Sarah Beara

Sarah: funny, artsy, choral singer, wine lover, pantheist, animal lover, gardener, board game junkie, feminist, democrat, environmentalist, former grad school drop out, MPA, black sheep, and so good at being passive-aggressive I can tell you to go to hell and you'll thank me saydawson (at) gmail (dot) com

They don't know how lost they'd be without me.

This office needs some computer training. I love when I’m told to do things the long, hard way. Then I have to debate with myself whether or not to do it the smart way and risk conflict, or the complicated way and be safe.

Nov
14th

Fri

Hippies/hipsters/neo-hippies/possible drunk college students

Dear guys across the street from my office,

Please, either play a song or shut up. The randomly beating your tambourine and yelping is not appreciated by anyone.

Also, why did you pick a rainy day to do this?

Thanks,
Sarah

I recently got another rabbit. His name is Toshi and he’s the sweetest rabbit I’ve ever met. I’m now up to four cats, a dog, and two rabbits. It’s like I have my own petting zoo!

Nov
13th

Thu

King: During the campaign, you expressed concerns about Obama’s lack of executive experience and characterized him as “palling around with terrorists.” Do you fear the United States under his presidency — do you fear for the United States?

Palin: I don’t have fear, I have optimism. Barack Obama is going to surround himself with those who do have executive experience. There was nothing mean-spirited — there was no negative campaigning when I called Barack Obama out on his associations. You know, we’re talking specifically, of course, about Bill Ayers — an unrepentant domestic terrorist, who campaigned to bomb our United States Capitol and our Pentagon.

I don’t think that there is anything wrong with calling someone out on their associations, their record, their plans. I expect to be called out — and so did John McCain — on his associations and our record.

I’m proud of Barack Obama. I pray for him, his family, the new administration. I look forward to the good things that are in store for this nation.

— I just spit my drink all over my desk.

Whoa.

So two people in as many days have commented on my lack of tumbling over the last three months. I stopped visiting tumblr because it was interfering with my productivity at work and at home. But, I’m going to try again. So here’s a story:

I went to Office Depot around 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday for…well, office supplies. I’m in the checkout line and this guy behind me is hunched over, staring in the little soda cooler like he was seeing bottles and cans for the first time. I proceed with the checkout process and while I’m waiting on the cashier to figure out why the “Advantage” number isn’t working, I notice the guy again. He’s standing behind my cart with a can of Full Throttle, a 3 Musketeers, and a bag of Cheetos. That’s it. He then notices the bag of holiday Ghirardelli on the shelf next to him and slowly picks it up and stares at it.

So is this guy:
a. an Office Depot secret shopper
b. a snack food inspector
c. under the influence of marijuana

Aug
19th

Tue

Interesting examination of McCain's similarities to Bush And from CNN no less. I love the part about “rich” being someone who makes at least $5,000,000 per year. Now his “Obama wants to raise taxes” commercials make sense. He thinks we’re all in that $350,000+ annual taxable income bracket.

Aug
15th

Fri

Now psudo-boss is trying to say that she shouldn’t have to pay any taxes because she doesn’t use any, ANY of the services supported by those taxes.

OMG

I’m listening to my boss and psudo-boss discuss cultural clashes and my psudo-boss is trying to make the argument that the European colonization of North America did not affect Native American cultures and religious practices.

(via waksays)

AWESOME.

Aug
14th

Thu

This is a place for stories now.

betterthancupcakes:

nickdouglas:

Do you have a sad playlist? I do. I wrote about it at Gawker but I didn’t say everything I meant to. Here’s what I did say:

I assumed until a few days ago that everyone had a playlist full of sad songs for when they felt really low. I mean I only had two mix CDs in college: Favorite new music, and the sad playlist. I’ve curated that sad playlist (now named “Blue”) for six years. It’s not that I’m a sad person, but a soundtrack soothes me in a time of sharp emotion, and certain songs will always hit me in the chest. I only thought about the playlist recently because I hadn’t played it in so long. In fact, it seemed like the past decade of my life can be told by recalling how often I played it: All the time growing up, to only rarely pulling it out now.
I’ve listened to that playlist a lot lately. Life hasn’t been particularly hard, but emotions have rode high. And most of the songs still feel right. My songs of joy change over the years. Sometimes a song only works for a week and then it’s embarrassing or inappropriate. But the sad songs rarely stop working. I have songs in here I wept to on the edge of a creek in college, and at least one song that made me tear up during my bike ride home in high school. The meaning of each song changes as I find new reasons to be sad. New songs are added that speak to the sorrow I find before first hearing them. These songs express sorrow better than I can, and I am starting to lose hope that I will ever make such beauty out of my darkness. Do all the people who quote sad songs wish they had better words of their own?

I thought everyone had a “sad song playlist” too. I’ve clearly thought about mine a lot as I have a whole blog post about it. I agree that the songs express sorrow and make beauty out of my darkness better than I’ll ever be able to. Sometimes it’s just good to feel.

Mine is called “Depression”.