December 2008
NYE
yoquieropancakes:
It’s snowy/windy here. It seems to have stopped, so thats good. Heels + snow + alcohol = not a good night for me. I am waiting for my friend to get home from work so she can drive me to a parking garage so I can freaking stop worrying about my car. Then we’re going to eat dins (stir fry) and start to get ready. We have a car picking us up at 7:30 (fancy, right?) to go into NY....
Ole Miss Lineman Leaps Off the Page →
This quaint Southern college town is known as a literary oasis, a reputation it gained as the home of William Faulkner for a majority of his life. For much of its existence, the University of Mississippi’s football program has led its own tale of Southern toil, trying mostly in vain to catch up with its peers in the Southeastern Conference.
So it is only fitting that with Mississippi preparing to...
What I have to do in the next 12+ hours:
- Work til 1 or 2 (hopefully 1)
- Brave the masses of asshole tourists to go uptown at 3 to get my hair done a la LC
- Meet E and J to get eyelashes put on at MAC
- Go back to apt, gather all my NYE neccessities, including 3 diff pairs of tights (can’t decide), 2 pairs of shoes (one dangerous, one safe), 1 dress, hair implements, perfume, all makeup, pearls, gloves, coat, CAMERA...
You know that feeling when it finally clicks, when...
carolinek:
This is the post I woke up to this morning. Call it a sign. Happy New Year, time to move on!
kiamatthews:
That’s the worst.
Oh well, time to shake it off.
I def know that feeling! I know it well. :/
3 Worst Holidays
mariamercedeslara:
mollylambert:
a. New Year’s Eve
b. Valentine’s Day
c. The 4th Of July
I’m not saying there aren’t exceptions, and I know some people hate Halloween (I’m not one of them). But seriously. I will take a hundred Arbor Days over these over-hyped partying clusterfucks.
Agreed. NYE has to be the most over-hyped and consistently disappointing of holidays.
I agree that V-day...
I may or may not have just downloaded the theme... →
And now you can too!
“give me them bright lights, long nights, party til the sun is rising…”
you know you secretly kinda love it.
“I fucking love New York. You’re never alone, but you’re always on...”
– Leighton Meester in Rolling Stone
“The four options for subway and bus fares include two that would increase toll...”
– Yuck.
“When Mr. Bush officially takes his leave in three weeks (in reality, he checked...”
– Bob Herbert
“We have also heard that having the camera crews in the office while paparazzi...”
– [nymag]
a1a - I have a real job AND I was at the Carlos Miele show at 3pm on a Wednesday. It can be done. But I do not for one minute think Olivia P. has ever in her life had a “real job.” Obvi.
b2b - They had the nerve to lay-off hard-working staffers and also pull this crap?? I would...
Daily Dose of New Releases
brianvan:
poortaste:
All Torrents
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Wrestler Burn After Reading Disaster Movie
What is a .Torrent and How do I download it?
I LOOOOOOOVE YOOOOOOOOOUUUUU
Watched ‘burn after reading’ with the ‘rents over christmas… i liked it! better than i thought. brad pitt is hilar. i recommend.
“And I’ll tell you that nothing felt so awful and degraded when it was just...”
– Pretty much exactly hits the nail on the head.
Oh, Illi-fucking-nois. →
inothernews:
You guys are fucking CLASSIC.
Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois will name Roland Burris, a former Illinois attorney general, to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the United States Senate, someone with knowledge of the governor’s plans confirmed on Tuesday.
Mr. Blagojevich, who faces federal corruption charges including allegations that he tried to sell Mr. Obama’s former...
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doree:
Guys! Can we discuss how horrible The City was? I made it through about seven minutes before I had to turn it off in utter disgust. I mean, I wasn’t expecting The Wire, but I’m someone who thoroughly enjoyed two and a half seasons of The Hills. I love all of the Real Housewives. I even liked Laguna Beach! Which is all my way of saying: My tolerance for bad reality television is quite high....
So we watched The City...
lizlemon:
And someone squealed and shrieked very girlishly for well over 30 seconds when Whitney and Jay had brunch at Cornelia Street Cafe. It’s ok though, cause someone else did too.
No shame.
Was totes the best part!!!!!!!!! “Jay” (not convinced that’s his real name) and Whitney go to our brunch spot, wooooooo! Made up for all the fakeness and bitchiness and Olivia...
Aaaaaand they overbooked my flight by 32 people.
lizlemon:
robot-heart:
well-caffeinated:saramcpherson:
Guess where I am on the list? That’s right - number 30, baby. Guess I’m gonna be in the airport for a while.
Go, holiday travel! … No, seriously, GO. Get out of here and never come back.
yeah, but if they bump you they give you a voucher for a future flight no?
I guess I fail to see the appeal of this. If you’ve made plans for...
“When one student asked [David] Mamet who his favorite actresses were, he...”
– P6
“STUART Weitzman should change his name to King Pong. The shoe designer is such a...”
– I wish I was better at ping-pong. Wanttttt a Stuart Weitzman shoe wardrobe.
The 5 Types Of New Year's Eve Parties →
Party Type 2: There’s a Place Just a Few Blocks Up Another product of poor planning. You’ve cobbled together a group of friends, some are visiting from out of town!, and you’re psyched and ready to go except no one made dinner reservations and oh fuck aren’t you supposed to like pay a hundred bucks to get inside a bar and stay there all night or something? No worries....
“Thanks for writing to share your story and your thoughts.
There will be many...”
– I just got this e-mail, and while I would like to possibly suggest a few things to the administration, I never wrote the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team.. I don’t think? Hmm.
“An affidavit from an Alaska state trooper, filed Monday, states that Sherry L....”
– HuffPo
“Calm down
Deep breaths
And get yourself dressed instead
Of running around...”
– “Details in the Fabric” by Jason Mraz. Def the best possible song to come on shuffle while you’re in full-blown panic mode at the hellacious airport during holiday travel.
Tell the Obama administration to reverse Bush's... →
President Bush’s new regulation allowing individual health care providers to redefine abortion to include the most common forms of birth control poses a serious danger to women’s health. With the economy stumbling and more and more Americans uninsured, this is the worst possible time for the government to deny women, men and families access to basic health care and information. This...
“But it always strikes me as weird when bloggers, whose primary task is to...”
– A commenter on Ezra Klein’s recent piece on the decline of newspapers. (via erin) (via radarchive) (via inothernews)
Thinking about someone cheering for the death of newspapers makes me sad :(
Old Away Messages, Part 1:
yoquieropancakes:
‘Gosh, I don’t think I’ve ever been stressed out. Why would I be? I’ve got practically no responsibilities, my job’s a breeze and I’ve got a KILLER rack. Good morning.’
-Karen Walker
oh mannnnn I wish I had saved my old away messages. I might have some. Classic.
Tis the Season to be Murdery
brianvan:
Hey, news editors… I know you have an affinity to brutal hard news stories like it’s mother’s milk, but could we please not hear constantly about ISOLATED INCIDENTS IN A COUNTRY OF 300 MILLION PEOPLE during the holidays about Santa gun rampages and actor suicides? You can bury these stories until Saturday, they’re not going away. No one cares enough to be horrified during not only a...
3 Smart Things About Sleeping Late
katieschenk:
adamiss:
12:09 pm today… just doing my part.
1 // You may need more sleep than you think. Research by Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders Center found that people who slept eight hours and then claimed they were “well rested” actually performed better and were more alert if they slept another two hours. That figures. Until the invention of the lightbulb (damn you, Edison!), the...
Does anyone know if the Ikea Stockholm Sofa is... →
inothernews:
Now, how about the Ikea Ian Holm Sofa?
shorterexcerpts:
allthiscanbeyours:
indieandyy:
(via mascarah)
For the love of all that is holy if life NO. NO IT IS NOT.
NO. I own this and it is a brick. Run far, far away.
Well, judging by the name, wouldn’t you find it very uncomfortable at first, but slowly grow to love it?
HA!
Paraphrased from an old December Cosmopolitan: 20...
brianvan:
With annotations from bvan!
aniceshadeofred:
Invest in sheets with a high thread count so you enjoy sleeping more. Yes, but get the fuck out of bed on time.
Have a latte on Monday mornings instead of regular coffee. Not unless you can afford your own pump-driven espresso machine and home bean grinder. Do not pay Starbucks for this service.
Buy a round dinner table to encourage...
On getting the munchies at your dads house.
drunkbrunch:
fatmanatee:
tesslynch:
itsbedtime:
jimrock:
I feel it is my unalienable right when staying at my parent’s houses to wait for them to go to bed, get completely trashed and eat stupid amounts of their food. It is my RIGHT goddamnit. They shouldn’t be eating all that junk food anyways, they are old after all. I’m basically doing them a favor when I come downstairs at midnight,...
daveholmes:
The older I get, the more I hate hate hate saying goodbye to Mom and Dad.
Maybe you shouldn't give interviews in the... →
icanseenewyorkcityfrommyhouse:
Opposed to making her seem like Every-woman Caroline, she is Jersey Girl Caroline. I would like the record to note gum snapping.
Totes thought the same thing when I read this!