August 2008
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Nerve Magazine mistakenly thinks I'm qualified to...
Check me out on Nerve Magazine, as one of this week’s featured dating advice columnists! I’m pretty glad my gluttonous BBQ habit is finally opening doors for me to tell lots of people what to do. More guest appearances across the internets: — Today’s edition of fellow pop culture blog HoboTrashcan includes a guest post by yours truly! — Yesterday this adorable...
If I'd thought of the Sexy People blog idea first,...
Are you the proud owner of a friend named Jessica who forwards you links all the time? And most days you’re like, GEEZ WHAT NOW JESSICA, but every once in a while she outdoes herself with a link so hilarious & fantastic that your life is changed forever?? Sexy People joins the ranks of Cute Boys Make Me Nervous and Sorry I Missed Your Party as the third novelty blog idea I wish...
A game about a boring desk job will not help me...
Most of the time I like my job OK. But you know, sometimes I have really had it up to “here” & on those days, it’s fun to escape reality with mindless online games! Dunder Mifflin Infinity made sure to e-mail me about their online game’s upcoming 2.0 version, which I decided I definitely do not care about. Being 1 of 900 billion Office fans, I signed up last year,...
One thing I'll sure miss (not miss) about my...
I’m moving today! Within Brooklyn, of course. But I’m leaving good ol’ Prospect Heights. One thing I’m not gonna miss in the current neighborhood is a little landmark I’ve come to call “Dead Doll Garden.” For the past year, I’ve seen this everyday on my weekday morning walk to the subway: F’ING CREEPY, AND NOT OK I’d imagine these...
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21 years later, I'm still carrying that watermelon
Dirty Dancing has come of age, you guys. Today marks the 21st anniversary of the movie’s release in theatres! I remember Dad got in a lot of trouble the night my sister & I watched Dirty Dancing for the first time. We watched it on TV while Mom was out (I must’ve been about 9, my sister 7). Of course she came home at the part where Jennifer Grey dances with Patrick Swayze in...
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The reason I do not like the new Facebook design...
How about you guys? I know I can be pretty insecure sometimes. But, seriously, does the new Facebook revamp also make you feel like an elderly man clutching a computer mouse for the very first time?? Squinting & muttering “What the, what the, what the?” Where did my “Send Muppets” application go? What happened to that cute playlist I created to show off my stellar...
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What I Did This Summer: A round-up of this...
It sure has been a dumber summer. Can you believe it’s almost over? Time to get up in the front of the room & tell everybody what you did. Failed at Choosing My Own damn Adventure, despite my usual attempts to cheat the system Finally tracked down my favorite song ever: “My Baby” by Lil Romeo (which is definitely not embarrassing) Dined at fancy-schmancy restaurants on...
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How will you handle endless shoe design...
How many times have you thought to yourself, “Gosh, wouldn’t it be great if I could wear my favorite photographs on my feet?” Now you can design your own sneaker with any image you want, thanks to a new partnership between ZAZZLE and Keds, called Keds Studio. So far the canvas shoes are available in lace-up and slip-on styles for women & children (no men allowed! Haha. ...
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Practicing portraiture at Your Face Blog
London-based illustrator Damien Weighill began Your Face Blog in early 2007, hoping to improve his portrait-sketching skills by drawing random strangers. Readers participate by e-mailing photographs of themselves to be sketched in an upcoming post. Many have been willing to risk the artist’s often very silly rendering. At the time of this write-up, Weighill had just posted his 274th...
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Whoa! Chef Julia Child was a WWII spy!
What’s this tiny camera doing in the French puff pastry??? Reported by the Associated Press, via popbytes: Famed chef Julia Child shared a secret with Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and Chicago White Sox catcher Moe Berg at a time when the Nazis threatened the world. They served in an international spy ring managed by the Office of Strategic Services, an early version of the CIA...
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"Tootie, you're not being reasonable"
“MRS. GARRETT, DON’T YOU HAVE ANY FEELINGS?!” Tootie, I feel you. And you should’ve won an Emmy.
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QUESTION: Is 27 too old to get your nose pierced? ...
Let’s say I have this FRIEND. She is 27 years old, easy-going, really nice & sooo funny. Maybe she writes a blog. Maybe she is a Taurus. Maybe she enjoys good tunes, comfortable yet adorable fashions, and catching up w/pals over a beer or two or five. Let’s say this hypothetical young Brooklyn lady was considering getting her nose pierced. What would your reaction be? Would...
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I was too tired to see Margot & the Nuclear So and...
Since their 2006 release Dust of Retreat, ecclectic 8-piece Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s [Insound/Myspace] has been one of my favorite bands. I’ve been following their blog for behind-the-scenes glimpses at Animal, their upcoming sophomore album (something I posted about in February).
Last night they played a free show at Music Hall, and I was super-psyched to hear the new...
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Thank you APW for reminding me that Radiohead is...
Me and “the SARAHSPY entourage” intended to arrive at Liberty State Park for Saturday’s All Points West in time for Chromeo’s set, but that didn’t end up happening. Oh well. Here is what we did see: Metric was better than I thought they’d be. I’m generally bored by their recorded stuff— but watching them live, I thought, “OH okay, I get it...
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I had a ton o'fun at All Points West on Friday
When we walked in to Liberty State Park for Friday’s All Points West, there was a rainbow in the sky. Swear to god. Of course I said something like, “Hey, like IN RAINBOWS, you guys!” and we all enjoyed a special moment together. Check it, just behind & to the right of the ticket booth: We got there in time for Duffy, who was adorable, but later on Thom Yorke made fun of...
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I definitely need to plan a trip to D.C. to see...
Thanks to a tip from Popbytes, I found out that now through October 5th, Smithsonian’s International Gallery is showing Jim Henson’s Fantastic World— an exhibit documenting “Henson’s process of ‘visual thinking’ through works of art, photographs, documents, puppets and other 3-D objects, and film and video clips.” The traveling exhibition will hit a bunch...
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The Rock-afire Explosion: a Showbiz Pizza...
I predict everybody will forget about the Dark Knight when Rock-afire Explosion — a documentary about 80’s kiddie hotspot Showbiz Pizza Place — drops this Fall. The building drama in its trailer below has got me so worked up, I feel as if I just climbed out of a ball pit. “It was like being in rock-n-roll. It was exactly like being in rock and roll.” You guys,...
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I thought I was ready for my Sarsgaard-related...
Important Bulletin! Big Huge News! Get ready, get set! IN 7 WEEKS, I WILL SIT 3 ROWS AWAY FROM PETER SARSGAARD (when I attend his Broadway debut in the limited run of Chekov’s The Seagull) Sarsgaard stars opposite Kristin Scott Thomas, who won the 2007 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play with this role. I’ve enjoyed her in many movies about English people & approve of the...
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Liquorious.com adds creative cocktail coverage to...
From Jean Aw and Daniel Frysinger — the brains behind NOTCOT and NotCouture — comes a brand new style-watching site called Liquorious. This new addition to the NotEmpire seeks to “quench your thirst” for innovation within the cocktail industry, including innovative drink recipes, product design, and more. The site is still technically in its alpha stages, but it’s...
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Dear readers, have you seen this Morning Boy???
Once upon a time every morning I walk to the subway to get to work. And I always see this one guy! I call him Morning Boy. He seems to live near the subway stop I go to (approx a 6-minute walk from my house), whereas I live near a different stop in the other direction that he takes. So we cross paths almost everyday, and if we don’t, that means I’m running extra-late instead of...