December 2008
2 posts
Desert Island DVDs
My family has a really bad habit of collecting media. My parents had thousands of books that they sold before moving to Portland. Back in the day, my brother habitually rented VHS tapes from Blockbuster and recorded them onto blank tapes. (You could fit three full length movies on a blank tape, so every time you popped in a cassette you got a mini Ben-curated film festival.) Anyway, I have a...
Upon viewing the movie "Singles"
This weekend I watched the movie Singles, directed by Cameron Crowe and starring Matt Dilion, Kyra Sedgwick, and 1992.
Singles is set in Seattle. Like you couldn’t tell.
These are the occupations of the main characters:
director of an environmental non-profit
barista
Department of Transportation project manager
band frontman/flower deliverer
If you add “engineer” that...
November 2008
14 posts
New layout!
My blog kind of looks awesome now. I love creating new layouts — it reminds me of bygone days in Livejournal. Livejournal was so great, you guys. I miss the mood icons.
I bought two weirdly punctuated books today: Student’s Go Vegan Cookbook and Knit.101: The Indespensable Self-Help Guide to Knitting and Crochet. Both were purchased from Powell’s Books in Portland, the...
The Brunching Shuttlecocks. →
I just remembered I was slightly obsessed with this site when I was 14.
My mom sent this to me!
Love Obama’s self-deprecation when he answers the puppy question.
My cousin has a blog!
diznee:
cause i’m bored, here are my favorite things at the disney store right now:
this ariel parka is ghettofabulous! it’s big and puffy with faux fur and rhinestone snaps, and there’s a huge ariel applique on the back, it’s so klassy!!! i wish it came in my size :(
baby sleeping beauty doll! she comes in a basket bed, the cutest part is that she has violet eyes.
this toy is really...
I really wanted a good mash up video of the end of Return of the Jedi and the victory celebrations across the world, but Youtube has let to produce a decent one. But I’m sure the Internet will spit it out soon.
Yes We Can Text
Texts I received last night (in response to my own “We did it! I can’t believe it! :D” or some such phrasing:
Mom: Hurray hurray hurray!
Genna: Yay yay yay yay yay!
Claudia: YESSSSS
Phil: We did it!
Jaspreet: Hooray!
Cydne: Out of this world
Christina: Crazy awesome
Mohua: :D :D things are looking up
Matt: Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh! O B A M A!!!
Mom: Are you watching...
The Best Thing I Have Seen on the Internet All...
People are literally dancing in the streets here right now. Literally.
This Fucking Election.
The Best Thing I Have Seen on the Internet Today...
30 Years of Music — Gizmodo and Lego Go Miniman Go Contest from Jesus Diaz on Vimeo
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October 2008
10 posts
The Best Thing I Have Seen on the Internet Today...
The Best Thing I Have Seen on the Internet Today...
Our Seattle City of Music event got mentioned in Idolator! That means I’m working for someone who got mentioned in the comments of a blog that was once owned by Nick Denton. My dream of Gawker fame: one step closer. (Sarcasm heavily intended.)
The Best Thing I Have Seen on the Internet Today...
The Best Thing I Have Seen on the Internet Today...
To be fair, it wasn’t on the internet until I put it there, but two beautiful cards from two beautiful ladies in two beautiful places certainly made my day. Thank you Christina and Betsy!
The Best Thing I Have Seen on the Internet Today...
From SNL’s Don Draper’s Guide to Picking Up Women. Best line went to Archie Arnett’s mom.
In which I have watched too much Mad Men.
So I came across the new Yahoo! ad “Start Wearing Purple,” and my first thoughts were 1) Gogol Bordello seems like a weird choice to base your campaign around and 2) what is up with the tech lifestyle branding trend? True, Apple has been doing it forever, but the more recent “I’m a Mac/I’m a PC” ads really made the whole “product choice as an embodiment...
You Fell Asleep Watching a DVD. →
Lincoln Hawk’s “Everytime”...
September 2008
9 posts
Emory’s new Dooley Statue, debuting this...
WatchJon Stewart’s interview with Tony Blair last night was fantastic for many reasons, but I particularly love this Catholic/Jewish zinger. Guilt for the win!
The best thing ever on the Internet not relating... →
It's all Greek to me.
Five reasons I love ABC Family’s Greek:
1. It’s surprisingly accurate about college life. True, I have absolutely no experience with the fraternity/sorority scene, but a lot of the other details ring true. The whiteboards, the cinderblock walls, that mysterious creature known as an “RA” (or as Rusty calls him, “rah”). And occasionally, characters will even...
Group dangles $50K for Jews who move to Alabama... →
Aside from the whole “$50,000 to move” angle of this story, it sounds exactly like the (now closed) synagouge in my father’s Arkansas hometown. Also, I’ve been to Dothan, and it’s not worth the money.
“Grant from New Jersey captured the predicament best: “What could be worse...”
– The Netflix rentals Slate readers just can’t bring themselves to watch.
Cross out "Darling Family"
Pro: I have my own apartment now! It is adorable and small and has lots of light.
Con: It is a huge mess. And a daddy long leg joined me in the shower tonight. Ew.
Pro: The job situation is going very well. Can’t get into details right now, but I will share some good news once everything is set.
Con: Everything is not set.
Pro: TV is BACK!
Con: I’ve only sort of watched the...
August 2008
10 posts
Housekeeping
Being jealous of Blogger’s magically updating “My Blog List” widget, I added a new item to my sidebar: Feevy. Like the Blog List, Feevy will automatically show my friends’ newest posts. Plus, I got to pick avatars for everyone.
So please let me know if you don’t want me to link to your blog, or if you DO want me to link to you and I haven’t yet, or if you...
Complaining time
Packing is my least favorite thing in the world, and I feel like I have to do it all the time. By now, you think I’d be better at it, but no. And now I have to pack up my room that includes all this stuff I’ve had since I was two. Argh. Too much stuff.
In better news, I had a job interview on Wednesday and I’ve got two more lined up. (Side note - Wednesday was awful. I had...
Just arrived in atlanta! I'll
Just arrived in atlanta! I’ll be here until august 31st.
The Unsung Heroes of Star Wars →
I wouldn’t normally link to Maxim, but I love this so much. John Ratzenberger and the Low Self-Esteem Pilot are my favorites.
George W. Bush vs The Joker
BUSH
America faces an evil and a determined enemy.
THE JOKER
Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I’m an agent of chaos.
BUSH
This is an evil man that we’re dealing with. And I wouldn’t put it past him to develop evil weapons to try to harm civilization as we know it.
THE JOKER
I’m a man of simple tastes. I like dynamite…and...
Ironic Typing Job. →
I’m not going to lie: I totally flagged this post as “Best of Craigslist.” Let’s see how long it stays up.
July 2008
18 posts
Latest 'Secret Life' more popular than 'Gossip... →
Confession: I’ve watched every episode of “The Secret Life of the American Teenager.” And it’s awful. But for some reason, it has higher ratings than Gossip Girl and the far superior ABC Family drama, Greek. Why do audiences love teen pregnancy so much? If Chuck fathers a child next season, I give up.
Hotlanta
On one of my many adventures to the Seattle Central Public Library, I came across this most amazing book.
Basically, it is a Gossip Girl for Atlanta.
The Duke twins, Sydney and Lauren, live the life: They attend the fanciest school in Atlanta, they live in Buckhead, the most exclusive neighborhood, and they only date the hottest guys. And their secrets? Are the darkest of all. When their...
Using your browser URL history to estimate gender. →
There is no reason for me to read so much Gawker.
As many of you know, I have an intense dislike for Moe Tkacik, a writer at the otherwise excellent Jezebel. Moe writes extremely long, rambling posts with little actual content. She is also incredibly thin-skinned, especially considering she works for a website built on gossip and rumors. Most infuriatingly, she attracts high page views and hundreds of comments usually only tangentially related...