all the best kids die believers

shitgun @ 2012-02-23T21:29:00

2012-02-24T02:07:13Z

so sometimes i care a whole lot about weird things. right now, that is travel tea mugs.

a few weeks ago, i broke my last travel mug and let's just say i've been having some serious first world problems as i have no idea where to put my hands because i have no tea. anyway, since this is something i use on an hourly basis, it was pretty clear that this was going to be something i would have to replace. then i had some more first world problems, because i had really not liked a lot of things about the mugs i previously owned. so these are my thought on the different types of tea mugs available.

stainless steel:
notes specific to the mug i owned: the one i had was one of my school's ones, but it was pretty standard. also the top on it was atrociously leaky, i actually didn't break this one, it just leaks so much that it is not really portable
pros: keeps tea hot forever, seriously hours; easy to clean; sterilizable
cons: makes tea taste tinny (less so with black teas or teas i drank with milk, as opposed to herbal teas); i hit my teeth on the steel all the time and that shit hurts (i lack any and all coordination); tends to be more expensive, for whatever reason

plastic:
notes specific to the one i owned: the one that i had of this was one of the starbucks ones with the twist open tops, they say these tops are spill proof, and they are - but only when you tip the mug directly upside down, it leaks like a beast on it's side; i also has several cheap ones from walmart that were totally leak proof
pros: doesn't scratch; is super light; easy to clean; ranges from like $5 upward, so not terribly expensive
cons: tended to absorb the taste of teas (this is fine if you are more of a one tea flavor person, but i am not); not really sterilizable, temperature sensitive (this is how i broke the starbucks one, it cracked inside because i often used it for water too)

so i just bought this. it's thermos style so the leaky tops are no longer an issue. glass also holds the heat much better than plastic. (since i am really bad for walking away from tea, this is something i look for) the plastic ones i had were also double walled, but they had waxy paper between them to make it prettier but this means once it cracks, it's done.

i knew i wasn't really stoked with any of the things that i had tried, but i knew i wanted specific things (namely: leak free top, made of something that would be totally cleanable ie non-porous, and heat keeping), i also really, really wanted a tea mug with the infuser in it, which was one of the reasons i turned to david's tea.

yes, i really did just write a really long blog about tea mugs. i am a nerd.

shitgun @ 2011-11-27T02:04:00

2011-11-27T06:04:20Z

this is fucking awesome omg

shitgun @ 2010-12-28T14:43:00

2010-12-28T18:43:08Z

so i just read this batch of bullshit. this is the band's promo and that is the 16/17 year old girl they told she had to lose ten pounds. the way they treated jerry really bothers me, too, but i'm back-burnering that due to my rage about the body image thing.

jesus. at that age, honestly, any kind of weight loss is really a, difficult and b, probably not the safest since the body is not finished growing. (not that her actual weight matters even remotely, i would say the same thing regardless of her actual size) how fucking dare you tell a girl who is an average size for her age that she needs to lose weight?

when you see this, post a poem

2010-09-21T21:01:46Z

You Fit Into Me

You fit into me
like a hook into an eye

a fish hook
an open eye

Margaret Atwood

shitgun @ 2010-08-24T10:22:00

2010-08-24T13:22:42Z

those of you with cell phones: i need help

i am probably the only person, ever, who does not yet have a cell phone, but i'm thinking about it. it might happen. haha, maybe.

i have questions: what phone do you have? do you like it? who is you service provider? do you like them? why? is it mind-bogglingly expensive? idk, what features do you get?

i was about 12 the last time i had a cell phone, so i don't even really know what do ask. um, what should i know going in?

comments are screened because i am leaving this post unlocked.

shitgun @ 2010-08-11T22:26:00

2010-08-12T01:25:47Z

KENT BOYD THE THINGS YOU DO TO MY HEART ARE ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. I CAN'T EVEN PUT IT INTO WORDS, OTHER THAN TO SAY I WANTED TO TAKE YOU HOME AND FEED YOU COOKIES AND KEEP YOU FOREVER, OMG.

shitgun @ 2010-08-09T12:52:00

2010-08-09T15:52:08Z

this is what's up right now.

summer rush was awesome.

shitgun @ 2010-08-03T11:35:00

2010-08-03T14:35:11Z

if you don't listen to the maine, you should start
dear john, i enjoy it when you ramble on, and giggle, please continue to be rad
they are such an endearing little band, you guys

shitgun @ 2010-07-30T12:20:00

2010-07-30T15:20:35Z

i needed cheering up, and you know what makes me really happy? gay boys. especially when the gay is canon.

so this is the cab. in like 2007/2008 ish. idk.
ian crawford, alex marshall, alex deleon (aka singer), alex johnson, cash colligan.
ian and cash are no longer in the band.

this is deleon. is you are sensing ridic, you are bang on.

this is cash. is your douche-o-meter is going off right now, it's working perfectly.
(please note that i love cash more than i love most things. he makes me look like a good person. :D)

apparently while cash and alex are off making out, the other members of the cab have meetings that look very much like our teen health meetings.

cash and alex have known each other since high school. once in high school, they dressed up as spice girls. alex was posh? i think someone once mentioned that cash was sporty, but idk and i haven't seen pictures.

cash frequently does not respect singer's personal space.

they apparently went to pete and ashlee's wedding as each other's date.

i'm just throwing this in so you can see singer's ghetto booty.

sometimes they hang out and lick each other?

this is included mostly because cash is ridic, and this is my favorite johnson moment and i know your thing for drummers, so.

singer and brian dales have matching ugly white shorts.

how they began in cash's room.

alex d knows food. and cash has a tmnt shirt and a pink backpack. hahaha they are mfeo okay.

basically, there is going to be a part two with fic, and maybe more videos because all the ones i wanted are not viewable in canada (lick my balls wmg seriously) but since i konw how you are into vampires, here. this is better than twiight. the way you burn and turn it into glory. warning, um, they are super long. consider it a work in progress.

shitgun @ 2010-07-13T19:17:00

2010-07-13T22:17:36Z

I write like
Chuck Palahniuk

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

whaaaat

brb working on a post about how cash and alex are notably gay for musicandjason

shitgun @ 2010-07-09T14:54:00

2010-07-09T17:53:55Z

so after i broke my ipod last week, i bough myself this for my birthday. because hi, i cannot live without portable music, ever. anyway, it came just now. you can't tell, but it's hot pink. i have to work so i'm not charging it until later, but it needs a name guys.

and tar, just so you know, our ipods are gay boyfriends. because gay boyfriends are the only ones that count.

it is always an automatic tearjerker for me when people say, "my friend" when they really mean, "someone who once meant the world to me."

shitgun @ 2010-07-06T12:44:00

2010-07-06T15:44:38Z

there really are no words for how the summer set is everything i've ever wanted in a band.

shitgun @ 2010-05-26T12:31:00

2010-05-26T15:31:12Z

HOLY CRAP I HAVE INTERNET :D

and i lost my septum piercing over the weekend. i'm really, really bummed.

shitgun @ 2010-05-07T09:39:00

2010-05-07T12:39:21Z

this blog is the actual best. david from tdf is in there, too.

i changed my mind, i want him for my birthday, seriously. he is the most precious ever.

shitgun @ 2010-05-06T14:07:00

2010-05-06T17:07:36Z

this is my way of avoiding the subject. they are putting new windows in my building and one of the guys just sang part of a country song at me. this is upsetting because i recognized it. :( lol what is my life.

also, i have been catching up on greek and it is amaizng how gay evan (chambers) and cappie are for each other. seriously. if you are unfamiliar with greek, you should see this.

this has been another quality post.

shitgun @ 2010-04-25T08:34:00

2010-04-25T11:34:20Z

awesome last night in town: wrote the hardest exam ever, fingers crossed i am not entirely fucked in that class now. supper with james. went with james to buy his dyson. watched him sit in the pile of cardboard and bags like a kid in a candy store. (james is pretty much the best ever, obviously.) post-dyson ice cream, and tims. the dyson's name is baby sacha, by the way.

not awesome last night in town: tonight would be the only time i've ever not been able to get into tower, of course. maybe i should take it as a sign that life is cockblocking me this much.

shitgun @ 2010-04-24T16:59:00

2010-04-24T19:59:07Z

WELL THAT SUCKED.

MOVING ON, IT IS NOW OFFICIALLY SUMMER.

shitgun @ 2010-04-17T19:45:00

2010-04-17T22:45:11Z

so we're cutting through the arts building to go downtown today and we run into one of my poli sci profs and this happens

me and the prof: make awkward conversation about exams until we get outside and he walks ahead of us. he is freakishly smart and intimidating, and talking to him is always kind of awkward.
renaj: so, would you do him?
me and amandine: uh?
me: you know he made me read ten books this semester?
renaj: no, but would you?
me: uhhhh. you know he's, like, right there, right?

AWKWARD TIMES.
and now my prof knows i would totally do him. because i am so unconvincing when i am stalling for time. to be fair, he has that hot, older jewish look to him. and he's not actually old?

Search these in your iTunes and write down the first song on the list from what comes up.

Happy: happy / fischerspooner
Sad: sad but true / the transplants
Love: l.o.v.e. / ashlee simpson
Hate: hate and war / the clash
Light: lights out / letter kills
Dark: dark blue / jack's mannequin
Good: good and broken / miley cyrus
Bad: bad / michael jackson
Hello: hello / lionel ritchie
Bye: bye bye baby / stereos
Up: up / lifetime
Down: down / jawbreaker

shitgun @ 2010-04-09T15:52:00

2010-04-09T18:53:09Z

I JUST BOUGHT THE MOST FUCKING RIDICULOUS SHOES OF ALL TIME.

BRB I NEED TO GO WRITE SOME PAPERS.

shitgun @ 2010-04-08T08:30:00

2010-04-08T11:30:51Z

dude it is the one day without shoes campaign. i'm pumped. if you have no idea what i'm talking about.

edit:

you are wonderful, a rocket to the moon.

shitgun @ 2010-03-17T14:04:00

2010-03-17T17:04:12Z

we all know how i'm stoked on boys from arizona right now, right? someone please fill me in about david henrie, like right now.

i have had the stereos cd on repeat since it came the other day and basically, i really want tour fic about pat k and jacob so badly right now. (set to she only likes me when she's drunk where jacob wakes up with pat and i always bummed that he isn't kalan.)

(also, lol, my life just turned back into sixth grade, what.)

shitgun @ 2010-03-16T11:34:00

2010-03-16T14:33:59Z

all i have to say is D: being woken up at quarter to 4 because someone burned something in the microwave.

shitgun @ 2010-03-15T18:59:00

2010-03-15T21:59:35Z

you should all know that withprettystars and musicandjason are the best ever because i got mail from both of them today.

ps the picture of my surrogate puppy is going on my wall.

shitgun @ 2010-03-07T22:38:00

2010-03-08T02:38:38Z

Comment and I'll give you a letter. Then, you post a list of 10 songs beginning with that letter to your journal.

My letter is w, from ishyface.

1. wonderwall / oasis

i think this was the first song i ever really, really loved.

2. walking on broken glass / mest

this song and rooftops where basically what got me into mest. also lol jeremiah's singing voice.

3. wasted / lil wayne

idk what is up with how much i love lil wayne lately.

4. waterfalls / tlc

do not tell me you never loved this song. hello, nights spent in my backyard with withprettystars

5. waterloo / abba

dude, it's abba. dod i really need to give an explanation?

6. the way i loved you / taylor swift

i have been listening to this a lot. it reminds me that i'm not the person that i used to be. in a good way.

7. the way we get by / spoon

this song reminds me of all of the people that i love. if we were a movie, it would be the closing credit song.

8. we used to be friends / the dandy warhols

it has not ceased to be relevant yet.

9. when you say you love me / clay aiken

DARREN HAYES WROTE THIS SONG. FOR CLAY AIKEN. NEED I SAY MORE? I THINK NOT. :D

10. will you remember / the cranberries

this is kind of my guaranteed crying/bummed out song. it is good for walks on the beach in the fog.

edit: brb watching skins and realizing they are watching the same terrible reese witherspoon movie i watched a few weeks ago.

shitgun @ 2010-03-05T12:24:00

2010-03-05T16:24:17Z

go to bed at five, wake up at 11.30. clearly it will be a most productive day.