October 2008
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My friend Val is so beautiful and famous in Ingrid...
This week Borders exclusively debuted Ingrid Michaelson’s new “Be OK” video, which is exciting for 2 reasons: All proceeds from the new album will benefit Stand Up To Cancer (regardless of where you purchase it). My friend Val is featured in this slideshow compiled of fan photos (sent in per Michaelson’s request for fan faces with “Be OK” written on them...
I have never ever felt so proud
from Twitter to sarahspyblog@gmail.com date Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 6:50 PM subject Barack Obama is now following you on Twitter! Hi, twitter.com/sarahspy. Barack Obama (BarackObama) is now following your updates on Twitter. Check out Barack Obama’s profile here: http://twitter.com/BarackObama Best, Twitter
I'm here to help with your last-minute Halloween...
Last year me & some pals went as a fleet of sailors, which was pretty lo-fi. You just get a sailor hat, wear navy blue & white, maybe a scarf, some seahorse bling, whatever. This year I’m not dressing up. I don’t care who comes out with some fantastical nutso Halloween party where costumes are mandatory. No. Not feeling it. BUT maybe you guys are totally feeling it! I...
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GOODLINKS: a weekend round-up from across the web
Eve gave a thumbs up to Obama the other day by getting a manicure of his face! (via fashion indie) A pretty cool guide to the best street art spots in Brooklyn. (via Brooklyn Based) Fact or fiction? A run-down of the many rumored dirty moments in Disney movies, with YouTube clip evidence. (via Urlesque) Artist Jason Freeny explores what the inside of a LEGO man would look like if he had a...
I'm not feeling too proud about dropping the ball...
At SXSW ‘08, I discovered the DAY PARTY: a usually FREE event featuring open bars & snacks sometimes & watching 6 bands in a row that you haven’t heard of but are probably fantastic & will be huge in 2 months & you get to say you saw them “before stupids caught on.” It’s a sweet deal— earning indie cred while getting sloshed for free at 2pm. No...
Some horrible things that happened today include...
Last night around 4:30am I felt SURPRISED when my face slammed into a wall real hard. I’ve actually been waiting for this to happen since I moved into this apartment, so I guess I’m glad to get it over with, sort of. See, the one drawback to my awesome huge studio apartment is the narrow, winding hallway leading to the bathroom— NOT easy to navigate in the middle of the night...
Top 3 prettiest places I visited on my...
Seattle was a gorgeous city to vacation in. I spent a lot of time wandering it on foot & admiring its many waterfronts & public art. The top 3 prettiest places I visited are as follows. Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park: “…transformed a nine-acre industrial site into open and vibrant green space for art. This new waterfront park gives Seattle residents and...
In Seattle, this kid Nick stole my camera and took...
Last week, I went on vacation to Seattle/Portland. I’d never been to that part of the country, and I had a fantastic time. I’ll get to describing some of the sweet sights I saw later on. For now, let me tell you about Nick, a young gentleman from Spokane that I encountered on my journey. Nick’s an ex-coworker of the friend I crashed with in Seattle. He partied with us my 1st...
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GOODLINKS: a weekend round-up from around the web
Whoa— a British dude was just convicted of murdering his wife after she changed her Facebook status to “Single”! (via BBC News) May 6, 1984: The day Pat Sajak taught Little Richard and James Brown about some guy named Billie Holiday — a shameful true story! (via Urlesque) Lauren Conrad showed her new collection at LA’s Fashion Week, and fashion indie calls it...
Two old Russian ladies beating each other with...
We Have Lasers!!!!!!!!!!
Remember those laser backgrounds you begged your Mom to spring for on school picture day? Well, when I visited my new favorite blog We Have Lasers!, I stumbled upon THE EXACT BACKGROUND I remember begging & begging for to no avail: Mom said No. Every year it was boring blue clouds for me. And that is the exact reason why this blog o’ laser portraits has got me all nostalgic today,...
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GOODLINKS: a weekend round-up
A coincidental ad placement? (via Science Blogs) Rembember Koko, the super-smart gorilla that learned sign language in the 80s? Since then, he’s apparently been involved in a number of sexual harassment lawsuits, due to his “nipple fetish”?!? (via Sorry I Missed Your Party) Are moustaches the newest runway trend? (via fashionindie) Project-Free TV is a new site to watch all...
Hipster Haiku is a gifty little book for your...
Stumbled upon this book the other day, and found it awfully adorable. Siobhan Adcock’s collection of little poems in traditional “5-7-5” format pays a wry & often-hilarious tribute to the hipster lifestyle. A few examples from the book, which is just slightly larger than pocket sized: If there’s a bald man In a Lower East Side bar, It is David Cross * * * Writ on...
Gmail actually invented an e-mail breathalyzer!
Well psycho, guess what. Google actually developed a breathalyzer function for your Gmail account, which releases this week. It’s called Mail Goggles! As described on the Official Gmail Blog: When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you’re really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math...
SARAHSPY's 200th blog post debuts the "Foods...
Aww. Today marks this blog’s 200th post, and October makes one year since this site’s inception! To celebrate, I’m debuting a fun little side-project to benefit a non-profit that’s very important to me— a Foods before Dudes merch shop! “Foods before dudes” is a slogan my pal Emily and I coined a few years back (a new & improved take on the...
Obamanators vs. Mccainiacs in the official...
Brobots for Barack!! Nice. Click to Jon M. Chu’s America’s Dance Party to lend your sweet moves in support of the Obamanators or Mccainiacs. The deadline to submit a video entry is October 10.
"Twist and Shout" with Ferris Bueller this...
Attention Ferris Bueller’s Day Off fans! This year’s 35th annual Village Halloween Parade in New York City will include a re-creation of the movie’s famous Von Steuben Day parade — float dancing, Beatles sing-a-long, and all! Anonymous organizers “Project Bueller” originally tried to make this happen for Deitch Project’s Art Parade, which was cancelled last...
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Just saying hi and showing you this pic of a cute...
This “super tough” ex of mine a billion years back used to make fun of me for crying at things like TV award shows & the Olympics & this photograph we saw once of the tiniest koala ever born whose eyes looked like he was about to cry with happiness. I would love to find that koala pic again. I think I deleted it in a bitter rage shortly after the break-up. Whatevs. Love...
Can NaNoWriMo steer us from Facebook, towards the...
Editor’s Note: My co-worker Shirley is great because she pays me public compliments & feigns genuine interest when I whine in her office doorway. This week, we together decided to attempt the 10th annual National Novel Writing Month challenge, and pen 50,000 words in November! Daunting, but the solidarity should help. Sign-ups start TODAY at nanowrimo.org. Join us, and read...