December 2010
1 post
August 2010
2 posts
“I’m excited, Richard, because it’s not covering courts or cops or...”
– surprise happy ending! this time yesterday i was in tears over elliot and nancy’s seperation on thirtysomethig http://www.theawl.com/2010/08/seven-years-as-a-freelance-writer-or-how-to-make-vitamin-soup/2
“In your new book, the term “Goon Squad” refers to the passage of time. When...”
– http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/stray-questions-for-jennifer-egan/
May 2010
1 post
i said good day, sir
I am in a good mood! I feel like a lot happened today, though maybe nothing did? Hard to say. I’m just going to make a list of what happened, because I need to clear my brain. You know how it is.
-Graduation was a year ago. My friends in the class of 2010 graduated today and pointed out that my name is in the brochure. Um.
-I left my cell phone at work over the weekend and my...
March 2010
1 post
“My theory is that when people say, ‘Oh, you have to meet so-and-so, you’ll love...”
– http://betsylerner.com/2010/03/04/you-know-i-need-you/
February 2010
8 posts
Urban Dictionary: doing me →
Thinking about things I do that depress me, and reading Tumblr is actually a big one. Well I’m not positive about the nature of the causality, actually, but suffice it to say that reading Tumblr makes me feel bad some/a lot of the time. Maybe because it’s a “social” site that I really only lurk on, so everytime I “like” a post, I feel creepy and bad about my...
“The U.S. is a Cancer,” she continued, on a roll. “We absolutely have to keep the...”
– Susan Miller, y’all. http://www.observer.com/2010/culture/star-power?page=1
Progress report, quarter...4 I believe?
My new psychologist, who I haven’t really committed to yet, made some good points tonight. They were probably also super obvious, but I am apparently in remedial therapy after four years of this stuff, so super obvious is still necessary. I was talking about how much I hate my temp job and how I can’t wait until it ends, and he seemed appalled that I didn’t want to find a new...
“me: can you check out my twitter
and tell me if it’s “too...”
– I’m really lucky to have a friend that will do this for me in my list/gchat list…
Sad moment of my night: when The Office ends on TBS and I can’t scramble fast enough to change the channel and am forced to hear the beginning of George Lopez’s late night show on TBS. Noooooooo.
“Community made me extremely happy, and then 30 Rock made me even happier with...”
– When I can, I like to read Videogum’s Thursday Night TV open thread (this quote is from this week’s comments). TV is about the only thing I like these days, and all my favorite shows are on Thursday. I know this isn’t a big deal anymore because of DVD’s/everyone being a...
“Dear Girlfriday,
I wanted to follow up with you on the status of your...”
– Rejection I got today. I’ve been getting a lot of these since I started applying for jobs last spring, and I guess however you say it, the news is going to suck, but I thought this one was particularly mean. “We have decided to pursue other candidates that better match what we are...
January 2010
22 posts
Read and paid
Today I started listening to an audio book for temping survival purposes. I don’t know enough about music to move beyond the palatable mainstream indie soundtracks of certain movies—I’m just not ready to leave my comfort zone and try to comprehend Belle & Sebastian writ-large, ok! So I need something else to stimulate my ears. It reminds me of other books I’ve read...
“We’re gonna have to chop Leno’s head off like Jason Voorhees to get...”
– Vulture http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/01/bill_simmons_the_sports_guy_sa.html
I’m watching American Pie on Comedy Central (the 1 a.m. version doesn’t have the f-words edited out, score), and they keep playing commercials for the Turbo Snake, this tool for cleaning your pipes that looks like a big mascara wand. I have a weird thing about cleaning out gunk—it’s just a very attractive concept to me. Like, I think about an angioplasty and I’m...
“When Ryan Gosling comes back, his dad is like “I took a loan out from the...”
– http://videogum.com/archives/the_hunt_for_the_worst_movie_of_all_time/the_hunt_for_the_worst_movie_o_83_108451.html
“There is the woe-is-me hobble, the I-don’t-give-a-damn stomp, the...”
– http://www.observer.com/2010/politics/town-criers
Hobo kin
I had some matters to attend to in Hoboken today. My brain is a weird melange of unimportant movie factoids, so all I could think about was Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (Michael Cera’s character comes from “Hoboken no jokin’”) and Julie & Julia. I listened to the commentary on the J&J DVD and it turns out one part of the movie was filmed in the Hoboken...
“Pauly D is emerging as a gem true. But im sick of people being so polarized over...”
– Why yes, I am reading all seven pages of comments.
“Has anyone noticed how much the lack of cell phones is hindering Pauly D and The...”
– Insightful Vulture comment http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/01/jersey_shore_recap_top_ten_cat.html
“Soon enough it was explained to me that apparently I liked unavailable people,...”
– V. important: http://thisrecording.com/today/2010/1/7/in-which-we-request-a-do-over-on-this-last-decade.html
It’s called “In Which We Request A Do-Over On This Last Decade,” and boy does a do-over sound good. Whenever I read other people’s memories of college I feel...
“The bartender looked like a young Tom Hanks circa Big/Splash. I don’t know...”
– New fav-or-it blog http://www.apocalypstick.com/2009/11/im-on-bleachers.html#comments
“4. Your next step is to GIVE AN OPTION FOR TIMES/DATES WHEN YOU ARE FREE. IF YOU...”
– Agree agree agree http://www.apocalypstick.com/2009/12/stop.html#comments
Everything is just crap
So depressed. Just picked a fight with my mom about how she’s not supportive, which, while basically true, was not a nice thing to do. Something to do with realizing people’s limits/cutting my losses.
I shouldn’t let this bother me, but my Google Reader is deleting stuff that’s about a month old, and eff that. I was going to get to it eventually, ok, Google Reader? I...
"Snooki" linguistics
I just want to say something that is obvious to me, but maybe less obvious to everyone else who didn’t know 47 girls named Nicole growing up. Or maybe it’s obvious to everyone, who knows. Ok, so I’ve heard a few people pronounce the “Snook” part like the “oo” in “moon,” but it’s supposed to rhyme with “book.” Everyone gets...
One good thing about Soapnet is that yesterday I fell asleep to The OC and woke up to Gilmore Girls. No idea what was on for the eight-odd hours that I was sleeping, but those are good bookends.
EDIT: Jonny’s still alive in this episode, but he was dead yesterday! WTF Soapnet, play episodes in order!
I effed up my schedule and even though all I wanna do is eat mad cake right now, I’m trying to be a grown-up who refrains from constant munching. So I wish I could just fall asleep so it would be 8 hours from now and I’d be able to eat without feeling bad/bingey about it. Just sittin’ here watching Holidate (The OC is on next at 6 a.m.) wanting CAKE. MLIA! MLITwilight!...
“Last year, I was on the yearbook staff. Every single page I worked on (which was...”
– http://www.mylifeistwilight.com
“Founded in 1970 as an experiment in education reform, Hampshire College...”
– NYTBR on DON’T FOLLOW ME, I’M LOST. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/books/review/Beyer-t.html
I wanted to read the book anyway (personal failing here: I want it to be known that I already knew about this book and was already dying to read it!), but wow, how freaking good does it sound? Late...
P.S. McNulty’s DAD JEANS!!!
More The Wireblr
Happy new years. I finished Season 1 of The Wire and would like to hold a one-woman panel discussion. (Last week or so I was having drinks with my friends and expounding upon the greatness of Jersey Shore when I interrupted myself to say, “Ok, hold up, I want to do a roundtable on Brittany Murphy. You start.” I am so hi-lo pretentious that way.)
I’m not gonna front, part of...
December 2009
37 posts
But I'll always hate Zooey
I decided to give in, and now I just love (500) Days of Summer unabashedly.
It’s looking that way, anyway. It seems like it’s mirroring my complicated history with Juno, which is now basically my favorite movie but didn’t quite start out that way. For months before Juno came out I was freaking out over how good the previews looked, how much I loved the cast, how amazing it...
I’ve taken two showers in the past four days, and they’ve both preceded trips to Blockbuster. You know that Linda Evangelista quote about not leaving bed for less than $10,000? These days I don’t drag my ass out of bed except to get more episodes of The Wire.
“This tradition of free labor to enter some creative profession is outdated...”
– Resolved: never again. http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-12-29/trends-that-need-to-end-in-2010/2/
I watched three or so episodes of Friday Night Lights at some point and didn’t get into it, and that baffles me. Like, do you know who you’re talking to? I watched American Dreams. I think Varsity Blues is a legitimately excellent film (not just because it’s Regina George’s fave). So if FNL were just a heartwarming show about a football team, well, I would watch that. ...
I’m finding it very hard to stave off depression this week.
I don't even know why it started, bitch
So The Wire is amazing and I was already drawing all sorts of parallels between the show and Save the Last Dance, and then MALAKAI HIMSELF SHOWED UP.
I should also note that there was a character in StLD named Snookie. Snookie! Like Jersey Shore’s Snooki, he was an important source of comic relief. I am very excited about all these connections. The Wire is supposed to be Dickensian, and...
Meanwhile, Vera Farmiga, she of the puffy lips, looks like Octomom, and I will not be convinced otherwise.
“Oh, I have some news for you,” said Nan. Then, very casually, as if she...”
– Divorce! A useful rejoinder.
“Then why are we still married after 50 years?”
“Because you’re...”
– http://nymag.com/arts/books/profiles/56289/
“I don’t think he knows anything about marriage, so it’s probably okay.”
– Nan Talese on how her husband is writing a book on their marriage.
Stars who have been important to me
A list that I have probably already compiled.
Winona Ryder
Diane Keaton
Meg Ryan
John Cusack
Kevin Kline
Kevin Costner
Steve Martin
Resolved: I’m rejoining Netflix.