tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post6963222709509113439..comments2024-03-26T08:34:47.920-04:00Comments on this girl called automatic win: Tuesday Top Eight: We're Unsure We're Unstop We're Unstoppableriesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088087483121384868noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-21109422474316021742008-01-28T15:30:00.000-05:002008-01-28T15:30:00.000-05:00wow, so very and truly facinating. I now feel a su...wow, so very and truly facinating. I now feel a sudden urge to get up from the couch and actually start on that list. instead of spending the entire day watching reruns of I love lucy. you suck! now i have to do something. but it's great. kind of like a jar of pickled sardins. it sounds discusting, but very intriguing. and in fact, it is kinda discusting. but one should try it before one dies. Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04080593756294137021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-50561209166357585612008-01-20T23:47:00.000-05:002008-01-20T23:47:00.000-05:00I would like to see top 10 songs that inspire Ries...I would like to see top 10 songs that inspire RieseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-17127325769426899412008-01-16T22:12:00.000-05:002008-01-16T22:12:00.000-05:00Wall staring is a fine art and I bet you do it wel...Wall staring is a fine art and I bet you do it well. <BR/><BR/>Don't even compare this post to those dumb forwards/posters that I hate so much. Every time I come across one of those the psychotic voice of J Beals tries to get me to do things that could have me arrested. Arson, Arson.<BR/><BR/>Translation: This post is great, those posters are not.Bourbonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13899049521524726627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-52020409588934438822008-01-16T20:44:00.000-05:002008-01-16T20:44:00.000-05:00Fragolina: thank you, dear. :)Riese: m'kay! let's ...Fragolina: thank you, dear. :)<BR/><BR/>Riese: m'kay! let's go! there is conveniently a fresh, new, white bikini, ready to roll.<BR/><BR/>free mp3 downloads: yours is my favorite auto-win comment ever...you auto-win, fo shiz.Havilandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01004764292580316149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-48100651251625639512008-01-16T17:15:00.000-05:002008-01-16T17:15:00.000-05:00**alica: yeah -- exactly -- I feel it's important ...**<BR/><B>alica:</B> yeah -- exactly -- I feel it's important not to build character, but to improve a person's ability to be a compassionate and caring friend. LOZO.<BR/><BR/><B>JCorkle:</B> If you ever need anyone to justify a blackout, I tend to be your proverbial go-to girl.<BR/><BR/><B>AK:</B> I think heartbreak poems have their own category on poets.org. I like in love poems better, I justriesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088087483121384868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-47631396050838006062008-01-16T13:54:00.000-05:002008-01-16T13:54:00.000-05:00Riese: I totally agree on Savage Inequalities. It ...Riese: I totally agree on <I>Savage Inequalities</I>. It completely gives the lie to that particularly American notion of self-reliance and self-determination, that anyone can become anything if they just try hard enough. Sometimes the chips truly are stacked against you. It's so much easier/comforting for most people to think that those in dire circumstances are in them because of some WDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14763535620572224063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-8316870028804847982008-01-16T11:30:00.000-05:002008-01-16T11:30:00.000-05:00Try a book that you normally wouldn't read...The I...Try a book that you normally wouldn't read...The Irresistible Revolution, by Shane Claiborne.<BR/><BR/>Caution: religious thoughts contained therein (but you've read the Torah, so you can handle it).<BR/><BR/>Great lists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-22399022273875013252008-01-16T10:15:00.000-05:002008-01-16T10:15:00.000-05:00I like this list, but I feel something important w...I like this list, but I feel something important was missed...<BR/><BR/>...everyone should go to a Spice Girls concert at least once, like I am tonight!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-17756651604909091982008-01-16T09:37:00.000-05:002008-01-16T09:37:00.000-05:00oolynnieoo - of course i don't hate you. i'm bad ...oolynnieoo - of course i don't hate you. i'm bad about commenting back on facebook - good on my blog, bad everywhere else...fyizzz <BR/><BR/>riese, my love - this is beautiful. One thing I love about "us" is how fundamentally different we actually behave (srsly, auto-winners, it's astounding...) But, But! I read your words, and I feel better about how I live my life, like, even the worst Havilandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01004764292580316149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-10181798363853776002008-01-16T00:49:00.000-05:002008-01-16T00:49:00.000-05:00i loved this cause it was kinda my top ten, random...i loved this cause it was kinda my top ten, random thoughts that pop into your head? told you it would be good. <BR/><BR/>i've done a lot of these things, totally plan on doing most of them except stare at the wall. just saying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-13277032212204247722008-01-15T22:39:00.000-05:002008-01-15T22:39:00.000-05:00I haven't actually done #10 but I have it schedule...I haven't actually done #10 but I have it scheduled for next month after episode 6 airs. Also the tsunami never came, but it was really exciting there for a bit when we were the last ones to drive up from the beach after being evacuated by chopper from the lava fields on the Big Island. And the only shelter I ever built that was finished soon enough to spend the night in was a tent. Still, havingAKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12924051726529380446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-87456788342396523782008-01-15T22:26:00.000-05:002008-01-15T22:26:00.000-05:00First, thanks for letting us link to your blog! I ...First, thanks for letting us link to your blog! I was told it's proper etiquette to ask and thank for this sort of thing!<BR/><BR/>Secondly, I also whole-heartedly agree with you when you say get your heart broken. I don't think people should look for it because that's just weird, but until it happens, you're virtually no help to others in pain. On that same note, while reading the rest of this Ithecheerleaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03996350162279005784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-52364988858873977812008-01-15T19:30:00.000-05:002008-01-15T19:30:00.000-05:00Couldn't agree more with the "everyone should have...Couldn't agree more with the "everyone should have their heart broken" portion of the list. Because until you do, you can't really help anyone who has had their heart trampled on, or you know...be extremely paranoid and watch for the warning signs of commitment. <BR/><BR/>Also, you're the best human library catalog ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-51903210576627917272008-01-15T18:52:00.000-05:002008-01-15T18:52:00.000-05:00AK: Those are amazing things to do. I have only d...<B>AK:</B> Those are amazing things to do. I have only done 7 & 8.<BR/><BR/><B>asher:</B> OMG you get free auto apparel. you have to pick yr size & stuff, and email me.<BR/><BR/><B>elec-tri-city:</B> I haven't, though I'd like to. I haven't heard it, will you send it to me? "goy" is a gentile, yes. Sally j. Freedman would never mislead anyone, obvs.<BR/><BR/>my brain hurts too.<BR/><BR/><B>.riesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088087483121384868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-6983567221116050372008-01-15T18:44:00.000-05:002008-01-15T18:44:00.000-05:00Great post, Riese. Also, can I just say that Savag...Great post, Riese. <BR/><BR/>Also, can I just say that <I>Savage Inequalities</I> just killed me when I read it? I think I stayed in bed for a week. And I'm only slightly exaggerating. I tried to read <I>Ordinary Resurrections</I> (which I understand is slightly more optimistic) but I was too depressed. <BR/><BR/>When I used to live outside Chicago, I used to pass New Trier High School every onceWDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14763535620572224063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-26145309762552124062008-01-15T18:17:00.000-05:002008-01-15T18:17:00.000-05:00loz: I'm terribad. I was trying to say "coping m...loz: I'm terribad. I was trying to say "coping mechanism" and instead I wrote two paragraphs.<BR/><BR/>My list still stands though for "things I need to cope with by thinking I'm (and anyone would be) better for having done them."Adam Tillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15253185837878588311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-23107975141850421432008-01-15T17:02:00.000-05:002008-01-15T17:02:00.000-05:00Your rambly blog posts are some of my faves.Auto-U...Your rambly blog posts are some of my faves.<BR/><BR/>Auto-Universe Public Service Announcement: Tegan and Sara Spring tour dates are out. NYC-5/12, Terminal 5. On sale Friday. You're welcome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-88021368480957156562008-01-15T14:20:00.000-05:002008-01-15T14:20:00.000-05:00reise! this was a good post, i enjoyed it. i'm goi...reise! this was a good post, i enjoyed it. i'm going to do hard drugs now. jk. maybe. probably. not. - but actually i agree with alot of the stuff you said, because i feel like so many people i know just do...nothing, ya know? like, comfortably numb & such. <BR/><BR/>my computer has broken & it makes me quite sad and actually kind of furious, so here i am on campus looking cool leaving a comment.Oo Lynnie oOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06925783963685667027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-76750744975367941402008-01-15T14:07:00.000-05:002008-01-15T14:07:00.000-05:00i would respond to your comment, but beth in accou...i would respond to your comment, but beth in accounts receivable had to go home early because she got sick at lunch, and there's a paper jam in the copier that's led to toner getting on everything. let me go. i need to set up my out of office reply message.frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07508236221261282480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-53471766781015212962008-01-15T14:02:00.000-05:002008-01-15T14:02:00.000-05:00I all kinds of heart this post and "So What". That...I all kinds of heart this post and "So What". That's probs my fav song on Kind Of Blue.<BR/><BR/>Also, your list of things that people should never do (i.e. chicken bones, video games, etc.), I 100% agree with you. I hate, hate, hate watching people suck on the bones, escpecially if they're taking a break from making me watch them play video games. <BR/><BR/>That's just gross. And boring.<BR/><BR.elida.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11889523379454531118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-27927744105198656472008-01-15T13:04:00.000-05:002008-01-15T13:04:00.000-05:00elec - I might have listened to Samson on loop for...elec - I might have listened to Samson on loop for my entire three-hour commute one day the other week. So slow and yet completely captivating. Crazy.The Brooklyn Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948928776452062001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-30038966175063909962008-01-15T13:01:00.000-05:002008-01-15T13:01:00.000-05:00Distraction = Riese. I should have been grading mi...Distraction = Riese. I should have been grading midterms all morning, but I've totally been floating around in firewalled areas, reading, thinking, analyzing, and lol'ing every now and then (time spent on autostraddle, of course).<BR/><BR/>But I digress (like, always).<BR/><BR/>Through all my masterful distracting time today, I've been listening to my iPod intermittently, and I just listened to elec-tri-cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467197841299390332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-9698744499741309912008-01-15T12:30:00.000-05:002008-01-15T12:30:00.000-05:00crystal: ... that means a lot coming from you bc i...<B>crystal:</B> ... that means a lot coming from you bc i think you've done more stuff by the age of 23 than almost anyone else I know.<BR/><BR/><B>ms.malaprops:</B> It would seem this Hong Kong place of which you both speak is an important place to go. I guess also ultimately, it's all about forced humility ... i think.<BR/><BR/><B>brooklyn boy:</B> It's just when people gnaw away at the bones riesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088087483121384868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-26329952534244345712008-01-15T12:14:00.000-05:002008-01-15T12:14:00.000-05:00adam, you never actually answered the question. it...adam, you never actually answered the question. it's your horrible experience. great. why do you want everyone else go through it? i never heard my friend's jewish grandfather say, "the holocaust, now there is something that really made me a better person. you should try it if you can."<BR/><BR/>i'm glad ak gets it. the lesson here? sexy chicks get me.frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07508236221261282480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25704113.post-2006322699857493762008-01-15T12:04:00.000-05:002008-01-15T12:04:00.000-05:00that's pretty much all i could ask for from my sug...that's pretty much all i could ask for from my suggested top ten. yay!<BR/><BR/>and i loved. "have sex without 'traditional' heterosexual penetration and know that it is also sex."<BR/>it didn't make me lol (like some people). it just made me not feel slightly fractional for a minute.<BR/><BR/>so thanks.asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10300166244738324681noreply@blogger.com