In an attempt to wean myself from my brand-whorish ways, I'm reading a number of books about branding, marketing, and consumer psychology. I hope to gain a better understanding of why brands have such a strong pull, and thereby to diminish the pull itself. I'll be posting interesting quotations from these books here, for my reference and possibly ( Read more... )

This morning when I left the house, I was very pleased with the way I looked. Sara suggested that I might get to work earlier if I weren't so fussy, at which I scoffed. So that got me thinking: why am I so obsessed with details? Because: a person's appearance is an aggregation of dozens of details. Paying attention to each and every one of them is ( Read more... )

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I haven't posted a substantive entry in four months. Here goes.

Looking back on it I want to say that the move wasn't that bad, but honestly, it was hellish enough to make me swear to get movers from now on. We filled a 16-foot truck to the rafters and still had to strap a bookcase to the back of it, not to mention that the Mazda was also crammed ( Read more... )

Sara and I went to Value Village this morning to get a cat structure that she saw there yesterday for $20. It was already gone. Which made us sad. However, she got a baby sleeper, and I got a pair of brown leather gloves for $3.99 that will be perfect if I ever decide to do a Rorschach costume. They're exactly my size, and wonderfully pre-worn-in ( Read more... )

( Making my own Magic cards. )

Stolen from iris_alantiel

It's not as easy as you might think! Copy and change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It's really hard to only use one word answers. Be sure to tag the person you received it from!

( It's not that hard if you have a decent vocabulary )

I'm going to write a proper entry soon, I swear, but right now I have something a little more pressing:

Would anyone be willing to offer their place to host some sort of a birthday get-together on Saturday? Our place is still too chaotic right now, and my parents (as usual) aren't interested in having a party at their house.

Thank you so much in

1) Copy this list (including the instructions)
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Strike-through any items that you would never consider eating, or have tried and will never try again (remember to bold it though, because you've still tried it once).

( Nom nom nom! )

Julie's taking them!

Sara and I have a whole pile of old National Geographic magazines that my parents were getting rid of. Since they've been sitting in boxes in Sara's living room for over a year without being touched, we figure it's time to get rid of them ourselves. They start in about 1986 and go up till 2000 or so. First comment gets them! ( ( Read more... )