January 2010
34 posts
Real-life conversations:
Coworker #1: I can't believe the guy who wrote my favorite book died today.
Coworker #2: Oh, what's your favorite book?
Coworker #1: 1984. He wrote Animal Farm too.
Coworker #2: * blank stare *
Watchthedailywhat:
Movie Trailer of the Day: First official teaser trailer for Oliver Stone’s much-anticipated follow-up to 1987’s Oscar-winning cinematic touchstone Wall Street, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
Synopsis:
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two-tiered...
Drinks to be served at a literary bar
booyahgrandma:
pterodactyls:
Tequila Mockingbird
Cat on a Sloe Gin Roof
Brandy My Heart at Wounded Knee
And Then There Was Rum
Sense and Absinthabiity
Gin Hamlet on the Rocks
Whiskey the Pooh (for the children!)
The Twilight Saga: New Moonshine (for YA!)
Moby Gimlet
Love in the Time of Margaritas
I Know why the Average Person Drinks
The Handmaid’s Cocktail
Watch“Directed by Karen O’s boyfriend Barney Clay, the clip features smokey projections of the band as they haunt a black-and-white graveyard. Karen kinda looks like the Bride of Frankenstein in it. Watch the video along with a worth-it making-of featurette below” via Pitchfork.
Carson (and Connor)s’ company did* this! Good work!
*I don’t know the proper production...
What to wear: Wedding party
So I am in the house party of a wedding in May where I am a friend of both the bride and the groom. The bride wants our dresses to match the spring theme of the wedding so the maids are wearing yellow and the house party is wearing pink.
I am not typically a pink person (muted colors wardrobe anyone?) so I am pretty excited to step out of my comfort zone. Also, I love playing dress up, so I am...
A modest proposal for how MTV can follow up Jersey... →
One word: Massholes.
Genius. Maris? Thoughts?
Stuff White People Like
#131: Conan O’Brien.
True story: I went to the Conan show back in the DAY (approx. a decade ago) when Andy Richter was still on the couch and the guest stars were The Goo Goo Dolls and Kenneth Branagh and Penn and Teller (I saw the little one talk during commercial breaks, too). I had little to no concept of this Conan character except my then-boyfriend and his older brother were obsessed...
WatchMy new favorite person, Tim Murphy, asking random New Yorkers what makes them happy. The answers are much more up my alley than the pretentious article that preceded it (all of these were really disguised work-out tips: boring). Shoes, wine, some lady’s hubbie stupping her. Classic.
PS I got a subscription to NY Mag for Christmas. Allegedly. That is all.
Watchthedailywhat:
New Music Video! M.I.A. - “Theres Space For Ol Dat I See”
Brand spankin’ new joint, released directly via Ms. Maya’s twitter. Possibly off her upcoming, as-yet-untitled studio album, which is expected to be released this summer.
[stereogum.]
Adios Tumblarity
And good riddance. I got internet famous once on a random post I put up highlighting Sarah Palin’s factual errors in her resignation speech, and my tumblarity shot through the roof. As that was entirely a fluke and the majority of my posts are about me or things I like or people I love, there is pretty much zero chance that would ever happen again. But, that’s not why I...
The Vintage Ad Browser. →
devincastro:
100,000+ vintage advertisements to explore. I’m in love.
So Leno at 11:35, Conan at 12:05, and Fallon at...
hortenseg:
I know a half-hour late night show is possible, thanks to Mr. Stewart and Mr. Colbert, but what the hell is Jay Leno going to do in 30 minutes? It’s seriously going to cut into his “slap fives with the audience” time, no?
My vote is no Leno, Conan, Fallon. If you’ve been watching any Fallon since the show started, you’ll agree that his repoire with guests exceeds above...
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New Year's Resolutions: NYC inspired
I am the type of city resident who fails at appreciating some of the finer cultural aspects of this fair city. Since I don’t plan on living here forever (famous last words), here are some things I would like to accomplish in 2010 that I have yet to do.
Visit the Highline. I am actually pretty embarassed I haven’t done this yet. It is close, and I live here so I can’t use the...
Child responses to questions about marriage
averyhappylife:
HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY? You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming. — Alan, age 10 No person really decides before they grow up who they’re going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you’re stuck with… — Kristen,...