July 2009
andres:
The most important thing I created at NNN...
“Awkward Family Short Story
July 29th, 2009
Before taking my boyfriend on a...”
– AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com
best chicken soup
2 cans chicken consomme (don’t go all college inn on me)
1 cup water
1/2 box pasta
1/4 lbs pancetta
1/2 cup creme fraiche
1/2 cup sherry (cooking sherry if you’re cheap, but don’t be)
chopped green onions
1 tsp choluha
salt and pepper to taste
boil the consomme and water and cook the pasta in it, according to the directions on the box. with two minutes to go, chop up...
“Such moments of recognition, by individuals or small groups, have helped to...”
– Op-Ed Contributor - Bright Lights, Big Internet - NYTimes.com (via mikehudack)
“Throw me a dream please, it’s been a dreamless sleep
For such a long...”
– Seabear - I Sing I Swim lyrics
one of the greatest songs i know
“Hipsters are the friends who sneer when you cop to liking Coldplay....”
– A Brief History of Hipsters - TIME
“And if she is doing those things (and if she wasn’t the cause of the...”
– clarification>
this is the only way i know steps to come into the picture. Suburban Turmoil
“One of my favorite bloggers, Katie Allison Granju, responded to the Cafe Mom...”
– i tend to love most things written by mommyguru Suburban Turmoil but this is not among them. her take on what a stepmom’s job is … is, well, a bit self-serving. having been through a variety of stepmoms and stepfamilies (gotta love the smith ‘are you 27? awesome.” approach...
“(903): I was actually kinda bummed my STD test came back negative.
(903): That...”
– texts from last night
“(817): I had a dream last night that I had to pretend I liked Dave Matthews Band...”
– texts from last night
Ridiculous Pet Peeve
shorterexcerpts:
motionsensorsoundtrack:
sassy-meditations:
Having to share a tube of toothpaste. With anyone…. I prefer my own personal tube of toothpaste, and I have no idea why.
hahaha. that is ridiculous, yet kinda cute for some reason. Hopefully, you have your own most of the time because that is an easy one to eliminate from life.
I dislike it when people talk in sports metaphors.
...
Anderson Cooper has never eaten/tasted mustard.
bowlingalleylawyer:
oh Coop….
i find this really hard to believe. he’s from the south. there’s no way he could have gotten through childhood without a casserole or salad that had SOME mustard in it. that’s like being from the south and having claimed to never have had mayo or knox gelatin.
since everyone i know is getting married
and i can’t even hold down a boyfriend, let alone stay focused on a crush, i have decided to plan my wedding instead. (in the interest of full disclosure, i have the benefit of having planned most of it that last time i WAS engaged.) but. i will get married the last weekend in june/first in july in union point, georgia, at my family’s church on veazey street. i will have my...
i like the rain the most (when it stops)
andres:
This is some apocalyptic rain happening.
“Andrew Young is testifying in front of a grand jury as to whether or not John...”
– Can Harry Potter’s Magic Cure John Edwards’ PR Issues Or His Co-Star’s Swine Flu? - John Edwards - Gawker
“Chelsea Clinton is not marrying that “Marc Mezvinsky banker guy,”...”
– Noted Scientologist Says Chelsea Clinton Is Not Getting Married - Chelsea Clinton - Gawker
i would have had something witty to say, but my mother, who’s visiting this weekend, just started to sing ‘here comes the sun’ and i had to interject with the requisite...
“Try not to seem lame,” Julia admonishes the youngsters of America while...”
– while im partial to qualifying anyone and anything that came out of nnn as awesome, julia allison, star of TMI:KILL ME is my second exception to the rule (obama girl’s lesser known blonde bimbo backup being the first, with whom i suffered through my boss’s wretched idea of an interview...
“In my bedroom, you’ll find: “Hanging pagoda latterns, a platform...”
– Look at these Fucking Personals
oh my god it only gets better
“In 2006, a woman known only as V.M. in court documents gave birth to a baby...”
– Not Wanting A Cesarean Qualifies As Mental Illness? - legalese - Jezebel
“This idea of a structure of hierarchy or power has been really dismissed in our...”
– The Code of Miss Porter’s School | vanityfair.com
“Her very being exudes an obsession with excellence; you might say she is a...”
– The Code of Miss Porter’s School | vanityfair.com
enough with the feelings already. you can’t pussy-foot through life and actually GET anywhere.
“The actress Barbara Babcock, who attended Miss Porter’s in the mid-50s and went...”
– The Code of Miss Porter’s School | vanityfair.com
“NEW YORK, NY July 23, 2009 —Federal authorities arrested about 30 people this...”
– WNYC - News - Dozens Arrested in Corruption, Money Laundering Probe
“it’s not nepotism. it’s quality control.”
Alice In Wonderland Official Teaser →
dereklee:
“Alice, you’re terribly late you know? Naughty.”
The film is due for release on March 5, 2010 with Disney Digital 3D. I really don’t know what to think of this movie since I’m yet to see the animated version.
I guess this one is visually orgasmic but since I don’t know anything about Alice In Wonderland well, I prefer watching the original first. Oh and it’s gonna be directed by Tim...
“Manhattan’s wiry and willowy were eager on Wednesday to dissect how they brought...”
– Where Thin People Roam, and Sometimes Even Eat - NYTimes.com
