39 posts tagged “qotd”

How could you better “green” your life? What’s holding you back?
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I think my colleague Anil is onto something huge with lastyearsmodel.com. 

How To Play

Participating in Last Year's Model is easy:

1. Choose to hang on to a gadget or technology product that you own, instead of just buying a new one.
2. Join our Facebook Cause, or tell people on Twitter, your blog or Flickr why you're participating.
3. Optionally put the Last Year's Model badge on your site or tag your story with #lastyears.

I absolutely hate the idea of buying NEW stuff just because it's new. The packaging alone both frustrates me and the cost annoys me. I've been rocking the flea market/thrift store shopping for a loooong time now, thanks to a deal I struck with my parents as a kid. Each semester of school, I got $200 to spend on clothes. I very quickly figured out that a thrift store would stretch that dollar a lot further, and thank god late 90's fashion fit the bill nicely. Here in SF, so many people get rid of REALLY cool stuff at thrift stores like Wasteland it's almost a shame not to get stuff there.

When I got old enough to start sorting out my own house, getting thrifty goods became the same way - fun, and necessary on a tight budget. Thing is, so many cool and sturdy kitchen gear things are still around because they were made to last and endure heavy, repeated use. (And thank goddess the mid-century modern look fits 2009 just fine too.)

My gadgetry...well, I still rock the same little digital camera I got in 2004, and my iPhone is cracked but still works fine.

I don't know whether all this says I'm cheap or with the lastyearsmodel.com game, but I'd like to think it's some of both.

What's a little thing you do every day that brightens the lives of those around you?
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I tell at least one person every day that they are AWESOME. Or that they are my favorite. Or that they just won the day for an excellent joke. 

You, reading this post? You're awesome too.

What were you afraid of when you were younger that seems silly to you now?
Submitted by wandie

I've always been a bad sleeper - god bless my parents for putting up with me as a kid who didn't really sleep. Plus, my mom says the dog used to come wake them up whenever I was up, so they probably suffered more than I did.

What used to scare me in my sleep was this loud "ka thunk ka thunk" noise that I thought was a bunch of military shells going off. (We lived right by an Army base, so this wasn't as far-fetched as it sounds.) It took me YEARS to ignore it, and even longer to figure out that the sound was my own heartbeat, which only got louder the more I held my ears.

And I still don't sleep all that well.

When was the last time you interacted with any sort of wildlife?
Submitted by warpedreality.

While we certainly saw a lot of wildlife on the cross-country tour, these bison were the closest thing we got to "interacting".

in yr road, glarin you down

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In which fictional world/universe/land/city would you most like to live?
Submitted by glenn is the new chuck.  

San Francisco.

How did you meet your current, or most recent, significant other?

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What books did you love as a child? 
Submitted by hearts. 

Obsessed with:

A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle

What's your favorite music for a Sunday morning?
Submitted by Nick.

Coltrane for chilling, Aretha if it's cleaning day.

Blue Train

John Coltrane

Young, Gifted and Black

Aretha Franklin

What is your favorite scent?
Submitted by Erinen. 

I just smelled it - wet leaves and woodsmoke. Now I want marshmallows and life would be perfect.

How did you meet your best friend(s)?

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