleigh's.
15 January 2004
Funny
"Well... which beers are $7 a pitcher?"
"Pretty much any beer that sucks."
--A customer and a waiter at Raleigh's
"Pretty much any beer that sucks."
--A customer and a waiter at Raleigh's
17 January 2003
Funny
"I could shave my head... Save the earth. I could be Moby."
"No, you couldn't."
"That's not what you're supposed to say. You're supposed to indulge me."
"Sorry. 'Why yes, you could be Moby.' ...Except the music part."
"GarageBand! It's looptacular!"
--A guy and a girl at Berkeley Bowl.
"No, you couldn't."
"That's not what you're supposed to say. You're supposed to indulge me."
"Sorry. 'Why yes, you could be Moby.' ...Except the music part."
"GarageBand! It's looptacular!"
--A guy and a girl at Berkeley Bowl.
19 January 2003
News
Whoa. In Passing got nominated for a Bloggie.
I find it more than vaguely amusing that the site was nominated the year when I've probably posted the least, thanks to a newfound reluctance to quote the people I now spend ten hours a day with -- my co-workers. (My co-students in college were somehow fair game.)
Have I mentioned I'm surprised? In fact, I'm so surprised that I suspect some sort of orchestrated fan effort, (you crazy kids), but I'll suspend my incredulity and just to say thanks all the people who nominated the site. In Passing is nominated in some pretty serious company. LYD is one of my favorite reads, and one of the other nominees has an HBO Special.
So I suspect that to some bloggers the Bloggies are old hat, mainstream, the anti-bloggies are the hip newness (or maybe they're up to the anti-anti-bloggies by now.) But it's not every day that my weblog is put on par with some blogging superstars and the weblog of someone who is funny for a living, and I think that's pretty cool. Thanks.
I find it more than vaguely amusing that the site was nominated the year when I've probably posted the least, thanks to a newfound reluctance to quote the people I now spend ten hours a day with -- my co-workers. (My co-students in college were somehow fair game.)
Have I mentioned I'm surprised? In fact, I'm so surprised that I suspect some sort of orchestrated fan effort, (you crazy kids), but I'll suspend my incredulity and just to say thanks all the people who nominated the site. In Passing is nominated in some pretty serious company. LYD is one of my favorite reads, and one of the other nominees has an HBO Special.
So I suspect that to some bloggers the Bloggies are old hat, mainstream, the anti-bloggies are the hip newness (or maybe they're up to the anti-anti-bloggies by now.) But it's not every day that my weblog is put on par with some blogging superstars and the weblog of someone who is funny for a living, and I think that's pretty cool. Thanks.
19 January 2003
Funny
"No. No way. Give me an example."
*pause*
"That doesn't even count, I was trying to show Jenna I could drive with my knee."
--A woman talking on a cell phone outside Pegasus Books
*pause*
"That doesn't even count, I was trying to show Jenna I could drive with my knee."
--A woman talking on a cell phone outside Pegasus Books
21 January 2004
Beautiful
"So then you can spend another two months not doing anything about it."
"Hey! Currently blocking on that!"
"I can't believe you just used the phrase 'blocking' to indicate that you can't pursue a girl because she has a boyfriend."
"You knew what I meant."
--A girl and a guy at Andronico's on Shattuck
"Hey! Currently blocking on that!"
"I can't believe you just used the phrase 'blocking' to indicate that you can't pursue a girl because she has a boyfriend."
"You knew what I meant."
--A girl and a guy at Andronico's on Shattuck
22 January 2004
Wisdom
"Because anything that is not a positive response to the question, 'Do you want eggs?' could safely be considered a negative response."
--A guy at Jupiter.
--A guy at Jupiter.
24 January 2004
Funny
"No, that can't be right. I don't think there could be a homeless shelter in Palo Alto."
"Well, there is, but it's actually just a facade to the police station. Walk in the door and you're hog tied and thrown on a conveyor belt that runs straight to Sacramento."
--A girl and a guy at the Kensington Bistro
"Well, there is, but it's actually just a facade to the police station. Walk in the door and you're hog tied and thrown on a conveyor belt that runs straight to Sacramento."
--A girl and a guy at the Kensington Bistro
31 January 2004
Funny
"Y'know, when I go out with my girlfriend -- or whatever -- I really like it when she plays with her cell phone all night."
--A Starbucks employee, talking to a teenage couple earnestly engaged in text messaging.
--A Starbucks employee, talking to a teenage couple earnestly engaged in text messaging.
4 February 2004
Um...
"What kind of 'legitimate' excuse are we talking about? Legitimate like he was a hostage? Legitimate like car problems? Or just hungover?"
--A businessman talking on a cellphone in line for the ATM
--A businessman talking on a cellphone in line for the ATM
10 February 2004
Funny
"...it was great. We went to a different steak house every Friday. But I figured it out when he asked the waiter to leave the lemon out of his water."
"Huh?"
"He wasn't trying to take me out to nice places. He was on Atkins."
"Maybe he doesn't like lemon. Some guys don't, you know."
--Two women talking at a restaurant
"Huh?"
"He wasn't trying to take me out to nice places. He was on Atkins."
"Maybe he doesn't like lemon. Some guys don't, you know."
--Two women talking at a restaurant
13 February 2004
Um...
"Today's Drink Reccommendation: A venti coffee in a grande cup.
Reminds Me Of: A foggy morning in London, walking around, seeing the Eiffel Tower."
--The coffee of the day reccomendation, written by "Lizzie", who is either Starbucks' most subversive or least intelligent employee.
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For the record, I'm still anti-Starbucks. I have fewer choices when I'm traveling, though. Where by "fewer" I often mean "none."
Reminds Me Of: A foggy morning in London, walking around, seeing the Eiffel Tower."
--The coffee of the day reccomendation, written by "Lizzie", who is either Starbucks' most subversive or least intelligent employee.
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For the record, I'm still anti-Starbucks. I have fewer choices when I'm traveling, though. Where by "fewer" I often mean "none."
17 February 2004
Funny
"Remember Kenny?"
"New guy, Josh's old co-worker?"
"Yeah. Tonight he was leaving the office and said, 'I'm going to go home and cook these steaks.' I didn't really care, but I said, 'What steaks?' And then he says, "Didn't you see them defrosting on my desk? I bought them from this guy. He was selling them out of the back of his car in the parking lot at McDonald's.'"
"Ew. Ew. I don't even eat cow but ew."
"So in case the next story I tell you about Kenny starts with 'So we haven't seen Kenny in a few days...' Now you know why."
--A guy and a girl waiting in line for breakfast at La Note
"New guy, Josh's old co-worker?"
"Yeah. Tonight he was leaving the office and said, 'I'm going to go home and cook these steaks.' I didn't really care, but I said, 'What steaks?' And then he says, "Didn't you see them defrosting on my desk? I bought them from this guy. He was selling them out of the back of his car in the parking lot at McDonald's.'"
"Ew. Ew. I don't even eat cow but ew."
"So in case the next story I tell you about Kenny starts with 'So we haven't seen Kenny in a few days...' Now you know why."
--A guy and a girl waiting in line for breakfast at La Note
18 February 2004
Beautiful
"So I got an email from The Guy, and I thought --"
"Hold on, hold on, hold on. The Guy? I'm going to need a lot more context here. Knowing you."
"Shut up."
"Could say worse."
"Shut up."
--Two women talking at Andronico's.
"Hold on, hold on, hold on. The Guy? I'm going to need a lot more context here. Knowing you."
"Shut up."
"Could say worse."
"Shut up."
--Two women talking at Andronico's.
20 February 2004
Beautiful
"You look nicer."
"Yeah, I don't wear the contacts much."
"No. I mean you look like a nicer person."
--Two guys talking at Thalassa
"Yeah, I don't wear the contacts much."
"No. I mean you look like a nicer person."
--Two guys talking at Thalassa
25 February 2004
Funny
"I don't know. Do you want to just go home and watch season 1 and cry?"
"No."
--A girl and a guy walking aimlessly around Reel video.
"No."
--A girl and a guy walking aimlessly around Reel video.
29 February 2004
Funny
"So I get home, and she's sitting at the kitchen table with a notebook, counting all the carrot sticks."
"Again?"
--Two women talking outside Pegasus books
"Again?"
--Two women talking outside Pegasus books
3 March 2004
Funny
"Good call on the reservations. Makes it look like there was advance planning."
"There was. We made reservations."
"You know..."
--Two women arguing in the bathroom at P.F. Changs
"There was. We made reservations."
"You know..."
--Two women arguing in the bathroom at P.F. Changs
6 March 2004
Bizarre
"And there were actually parents livid with me for teaching their children that there was more than one way to think about women."
"To think about women like Marie Curie, or...?"
"Marie Curie or Pam Anderson. All the same. Doesn't matter."
--Two women talking in line at Caribou Coffee
"To think about women like Marie Curie, or...?"
"Marie Curie or Pam Anderson. All the same. Doesn't matter."
--Two women talking in line at Caribou Coffee