"Teal sweater. Word has gotten to China apparently."
- Grell on the dball knockoff that brought his style overseas (12/19)

"I've seen blacker."
- Dolapo, on the launch of J's startup: black20.com (12/14)

"Just wanted to let you guys know that Baby Jesus has taken back the table for Christmas."
- Mom, reclaiming the brag table from dball press clipping and Katie's report cards (12/3)

"You should have done highlights from the helmet cam while playing!"
- Manlio, suggesting I live blog my first 24 hrs with Zelda for the Wii. (11/20)

"I don't think the Fischetti party is goign to be dining here tonight."
- Hostess at the Spotted Pig giving us some MF'ing attitude! (11/15)

"dpstyles added a tag: diannewantstomakeoutwithyousosososoosobad"
- over IM. (10/30)

"Do you want to make out? Press 1 for yes!"
- Overheard during late night drunk dialing (10/24)

"Jab jab chair!"
- Carney, brainstorming the syllabus for his hybrid boxing / street fighting class. (10/22)

"Is this your new bitch?"
- The always-classy Steve Ross after meeting Ann @ Motor City, (10/14)

"I'd rather fight the robots than the hipsters."
- a response to Adam.G's claim that the next generation will either being ultra media saavy or cyborgs.

"One of these guys needs to get a 3rd life, cause some of these 2nd lives just aren't working out."
- Adam again - zing! - on the abundance of 2nd life dorks. (10/10)

"I hate that cake!"
- Ha! (9/16)

"Make a pet peeve list. #1. People that sign karaoke as if they were on American Idol. It's fucking 3am people!"
- Voice memo I left to myself after Alex + KB's wedding. (9/9)

"blah blah blogging blah blah cnn interface"
- Oliver, busting on Kevin for always being on his Sidekick. (9/08)

"Fyi pheeder is busted. All messages turn into silence"
- Overheard via dball shout (Adam.G replies: "It's almost zen! Poetic!") (9/7)

d: i am kind of done w/ this
d: i just want to get out of here w/out a non-compete
d: met w/ [GOOGLE ENGINEER], his team went from 0 - 6 people
d: [DUMB GOOGLE MOBILE PROJECT THAT WENT NOWHERE] has more engineers then they know what to do with
d: and we're still fucking around w/ 3 blades and an aloe strip
- random dball HQ IM banter (*the day before* the dball project got shelved!) (9/6)

"Just don't forget where you came from... a poor polish womb."
- Txt msg I got from my Mom after I told her I was hanging out at some fancy party in the Hamptons. (8/26)

"Rocketboom got totally punked. Everyone knows that dodgeball doesn't even really exist. It's a bunch of lower east side hipster kids pretending they invented this service and running around pretending to be techies. Funniest prank since flashmobs."
- Blog comment after dodgeball's debut on Rocketboom. (8/10)

"Be there or be disintermediated!"
- Ross Rubin signing off his Jup Squirrelfesh 06 invite. (7/18)

"Your girl Sarah gave me a DS..."
- Me chatting up K.Slavin. Sounds much dirtier than it actually is. (@ Library, 7/8)

"Is this weekend one of your ones at the beach? Make out and I will kill you."
- Ex-gf threats. (7/5)

"zelda: sword sword sword. ouch. knife knife knife knife. cave. knife knife. dead."
"galaga: bam bam bam bam bam. oh look, I have a helper plane. bam bam bam. whoops lost it. bam bam dead."
- Video game reviews from BestCat. (6/24)

"I just tried to smoke a flashlite."
- Overheard on the Adult Camp basketball courts. (6/18)

"Remember that time we went to Forensics Lab Bar?"
- Dianne, getting her NYC bars confused (er, Crime Scene?) while reminiscing about this night.

"I was up at one point $65, and then I dropped down $30."
- CZ, recapping the turtle races that went down after Randy's bday dinner. (@ Spring Lounge, 5/17)

"His head *is* very round!"
- Karen's response to me telling her that Alex *types really loud*. (6/24)

"30 is so last year."
- Amy.T's reply to my bday invite (perhaps bitter about lack of exclusivity?). (6/21)

"It's a freelance board - i would have killed myself on the ice."
- Lattistar, on her Burton Michi *freestyle* snowboard.

"Would you like to have an unbelievable sex during all of the night? Wanna make all her dreams come true in the bed?"
- My favorite amongst the 8000 spam messages I get per day. (5/24)

"She has awfully big eveybrows."
- Little Sister Katie, looking through my old prom photos.

Jay: "Dad doesn't know you got plowed by some dude on a boat?"
Katie: "That's your grandmother you're talking in front of!"
Gam: "Actually, it was on land."
- Overheard at Katie's graduation dinner. (5/12)

"How come there's so many brown people here?"
- Suzannah, on the number of fellow college alumns (not the skin color!) @ Lolita.

"Have you ever been hit by a guy in the stomach?"
- Grellan to Lisa.S in the middle of an arm-wrestling tourney @ Spring Lounge. (4/27)

"btw, raddest trick ever is to get girls to come back to the hottub from Snowbarn. You don't need a solid ACL for that."
- Grellan's response to the news of Will's torn ACL (busted skiing). (4/24)

"Rad tricks = rad injuries"
- Jay's response to the news of Will's torn ACL (busted skiing). (4/24)

"No sense being pessimistic. It wouldn't work anyway."
- Found wisdom on the underside of a Honest Tea cap. (4/24)

"Do you have any salsa or merengue?"
- Big girl to Randy at The Worst No Data Ever. (4/20)

"dodgeball says: Kristin F. @ Blessed Virgin Mary Church at 10:03 AM. Reply w/ "@venue name" to check-in!"
- Best dodgeball check-in message ever, especially since I got it while I was at Easter mass. (4/15)

"Summers coming - oh wait, Summer's gone."
- Mount Snow's sink or skim announcer on Summer.B's heroic (yet brief) attempt. (4/8)

"Just went into your web and found nothing new in there. How is your telephone helmet working out?"
- My grandmother's way of complaining about the lack of teendrama updates (via email). Oh, and she's referring to my helmet cam. (4/3)

"No, I met the dodgeball founder. He was taller... and skinnier."
- Venture capitalist Adam Dell (a.k.a. Michael Dell's brother) @ Backroom. (2/23)

Dens: Hey, guess who in this office just got promoted?
Adam: Um, i'm going to go w/ Harry.
- Adam.S, misinterpreting my enthusiasm about a company-wide email. (2/21)

"Room 312 hearts zebrafish"
- Graffiti left on freshly-sabered champagne bottle @ Whistler. (2/19)

"I'll let you jerk off in my face for 5 Euros."
- Overheard (most likely while wearing the helmet cam) at Whistler. (2/18)

Girl #1: "Why did she withdraw her poster?"
Girl #2: "Aw - the research was too hot!"
- Overheard about Shawdee's stem cell research poster @ Whistler. (2/17)

dens: lots of cute girls on this plane
dens: and i am sandwiched btw two dudes
dens: might as well be Snowbarn Air
grell: bruce jacques on channel 7
grell: unplugged
- IM banter (via bluetooth!) during our flight to Whistler. (2/16)

"Learn!"
- Will McD's signoff to my class @ NYU after he stopped by to pick up my car keys.

"I'm 40. And i'm divorced! Give me two shirts!"
- Randy, mocking cougars-going-wild over free Bud t-shirts at the Snowbarn. (1/21)

"I'm interested as a friend... and as a business woman."
- Jackie to me, after offering to help me book future speaking engagements (@ Swift, 1/17)

"I dunno, 'Sometimes you gotta break up homes?'"
- Will to Matt after asking him to recite my December 2005 motto (which, for the record, was "sometimes you can't fight love") (12/31)

"Till six months! I'm going to blow your mind with my info!"
- A super-crunked Grellan's goodbye wishes to these three random girls @ 12". (ps: no typos. Me + Randy were like, "huh?")

Us: "Who are you with?"
Them: "Really hot guys who aren't you."
- Overheard @ Flavorpill's Halloween party. (10/31)

"I used to wrestle in college!"
- Says the dude holding my legs for a mini-keg kegstand (@ Save Krucoff / Animal Mag launch party. (10/27)

Him: "Can I have your number?"
Her: "Oh, I have a boyfriend."
Him: "Aw, forget it."
- Overheard at the now-infamous Next Generation No Data. (12/3)

"I honestly can't even tell you what Dennis was saying, something about how tough he was, starts talking a mile a minute. Like, honestly, a mile a minute. He said, 'I'm going to give you a christmas tree, go to CVS and get things for the stocking, I love ya girl.' Then he said something like, 'I'll put you back to your sister,' and I heard him say 'don't pull my hair' and then you screamed, and I think he punched you."
- Transcript of a phone call between Dianne and her sister - Little Sister McG giving a play-by-play of what happened the night before. (12/2)

"Your family crest should be a tie fighter crashing into Mount Snow."
- Grellan, on the lack of wingmen available for apres ski activities. (11/27)

"Bbd poison. they.re begging for it"
- DJ requests via txt msg @ Kevin's 30th bday. (11/19)

"I'm a filthy, sweaty pig. It's like I ate the 1998 version of myself."
- Krucoff, on seeing the pics of his sweaty dancing self @ Stacey + Dave's wedding. (11/12)

"Are you a real person or a robot?"
- Dens, on the phone trying to book a limo after Stacey + Dave's wedding. (11/12)

"Adios, Durango! Nice knowing ya."
- Dianne (via email), about 5 mins after we launched the "block friend-of-friends messages!" feature on dodgeball. (11/7)

"Krucoff is like the blog Jesus."
- Gawker comment left after AK got the axe from Conde Nast. (10/25)

"Jesus, I need to hire a freelance rememberer just follow me around and take notes."
- Grellan, after the models-blackout incident. (10/5)


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