January 2011
80 posts
What's Happening in Egypt Explained. (UPDATED) →
soupsoup:
Deleted the previous version of this post because the person who posted it copy and pasted it from Mother Jones without attribution.
A must read.
Online degrees qualify cat to be your shrink |... →
“Any cat can obtain a diploma over the Internet. Think about it.”
'Oregon Trail' and 'Carmen SanDiego' Games Coming... →
Peace out, productivity.
“I’m just so surprised by this nomination!!”
– Every liar who has ever gotten nominated for an Oscar. (via synecdoche)
Carey Mulligan wants to appear on 'To Catch a... →
I’ve seen the episode she’s discussing and I love it. Easily one of my favorite shows — and I’m hoping Super Bowl Sunday involves a To Catch a Predator marathon.
I’m so emotionally exhausted (& resting for the birthday party tomorrow) and I’ve discovered a vampire weekend concert on vh1. Fun.
“Celebrity can be fickle, and Ms. Katz said Murray Hill “is starting to lose its...”
– a New York Times piece essentially laying out why Murray Hill makes my skin crawl.
My only comments to this girl:
What coolness?
No, boo, you’re not making fun of yourself.
“They weren’t supposed to be sharing” he said. “One was eating...”
– a source in the Philadelphia Daily News regarding a man who got shot for stealing another’s food. The question is: was he shot over French fries, or was he shot over cake? Important questions.
Also: you stay classy, Philadelphia.
“I haven’t seen that many crocodile tears since they shot my last handbag.”
– Joan Rivers on Lea Michele’s terrible “everything is about me” phony tears last night.
-saturdaynightlive:
The Heavy - How You Like Me...
Making responsible life decisions
Me: I think I'm over ____.
Jackie: Why? The emoticon?
Me: Yes. And he likes Inception too much.
In September I went to an advance screening of The Social Network and I wrote this post. I have been so firmly behind this film from the first time that I have seen it, and I am so proud of it right now.
I wound up loving movies this year, and I don’t want to devalue anything that I’ve seen recently, but to me, nothing came close to topping The Social Network. It was a film where...
I mean...
That Best Actor comedy category was a real bust, but man, did I hate Barney’s Version.
tropicalpunchmonday:
Watching the Golden Globes red carpet pre-show. It’s 80 degrees in LA?!?!? Who wants to go?
-T
Yes. Yes. Yes.
I waver between whether living in New York (where I grew up and where family is) or living in Los Angeles is better for me professionally. Then I hear tonight’s low in NYC is 13, and it’s 80 in LA, and well, it really does tip the scale on the left...
“As I don’t like hipsters, and we were wearing cocktail dresses and heels,...”
– The deciding factor on where I decided to celebrate my birthday, from a Yelp review.
bluebirds and lemondrops: A Toast To You →
thefrenemy:
So tonight I propose a toast, home in my comfy bed with my tiny glass full of cheap wine, to the lovely ladies I know:
To the girls who:
find a gooey grilled cheese sandwich, buttered and panini style, more worthwhile than the guys who don’t text them back, don’t take them out,…
Hey NYC
Where should I have my birthday party in two weeks? Only requirements: not douchey, not fratty, not uptown. Where should I go?