Category Archives: Nerdy

Merry GIF day to you

By serene | Published: December 21, 2009

There just weren’t words to capture how hilarious this moment was, so I had to make an animated GIF to share. (p.s. Making an animated GIF in CS4 is hard. Try it sometime.)

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S.W.A.K.

By serene | Published: December 17, 2009

Dear Internet, I love you for many reasons, some of which I will list below: You let me post stupid Flickr videos of myself. I am under no delusion of ‘coolness’ or poise, and gladly throw my dignity on the line for a laugh. I got hos in different area codes. (Or: I am able [...]

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Boner List

By serene | Published: December 13, 2009

It’s cold, sucky, and generally unpleasant. Here are things that are the antithesis of all that nonsense. 1. Y: The Last Man. A plague kills off every man on the planet, except for one schwing-worthy Yorick Brown. This may appeal to every comic-reading, feminist-identifying, or generally rad girl you know. Or anyone else, really. It’s [...]

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Vague question of the day:

By serene | Published: September 8, 2009

What is the point of jealousy? Like, what is the evolutionary or cultural advantage was born out of such a stupid feeling. And I’m not just referring to jealousy in relationships, but also of being jealous that someone looks better or has something cooler than you. I guess I’m hard-pressed to see the value of [...]

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Time for intervention?

By serene | Published: August 19, 2009

Not that you could tell from the frequency I blog, but I have a serious problem with removing the tentacles the internet wraps around my head. Like many of my peers, I am suffocatingly enveloped by my lovers who go by the name of Twitter, Facebook, Google Reader, Flickr, etc. Occasionally I will reflect on [...]

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Last gasps of my twenties

By serene | Published: June 29, 2009

Five things to do before I turn 30: 1. Go dance my ass off. I like going dancing. I haven’t done this in too long. 2. Get out of my shell. 3. Go buy some fancy underthings, mostly to remind myself that 30 can still be sexy. 4. Rent a car and drive out to [...]

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Yesterday

By serene | Published: June 11, 2009

Yesterday was one of the most awesome days in recent memory. I turned in a completed and admittedly crappy final paper for my Women Writers English class, marking the end of an epically stressful spring quarter at UW. To celebrate, Drew and I ate at one of my favorite restaurants in Capitol Hill. Afterward, we [...]

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Breaking News

By serene | Published: November 21, 2008

SERENE SURVIVES FIRST DANISH SNOWSTORM She will now retire to her bed to cuddle with pillows (audience: BOO) and watch some downloaded 30 Rock (audience: YAY). And this concludes your news update.

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LOLing is the best medicine

By serene | Published: October 30, 2008

From the highly underrated Clerks: The Animated Series. It brings the funny and is the next best thing to a Kevin Smith opening weekend, which I will be missing for the first time since Dogma.

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2008 Elections, Europe style

By serene | Published: October 29, 2008

A funny phenomenon has started as we near the election: I’ve been cast as a token American in many social situations and am asked more about who I’m voting for than where I live. I knew living in Denmark during the 2008 elections would be fascinating, but I never thought it would effect me so [...]

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