January 2008
Ben Brantley learns what I've known since 2003. →
Tonight in my character improv class, our teacher Lennon (Parham, who is AMAZING) went through the roll call and we had to name what each person does well and characters we’d like to see them play that step outside their comfort zone. Then we had to play our suggested characters. According to my class, here’s what I do well: smiley, cheery, educated, little girls, nervous, Upper West...
It is very hard to utter the words "Chayefsky was... →
Ummm...
Does anyone know the song that’s playing in the trailer for “Step Up 2 The Streets”? Not that I want to download it or anything. Or see that movie. On a double feature with “How She Move.”
“This was a woman who knew she was not pretty and who had learned to live with...”
– from one of my all-time favorite children’s books, E.L. Konigsberg’s The Second Mrs. Giaconda. Reading the above as an ugly duckling preteen absolutely blew my mind with the idea that you can be beautiful even if you’re not pretty. These days I don’t worry much about...
Whoa
MSNBC is so much shoutier than CNN. It’s like watching Jerry Springer with good suits.
GObama!!!!!!
It is 7:06 and CNN is projecting Obama as the South Carolina winner. Fastest projection ever and I couldn’t be happier.
Seriously, what is up with South Carolina? →
In 2000, voters were told that John McCain “has a black baby.” Now emails are circulating claiming that Barack Obama is a “radical Muslim.” Now. Even if McCain did have a black baby (for the record, he has a sixteen year old adopted daughter from Bangladesh) and even if Obama was a practicing Muslim (for the record again, although his dad and grandfather were Muslim,...
presenting, in full, the theme song to "crowned"
…Or as I like to call it “Girl, are the theme song writers on strike too?” Would that I could find this on YouTube, but I seriously encourage tuning in on Wednesday at 8pm to hear its full glory for yourself. (Robotically chanted) Crowned, who’s gonna wear the crown? (Beauty queens!) Crowned (Spoken) Watch me and learn! (Sung) Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the...
Vampire Weekend →
Sometimes when I hear about a new band often enough, I start to feel resentful, like “oh shit, there’s ANOTHER thing I have to learn about.” When I saw approximately the ten thousandth blog link to some leaked songs from Vampire Weekend’s album, I finally clicked over sullenly thinking “FINE. FINE. I’ll try them, but I bet I won’t like them.” (I...
I am not a Hillary fan, but this is just... →
An IM vignette
Me: elsie
Me: you seem to have good color sense
Me: will you someday soon help me to change the colors of my blogs?
Elsa: sure!
Me: yay!
Me: i just feel like i suck at it
Me: and i'll think things look nice together
Me: and then i preview it
Me: and it looks like a bordello exploded
Elsa: heeeeeeeee
Me: a bordello full of teenagers
Me: is how i would describe my color sense
In reference to the below video...
Me: I could not possibly love her more.
Anthony: Is she your spirit animal?
Me: Yes. Definitely.
It turns out I have at least one thing in common... →
Corningware French White 9-Piece Set →
This is clearly an amazing deal, but do I want to buy heavy casserole dishes right before I move? No. But will I ever find such a good deal again?
Am I about to schlep all the way to the Upper West Side just so I can get a Liege waffle from Wafels & Dinges? I think we all know the answer to that question. Also, I have no heat in my apartment! Delightful!
“as soft and delicate as
an excess of light,
with nothing dangerous at all,...”
– Anne Sexton, “Love Song”
“I wish I could get dressed up without looking like I’m celebrating my...”
– Me, before going out dancing at Trash last night.
