shea sylvia [blog edition]

I just watched The Hills finale.

A few things: Was Holly just completely trashed at the rehearsal dinner? I vote yes. Listening...

Jun 1st

Wichita Doctor, George Tiller, assassinated...

May 31st

So this is happening…

May 30th

Getting my Amish on in Yoder, Kansas

May 30th

So I made a mix CD* last weekend. 70 cheesealicious and...

May 29th

“Can I talk with you later? I’m doing a podcast...”
— Dan just now. This is...

May 29th

“It all comes back to The Babysitter’s Club.”
— Carly

May 28th

I don’t understand Whitney Port. At all.

May 28th

Dinner last night: homemade pizza with pesto, tomatoes and...

May 28th

Personality test based on Jung - Myers-Briggs...

May 28th

Things I did today:

Mended my favorite bra where the wire was poking out. I actually got out a needle and thread and...

May 27th

“Dina, the one who looks like an attractive and well-timed...”
— Gawker’s Richard Lawson...

May 27th

Exactly what that mysterious book in next...

May 27th

Listen

Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don’t Go Breaking My Heart I have this really awesome dream in...

May 27th

Dating + Technology = Disaster

My next column for Naked City is about dating and technology. Like the agony of deciding to change...

May 26th

“In light of very recent events in California, may I be the...”
— Richard Lawson says what the...

May 26th

The boyfriend is the pug whisperer. Not even kidding. They...

May 26th

The kitchen isn’t much different. Though I really wish...

May 26th

View #2 of the bedroom.

May 26th

The bedroom isn’t that much different than it was...

May 26th

The dining room now has a table (a vintage hand-me-down from...

May 26th

So when I first moved into my house back in September, I...

May 26th

via GraphJam For Jana (well, really for Nathan)

May 26th

“Maybe true love is a decision. A decision to take a chance...”
— Love (and Other Disasters) ...

May 25th

Listen

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime

May 24th

The boyfriend made me breakfast. :)

May 24th

Last night, the pugs decided it would be extra awesome if we...

May 22nd

Watch

unicornfandance: i don’t think that a better song than this exists. STARSHIP: nothin’s gonna stop...

May 22nd

This is going to be the longest...

May 22nd

My favorite someecard of all time. It’s also 100%...

May 22nd

Listen

Friday I’m in Love - The Cure

May 22nd

Where I’d rather be right now… Phillipsburg,...

May 21st

Could Julia Allison possibly become any...

I think not.

May 20th

GPOYW - Mmmkay, I officially like my new haircut edition.

May 20th

I have been on the fence about attending my high school...

May 20th

“Hang Time had better writing than that.”
— Richard Lawson from Gawker, on...

May 20th

Margarita night!

May 20th

“Just think about everything you’ve ever done or said...”
— Matt’s advice to me...

May 19th

carlyjo: Who am I to argue?

May 19th

pinkseersucker: These are amazing!  They have ones to hand...

May 19th

Got my hair chopped off cut at lunch. Not totally sure that...

May 19th

“What good grammar reveals is what sort of education you had....”
— Penelope Trunk, Good Grammar...

May 19th

My lovely sister, Ashley, graduated from college last week....

May 19th

I think I’ve successfully narrowed it down.

May 18th

Scenes from my weekend: A very sunburned Mr. 8. (isn’t...

May 18th

Scenes from my weekend: Riverfest sand volleyball tournament...

May 18th

Scenes from my weekend: freezing my ass off watching Mr. 8...

May 18th

This brunch looks amazing

May 16th

My boyfriend looks cuter playing volleyball than your...

May 16th

A comprehensive list of everyone I'd...

After the drama earlier this week, my friend Doug suggested I put together a complete list of things...

May 15th

Why I love summer:

The Real Housewives of New Jersey The Bachelorette Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List Top Chef...

May 15th

Our first band photo.

May 15th

The P Angels

carlyjo: Last night our band was formed. Shea on drums. Ashley on guitar. Steph on the...

May 15th

Oh Facebook.

Just discovered that an ex-boyfriend and his wife had their second baby and named him Maverick. Am...

May 15th

“I wish we could leave work, get drunk and make poor life...”
— Carly We’re best...

May 14th

Bros.

Matt: I think it's in the bro code that you have to be interested in anything Kristin Cavallari does.
Me: I'm totally a bro
Matt: You're an official bro
Matt: Afraid of commitment - check
Matt: Actually accomplished the beer tour at Old Chicago - check
Matt: Ideal date involves drinking lots and eating pizza - check
Matt: Shortens every word possible - check
Matt: *see: whatevs
Me: So maybe i have bro-like tendencies
Matt: You are one impromptu arm wrestling contest away from peeing standing up

May 14th

Goodbye Lauren, Hello Kristin. Am I the only one excited...

May 14th

GPOYW - This is responsible edition. Two months ago - on...

May 13th

Watch

(via tylercoates & kiamatthews) Airborne starring Shane McDermott. I was trying to describe...

May 13th

“The real purpose of Tumblarity has just been revealed. I can...”
— Carly

May 13th

Taking people down a peg: Mark from Road...

May 13th

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it is better...”
— Marilyn Monroe

May 13th

And scene.

May 13th

How you know you watch too much reality...

When you realize Dina from The Real Housewives of New Jersey looks familiar and then remember that...

May 13th

Listen

Come Clean - Hilary Duff Remember when we thought Laguna Beach was totally real? *sigh*

May 13th

Hm.

The past 48 hours were eventful in that weird internet sense where a constant stream of wayward...

May 13th

Y’all know I’m not ashamed to admit I love boxed...

May 12th

“The way I see it, if people are attacking you personally...”
— Mr. 8 See why I’m...

May 12th

This day has kind of sucked so I’m posting a pug...

May 11th

The rebuttal to the rebuttal.

(Sorry Tumblr followers who probably think this Twitter drama bit is totally boring, etc. I...

May 11th

Apparently stating that anyone who...

So I inadvertently caused Twitter drama this weekend by stating that people who teach classes on...

May 11th

Things learned while bowling with Mr. 8: He will beat me...

May 11th

Watch

holleewoodworld: And I cried, and I cried. Can’t even make fun of Denny’s reappearance. This...

May 9th

“It’s a big universe. To stay in one tiny place is doing a...”
— Janelle Monae (via somuchsass...

May 8th

Finally!! Check out my Sex and the Naked City...

May 8th

“I’m not sure, but I’m pretty sure I’m in a...”
— Andy Bernard, The Office

May 8th

Listen

Good Vibrations - Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch Happy Friday. Good thing Donnie D’s on the...

May 8th

Timing.

Aaron was my college boyfriend. He was one of The Good Ones. He was the kind of guy who would make...

May 8th

Tonight.

MacGuyvering together some sort of contraption to prevent the pugs from escaping my backyard....

May 7th

I’m homesick. :( Sunrise in Santa Cruz (via...

May 7th

Tumblarity is giving me a complex.

May 7th

HELP.

carlyjo: The Kansas House of Representatives is set to consider a budget bill which will cut more...

May 7th

May’s Sex and the Naked City column is out. ...

May 6th

I got Douglas & Mained today. Looks like that $50 I...

May 6th

GPOYW - Cinco de Mayo edition… somewhere between the...

May 6th

We asked for sombreros. Amazingly, we got some.

May 6th

Finally. Fiesta time!

May 6th

Watch

The Pee Wee Herman “Tequila” dance. I fully intend to perform this tonight....

May 5th

So the other night, while flipping through the free stuff on...

May 5th

Happy Cinco de Mayo! $1.50 margaritas at El Rodeo are...

May 5th

Dear sisters, So recently I watched an episode of...

May 5th

So this happened.

May 5th

“No cellphone?” Houston cannot fathom a relationship...”
— The Washington Post: Getting...

May 4th

Scenes from my weekend: Photo op with Carly and...

May 4th

Scenes from my weekend: Tyler with his “kill” at...

May 4th

Scenes from my weekend: Max the Pug Max is: cuddly, sweet,...

May 4th

BUFFALO!!! My life is complete. Thank you, Sedgwick County...

May 3rd

Max the Pug. He’s pretty much awesome.

May 2nd

If you are not reading this blog, you are...

May 1st

Mad.

There are a lot of reasons to be mad that Max is coming back to live with me today. Mostly...

May 1st

Watch

Dear Veronica Mars, I miss you. XOXO, Shea (via stephbarnard)

May 1st

After my last relationship ended (badly and publicly), I...

May 1st

For some completely inexplicable reason,...

This is weird only because I am positive I fell asleep in my bed after reading for a bit. If...

May 1st