I like to have fresh flowers but my problem is that they die really fast. I mean, I know they eventually will die but how can I prolong the inevitable? Is there certain types of flowers that will last longer? I have sunflowers right now and they are doing pretty good. Any ideas?
My mom taught me to always put a little soap in the water. I think to kill bacteria and slow the decomposing of the stems? I don’t know if it makes any difference but I always do it.
Also, I’ve read that putting a penny in the vase with your tulips will keep them from drooping, but when I tried it it really seemed like the tulips died ever faster! I don’t know.
I find that peonies look nice for a pretty long time and hydrangeas gets more crispy than brown so you can leave em on the table a little longer.
casey pugh says “How to make a good movie: Use Christian Bale”
I know this will probably be a controversial statement, but I don’t think Christian Bale is an especially good actor. He’s really mastered “look intense while appearing to have some sort of internal emotional struggle” thing, but I’ve never really seen him do anything else! I think he just makes really good film choices.
Mostly I just really hate how, when he’s doing interviews about a movie, he speaks in the accent he used in that movie. How pretentious! He’s British, ok? He can talk to Terry Gross with a British accent.
Too-Tan Guy with Creepy Perfect Eye Brows: She talks so much crap about people.
Too-Tan Girl with Lotsa Eyeliner: Oh my god, I know. She is always talking crap about people.
Guy: I mean, LOVE her, but don’t LOVE that!
Girl: I know.
Guy: You don’t talk crap me, right?
Girl: No! You don’t talk crap about me either, right?
Guy: Not at all! I am really not about that. I never talk crap about people.
Girl: Well, I talk crap about people sometimes…
Guy: Yeah, me too. But only if they deserve it.
Girl: Yeah, totally.
Portland is not a small town, but it ain’t big either. As a result, you are likely to run into people you know or recognize more or less everywhere you go.
Personally, I hate running into people I know, even if I generally like them. I tend to instantly forget the names of people I’ve known for years when I find myself unexpectedly face to face with them. Conversation is usually awkward. I honestly think I am exceptionally bad at these kind of encounters.
On the other hand, I love seeing people I recognize. There really is a relatively small group of people playing the roll of extras in my life. I see the same people everywhere! It seems like, in order to see these people so many places and so often, we must be living very similar lives. So, how come we’ve never actually met? I suppose maybe we will some day…
There’s one guy in particular who I swear is living my exact same life, just with slightly different timing. I see him on the bus. I see him at Safeway. He was recently sitting two tables over from me at a restaurant. On Sunday I walked past a music store and saw him inside browsing CDs. I wonder if he sees me and thinks, “There’s that girl I see everywhere having a beer at the same bar as me again.”
It’s funny to think that I’m one of a small cast of extras in someone elses life, too.
