January 2009
45 posts
Happy New Year!
Omg, not even midnight and everyone in my family is WASTED, especially my dad and his brothers. Someone has already insulted someone else (over eating too much, no less), a person has run to the bathroom crying, I kicked over and shattered an antique champagne glass, we had a family sing-along with my cousin playing the guitar, and my mother made a dramatic entrance.
What I’m trying to get...
December 2008
56 posts
The best game in the world
Is Set. NO CONTEST. It satisfies many of my requirements for games:
It depends on skill, not luck.
It is not weighted in any one player’s favor, at least not any more than life is weighted in favor of people who are smarter, faster, better (stronger!).
There is an element of suspense. You’ve gotta call sets out as you see ‘em, lest someone snatch one out from under your nose,...
Clipse
keyholez:
“the coke that I push is as pure as a child’s heart”
That, plus these (just in that one intro):
-“it’s the hood’s Obama / shoveling (Mc)’caine / out the project windows”
-“the theme was coke / but the lines was uplifting”
-“nothing beats a true flip / I do it in the dark / I cut it just right like when I parallel park / my hands in the...
Watch“BURN-E”
(Pixar short spin-off of WALL-E)
“Merry Christmas, Baby” - Otis...
Joke's on you
My cousin got a prank kit this morning, which contains: a device for snatching back bait dollars, disappearing ink, a host of fake excrements, and a decoy pack of gum that squirts water at you when you reach for it.
All of the contents have a distinct Tom Sawyer vibe. A friendly reminder that certain pastimes (jokes; shenanigans; hijinks; mischief) transcend time, fiction, and era, as long as the...
Not great, but I wouldn't call it a hate crime →
Hey! Remember the house on my street with the McCain-Palin sign? It turns out that the tires on their car (which also has a McCain sticker on it) have been getting slashed for over a year now and a swastika was traced in the dust on their car window.
Gotta admit: although the swastika is way uncool, my threshold for feeling sympathetic about this is pretty low today! My cousin Pablo brought a...
Iguanas
This morning, my cousin Diego woke up and ran to the window to look down at the pool. From the 12th floor, it is nothing more than an alluring aquamarine lima bean. Every glance out the window makes one think ‘life would be better if I were down there right now.’
It’s strangely easy to forget that 10 year olds have different motives than young adults seeking tans and...
Frenemies
I know what to expect when I come home now. I clomp towards the kitchen with loud, emphatic steps, taking every measure to make my presence known. I don’t want any uncomfortable run-ins in my own apartment!
Still, no matter what I do, I’m no longer mistress of my kitchen, because the mice are ALWAYS THERE. They dive under the stovetop as soon as they see me (aren’t they supposed...
leilacohan:
saramcpherson:
Heike Has the...
“My Girls” - Animal Collective
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I know there's a whole blog/book about this...
But I just sent my mom an email telling her that my phone is dead, and she replied with: “OMG! Bad news.”
There was more, but… “OMG!”!!!
I’m reading The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York, which is as frivolous as it sounds, and also very fun to read. Reading this book compelled me to try on perfumes yesterday, after already convincing me that it was totally okay to try on a multitude of perfumes (“clients don’t want to ‘smell like five things at the same time’...
“Still Got It 4 Cheap” - Clinton...
Clipse responds to Tom Breihan's review of their... →
perpetua:
Though Clipse are being maybe a bit too touchy and sensitive about what is essentially a very positive review, I really appreciate that their comments here are thoughtful and well-written. If you’re going to publicly react to a review of your own work — which you probably should never do — this is definitely the best case scenario. Also: Tom Breihan responds on his blog.
Whoa, the...
Haha
Just read the Guardian article about Knut. Blame is placed in the opening paragraph:
Knut the celebrity polar bear has become a victim of the credit crunch: the zoo that reaped in the euros from its most famous resident can no longer afford to keep him.
Guys, it’s all the economy’s fault! It has nothing to do with this:
18 months of hand-rearing after rejection by his mother has...
Guys, you know how I feel about Polaroids! →
So this = sad news to me. Poladroid is only half-way okay as a substitute, and I’m being real generous.
“L’espace d’une fille” -...
I don't pretend to understand our healthcare...
If I understand anything about how healthcare works, it’s because of a combination of Paul Krugman Op/Ed pieces and my own anecdotal comparisons of the US and French systems. I don’t see this as a nuanced, well-rounded, or unbiased place to look at this from, so I usually don’t look at it at all.
However! Here is what seems like a sign that things are pretty deeply fucked up: I...
“In Public” - Kelis feat. Nas
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Who was I, pre-1995?
Elsa: i know EVERY SINGLE LINE
it is sort of terrible
+Jess: but universal!
Elsa: mhmm!
what i didn't mention in my post
is that i have several trigger words
like ANY TIME ANY ONE says "in conclusion"
that AUTOMATICALLY make me recite lines from clueless in my head
+Jess: it does not say rsvp on the statue of liberty?
Elsa: yep!
every. single. time. i hear "in conclusion"
that is what i think of
+Jess: often, "she could be a farmer in those clothes" pops into my head unprompted
Elsa: YUP
SO OFTEN
these caps are all totally warranted, btw
i cannot emphasize strongly enough
how much this movie has become part of my brain
This morning, the man sitting across from me on the train pulled out a Discman and a CD wallet from his backpack. Five years ago, this would have been nothing, but today? It was more bewildering to me than the weekend’s knife sharpening truck.
I started watching him and, though I may be imposing meaning where there was none, it seemed that he was listening to his music with more focus than...
“Recommendation” - Mirah
College!
“Satellite of Love” - Lou Reed
This...
WatchPlus, the Pepsi Max blue creature just makes me think of the 30 Rock blue dude!
