January 2008
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Buy me compass jewelry to help me find my way
A while back, I almost bought one of those compass rings you see in cute little shops sometimes. I think compass jewelry would be very handy for times when I exit the subway and am not sure which way I’m facing, and thus which direction I need to walk (generally I just pick a direction and turn around if I end up wrong, to avoid looking like a lost tourist, a.k.a. easy target for...
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As if Zooey Deschanel needed to get any more...
Somebody tell me how it’s fair that Zooey Deschanel gets to be so damn awesome at everything. All the indie-inclined boys I know rate her their #1 celebrity make-out pick, and she’s holding her own in girlcrush-land as well. She’s super-likeable in interviews, stunningly gorgeous, and brings total light to any acting role she takes on. Oh, and — as many discovered in...
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Hilariously smarmy stars on Ricky Gervais's Extras
This weekend I rented season two of Extras, thinking it’d be fun to watch episodes from the couch like a normal person, instead of continuing my weirdly cheap & haphazard patching of mismatched YouTube clips from the show. For those in the dark, Extras is Ricky Gervais’s next endeavor following The Office, and — as with anything he sets his mind to — it is very, very...
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I refuse to care about TV 'til Ian Benardo's back...
I don’t know how much longer I can cope with this writer’s strike. The current line-up of re-runs and reality shows is so dire that my official “TV night” is made up of Wifeswap and Supernanny on ABC Wednesdays. No jokes, I consider this block of prime time programming the very best of what television has to offer me these days. I know everybody’s psyched up about...
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Heath Ledger found dead in downtown Manhattan
My pal Ray just told me Heath Ledger died this afternoon. I thought he was joking because when I searched Google news, not a single story came up. Then, not even five minutes later (when Ray swore he wasn’t playing one of his infamous pranks) I searched again and it’s suddenly everywhere. Here’s the NY Times story that was just posted, which states his death was likely due to...
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New/old versions of "Metal Heart" by Cat Power
Last week, me & my pal Ray got a sneak peek at the new Cat Power album “Jukebox,” which releases tomorrow. Ignorant ol’ Ray calls Jukebox “a real snoozer.” It is too bad Ray has no idea what he’s talking about. I think this collection of stripped-down, soulful songs is very awesome, and I’m positive that fans of Chan Marshall’s previous...
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The Girl's Guide to Kicking Your Career into Gear
On Wednesday I went to an authors’ event for the newly-released Girl’s Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear, the third book in the Girl’s Guide series by Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio. Why separate the genders when talking about career matters? Well, the authors emphasized that us ladies are notoriously bad at boasting accolades we have every right to brag about, not...
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"Wheel's on!" -- Guest blog by JOANNA
Last night me & roomie/BFF Joanna had our usual dinner and Wheel of Fortune date, only instead of exchanging quaint anecdotes about our work days like usual, she ignored me to maniacally type away on her laptop. I thought, “rude.” Until I received the following e-mail — a play-by-play recounting episode highlights — a marvelous guest blog by JOANNA. Enjoy. PAT you...
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The art I own = I am a creep ?
Because every art print I bought over the past 3 years has been black and white photography, I decided a while ago to switch things up for my next move. But more recently I noticed another (more bizarre) commonality between the prints I own — and now my decision to diversify might be a little more pressing. See if you can spot what my favorite photography prints have in common. Below, in...
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Eugenides and Saunders read from My Mistress's...
Last night I attended a reading by Jeffrey Eugenides and George Saunders in support of Eugenides’s new short story anthology My Mistress’s Sparrow Is Dead: Great Love Stories, from Chekhov to Munro. The coolest thing about this book (aside from its content) is that all sales proceeds directly fund free youth writing programs offered by 826 Chicago, one segment of 826 National, a...
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Best NYC brunch spots -- my picks
I have so much love for brunch. You & your killer hangover trudge in with the friends who caused it, rehash last night’s events while stuffing your face with carb-heavy homestyle foods, and leave feeling totally renewed & ready to face what remains of your weekend. Oh, brunch is downright magical. And now I’ll share my favorite spots in the Big Apple to let this magic...
That seems rather harsh to me, Matthew
From: Matthew (mxxxxxx@gmail.com) To: sarah (sxxxxxxxx@gmail.com) Date: Jan 8, 2008 7:28 PM Subject: Re: your shoes I blame YOU! On Jan 8, 2008, at 11:05 AM, sarah wrote: > joanna was going to bring your flip flops to work today to see if she > could meet up with ray at lunchtime and have him bring them home for > you. but she forgot them. we prob will be around tonight if you...
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Hangover recovery with the Muppets and Elton John
What a very excellent weekend. One highlight was hangover recovery with friends watching old episodes of the Muppet Show. Of the four we watched, I rate the episodes featuring Elton John and Paul Simon best for hangover healing, and the ones featuring Mark Hamill and Raquel Welch as the worrrrst. Also “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” sounds suprisingly extra-beautiful when accompanied by...
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Happy 20th Birthday, Big Top Pee-wee!
Yet another reason I believe in the awesomeness of 2008: this year marks the 20-year release anniversary of Big Top Pee-wee, one of my favorite movies. Big Top Pee-wee doesn’t get a lot of love. It was poorly reviewed by critics and overlooked by fans of its beloved precursor, Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. Granted, the premise is ridiculous (When a windstorm causes a traveling circus to...
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2008: The year the Internet finally catches up...
Hammer Time: Ex-rap star choreographs new career at Web startup San Francisco (AP) — MC Hammer hasn’t topped the music charts since the early 1990s, but the former rap star says he has another hit in him — only this time around he’ll produce it as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Hammer, whose real name is Stanley Burrell, is choreographing a new career as co-founder and chief...