shea sylvia [blog edition]

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Tony Ngo is my favorite Wichita musician (thanks to Jill and Jeff for introducing me to his magic...

Dec 2nd

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Spin Doctors - Two Princes Pocket Full of Kryptonite is the first CD I ever owned.

Dec 2nd

“Let’s go get the shit kicked out of us by love.”
— Sam, Love Actually (via...

Dec 2nd

Dec 2nd

Luxury cruise ship outruns pirates

Dec 1st

“[Beer] regulates the bowels, prevents constipation, and...”
— United States Sanitary...

Dec 1st

My house is all Christmas-fied. I love it. And I love John...

Dec 1st

Dan Contemplates His Mortality...

Dan: I just realized I'll be 29 in 3 days. I'm not sure what I think about that.
Me: OMG! I forgot about your birthday! Dan. You have one more year to make all your dreams come true.
Dan: haha, I know. Then it will be over (my life, that is). I might as well hit the retirement home.
Me: You really should just give up now and buy a shit ton of applesauce and a catheter
Dan: Damnit!
Me: You know what I'm getting you for your birthday?
Dan: Slippers?
Me: LOL
Dan: An old man's robe?
Me: No. An attitude adjustment. Life begins at 30.
Dan: :P
Me: Though I will start knitting you an afghan to keep on your lap at all times.
Dan: lol
Me: Just don't do that gross thing old people do when they chew crackers with their mouths open and don't realize they're falling out all over the place
Dan: hahahaha. I'll do that deliberately now. People will say "What the fuck is wrong with him?" And I'll say "I'm old. Pass me the applesauce! DAMN RUSSIANS!"
Me: lol! You should also start driving really slowly. And eat at buffets
Dan: lol
Me: Wear sweatpants at inappropriate times
Dan: And play slot machines? Get those visor sunglasses? That are like binoculars?
Me: YES

Dec 1st

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(via soupsoup:thewordunheard) For Lance. I am going go around saying “Bye Buddy… Hope...

Dec 1st

I think I would be a lot happier if I...

Dec 1st

“Electronic communication is an instantaneous and illusory...”
— Clifford Stoll, Silicon Snake...

Dec 1st

Honesty.

I’m in a weird friend place right now. There’s a group that I’ve started hanging...

Dec 1st

Watching the Britney Spears documentary. I am completely...

Dec 1st

“Some love stories aren’t epic novels. Some are short...”
— Carrie Bradshaw I may have...

Dec 1st

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Salt n’ Pepa - Shoop My go-to karaoke song. It never gets old.

Dec 1st

I find Guy Fieri to be incredibly obnoxious and annoying and...

Nov 30th

yourdp: topherchris: Seconded. via.

Nov 30th

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The...”
— Apple Inc. (via skysignal)...

Nov 30th

The pugs watched while I raked and raked and raked and...

Nov 30th

This is how I (with Dustin’s help) spent most of my...

Nov 30th

“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the...”
— Audrey Hepburn (via...

Nov 30th

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Happy Slapsgiving!

Nov 27th

“Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. There...”
— Carrie Bradshaw (via carlyjo)

Nov 27th

This is a picture of the peach martiNeNe’s we made...

Nov 27th

Is it time to go home YET?

(via ellenclare)

Nov 26th

“Some days I really miss being in love. Some days I really...”
— (via...

Nov 26th

Someone just created a Twitter account for my rescue pug,...

Nov 26th

I made these mashed potatoes last year and they were...

Nov 26th

Possibly the cutest and most clever way to re-use a Target...

Nov 26th

THE Britney Rolling Stone Article Part I

Nov 26th

crushes: h, why didn’t we? even if it didn’t last, at least it would have been a proper love...

Nov 26th

It's the Little Things

Dan: We have a distinct lack of hip-hop appreciators in the office now.
Me: Hello Hip Hop Dan
Me: DJ Jazzy Dan
Me: Dan-Jeezy
Me: Ice-Dan
Me: LL Cool Dan
Dan: lol
Me: I can go on
Me: The Real Dan Shady
Me: D-Diddy
Dan: This is far more amusing for you.
Me: I know
Dan: I'm glad to bring you this joy.

Nov 26th

Depressing. We can bring a date to the office Christmas...

Nov 26th

50 Reasons to Have Sex (on a MacLaren’s napkin no...

Nov 25th

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What’s the Matter with Kansas? - a documentary The best part comes around 3:19. I was lucky...

Nov 25th

Interview with Kim from The Real Housewives...

Nov 25th

Last night, Ollie came in from the backyard with blood...

Nov 25th

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The Naked Man poses on last night’s How I Met Your Mother. This show makes me LLOL (literally...

Nov 25th

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dustindeckard: Hey, look! I’m on TV. Again. Is this getting old? I think not. It was one thing...

Nov 25th

OMFG. I was just on the news again.

I was not expecting that.

Nov 25th

the jeans project.

My boss, Matt, is on a quest to create the perfect pair of jeans. He started out with a pair of untreated denim APC jeans that he will wear (or sleep in) EVERY DAY for six months (without washing them) until they have basically molded to his body. There's a whole jeans culture around untreated denim. Google it.
Matt: So I'm ready to hear how I come up in conversation.
Me: Well, I start out by talking about your super hero powers. Not needing an alarm clock, vomit free since '99, etc.
Matt: K
Me: Everyone always likes that part. Anyway, I segue into the jeans as your newest thing to conquer... I'm sorry that you've become my go-to party story, but i get so excited when I tell it. It never gets old
Matt: So somehow I'm like your real life urban legend?
Me: You really are. "Did you hear about the guy in Kansas with the jeans?" Eventually you'll end up on Snopes.
Matt: LOL

Nov 25th

joshdutcher: The Friend Zone « GraphJam: Music and Pop...

Nov 24th

Want.

Dustin made a list of things he wants to have/do before he dies. Here’s mine: I want a...

Nov 24th

“Christmas lights and Hummers are the two least efficient...”
— Matt, my boss with the now...

Nov 24th

Noise violators in Fort Lupton, CO sentenced...

Nov 24th

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To continue my ridiculously early Christmas celebration… I never tire of this movie.

Nov 24th

My friend Tyler wearing my favorite sunglasses. He is going...

Nov 24th

Fabulosity?

BFF Jill and I discussing a mutual acquaintance...
BFF Jill: She probably thinks she has something to prove in the world... likely a late bloomer and is channeling it into good works instead of fabulosity, which is the route we've chosen ;)
Me: I like our fabulosity.
BFF Jill: Me too. It's totally the Target brand of fabulous. Cheap, easy, sometimes cracked in the back where you can't see when you push it up against a wall, but still fab.

Nov 24th

I couldn’t wait any longer. I listened to my favorite...

Nov 24th

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The Weepies - All That I Want I’m in the holiday spirit a little early this year.

Nov 24th

“There’s something liberating about not pretending. Dare to...”
— Drew Barrymore (via carlyjo)

Nov 24th

Do you ever feel like you have a...

That’s how I’m feeling right now. I pretty much hate it.

Nov 22nd

Humanoid.

jackieheartsb: I am always taken aback when I meet a person with the same name as my dog. I’m...

Nov 22nd

“Everything you want in the world is just right outside your...”
— Jennifer Aniston, in her Vogue...

Nov 21st

(via just-cara)

Nov 21st

jennyalison: Another unappealing quality about Audrey is that she is always telling you the kind...

Nov 20th

Nov 20th

They rather amazingly arranged themselves this way on their...

Nov 20th

BREAKING NEWS: Paste magazine confirms...

Nov 20th

This is the best piece of chick lit I've ever...

Nov 20th

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aliexplainsitall: Warren G - Regulators It’s a thuggish kind of Thursday! I’m not gonna...

Nov 20th

I think it’s time for a Max update. You may remember...

Nov 20th

Brad Pitt with a ‘stache is a little too “To...

Nov 20th

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This is seriously blowing my mind right now. I want to rescue monkeys in addition to pugs. I also...

Nov 19th

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itsbedtime: Okay this might actually be my favorite song of them all. I used to hear this in the car...

Nov 19th

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I am crazy excited for the Britney documentary airing on Nov. 30th on MTV. (says the girl who...

Nov 19th

GPOYW Taken while driving edition. I do not recommend this...

Nov 19th

I'd like to kindly request that everyone...

soupsoup: If I want to know your every bowel movement, I will go to Twitter. Hugs and kisses,...

Nov 19th

(via thisrecording) In Which I Am Californified As the...

Nov 18th

Every time Twitter goes down for...

(via dustindeckard)

Nov 18th

Friends

carlyjo: There are real friends. The kind you meet in 4th grade bonding over your mutual love of...

Nov 18th

thephenthouse:lhh:livesophia:iammattjordan: Word.

Nov 18th

“You said “I have super powers to sober up if I just...”
— Carly on my drunken insistence...

Nov 17th

This is Carly. She’s thebomb.com.

Nov 17th

Amy, Steph and me at Josh’s awesome “I feel like...

Nov 17th

“We need to find you a funny, smart, tech-oriented guy who...”
— BFF Jill in response to my...

Nov 17th

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jennyalison: When Justin Timberlake came out, I pretty much peed my pants. This skit is sooooooo...

Nov 17th

I want to be Zoey Deschanel in Failure to Launch. (via...

Nov 17th

carlyjo: skysignal: vesi: lhh: inothernews: mattgaymon:...

Nov 16th

“This song is every girl’s wet dream.”
— Me to the boyfriend as I made...

Nov 16th

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Surreal.

Nov 16th

I was on the news... again!

Nov 16th

Gay marriage supporters protest at City Hall | News Updates...

Nov 16th

Being on the news is really freaking...

Also, the camera is not your friend.

Nov 15th

Holy Balls! Dustin and I are going to be...

Apparently we are really, really good at this whole “planning a protest” thing.

Nov 14th

“Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - the...”
— John Steinbeck (via thresca)...

Nov 14th

(via goozennogoo:tumblelikeyougiveadamn) We’re on the...

Nov 14th

You're it.

I was tagged yesterday. Twice. By Suzanne and Andrea. It’s a Wichita thing. Ahhh…...

Nov 14th

“I think they are starting to realize that if they are...”
— Taylor Swift on relationships...

Nov 14th

I miss Rachel Zoe. Is it time for season 2 yet?

Nov 13th

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(via soupsoup:onemoretimewithfeeling) Every “Hey brother!” by Buster on Arrested Development. This...

Nov 13th

Nov 13th

Why telling Matt that I have a Twitter...

Matt: Are you going to go on a date and tweet to each other?
Matt: A "twate"?
Matt: @twittercrush I am totally twissing you right now.
Matt: @sheasylvia I'm totally twissing you back right now.
Matt: @twittercrush Did you just grab my.....
Me: LOL
Matt: @sheasylvia Wha? NO...I was....stretching
Matt: @twittercrush Right, it was just Lola. Sorry.
Matt: @sheasylvia I think things are moving a little fast.
Matt: @twittercrush WHAT? No, it was just a dog. We're totally cool. I thought the twate went well. What happened?
Matt: @sheasylvia hey, I've got another tweet I have to answer. I'll uh...tweet to you later....bye.....(followed by block action)
Matt: @twittercrush Hello? hello? @twittercrush are you there?
Me: If i get dumped via twitter, I'm quitting technology all together. I'm going back to paper and pen and smoke signals.
Matt: To: Sheasylvia@gmail.com
Matt: From: info@qwitter.com
Matt: @twittercrush has blocked you.
Matt: And....scene.
Matt: A Twitter One-Act, By @OriginalAnalog
Me: You are the funniest person I know. I just twittered that. So congrats.
Me: You're a twelebrity now
Matt: Thanks, I'll look forward to reading the Tumblr transcript.
Me: Damn you for knowing that's exactly what I'm going to do
Me: I think you're just extra funny on IM now so I'll tumble it and you can relive your funniest moments
Me: @originalanalog's greatest hits
Matt: lol

Nov 13th

“I always find it amusing when people ask me for relationship...”
— Darcie This is how I feel at...

Nov 13th

“If you don’t like gay marriage, blame straight people. They...”
— (Mattie Kenny via FriendFeed)...

Nov 13th

“I don’t feel like I’m supposed to be any further along or...”
— Jennifer Aniston in Vogue’s...

Nov 13th

Men and Cats - what's the deal?

Nov 12th

Gratuitous Picture of Yourself Wednesday Looking happy but...

Nov 12th

Dan has me figured out.

Dan: I have such a weird mix on Facebook of super conservative people (family related) to super liberal (friends) it's hilarious/annoying.
Me: Same here
Dan: I'll get 3 requests in a day on Facebook... "Join Obama For America!, Obama eats babies! and (of course) I love NKOTB (courtesy: Shea)"
Me: lol. Oh Dan. You know you love it
Dan: Define "love it."

Nov 12th

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This has been inexplicably stuck in my head all morning long.

Nov 12th

Honestly, I think I'm a 14 year old kid...

All of the NKOTB and NSync talk in 24 hours might be a bit much for the rest of you grown-ups.

Nov 12th

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aliexplainsitall: New Kids on the Block - Please Don’t Go Girl oh Joey, how I love your...

Nov 12th

I will not be heading back to California for Thanksgiving...

Nov 12th

You can expect this to be on heavy rotation in my car. ...

Nov 12th

Favorite

One of my favorite things in the world is exchanging emails with my older sister. Even better?  The...

Nov 12th

ellenclare: NKOTB. Joey, you are still my main crush. I am...

Nov 12th

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hoerr: “Thriller” (original upload) (via byronfgarcia) The best thing I’ve seen all day. MUST...

Nov 12th

Craigslist Pranks

Nov 12th

When planning a protest, Facebook gets the message out to...

Nov 11th

“SOUTH OF KELLOGG REPRAZENT WHAT WHAT”
— Josh, in an e-mail (via...

Nov 11th

(via soupsoup:meaghano )

Nov 11th

“men who received poor gifts, on average, perceived less...”
— PsyBlog: How Poor Gifts Affect...

Nov 11th

Tampon Crafts [h/t goodnow] (via hilker)

Nov 11th

This new generation.

alexbalk: Overheard on the F train yesterday. I’m terrible about guessing these things, but I’d be...

Nov 11th

“What is this to you? No one is asking you to embrace their...”
— Keith Olbermann on Prop 8. ...

Nov 11th

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hoerr: It simply cannot be put in any better terms…  Olbermann on Prop 8. This is precisely why I...

Nov 11th

Say hello to Max. Operation Rescue Pug was finally a...

Nov 11th

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count....”
— Abraham Lincoln (via...

Nov 10th

Support.

We will be having an informal get-together this Wednesday night at my house to create posters and...

Nov 10th

VERY GOOD NEWS! I get to pick up the pug...

Keep your fingers crossed.

Nov 10th

ICT Protests Prop 8 on Sat, Nov 15th. BE...

dustindeckard: www.jointheimpact.com has the official details, as well as a map to the ICT City...

Nov 10th

Every now and again I think about what things might be like...

Nov 10th

soupsoup:inothernews:semisetadrift:sisifo: elt: defuser

Nov 10th

Jointheimpact.com (via sarandipity79)

Nov 10th

Apathy.

This weekend has been a mix of awesome and awful. The awesome part involves good times with good...

Nov 10th

Mac and cheese for dinner tonight. Yum. Recipe from...

Nov 10th

jennyalison: Randy just emailed me this adorable blog, which...

Nov 10th

Hockey.

Before moving to Wichita, I had never been to a hockey game.  If I’d known fighting was...

Nov 9th

thisrecording: In Which She Holds Her Breath Never has...

Nov 9th

carlyjo: princessleah7x: (via poignant) This is what...

Nov 9th

adelamaide: $500 bowl from Abode, useful for holding bags at...

Nov 9th

“Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that...

Nov 8th

“Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common...”
— W. H. Auden (via carlyjo)

Nov 8th

mercenarywriters: JFK quote in Chicago Public Library (via...

Nov 8th

forever-insatiable: Angela and Andy - Official Wedding...

Nov 7th

I know - you’re pugged out. This is a boy pug that I...

Nov 7th

A protester's experience at the 'Reverse Prop...

Nov 7th

(via soupsoup:carolynrez) This is my last pug picture...

Nov 7th

“You know, if you could, like, bottle your emotions and shake...”
— My boss to me

Nov 7th

(Thanks, Hoerr, for my daily pug fix)

Nov 7th

“Today is the 90th birthday of evangelist Billy Graham, born...”
— via Writer’s Almanac, 11/7/08 ...

Nov 7th

PUGS! This is my new favorite Ollie & Lola pic.

Nov 7th

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juliaallison: Stevie Nicks Landslide This is what I’m listening to tonight.  Oldie/Goodie. This...

Nov 7th

soupsoup: tesslynch:jimrock: This guy just went to jail...

Nov 7th

“Sometimes it’s the smallest decisions that can pretty much...”
— Felicity (via carlyjo)

Nov 7th

First Steve Guttenberg running bottomless in Central Park...

Nov 7th

“I am taking [Prop 8 passing] to mean I do not have to pay my...”
— Melissa Etheridge, “You Can...

Nov 7th

jillyc: My friends were all atwitter (no pun intended)...

Nov 7th

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Four years ago (via CSPAN)

Nov 7th

Nov 6th

This Newsweek series on the stories behind...

Nov 6th

jillyc: From my eldest sister, who lives in Brooklyn and...

Nov 6th

zoee: November 10th cover of The New Yorker by Brian...

Nov 6th

I don't understand:

Mail-in rebates. Hey thanks for the discount but why don’t you just give it to me now while I’m here...

Nov 6th

“Barack Obama is our new president. Change is here. I, like...”
— Ellen DeGeneres (via...

Nov 6th

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Steve Guttenberg running sans-pants in Central Park. This will blow your mind.

Nov 6th

“You have emotions like most people take breaths.”
— My boss to me. An entirely...

Nov 6th

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Kim in the recording studio. This is pure comedy. I sing better than she does… and...

Nov 6th

“How do you spell cat? K-A-T.”
— Kim on The Real Housewives of...

Nov 6th

In other news, The Real Housewives of...

Nov 6th

“Tina Fey has announced that she is retiring her uncanny...”
— Best Week Ever

Nov 6th

Georgia, your costume is adorable!! (via georgiahardstark)

Nov 6th

(via craytonc: ellenclare)

Nov 6th

Is it weird that I can't remember what I...

I am pretty sure reality TV was on heavy rotation.

Nov 5th

lookmom: i love a good door L.O.V.E.

Nov 5th

Facebook status updates about the...

(via jackieheartsb)

Nov 5th

Gratuitous Picture of Yourself Wednesday I voted edition

Nov 5th

California voters approve Proposition 8 ban...

Nov 5th

“I feel bad for some of my friends who, because of fear and...”
— Daniel Hoerr

Nov 5th

hereharehere: Athens, Greece. The world reactions...

Nov 5th

(via hereharehere:youngna) Yes! (by Raul)

Nov 5th

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming…

Nov 5th

Nov 5th

The Sedgwick County Democrats Election Watch Party

Nov 5th

How.

For all of us who gave our time, our energy, our financial support and our enthusiasm, we’re...

Nov 5th

(via soupsoup:davidfuternick)

Nov 5th

“This is our moment. This is our time – to put our people...”
— Barack Obama, November 4, 2008

Nov 5th

For my Wichita friends…

Nov 4th

Snog Frozen Yogurt has some of the best...

Nov 4th

“What have you been doing? So you don’t know anything about...”
— Anderson Cooper to Ellen...

Nov 4th

Upside down Pug (via upsidedowndogs - my new favorite...

Nov 4th

Pug.

Nov 4th

No more election posts. I swear.

Nov 4th

Twitter's Live Election Ticker is Mesmerising

Nov 4th

“The cost of humanity is less than the cost of inhumanity....”
— Michael Bauer, The San...

Nov 4th

“Make it difficult to divorce instead of inhibiting the...”
— A commenter on a story about...

Nov 4th

soupsoup: (via bullshit) YES!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I miss...

Nov 4th

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Poor Jesse. I know… it’s pathetic that I’m posting this, but I can’t help...

Nov 4th

“It’s not the end of the story. It’s just the...”
— Lauren to Audrina on The...

Nov 4th

The Gap "Vote For..." videos are awesome

Nov 4th

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Tomorrow is almost today. This is the last mention of the presidential election on ACGIK. I think...

Nov 4th

“This is a church that has been persecuted for its flavor of...”
— Jay Redd, a gay lapsed-Mormon...

Nov 3rd

jennyalison: pug

Nov 3rd

“I believe that marriage is between a man and woman and I am...”
— Barack Obama on why he’s...

Nov 3rd

I feel like I owe you all kinds of fun updates from the Halloween party and the other shenanigans...

Nov 3rd

Bizarro world

nuttynutgirl: It’s 76 degrees in November, and gas is $1.97 a gallon. I feel like I’m in an...

Nov 3rd

LIFE IS A HIGHWAY, I WANNA RIDE IT ALL NIGHT LONG (via...

Nov 3rd

Deanna Dumps Jesse and what does he do? Video...

Nov 3rd

The GOOD Sheet Voter Guide. This is what happens when good...

Nov 3rd

mantooth: ManBabies will forever haunt your mind.

Nov 3rd

“Home is not where you live but where they understand you.”
— Christian Morgenstern (via...

Nov 3rd

what do tumblrs do for work? or if you...

folkinz: reblog with your answer…i can post the results later…i am curious if there are trends with...

Nov 2nd