I have/love this umbrella and I just broke it. With that starting sentence, perhaps you think I will go on to berate this item, BUT YOU WOULD BE WRONG. I love this guy, and tomorrow I’m going out to buy a new one that is exactly the same. It was my own stupid fault for breaking it (I was leaning on it excessively out of boredom at the Apple store and the handle broke off, if you must know). BUT the point is - I’ve had this umbrella for eight years. EIGHT YEARS OF STURDINESS! Mind you, it’s a little costly for something that most people lose constantly ($48), but if you’re a little less scatterbrained than the average adult, then I suggest you get one of these. It’s probably lame to state, but the sky underneath literally makes me happier on days that are pure trash.
You can purchase this beauty here or by going to one of the MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) stores in New York.
You’ve probably seen this already (but if not, then skip to 1 minute, 5 seconds and watch from there), but I saw this years ago and still think about it maybe once a month. Some of it’s dumb, but some of it is so great. I love drinks so much, so if I ever came across someone like this in real life? Man. That’d be something.
I first tried this soap when I got one as a gift from my friend Marla’s wedding shower. Since that time (it was April of 2012), I haven’t washed my hands with anything else. There are a billion flavors/scents and all of the ones I’ve tried are lovely.
Plus, the foaming aspect makes it just a small delight in an otherwise grotesque room. They have seasonal ones as well, and they’re festive as hell. They usually have deals on how much they cost, depending on how many you purchase. I’ve even found some (same brand and all) cheaper ones at a few dollar stores if you look hard enough.
That’s the “Sea Island Cotton” scent up there. I mostly chose to show that one ‘cause of how ridiculous the name is. Ridiculous and so fun.
“Don’t pass hot sauce to someone, place it down on something so they can pick it up if they’ve asked you for it. If you pass it to someone, you will have an argument or fight.”
I really like reading commencement speeches. Obviously they can’t all be great, since that would be impossible. But once in awhile, I’ll come across a really fantastic one and then save it in a file. Here’s an excerpt from one of the ones worth reading, in my opinion.
My brother David and Jim Abrahams and I were having pie at Rumpelmeyer’s Coffee Shop in New York on the day after our third movie, “Top Secret,” opened. The reviews were terrible and it was bombing at the box office. We were really getting into some serious moping and self-flagellation when John Travolta walked in. We knew him from the Paramount lot and he could see right away that we were in a funk. We immediately poured out our heart to him, explaining the pain of our humiliating misfortune.
I’m not sure what we were expecting, but John just smiled and said, “Guys, the thing you have to remember is (that) nobody else is paying as much attention to your failures as you are. You’re the only ones who are obsessed with the importance of your own life. To everyone else, it’s just a blip on the radar screen, so just move on. By the way, are you going to finish that pie?” Think of the world as a big glass of water with some salt in it. You have a choice. You can try to pick out all the salt or you can keep pouring in more water so eventually it gets less bitter. As you begin your new journey, you can try to remove everything that you find distasteful in the world, or you can just pour in more love. It’s the only thing that the more you give away, the more you have.
So take all that warm, fuzzy stuff you’ve been hiding and spread it around a little. And then judge yourself not by your accomplishments, but by the happiness of the people around you. If you do that, you can do anything, you can go anywhere, you can fail at anything, and wherever you are, you will find a “there” there, because you’ll bring it with you.
– Jerry Zucker, Commencement Speech, University of Wisconsin
Take an ordinary binder clip (by the by, I had no idea it was called a binder clip before writing this post) and attach it to one of the shelf rings (shelf rings? that’s definitely not what that’s called) in your fridge (if you have a fridge that has those) in order to hold more bottles. Maybe you’re reading this and going, “Wow. She’s really run out of stuff to advise upon.” But you’d be wrong, my friend. When I came across this, I saved it in a folder from years ago because I just really think it’s a great idea. Especially if you’re having a party and you could use the fridge space.
I came across it on this great site that has millions of lists I like to go over sometimes: Real Simple
