March 2008
45 posts
friday beers at work
and a goodwill stop coming up. yessssssssss weekend!
“Mexican sounds bomb to me….when I eat Mexican, it usually consists of a huge...”
– elizabeth. i can’t believe i haven’t featured any quotes from her thustumblrfar. uhhh…i don’t even know where to begin.
40+ michel gondry chairs in front of deitch... →
Free from CL: this is the kind of crapfest I’d love to revel in.
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER →
so…someone got DISEMBOWELED in astoria two weeks ago. and LIVED.
new things
eye exam today = new contacts, finally ikea bookshelf off CL $5 footlong sub at subway = 2 lunches in 1 idea - getting a new piece of art for every birthday. i saw this from some random commenter on etsy and thought it was a really nice way to build a collection. etsy shop, tbd. astoria thai restaurant i think i’m taking mcd to for payment for bookshelf pickup
R.L. Stine - Goosebumps - Books - New York Times →
i can’t paste the photo of r.l. stine in here, but jesus. ‘scary stories to tell in the dark’ always had the creepier illustrations, but goosebumps could totes compete if stine put his face on the covers.
why i gave up on my taxes and watched the new...
We can’t even prepare properly for something as straightforward as our own retirement. We’ll put in long hours shopping for a cellphone or a television set, but we’re too busy to agonize over pension plans: in one study, most people spent less than an hour choosing theirs. We’re not good at making immediate sacrifices for an abstract benefit in the future. (nyt)
Even the Ghost of the Past - we make money not art →
marcel dzama show up now. can he pair up with michel gondry already?
not exactly "(picnic, lightning)" but pretty good
What’s the best way to split the check in a group? At a group meal, an equal split should be the baseline expectation: It falls to those who ordered more-expensive dishes to offer to pay more, not to others to pay less. Failure to partake in the appetizers or the wine can be cited as a reason to cut one’s contribution only if there was some socially sanctioned reason for declining (veganism,...
“(Lisa is the West Coast editor of Teen Vogue and the show’s most enigmatic...”
– The Hills as reviewed by the NYT. i’m. so. excited.
“Because Gov. David Paterson was kind of cheap about conducting his affairs, he...”
– first funny i’ve seen from gawker in a whiiiiiiiiile.
Inside the Mind of the Boy Dating Your Daughter →
“Ann: I think that church and studying are fun. I thought you felt the same....”
– at home sick. the same kind of fun/not fun.
“Though the candidates seem to be doing little to encourage their staffs to take...”
– As Campaign Drags On, Aides Put Lives on Hold - New York Times. um, a call from Hillary Clinton on Vday is pretty much the Worst Present Ever.
A climbing up the topsails
I’ve lost my leg - Woody Guthrie, covered by Dropkick Murphys. who knew? {happy patty’s day}
“Assayas’s newest thriller, Boarding Gate, stars Asia Argento at her most Asia...”
– nymag movie reviews.
“What distinguishes “Horton Hears a Who!” from the other recent Dr. Seuss film...”
– a.o. scott, first thing i read off the nyt front page. going on first dinner-and-a-movie dates with him as a teen must have been torture.
“We expected a line of derivative but serviceably-adorable cocktail dresses much...”
– Inside the Sad, Bizarre World That Was the Lauren Conrad Show — The Cut: New York Magazine’s Fashion Blog. if anything, i’m Team Audrina [or Team Elodie] but i was excited to hear kristin cavalliere is still around.
ahem ahem joolia!
julia! stop tumblogging and answer my email about tomorrow night dinner! or your sweatshirt GETS IT!
forgotten about this song.
do his hands in your hair feel a lot like a thing you believe in or a bit like a bird stealing bread out from under your nose?
TV Funhouse: Maraka →
Can you break a fifty?
nyt on binge drinking (ps st patty's day is on a...
yesss: In a Japanese island village, Takashima, people knew a drinking occasion had gone completely off the dials if villagers began to sing or, wilder still, to dance. Aggression, sexual or otherwise, was unheard of during these sessions.
Watchdear jesus i love pop music. group choreography is slammin. also, is this how everyone in peoria, illinois dresses? via amandalynferri.
