2008

Oct

Off to Big Bear Lake’s OKTOBERFEST! Weekend of fun and...
Oct 11th
“I spy Ryan Ridley on the Sarah Silverman...
Oct 10th
irrationalblog: This week has been crawling along because...
Oct 10th
“We live as we dream - alone.”
— Joseph Conrad, Heart of...
Oct 8th

Cocktail Napkins.

It’s always a strange sensation approaching home. Flying on a plane to arrive where you came...
Oct 8th

401-Keg Plan

alexkehr: If you bought $1000 of stock a year ago, you would now have: $91.28 if you bought...
Oct 7th
Discovery Channel's My Shocking Story: Tree...
Oct 7th
Off to Vegas to meet my Dad & Roxanne!
Oct 5th
Where is Gregory Smith? I used to love me some Everwood....
Oct 5th
“This is love, isn’t it? When you notice someone’s absence...”
— Jonathan Safran Foer,...
Oct 3rd

Sep

Just got done watching my fav, Moulin Rouge. For reals,...
Sep 29th

Portland

Hey tumblrs who live in Portland, my mom and I are thinking of taking a vacation there the 2nd week...
Sep 28th
ianbroyles: yay, movie night Movie Night Season Finale was...
Sep 23rd
“Wow, Barack! The ni**a’s name is Barack. Barack? Ni**a named...”
— Interview with Hip-Hop artist...
Sep 22nd

Amo la lingua Italiana! Che sono sobrio,...

Nessuno sul tumblr parla italiano? 
Sep 22nd
“You’re the nicest most pretty girl I know with a...”
— A young student on my...
Sep 21st

Paper Planes.

I heard this song for the first time two days ago on the school bus while the kid sitting next to...
Sep 20th

It's 11:00 pm and what do you think I am...

A) Hanging out with friends B) Drawing Pokemon pictures for Special Ed kids C) B but with it were A
Sep 18th
I would think of something funny to tumble but I’m too busy these days spending all my free...
Sep 17th
“Too many conflicting emotional interests are involved for...”
— William Maxwell
Sep 13th
“If you get this coverage you will be covered for all...”
— Aflac Insurance Rep I learned...
Sep 13th
“For me, spirituality comes from caring about others. I have...”
— Cocaine Anonymous Reaching Out...
Sep 11th
“what she wanted was love, and the best way to go looking for...”
— ann patchett, truth and...
Sep 8th
Odlin Redon c. 1900-05 Ophelia  Pastel on paper mounted on...
Sep 7th
Odilon Redon French, 1900 Barrone de Domecy The Getty...
Sep 7th
What is your favorite book title? I think my favorite is The Sun Also Rises. Although, Another...
Sep 6th
“If you can read this, thank a teacher.”
— Anonymous I thought of this...
Sep 6th
Just realized I threw away my spoon and washed my yogurt container. TGIF!
Sep 5th
“You know what, Beatrice?” Janine said. She never used...”
— Empire Falls, Richard...
Sep 5th
Warch Watch
boringloser: The Haberek - Part 2 of 8 (blip.tv) The Haberek is an 8-part profile on my former...
Sep 5th
GPOYW (Gratuitous Picture Of Yourself Wednesday) I just...
Sep 4th

Behavior Modification Training.

Vice Principle: I had a student who came to class stoned everyday. Do you think I said, "hey, stop getting high"? What do you think he'd say?
Me: He'd say "fuck you" and not change the behavior.
Vice Principle: Exactly. So what I did was at 9:45 each morning, you know, when he's all got the munchies and shit, I'd go from desk to desk and say, "good job not coming to class stoned today" and give the student an oreo. And when I got to him, I'd be like, "Oh sorry, you came to class stoned so you can't get one," and he'd be all like, "oh man! This shit sucks!" Because, you know, he's fucking stoned and hungry. So gradually week by week he stopped coming to class stoned.
Sep 3rd
I’m not into the new 90210 show as I never really...
Sep 3rd
Where for art thou Aaron, my want-to-be-Jewish-husband living in Chicago? I want your brain for...
Sep 3rd
I took this photo in Amboseli National Park at the Tanzania...
Sep 3rd
The Cure of Folly (The Extraction of the Stone of...
Sep 2nd
“Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday.”
— Unknown author
Sep 2nd

Comments.

I sometimes see people getting defensive over negative reblogs of their content on tumblr. I can...
Sep 2nd

Aug

boringloser: Having Jillian’s Mii show up while playing Wii...
Aug 30th
John James Audubon American b. Haiti (1785-1851) American...
Aug 30th
Writers' rooms.
Aug 29th

On Novels.

I generally read a book every couple days and will be posting some of my favorite quotes from each...
Aug 29th
“… everything that enlarged our ritual of reading,...”
— Bernhard Schlink, The...
Aug 29th
Henri Rousseau France, 1884-1910 Carnival Evening, 1886 oil...
Aug 29th
“‘Never talk yourself out of knowing you’re in...”
— Three Junes by Julia Glass
Aug 29th
Tom and I as Kurt & Courtney. Photo by Paul Awesome...
Aug 25th
Jim and I as Courtney Love & Sid Vicious at Tim’s...
Aug 25th
I failed my Driver’s Test today. For those of you who know me, I’m sure this...
Aug 23rd
No big deal, but something I helped...
Aug 22nd
The One Dollar Bookstore in Burbank on San Fernando & Verdugo is bad ass.  I can spend hours in...
Aug 22nd
“When I look at myself from another’s perspective and...”
— My journal: May 26,...
Aug 22nd

Sobes Lives.

Dynamic New Visions, the mix-gendered sober living I live in in Los Angeles, has seen a fair amount...
Aug 21st
“Archie comics that are filled with ‘Lil Archie’...”
— Dislikes on my...
Aug 21st
“Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed.”
— Henry Miller
Aug 20th
“It is sad not to be loved, but it is much sadder not to be...”
— Miguel de Unamuno
Aug 20th
Aug 20th
“If temperamentally we are on the depressive side, we are apt...”
— Twelve Steps and Twelve...
Aug 20th
I just watched THE GOONIES for the first time yesterday and OMG, forget the movie, let’s talk...
Aug 18th
Dear People on Internet, Please stop posting pictures and text about your fab vacays and around the...
Aug 12th

Jul

“Girls just wanna have funds.”
— Country knick-knack sign on...
Jul 19th
Cleaning out the garage, shitty part of my trip home.
Jul 18th
“I am very interested in choosing being an FBI Agent as my...”
— I’m cleaning out the...
Jul 17th
jillianborden: My poor sister is trying to get me to feel the baby kick and I ain't havin' none of that.
benniehanna14: I once had the worst gas, and I was so bloated for all of these days. I kept feeling all of this random, what felt like kicking, in my stomach...I was like, 'oh man i am totes pregs.'
benniehanna14: 3 dumps later my scare went away.
benniehanna14: But it was so fucking weird.
Jul 15th
Me: So, can you pick me up tomorrow?
Erin (childhood friend also home for the week): No, I don't have a car.
Me: I don't have a car or a driver's license.
Me: I could always have my mom pick you up and drop us off at the beach.
Erin: Or, we could ride bikes?
Me: God, you'd think we'd have the ride problem solved by age 25.
Jul 13th
“I don’t know where but she sends me there.”
— Good Vibrations, (fav Beach...
Jul 13th
“Mom and I were watching TV when we heard a plane fly by and...”
— My sister, Nicole, on the...
Jul 12th
I asked Dave to shape his facial hair like this and he did....
Jul 12th

May

Hey, remember me!?

I’m in the process of interviewing and I’m wearing a pencil skirt and one of my old work...
May 14th

Apr

60 days clean and serene! This, ladies and gents, is a...
Apr 18th
touche honky = my new way to verbally agree with something.
Apr 9th
So I’ve developed a theory that if I think hard enough...
Apr 9th
Hi tumblr friends! How’s work going? Gee, it must be a drag going to work all the time! In...
Apr 3rd
Jillian, for your birthday I hacked into your tumblr and...
Apr 1st

Mar

Me: You need to give me something to ease this feeling. Now. I need something now.
Nurse: Here, take this. It's 10 mg of Atavan.
Me: What? Atavan? Are you fucking serious? I EAT ATAVAN FOR BREAKFAST.
Nurse: Miss, don't make me ask you to leave the ER.
Mar 7th

OMG!

I’m alive! I was in the hospital for a month. Thank you all my dear tumblr friends and...
Mar 6th

Feb

“Reality TV Show: A man is locked inside an apartment and...”
— mental_floss magazine. 
Feb 8th

I have mad scratches all over my body...

A) I got in a fight with a street cat I was try to cuddle B) Night of passion C) Allergic reaction...
Feb 7th
When Bennie and I were in 4th grade my dad took us to my...
Feb 6th
Arnold, Michigan - LOL Bennie at Camp. Jillian B., 9th...
Feb 6th
Scott: You look hot in your 90's style headphones.
Me (excited): Really!?
Scott: No.
Feb 6th

Bad-ass first name.

I just recieved an application from a woman whose first name is Arwen.  If I ever have a baby...
Feb 5th
Nicole: I love you and miss you a lot.
Jillian: I love the both of you and wish we were all sitting around in our PJ's eating popcorn and braiding each others hair and talking about this instead of email chaining it up.
Bender: Nom, nom, nom, I luv Jan's popcorms.
Feb 5th
I love Unicef’s Bad Water Kills ad. I remember when I...
Feb 4th
ring, ring. “Hey baby, whatcha doing? You were...
Feb 3rd

TRANSFORMERS.

I’m watching this for the first time right now.  When I borrowed it from 622...
Feb 3rd
There are some crazy male grunting noises (aka SEX noises)...
Feb 3rd
My friend Eric Bronstein took this picture while we were...
Feb 2nd
I just showered and was running around getting ready dancing...
Feb 2nd

mental_floss Magazine.

Scott: So, do you like that mag I brought home for you?
Jillian: Yes! It's full of neat articles about the history of the Notre Dame Cathedral and Nasa's History. It's awesome!
Scott: Great, so I won't throw it away?
Jillian: No way! (inappropriate hand gesture) I want to whack off all over this magazine like you do Hustler!
Feb 2nd
OMG. Dave’s post reminded me why I love Ryan Ridley....
Feb 2nd
Feb 1st

Ethnicity stats.

Work just gave me a really fun game to play where I take a stack of job applications and I try to...
Feb 1st
Jillian: I found a cute little plate for him and I leave him cheese and he totally comes and takes it.
Jillian: I am planning on maybe spending all day on Sunday in my bed waiting for him to be bold enough to get the cheese while I am present.
Jillian: My overall plan is to domesticate him enough so that I can touch (pet) him.
Jillian: Ideally he would eventually lay on my pillow while I read or surf the internet.
Eddy: I know you're going to do the mouse thing regardless of what anyone says, but as you should already know, those things (cute as they may be) are transporters of some really aweful diseases that will affect humans (especially young women that don't have much of an immune system). So be careful.
Jillian: Little Charlie does NOT carry diseases, DAD.
Eddy: Little Charlie is a sweltering mess of death.
Feb 1st
Warch Watch
Last night I was with Elizabeth and we totally had a few “Memories” moments. When we...
Feb 1st

24-Carat Solid Gold Idea

622 Tularosa Boys – When you guys go to Vegas soon you should go to a sexy club and use Del’s mad...
Feb 1st

Jan

I've named it Charlie.

OMG! There is a mouse living in my room! The past two nights I SWORE that I saw a mouse slyly make...
Jan 31st
Gotta watch that recap. Dave and I are going to Emac and...
Jan 31st
I’ve been really stressed out lately.  Yesterday I...
Jan 31st
One time I asked an ex-boyfriend to pick me up some...
Jan 30th
me, fav place: Masai Mara, Kenya
Jan 30th

I forgot to mention...

It wasn’t until I was shampooing my hair this morning that I realized I was showering in...
Jan 30th
“I think you should pull a George Castanza and start doing...”
— Bender. Totes agree! Except...
Jan 30th
me, fav place: Villa Corsi Salviati, Sesto Fiorentino,...
Jan 30th
You should have moved here like, yesterday. Get out of...
Jan 30th

OMG! I get to talk to Edward Norton!!!

A few readers asked me to clarify why I no longer work in the job that allows me to do all of that...
Jan 30th
OMG. I worked out today for the first time since 2005 and I practically puked all over the...
Jan 29th

Rant.

This morning on the bus I noticed that all of the dumb kids on their way to Hollywood High School...
Jan 29th

Roommate hunt update:

Scott: So, what do you think of the prospects?
Me: Eh, I don't know.
Scott: I want someone chill.
Me: Like, someone we can talk about poop with.
Scott: Yah, I like talking about poop.
Me: We should add that to our ad, "Must be willing to talk about poop."
Jan 29th
Law Student #1: So I ran into the office girl today.
Law Student #2: The blonde with the boobs?
Law Student #1: Yep, she smiled at me.
Law Student #2: She wears weird scarves all the time. Like blankets. She wears blankets to work.
Me (sitting at the table behind them): Hahaha!
Law Student #2 (in a whisper): Holy shit, she's sitting behind us.
Law Student #1 (whisper): You totally made fun of her scarves.
Law Student #2 (whisper): You talked about her BOOBS.
Jan 28th
Jimmy Kimmel & Adam Carolla’s production company saw our ad on Craigslist for a new...
Jan 28th
“I agree that Escanaba between 2001 and 2003 was a magical...”
— Eddy Veeser.
Jan 28th
“You think you like all music? Here, I made you a mix CD....”
— I Like All Music.  It’s...
Jan 27th
“December 25th, 1832 - While going to shore we pulled...”
— Charles Darwin, Voyage of the...
Jan 27th
“A sister is someone who knows everything about you and loves...”
— Unknown. I want to talk to my...
Jan 27th

roommate search update.

jillianborden: Dude, so this kid was supposed to come look at the house at noon and that's like, early for me on a weekend.
jillianborden: So for the first time since I don't know, high school, I showered before noon on a Sunday.
jillianborden: And then he texts us at noon and says, "I took a cat nap at 10:30 and didn't wake up until just now."
jillianborden: And I was so pissed. HE gets to sleep and I can't? No sir. Not going to fly.
jillianborden: So I told him to forget about living here.
jillianborden: Today is a day that you don't want to fuck with me.
Jan 27th
Kacy: Wow, that is really complicated. Move back to michigan!
Me: Hahaha.
Me: Awesome solution Kacy.
Jan 27th
jillianborden: sister!
YooperRoo: [user is away] Playing Rock Band with Trav, Carol, Duane and Gma and Gpa
jillianborden: I HATE U
Jan 27th
Scott: You're wearing THAT (looking at my sweats & hoodie)
Me: Yah, why?
Scott: Put on some fucking jeans. We're going to HOLLYWOOD.
Jan 26th
If anyone knows Hale Appleman please let him know that I...
Jan 26th
“I was just making some sausage and it made me think of you.”
— voicemail from my old college...
Jan 26th
It’s so cold in here and the fresh out of the copier...
Jan 25th
LOL
Jan 25th
OMG I love sloths!
Jan 25th
MIT offers 1,800 classes online for FREE.
Jan 24th
This is my pile of ‘professional shoes’ that I...
Jan 24th
“Tommy Hilfiger is a repeated offender of using product-image...”
— Sent to Tara on Oct. 9,...
Jan 24th
Inbetween trying to find a roommate and watching that music...
Jan 23rd
Warch Watch
Beirut - “Elephant Gun” My buddy Aaron sent me this bands music MONTHS ago and...
Jan 23rd
COME LIVE WITH ME: $775 Room in Huge Silver...
Jan 23rd
For West Coast Boulevardiers
Jan 23rd
My boyfriend Michael just called.  You know, just checking...
Jan 23rd
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...
Jan 22nd
I saw TEETH last night and really enjoyed it.  I can think...