January 2010
14 posts
i don't know, i mean, she's so weird, she just,...
This, for once, is a post about college!
Since I am an American Studies major, there have often been times when I’ve been like, “I am reading/watching/writing about this for school? What am I getting away with here?” (Examples include this, this, this, this, and my thesis, which is about this and this. See, Gwen and Lisa? I can play your game!)
But this is the ultimate: page...
click this: i wrote about annie leibovitz's louis... →
an article about the creation museum that you,... →
“Take the ark. The big-boat business poses all sorts of questions. But, again, they’ve got answers. There are models and plans and layouts of the vessel. You can walk through a part of the hull. There’s biblical carpentry and weather reports. And the dinosaurs are on board. (They were probably small ones, the museum helpfully adds.)”
very good jerry saltz post on the deitch... →
Jeopardy Question: It made zoological news in 2008 when Asian mouse deer were seen escaping predators by this means of locomotion.
Contestant Christine: What is a train?
Alex: No.
great idea #3
Passion Pit and CFTPA should go on a tour together and call it Manners and Etiquette.
Oh, and let’s not forget:
click this: i interviewed james mcavoy! →
fear of flying
And the winner of this week’s New Yorker Cartoon Brought Uncomfortably to Life Award is…
The New York State Bar Association, whose Committee on Women planned a talk at the Bar Association’s annual meeting in which “A distinguished panel of gentlemen from the legal field will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of women in the areas of communication, negotiation,...
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before i leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of...
OKAY KE$HA, YOU AND I HAVE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT.
It’s not about how bad you are at everything — on that subject, I defer to Rich. It’s about that name. You seem to have forgotten that only one pop cultural phenomenon per generation is allowed use the dollar sign in his or her name. Generation, I ask you: have we forgotten so quickly?
(Check out the faux Chanel jacket on Sandra...
click this: i did a q&a with a guy who ended up... →
“I don’t read music writing for the writing. I read music writing to know whether...”
– A musician I just interviewed. (On the one hand, yes, fair enough, but on the other hand: maybe that’s something you don’t say when you are talking to a music writer?)
growing up is hard to do
Me: how is your new year shaping up?
Oriana: alright
Oriana: i'm applying to jobs
Oriana: navigating the complications of the human heart
Oriana: and turning my bathtub faucet into a shower
Oriana: basically, i'm being an adult.