19 January 2003
Submitted by eve on Mon, 01/19/2004 - 9:59pm. News
Whoa. In Passing got nominated for a Bloggie.

I find it more than vaguely amusing that the site was nominated the year when I've probably posted the least, thanks to a newfound reluctance to quote the people I now spend ten hours a day with -- my co-workers. (My co-students in college were somehow fair game.)

Have I mentioned I'm surprised? In fact, I'm so surprised that I suspect some sort of orchestrated fan effort, (you crazy kids), but I'll suspend my incredulity and just to say thanks all the people who nominated the site. In Passing is nominated in some pretty serious company. LYD is one of my favorite reads, and one of the other nominees has an HBO Special.

So I suspect that to some bloggers the Bloggies are old hat, mainstream, the anti-bloggies are the hip newness (or maybe they're up to the anti-anti-bloggies by now.) But it's not every day that my weblog is put on par with some blogging superstars and the weblog of someone who is funny for a living, and I think that's pretty cool. Thanks.

17 January 2003
Submitted by eve on Sat, 01/17/2004 - 9:45pm. Funny
"I could shave my head... Save the earth. I could be Moby."
"No, you couldn't."
"That's not what you're supposed to say. You're supposed to indulge me."
"Sorry. 'Why yes, you could be Moby.' ...Except the music part."
"GarageBand! It's looptacular!"
--A guy and a girl at Berkeley Bowl.
15 January 2004
Submitted by eve on Fri, 01/16/2004 - 1:24pm. Funny
"Well... which beers are $7 a pitcher?"
"Pretty much any beer that sucks."
--A customer and a waiter at Raleigh's
12 January 2004
Submitted by eve on Tue, 01/13/2004 - 12:10am. Wisdom
"Now see, why didn't I learn, when you finally get what you most want you don't want it."
"Whoo, you're on fire tonight. Drink your beer."
--Another guy and girl, also in line for the bathroom at Raleigh's.
12 January 2004
Submitted by eve on Tue, 01/13/2004 - 12:08am. Funny
"I don't care, it's hopeless."
"At least you have hope. I'm without hope."
"Um. Hope-less? Meaning also without hope?"
--A guy, and a girl paying half attention to him, in line for the bathroom at Raleigh's.
11 January 2003
Submitted by eve on Sun, 01/11/2004 - 11:16pm. Bizarre
"I hadn't seen him in forever... No, not really at all... Wasn't he the anti-sheep when we were at Lincoln?"
--A woman talking on a cell phone on Shattuck
8 January 2004
Submitted by eve on Fri, 01/09/2004 - 3:01am. Funny
"Ain't no party like the non-suicidal party, 'cause the non-suicidal party don't stop."
--A guy a few tables over at Triple Rock
3 January 2004
Submitted by eve on Sun, 01/04/2004 - 11:28am. Funny
"Yeah, but then you've got to give them your address to send the check to."
"I don't think that psychos are browsing ebay for the addresses of random sellers to come and stalk. That's as dumb as worrying about the phone book."
"Good point. And it's not like you're a hot woman with pictures of yourself holding the baseball cards you're selling."
"People do that."
"Seriously?"
"Yeah. Bikini babes holding the stuff in the photos, stuff like that."
"That's brilliant. They should use bikini babes to sell everything. Life insurance! Carpet cleaner! I'll bet lots of women in bikinis could sell anything."
"Exceeeeept... the movie 'The Real Cancun,' which took in a mere 6 million."
--A girl and a guy at Peet's Coffee.
1 January 2004
Submitted by eve on Fri, 01/02/2004 - 11:36am. Bizarre
"I think New Year's Eve is just a conspiracy to make you want Jamba Juice the next day. Think about it: hangovers, resolutions... um... it's winter, so you don't get much fruit in your diet..."
"Do you think maybe the holiday is older than Jamba Juice?"
--Two guys in line at Jamba Juice.
29 December 2003
Submitted by eve on Tue, 12/30/2003 - 10:00am. Bizarre
"He stole your blowdryer?"
"Yeah."
"Before or after you broke up?"
--Two women talking in the bakery section at Whole Foods.