shea sylvia [blog edition]

The Experiment - Dates 3 & 4

I don’t know how to say this in a way that doesn’t diminish the time I have spent with...

Apr 1st

Things that continually blow my mind...

People I went to high school with have procreated. They have MADE small little people. The last time...

Mar 31st

It's only Tuesday?

The following awesome things are scheduled to happen in the next few days: I have a date tonight....

Mar 31st

Listen

Lisa Loeb - Stay Probably my favorite 90’s song of all time. I have undying love for Lisa...

Mar 31st

My life is officially a rom-com.

Mar 31st

I can haz answers?

Thanks, Amy, for schooling me in how this new question feature works.

Mar 30th

New Kids on the Block are coming to Wichita on July 3rd. I...

Mar 30th

“That’s how you get good at relationships - you get in...”
— BFF Dan, king of the infinite...

Mar 30th

Listen

Jewel - You Were Meant For Me In honor of my 90’s-themed birthday party this weekend… I...

Mar 30th

The Experiment - Dates 1 & 2

I’ve been thinking about how to best write about The Great Dating Experiment of 2009. The...

Mar 30th

Steph, Tyler and I met at the park near my house yesterday...

Mar 29th

A tree in front of my house. The purple flowers that had...

Mar 28th

The Peekeroo. This is disturbing. (Thanks Erin)

Mar 27th

Snowmageddon commence!

Mar 27th

Scotch & Splenda - tastes like Splenda, gets ya drunk...

Mar 27th

Over the past few years, Omaha has been emerging as a hub...

Mar 27th

Charles in Charge's Willie Aames Holds Garage...

Mar 27th

“It’s 140 characters. It’s so few characters. If you need a...”
— Shaq on celebrities who use...

Mar 27th

The Experiment (An Update)

So I have dates booked through the middle of next week - every night from Saturday through...

Mar 27th

Listen

Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová From the soundtrack for the movie, Once. If you...

Mar 27th

File under: Stay Classy, Wichita (Thanks Tyler - who...

Mar 27th

Good thing I bought this bad boy today. Since apparently...

Mar 27th

Um, blizzard?!

Mar 27th

(via kelseyroxanne) I seriously still have (and wear)...

Mar 25th

Um… what?

Mar 25th

GPOYW - Home for lunch edition

Mar 25th

The Experiment

Last week, I swore off men. This week, I changed my mind. Today began a social/dating experiment...

Mar 25th

(via kelseyroxanne) I know this is totally inappropriate,...

Mar 24th

I'm in a bad mood. Blogging to resume...

Mar 24th

“If you don’t want to meet men who are douchebags, you...”
— My mom. Touché. Actually, I...

Mar 24th

In honor of my upcoming column. Thanks to Tyler for the...

Mar 23rd

So Kevin from The Office is on Twitter...

Mar 23rd

Inspired by my married guy debacle last week, I’m working on my next column for Naked City...

Mar 23rd

350. Ride in the front car of a roller...

(via rulesformyunbornson)

Mar 23rd

At some point this will stop making me giggle. I...

Mar 23rd

File this one under “Stay Classy, Wichita.”

Mar 23rd

I just received these at work. They’re from the...

Mar 23rd

“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved...”
— Bob Marley (via megamazing...

Mar 23rd

kaytee: Re: Monday Your pug moment of zen for the day.

Mar 23rd

Restless.

I’m feeling especially restless. Maybe it’s the promise of warm weather and outdoor...

Mar 23rd

Listen

Adele - Make You Feel My Love Le sigh.

Mar 23rd

thephenthouse: Quailman and Quaildog. There was once an...

Mar 23rd

Things I just checked out from the...

Season 1 of Californication Sway - The Irrisistible Pull of Irrational Behavior How to Be...

Mar 22nd

“A guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point or...”
— Dave Matthews

Mar 20th

Spring in Kansas. I do love a good thunderstorm.

Mar 20th

Listen

Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting You know you love it.

Mar 20th

This is my foot/ankle. This is what happens when you...

Mar 19th

Phone Calls with The Olds

Grams: You have a birthday coming up, you know.
Me: I know...
Grams: How old are you going to be?
Me: Old.
Grams: You have no idea.

Mar 19th

Watch

A bearded John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Cheryl Hines, Allison Janney, Jeff...

Mar 19th

So good to be back home with these guys.

Mar 19th

“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It...”
— Neil Gaiman

Mar 19th

SXSW injuries FTL.

Mar 18th

A modified Thomas Jefferson quote from a Seattle...

Mar 18th

Um, want. From The Names Brand

Mar 18th

So this happened

On a whim (a whim urged by Steph, who I adore), I went out tonight. I ended up at The Shadow, the...

Mar 18th

More photos from SXSW...

Mar 18th

SXSW... The Recap

This is an insanely long post. My apologies in advance. I learned last year that attending SXSW...

Mar 17th

My SXSW recap is so long that I'm afraid...

Mar 17th

Why I Love SXSWi

Mar 17th

SXSW is over for me and Tyler and I’m in a weird state...

Mar 17th

So we're kinda famous

From The Twitchhiker’s blog: Austin was the evening’s destination, and Wichita new media...

Mar 17th

A very dark, grainy iPhone photo of Tyler and me with BJ...

Mar 15th

“There were three local affiliate networks in Wichita, and I...”
— Paul Smith, @Twitchhiker

Mar 15th

With Paul (aka Twitchhiker), my self-proclaimed new best...

Mar 15th

And this happened.

Mar 15th

In the midst of our adventures last night.

Mar 15th

So this happened.

Mar 15th

“Wichita[ns] have treated me so well, there’s a huge and...”
— Twitchhiker, on his visit to...

Mar 13th

If I leave Wichita RIGHT NOW, I'll get...

Mar 13th

(via stfumarrieds) If I ever pull anything remotely...

Mar 13th

It’s true. Poor kid probably hates me right now. ...

Mar 12th

Pretty sure that if you follow me on...

Mar 12th

“What I look for is a man who can be a friend, someone who is...”
— Jennifer Aniston

Mar 12th

Want.

Mar 12th

So this is happening… Click here to read more about...

Mar 12th

Apologies to my non-Tumblr/non-geek...

…but it’s only going to get geekier for the next 5-6 days. Have no idea what SXSW is?...

Mar 11th

kevinnuut: Sunday Night SXSW Twitter / Tumblr Party...

Mar 11th

“Laugh all you want. I’ll be in the corner dorking out with...”
—  Explaining my excitement...

Mar 11th

staff: We’re going to Austin! Come join us at South by...

Mar 11th

GPOYW - Last year at SXSW, laughing hysterically as Darren...

Mar 11th

Mar 11th

Listen

Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine And the best thing you’ve ever done for me Is to help me take...

Mar 11th

“You just need to find someone who’s really into you...”
— Dan. Wise and all-knowing...

Mar 11th

Dustin, I’m looking at you…

Mar 11th

“I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the...”
— Robert Frost (via...

Mar 10th

caro: Description of my new favorite Tumblr blog,...

Mar 10th

In just a few hours, I...

… secured a place to stay, found a pugsitter (thank you times one million, Carly!!!), and made...

Mar 10th

“My brother told me, ‘Never let a lack of money keep...”
— Erin re: my potential SXSW...

Mar 10th

SXSW

So it looks like I have the thumbs up to attend SXSW (Interactive, which shall be assumed from now...

Mar 10th

Re: Ted's Ex-GF on HIMYM

Lily: Oh my God, she was a such a douche.
Marshall: Dude, she was heiress to the Massengill fortune.

Mar 10th

via Design Crush

Mar 10th

Sick.

I’m sick again. Not sure what to chalk it up to (there are lots of potential culprits ranging...

Mar 10th

“If you don’t like macaroni and cheese, you don’t know...”
— the Barefoot Contessa (via...

Mar 10th

Listen

Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy

Mar 7th

Listen

Janet Jackson - Escapade Getting ready to go out!

Mar 7th

My Weekend

Tonight: Checking out the opening of a new piano bar downtown called Suede. It’s supposed to...

Mar 7th

“You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.”
— Dave Berry (via whatthehale) ...

Mar 6th

Today’s pug moment of zen

Mar 6th

This made me cry at my desk. It's about...

Mar 6th

Listen

Dixie Chicks - Cowboy Take Me Away Yeah, country. It’s happening. I find cowboys to be...

Mar 6th

Things I realized today:

Actually going for it and making your dreams come true is a pretty incredible thing. It’s...

Mar 6th

Happy Birthday Mom!!! Love, your favorite kid

Mar 5th

“… Everybody’s got to take a road trip- at...

Mar 5th

I need an adventure.

I’m restless and itching to do something crazy.

Mar 5th

“What if the state didn’t bother with recognizing or...”
— Los Angeles Times editorial...

Mar 5th

Jimmy Kimmel, for the win.

Jason Mesnick: Everybody knows in the real world engagements do end, as hard as that has to be. I was in a marriage and that ended and as hurtful as that was, that's real life.
Jimmy Kimmel: Well look at Flava Flav, he does this show every year. And he's heart broken every year and then he goes and puts on a crown and stuff and does it again. Have you spoken to him about this, he might be able to guide you through this? That would be a great twist, if Melissa now starts dating Flava Flav.

Mar 5th

Listen

Lisa Loeb - Wishing Heart And if it doesn’t brush my shoulder and it doesn’t beat my...

Mar 5th

“They say patience is a virtue and, like most virtues, we...”
— Men in Trees Le sigh.

Mar 5th

GPOYW - Taken at a stoplight edition.

Mar 4th

“Being single used to mean that nobody wanted you. Now it...”
— Sex and the City (via...

Mar 4th

“The marketing term for people like me is “slash/slashers.”...”
— Heron Preston in New York...

Mar 4th

Turns out I won the silent auction for a (large) print of...

Mar 3rd

Conversations with my boss #401

Boss: You're all make-up-y again. Plans after work?
Me: Nope.
Boss: C'mon. You can tell me. What are your plans?
Me: I don't have any.
Boss: Just tell me... Normally you don't even bathe for work. Makeup means you have plans.
Me: Am I allowed to punch my boss?
Boss: I think in this case, yes.

Mar 3rd

Why The Smartest People Have The Toughest...

Mar 3rd

“People in Kansas, we stick together.”
— President Obama on Monday when...

Mar 3rd

soupsoup: (via ilikeyou) I tried so hard not to reblog...

Mar 3rd

Listen

I’m going through a weird, uncharacteristic hopeless romantic phase. It’s really effing...

Mar 3rd

See? Not so bad.

Mar 3rd

Mar 3rd

If I knew someone for 6 weeks and they...

ellenclare: megwhyte: I’d punch them in the face and run like hell HAHAHAHAHAHA. This...

Mar 3rd

Things I couldn't care less about and...

1. Your passive-aggressiveness. Actually, that’s all.

Mar 3rd

“You are an antagonistic nice girl. It’s a fun paradox.”
— BFF Jill

Mar 3rd

Wish I was there… (somewhere between St. Maarten...

Mar 2nd

100 books.

The BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits...

Mar 2nd

Me: I'm quite happy with myself for finally writing the website copy.
Matt: You should be. It's like a miracle.
Matt: There is like, virgin birth, then you writing your own copy

Mar 2nd

thephenthouse: nickmcglynn::calcium: Donkey Kong...

Mar 2nd

This weekend...

… included a brief, but fun appearance at the Naked City Final Friday event, retail therapy,...

Mar 2nd

The subject of my next column - luck

Or, more specifically, how can those of us who seem so lucky in life be so terribly unlucky in love?...

Mar 2nd