Showing posts with label bathrooms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bathrooms. Show all posts

11.12.13

Awkward Truths of 2013

It's no secret management has been slacking on the upkeep of this blog. Life has not started being any less awkward than usual, so let's do a 2013 round up before I head to Vietnam. Which I'm sure will be a lot awkward in and of itself.
hi; not a recovering addict
1. I ended up falling asleep in the backseat of car on the way to the airport while the client was driving. Luckily I woke myself up with a loud snore.

2. A little while later, I had a dream with a pop-scare in it and woke up screaming...on a crowded plane.

Side note: My dreams have been startlingly vivid lately, in a completely evil and horrifying way. All incredibly dark nightmares or really melancholy memories. Never, like, a really realistic walk through Candyland. It's only been within the past six months to a year that my dreams have gotten really vivid and dark. Any advice? 

3. I got into some serious beef with a waitress at a fancy french restaurant because she claims that "You can't order the cheese plate as an appetizer because it's only for dessert." It didn't help I was super late to the dinner (wrong train stop + rolling a suitcase around San Fran + STUPID GOOGLE WALKING DIRECTIONS IN BETA) and had already annoyed the hostess with my giant suitcase and frazzled entrance. Regardless, no one puts Baby in a corner and no one tells bRob she can't order cheese whenever she durn well pleases. Obviously I had to order two desserts because even though I wanted the cheesecake I still needed that cheese platter. 70% on principle.

4. This profound purchase from my most first ever IKEA trip:
taking name suggestions...
For those of you still wondering, it's a stuffed rat. Never bought a stuffed animal in my life; in fact, i threw most stuffed animals i received under the bed because they took up too much space (i was a bratty little pragmatist). But maybe the wind was just right and the planets had aligned and also i was feeling super sentimental about McFly, and i could not leave the store without him.

5. Earlier this evening "The other day" I rationalized a two-hour nap because my arm was sore from the flu shot. Heaven help this girl if she ever actually gets the flu.

6. That time I fell in five-minute love with the guy I sat beside in first-class. He smelled nice, wore a smart corduroy blazer, told me about his yachting trip through Norwegian islands or something, smelled nice, was tall, dark and ambiguously ethnic, and walked me to my next gate. We'd obviously be married by now if I had actually gotten his name. hashtag missed connections. (HAHAHA We were in an airport. Connections. I'm killing myself over here....).

7. After I got incredibly fussy with the US Air ticket agent because she couldn't find my flight to Philadelphia, she patiently asked me, "Could you mean Pittsburgh?" Yeah, I meant Pittsburgh. Snotty bRob doesn't know the difference between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

8. Early this fall I went on a date which we rounded out with a trip to the movie theater. Only neither of us actually knew what was playing, so we asked the ticket girl for recommendations for 'something funny'. She adorably suggested Don Jon. Neither of us was familiar with the movie, except I knew it starred JGL, whom i love dearly, and the ticket girl was just so darn adorable, so we bought the tickets.

Don Jon  was a bad choice.


My date and I had barely held hands up til that point, and I'll have it be known that watching sexy-time films [more like soft-core porn] together is not the relationship-builder you might think it is. The whole movie I sat as far away from my date as possible with my blushing head in my hands. You could have fit at least one other tiny person between us. You know how half the fun of movie dates is waiting for someone to grab your hand or look over adoringly mid-movie? Yeah, that never happened. As soon as the lights came on, I full on ran out of that movie theater without looking to see if my date followed. 

9. Awkward Truth number 9: My 2013 blogging record

10. This truth is more of a question, but everyone reads books in the bathroom, right? I believe in multi-tasking, but i'm starting to think maybe not everyone's as open-minded about efficiency. One semester I read A Streetcar Named Desire entirely while 'multi-tasking'. Follow-up question, if you borrow someone's book, is it implied that you'll be 'multi-tasking' with it, or should you ask explicitly?

Michelle if you're reading this, I don't mean your books. Honest.

I know. girl's a mess.


love,
bRob

22.5.11

TechniColor: I Love a Nice Bathroom

I have officially decided that the three most important rooms in a house include: her bathroom [his and her bathrooms are a must], the library, and whichever room the really big and comfy couch goes [you know, the kind of couch where you have to wear floaties and swim your way out of it].

This week in links and pictures:

via apartment therapy
homedesign.marthastewart

Those green goblets in the center are gorgeous. They would get the most spectacular place in my library. Did you think I was going to say kitchen? Silly you - I would put these in an important room.





The Illustrated Guide to a Ph.D
I am going to print this off and give it to every PhD student who dares roll his or her eyes at an undergraduate again. And then, when I become a PhD student, I'll forget all about it and ride my power trip all day long.





 Liu Bolin keeps it simple but ingenious - he paints himself with crazy detail  to blend in with his surroundings.



He doesn't use any software or special effects - just straight-up paint. Can you even see him in this picture?

via v1kram's posterous





What Kind of Facebook Poster are You?

Sadly, I confess I am a Dear Inanimate Object poster. There is truth in this post.








I Love Charts 

Very important graphs and statistics. I urge you to browse them all.








via apartment therapy

Low-energy light bulbs from Plumen.














novel eats

Will someone bake me these mini apple pies? Apparently, kitchens aren't important enough to be in my house. Plus I don't bake. Plus food is so much better when it's miniature, and then you can eat a bazillion of them.






Social Media: Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse
Advice from the CDC on preparing for the zombie apocalypse. Love it, learn it.










via lovely package
Ivan Maximov designed these really cool take-away beer mugs for a series of pubs in Russia. Very slick.










How to Style Maiden Braids
I want to do this at some point.











Masha Sardari's photographs seem like snippets of a fairytale or dream, but with some edge.Beauty with grit. This one below might be my favorite.


via bumbumbum









University of Chicago Shows Off its Automated Library
A giant dome filled with reading tables houses the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library. Instead of  lots and lots of beautiful old books through which to browse, the books are stored in optimal conditions by size under the reading room. 
It makes me a little sad.







via apartment therapy

Dirtless planters. Kind of eccentric and sweet, maybe?










This is both laugh-worthy and impressive
Made my day. Slash year. 












arch daily
I think this might have been Cleopatra's bathroom. I've always been a shower person, but I'd be willing to convert for this bathroom - who wouldn't want to pretend to be a mermaid in that thing?


French By Design

That shower is amazing. And I never ever want a couch in my bathroom...but it looks pretty pimpin'.


India & Claire
A sweet out-door bathroom for the non-potty-shy. All images via apartment therapy.











via 22 words
Stick World Comics

The advantages of texting over phone calls. 












via Jetsetta

Underground housing. I would try it...for a week.







source unknown

This lace dress is a someday thing I kind of want.
Someone pinned  it but didn't cite her source. I don't really know the protocol, then...









The Estate of Things
Pardon the blurriness - it's a movie still from "Stranger Than Fiction". Check out the chandelier in the upper left hand corner.Believe it or not, people have gone crazy trying to figure out where to get that chandelier. I wish I had a clearer picture. Ana Pascal's eccentric apartment is incredible. The set designers outdid themselves.







via theBerry, I think...

Have a great week, everyone.





-bRob 







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