December 2008
22 posts
Happy new year everybody
From Time mag’s pictures of the year
Dear Diary, Tonight my parents took me to the...
Dear Diary, Tonight was my last night in Massachusetts for the holidays, so Mom & Dad took me to the m’f’ing OLIVE GARDEN. Oh yup. Booyah. Dinner didn’t exactly start out awesome, though. Me & Dad got in a “lil tiff” about the Gorgonzola Steak Fettuccini. Dad was like “You’re not ordering a 16 dollar entree.” But it looked so good in...
13 peeps really fascinated me in 2008
Check out my guest spot at This Recording for my year-end list of the 13 people who fascinated me most in 2008. The high-end artwork I made to accompany the piece will surely impress the heck out of you. (Oh, Puppycam’s on the list alright)
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GOODLINKS: a weekend round-up from across the web
Legendary actress, singer, and sex kitten Eartha Kitt passed away on Christmas Day at the age of 81. (via Popbytes) Check out Poppytalk’s Boxing Day sale for great deals on handmade and vintage goods online. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have released about 100 new outtakes from their book Influence. (via Fashion Indie) Videogum posted the best and worst people of 2008. Finally—...
Typealyzer.com thinks I'm the "friendly and...
Plug your blog URL into Typealyzer.com for a Myers-Briggs-esque analysis of your website’s writing style. Here are SARAHSPY’s results: The entertaining and friendly type (true, obvi). They are especially attuned to pleasure and beauty and like to fill their surroundings with soft fabrics, bright colors and sweet smells (word). They live in the present moment and don´t like to plan...
I made a music video for my 2 year old niece for...
Sure hope she doesn’t mind that the background music essentially causes the video to sound like a dead kid tribute. Happy holidays, everybody! :)
Happy holidays from the California Raisins, Fat...
Care to regale the season with me & these beloved blasts from the past?
I'm sure you won't mind buying me a couple of...
Here’s my last minute wish list from ModCloth, a shop I just found via clicking on a Facebook ad. They’ve got a free “upgrade to Next Day Air” deal going on right now, so no worries, you can still get me these by Xmas. “Tickets to the Show” dress in emerald $69.99 Blue Pleat Special dress $84.99 Mrs. Peacock dress $139.99 Miss Mary Mack necklace $79.99 ...
Christian Louboutin to design Barbie pink pumps...
Well, I just think this is one of the coolest things ever. Via WWD: Christian Louboutin is designing pumps in iconic Barbie Pantone 219 Pink, which will make their debut at the special runway show that Mattel Inc. is staging during New York fashion week next February. Fifty as-yet-undisclosed designers will produce Barbie-inspired outfits for the runway, and each of the 50 models will be wearing...
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GOODLINKS: a weekend round-up from across the web
Model Agyness Deyn posed as Marilyn Monroe for Vogue Korea’s January issue. (via Is Mental) For you apartment dwellers, here’s a list of foolproof houseplants that don’t require direct light. (via Apartment Therapy) Belgian creative agency So Nice is allowing the public to vote on which employees get laid off during their downsizing. (via Zoomdoggle) SPARKS is being...
Bert and Ernie give gangsta rap a try
Some 23 year-old Norwegian dude made this. I’m gonna watch this vid 17 or 18 more times and contemplate my own personal definition of “art” now.
Something else I want to hug
I don’t know what this thing is— a baby panda? little dog?— but I definitely want to hug it for at least 10 minutes. Found via i heart it.
My friend Jessica changed her Facebook status to...
Jessica: oh no. he is checking FB right now and i am sitting beside him. me: wait what really Jessica: i feel like i am going to be sick me: oh man me: im really glad to be a part of this moment Jessica: ok but seriously i am sweating Jessica: LOL. oh god there it is Jessica: he has his computer hooked up to his TV so it is 52 inches of embarrassment staring back at me me: SHUTUP me: this is the...
SARAHSPY's totally subjective top 30 albums of...
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight Myspace | Insound | Amazon Lykke Li - Youth Novels Myspace | Insound | Amazon Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago Myspace | Insound | Amazon Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer Myspace | Insound | Amazon She & Him - Volume One Myspace | Insound | Amazon Portishead - Third Myspace | Insound | Amazon Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim Myspace | Insound...
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GOODLINKS: a weekend round-up from across the web
Last night’s full moon appeared larger & brighter because it’s the closest it’s been to Earth since 1993! (via BoingBoing) Legendary 50’s pin-up Bettie Page passed away this week at age 85. (via Popbytes) What were the 10 most popular web videos of 2008? (via Silicon Valley Insider) Would you want to give birth in Tawain’s new Hello Kitty themed maternity...
White people whining and looking serious
Really enjoying these two blogs I just found, both in the same vein of Stuff White People Like. First there’s White People Trying to Look Serious— a tumblr-based collection of hilariously feigned serious faces. A definite staple for our overly self-aware Facebook/Myspace profiles, and a really clever & silly site. White Whine, on the other hand, features “a new white person...
What kind of pet should I get?
80% of the time I’m so satisfied with my decision to move into a studio. I don’t get crabby anymore about people using my shampoo, and lately my Q-Tip/Spoon/Beck dance parties get all kinds of out of hand. 20% of the time, though, I miss having another creature around (specifically Joanna). Even when she was too busy thesis-writing to listen to my hopes/dreams/feelings, it was cool...
Sure is fun mocking cheesy New Jersey guido dudes
Right? Just ask these guys: Here’s the original video being imitated. Do you think they did a pretty good job?
Could it be? Yeasayer = the best band I've seen...
I went to their sold out Friday show at Music Hall. I was mostly a fan of “2080” and wasn’t expecting them to be this frickin good. Amazing, amazing, amazing. I could barely walk home, what with all the dancing in bad shoes (especially during “Sunrise” when the whole place went nuts— so good, can’t even express in words, you guys). Now I’m doing...
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GOODLINKS: a weekend round-up from across the web
Mad Men’s Jon Hamm will guest star on 30 Rock as Liz Lemon’s hot doctor love interest! (via USA Today) Check out Brooklyn Based’s guide to holiday craft fairs, many of which are happening this weekend. Whoa— Cindy Crawford’s two children are so beautiful it’s scary. (via the Evil Beet) A Florida Congresswoman hung up on Obama twice, thinking it was a...
Pretty sure I can follow my dreams thanks to Kanye...
Tonight that new Kanye song “Street Lights” came on at the end of Grey’s Anatomy (reserved for especially emo tearjerky songs (listen here)), and I gotta say, it was an intense couple of minutes for me. Especially because I had just today gotten super into this track. On a couple of subway rides, I’d even listened to it multiple times, exclusively. I would assert that...
A factual explanation of why Peyton is hotter than...
I hope this fight between me & Sarah G. in response to her Facebook status doesn’t mean I’m out of the wedding. It’s just an issue I feel strongly about (as does some dude Andrew that I’ve never met but am probably going to marry now).
Auugghh somebody just buy me these shoes
The other day my friend’s Dad said we looked “like a couple of nerds.” I’d just purchased myself a new winter hat from GapKids, a boys size small, fleece-lined with ear flaps. Thought it was awesome, but now I’m doubting that style decision & every one I ever made before it. Clearly it’s time for a style upgrade. Firstly, I hate my shoes. All my shoes...