February 2009
83 posts
“People without problems are boring.”
– me.
Dear Universe, Please convince JDS!
I’m BEAMING right now I’m so excited. I can’t get into it now, but I have the best parents EVAH! I got to go, I’m trying to get Joshua David Stein to come work a day at the Guest of a Guest offices. I know my name’s not as cool as Lock’s, but we are in DESPeRATE need of this man. (thanks Rachel, for missing my mispelled “desparate” i suck at...
The Price of Popularity
Up until a much needed phone conversation with a friend around 1:00 pm, I was having a really horrible day, something that has been a common theme this week. The phone call lifted that pit in my chest that has been comfortably lodged there the last 250 hours. Anyway, I get back to my desk and see:
-8 new AIM’s (YEY it’s still the 90s!) -5 new Gchats -40 yes 40 emails (how does...
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”
– Muhammad Ali (via simko)
Dear Rachelle,
cajunboy:
We’re friends, right? I mean, we hang out together in “real” life and all. So, um, I’m a little offended that you left me off of this list. I mean, every high school has a bully, right? And maybe a class clown? Perhaps a big, dumb jock type? Sure they do. And I think that I’m overwhelmingly qualified to fill any or all of those roles. So, um, yeah.
(Wipes away tear. Looks himself in...
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“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
– Happy Ash Wednesday!
“We are not quitters. That’s what she said.”
– President Obama, quoting Ty’Sheoma Bethea, a student from South Carolina who wrote a letter to him which said, in part: “We are just students trying to become lawyers, doctors, congressmen like yourself and one day president, so we can make a change to not just the state of South Carolina but also...
“Do or do not. There is no try.”
– Yoda (via realrealsoft) (via ohspit)
Shut up, I'm just proud of you.
It’s true, i really really liked your post (twice!) ha you guys remind me of my sister and I; and I think that is so cool!
urg:
Joy: EXCITING NEWS!!!!!
Kate: What?
Joy: Rachelle Hruska ‘liked’ your post!
Kate: Um, she’s my editor. If she doesn’t like my post, its not getting posted.
Joy: No, no, no, she LIKED it. On tumblr.
Kate: Um, okay. But, again: she’s my editor. She has to like...
When I'm having a bad day, it often helps to put...
simkoo: Can we take a moment to consider something that wil make you smile
ashellray: sure
ashellray: please
simkoo: like the fact that Stephanie is at Bungalow at 1pm on a Monday?!
ashellray: ahhahahha
“Today’s hangover is brought to you by The National Arts Club, The Bowery,...”
– ASimko
I love my friends:)
yep. This is why I can NEVER LEAVE ME COMPUTER.
ashellray: omg tumblr is like on steroids
pooksta3: NO SHIT
pooksta3: that's what i was trying to tell you earlier
“You have Facebook, tumblr, twitter. The Father, son and holy ghost.
—MK”
– (via stephaniewei)
“hooome. time to get drunk, talk to the cats, and plan my informal guest of a...”
– queenalice
I love this woman.
GofG Got A Makeover!
I just posted my very first post on our newly designed site. I feel like opening a bottle of bubbly and skipping down the streets.
Have Fun.
Me: WHAT is that THING you bought? Dad: It’s A Fun Machine
(Um, it’s actually an Allis Chalmers “terra tiger” from the late sixties and according to my dad there are only 8 left in world see bottom of THIS)
Me: Okay…what in the world are you planning on DOING with it?
Dad: Have Fun.
Name that Ben & Jerry's Flavor...
Walt Freese wrote at 9:17pmRachelle - Absolutely on the Guest of a Guest Ice Cream Party this summer. Let’s just figure out where and when! Maybe we can get creative with a new flavor name made in a limited edition for the event too.
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Walt Freese is the CEO of Ben & Jerry’s Icecream and he loves Guest of a Guest can you bUhLiEvE IT!? ...
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“Writing a 4 bar verse and tweeting go hand in hand”
– MC Hammer
WatchHere is a video of Rachel Sklar interviewing MC Hammer last week at the Shorty Awards. He is awesome obviously. “It’s always nice to be following such loveliness.” What a charmer!
A Valentine's Day Most Thankful List
…Because it’s about that time again.
Today I am thankful for:
-My friend Megan, who will always be there to remind me that boys aren’t the most important thing in the world.
-My new interns, they are awesome.
-Fluidity (this is the best thing that has ever happened to me physically speaking. Michelle Austin the founder is an amazing woman and personal friend of mine).
...
"gadabout" →
Word of the day: "gadabout"
hiplodocus: WHAT
hiplodocus: who says you get to be quoted in nypress
ashellray: ha what are you talking about
ashellray: people actually read that?
hiplodocus: apparently i do
hiplodocus: also, you are a "gadabout"
ashellray: i dont' even know where it is
ashellray: is it like a hand out?
hiplodocus: that is fantastic
ashellray: hahah
ashellray: what is a gadabout?
hiplodocus: idk? i found it online
hiplodocus: i think it means you gad (stroll? hang out?) about town
ashellray: hi-lar-i-ous
ashellray: ps you missed stephanie like dying when i introduced her to david karp
hiplodocus: i know!
ashellray: first she had no idea who he was, 5 min later i tell her "that's the guy that invetned tumblr"
ashellray: and she FREAKS OUT
ashellray: i have never seen her so excited
ashellray: not even over her photo shoot with chuck bass
hiplodocus: steph is like a will-o-wisp
Here I am...
stephaniewei:
I’ve finally succumbed to peer pressure (thanks to katiebakes, rachelle and simko). Or, you could say, I’ve jumped on the tumblr bandwagon…So, here it goes - my journey into the world of tumblring.
Thanks to Rachelle and contributing to GuestofaGuest, I have some idea of what I’m doing…
OH NOES! ALERT THE PRESSES!!! STEPHANIE WEI IS ON TUMBLR!!!! (!)
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