2008

Things happening on the internet

-Zach Galifianakis has a twitter! It’s all jokes, and they’re funny. -An...

Because I don't break promises -

Sorry, B.

I have unabashedly loved Beyoncé since 1999, and that love has only billowed with each passing year....

“If you saw Barack on a yacht, that would be pretty unseemly....”
— Kenneth Mack, from “The...

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“The spring of the works seemed unfound only by her: she...”
— The Death of the Heart, p. 72

Telling wordclouds of McCain and Obama’s blogs [via...

Busy lady

Elsam’s Restaurant & Bar. If you’re planning on wearing sneakers, hoodies or any other...

This is what I spent the past half hour doing at work. For...

Jess: yes, reading watchmen is a trend
Jess: it has been observed by others!
Elsa: i didn't disavow that it was a trend
Elsa: just not a trend piece
Jessica: haha, not yet!
Elsa: i think to officially fall into the category of trend story
Elsa: it needs to be [observed thing/trend] + [unlikely component]
Jessica: such as?
Elsa: well, obviously now i can't think of examples! but boys on subway reading watchmen in anticipation of impending movie is not a trend piece
Elsa: okay like [women are eating steak] + [to impress dates]
Elsa: to use the ultimate story
Jess: so [people reading watchmen] + [to get ready for the movie] isn't one
Jess: but maybe [people reading watchmen] + [the fact that everyone thought this was the one comic that couldn't be translated into a movie, but they're so damn excited by the trailer that they're giving it a shot anyway] might be

Where my job meets thinking about Mad...

I spent hours last week slogging through Flickr for good-looking vintage food advertisements. A good...

Trending

Leila: fun fact!
Leila: there have been less ny reviews on menupages this week
Leila: you know why?
Elsa: why?
Leila: because people are staying home and watching the olympics
Elsa: oh my gosh
Elsa: that's kind of awesome
Leila: other anecdotal "trend stories"
Leila: lots of people are reading watchmen on the subway
Elsa: that was not a trend story
Leila: three on my car this morning!
Leila: THREE IS A TREND
Elsa: but not a trend story!
Elsa: the differences are crucial
Leila: story:
Leila: i was on the train this morning.
Leila: three people were reading watchmen
Leila: is this a trend?
Leila: yes.
Leila: PUBLISH THAT SHIT NYT STYLE SECTION
Elsa: it is a trend.
Elsa: it is half of a story.
Elsa: it is not a trend story.
Elsa: it would be a trend story
Elsa: if say
Elsa: three people were reading watchmen on the subway this morning
Elsa: and all three of them were ladies wearing gloves
Elsa: trend story! people who are trying to bring back gloves are into watchmen!
Elsa: here's the REAL trend story
Elsa: people who interpret everything as a trend story
Leila: aka EVERYONE IN NEW YORK MEDIA
Elsa: i'm actually a little bit serious
Elsa: jokes about trend stories / seeing everything as a trend story IS the new trend story

Looking ahead

I don’t usually do anything for Halloween, because it feels dumb, but also because I never...

Mad Men

Makes me want a housewife.

Once it's already crossed over to...

Elsa: embarrassing fact
Elsa: i've been hearing about mgmt for months now obvi, because the rock i live under is not that big
Elsa: but didn't have the energy to investigate
Elsa: and i finally heard their song and realized that i know it very well. very well indeed
Elsa: FROM FOREVER 21
Leila: i had a similar experience
Elsa: THIS IS HOW I LEARN ABOUT HIP MUSIC

How did it become fall within the space of a day? The light has totally changed and now I feel like...

I finally:

-Bought a blender/food processor. Dinner was homemade hummus and a smoothie. -Made a muxtape! Who...

Holy shit MBTA. Pull it together.

Elizabeth Moss/"Peggy"/"Zoey" is maybe a...

Motor Yacht “A” - this, from the man who...

Twittering (tweeting?), really

My apartment is filled with an overpowering rose scent. I don’t have roses. This seems...

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Bad ideas/good ideas

Bad ideas that didn’t end in tragedy: slicing onions with my eyes closed. Good ideas that...

Today things

-Wait, what? Bernie Mac is dead? -Taking control of my CSA bounty. I already made cucumber pickles...

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Late to the game

I watched most of the first season of Mad Men this weekend, and yeah, what they say is true:...

Daph took this picture of our cousin Olivia. I’m...

(Brownstone) Brooklyn TROUBLZ

UH-OH, GUYS. My CSA was too productive this week!

Yes, this is one of those ridiculous articles that the NYT...

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This is what happiness looks like. The not captured: behind...

“_____ is part of a whole popular tumblr clique. YES I JUST...”
— El Sam

Peter Granser’s photos are basically exactly what I...

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1. Alec Baldwin does not seem like the man for this job. 2....

I'm fully expecting someone to have face...

Carly: i'm sorry, i know it's uncool now, but the hills looks kind of awes
Elsa: oh, i agree! but i think that might have more to do with the producers perfecting the art of the trailer? because the last season looked great on trailer too, and then totally fell flat for me
Elsa: so
Elsa: i would like for them to just make trailers for me to watch all the time
Carly: also, i am embracing the entirely staged ridiculous nature of this
Carly: which has gotten pointedly more absurd over the years
Carly: DOUG HAS A JET?
Elsa: maybe this season will be better than the last for that reason?
Elsa: like, they were still a little bit pretending it was real even though it was so very clearly not
Carly: yeah, like a parabola
Elsa: and now it has descended into outright, very, very obvious soap opera which might just be its salvation

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“To repent of egoism: is autobiography the best method? Well,...”
— The Sea, The Sea, Iris...

Eternal questions

Construction workers and catcalling. Does it happen because: - They already know that it’s...

More from the Archives

Also year 13. Still remember all the lyrics. It could be worse.

Still not apologizing for it

“What’s your favorite band?” Alexa asks. We’re sitting in the back...

Elsa: new york magazine came to menupages
Elsa: and said
Elsa: "let me upgrade u"
Leila: they can do for us what martin did for the people

On the subject of teen movie marathons

Elsa: Also I feel like "Dick" should be in it.
Leila: yeah, I love -
Elsa: YEAH YOU DO

Deal with the devil / breaking the...

Elsa: he wants me to talk about how i sleep with him whenever i post things
Elsa: but that is not how el sam works
Elsa: my blog is (basically!) a model of discretion, in re: my dating life
Jess: unless, of course, you do get that baby out of the deal
Jess: in which case, it's probably legit to be like
Jess: HI THIS GUY IS ON YOUTUBE. ALSO, IN MY TUBES.

I signed up for a mailing list today that asked me to identify my gender. Nothing so crazy about...

So it turns out

That a few hours of writing with the royal we is a great way to fast-track feeling like an asshole....

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Take note, lexicographers!

Leila: DAY PLANNER
Elsa: GOOGENDAR

Say what?

I woke up this morning with “Say It Ain’t So” stuck in my head, so when I turned...

Muxtape Stumbler

leilacohan: Everything wrong with America in one picture. ...

Dreams do come true!

Elsa: because you're on the fame track?
Gabriel: yes
Elsa: oh geez
Gabriel: it's insane
Gabriel: ASK ME WHAT I MEAN
Gabriel: I NEED TO BOAST
Elsa: OKAY
Elsa: WHAT EVER DO YOU MEAN, GABRIEL?
Gabriel: nevermind
Gabriel: forget it
Gabriel: it's no biggie
Elsa: don't be so modest!
Gabriel: let's just say... you should let me get you pregnant so you can sue for palimony
Elsa: wow
Gabriel: i mean
Gabriel: not right away
Gabriel: but soonish

"100 Candles: Anne of Green Gables grows old...

Yeah, yeah

Maine, island, private, and all that, but still - a little awful to sign in to facebook this morning...

Oh my!

Shut up today

Current interests: pizza (specifically, Sam’s); Wall-E, online shopping (specifically,...

Exercises in ?

Two weekends ago - back when I had exhaustion - my internet wasn’t working, so I went to the...

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These are the things I want to hold...

My visceral negative reaction to being back in the city is fading, especially post-discovery of...

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ROOFDECK ROOFDECK ROOFDECK. Thanks, blogosphere, for...

Not Maine!

… but a sort of funny thing that happened to me this morning! Dragging myself up out of the...

This is a gnome dwelling. There is a path on the Island that...

A little more about Sunday

Sunday’s edition of Potluck Club was dumpling themed, and my-oh-my was it good. Everything was...

Minutaie (a misdiagnosis + a...

This weekend, I floated through the days not doing much of anything at all. I chalked it up to the...

fredseibert: Barack Obama - Santa Fe Art District (via...

“Can Jigga be Obama’s VP? Please?”
— Leila

A text message I sent this weekend

To add to the library of girl escalator thoughts: “oh, that dog is a ghost.” WHAT AM I?

Thoughts on today

Elsa: the worrrrrrrrrst
Elsa: worrrrrrrrrrrrst
Elsa: it makes me feel like scratching a hole through my skull
Leila: SHUT UP
Elsa: i was considering "putting a pencil through my eye"
Elsa: but it didn't have the same ring of timeliness!
Leila: update
Leila: another hour has passed wherein i did nothing
Elsa: update
Elsa: blerg
Elsa: YES, THAT IS THE BEST I COULD COME UP WITH

“You have probably seen this kind of guy at London parties,...”
— Karl Rove, saying some things...

“The theory—and a theory is all it is right now—has begun to...”
— from “The Itch,”...

More thoughts on that song

Elsa: another thing i love about this song
Elsa: is when they list all the articles of clothing that the girl was wearing
Elsa: also
Elsa: they all had the same girl that summer?
Elsa: i don't think the conceit works for a group sing
Leila: right?
Leila: i mean
Leila: that's the boy band problem in a nutshell

I just can't get over the dance...

Elsa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25qiZy7vmqY
Leila: this video is amazing
Elsa: right?
Leila: also, i like that jonathan is jon now
Leila: we all know!
Leila: this song is a lfo knockoff
Elsa: i put it on my tumblr when i first heard it, and that's exactly what i said
Leila: YEAH BOSTON
Leila: that is all nkotb makes me think
Elsa: mhmm
Elsa: "jones beach 1988!"
Leila: especially because they could not look more like boston
Elsa: also something about the way he says "the boy from the city"
Elsa: super boston
Leila: also, joey is still cute
Elsa: YEAH HE IS
Leila: I'D HIT THAT
Elsa: YEAH YOU WOULD
Elsa: (so would i)
Leila: AT THE LIL' PEACH
Leila: NOW TEDESCHI'S
Leila: that was amazing
Elsa: it's a triumph of songwriting AND cinematography

“Even if you never met him, you know this guy. He’s the...”
— Karl Rove, on Obama...

Because The Wire is still happening

Carly: http://www.mcnultys.com
Elsa: heh mcnulty's
Carly: right? now i like to imagine that he quit the force and opened a coffee place!
Elsa: yep! that's totally what he did. it's family-owned - _____ works there too. i just like to believe that the wire world is still going on. like, they all exist now and are going around living their lives in baltimore.

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From “Hyper”, a series by Denis Darzacq.

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A great thing about my life

I went to IKEA (!!) last night, which is a great thing about my life in its own right, because,...

The Curious Expeditions flickr photostream just might be the...

Sad news, guys

REAL SAD NEWS. I think the end of the world might be here. Yesterday, Jess sent me millions of...

By Mike Lemanski. There is nothing that I don’t love...

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Extension of a conversation with Jess

Yesterday shaped up to be a pretty nerdy day for me, in my little way. I started out by playing Set,...

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Time's 50 Best Websites of 2008

“Melting Words” from Kotama Bouabane.

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Twenty years ago today, Jamie Livingston took this polaroid...

Oh gosh

Too much nail polish and too much alone time today, kids. Sometimes this Fridays off thing turns out...

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