July, 6, 2005 archives

“i get very infatuated with people i come in contact with every day. someone i work with, someone i see regularly, someone i don’t even talk to. i develop ‘crushes’ on almost anyone mildly attractive or interesting, with no real reason. it always last for long periods of time and it’s pretty pathetic really. my way of dealing with it is to never act on it and never discuss it in any way, with anyone, ever.” — “puke & cry” answering a question about crushes on askmefi.

“i never have found the perfect quote. at best i have been able to find a string of quotations which merely circle the ineffable idea I seek to express.” — caldwell o’keefe

“to try to be better is to be better.” — charlotte cushman

“the ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.” — w. somerset maugham

there were a bunch of these in the marketing stockpile in our seattle office. i grabbed a bunch, but now i’m almost out.

i also grabbed a nifty travel mug. now i just need to start drinking coffee. and travel.

this history of suck is a good read — it sounds like it was one of those too-rare confluences of great people and great fun.