yay!
today is my birthday and guess what came in the mail? the new issue of mcsweeney's (8 hardcover illustrated mini-books about fables!) and the first 4 volumes of wholphin! hooray!!! and i found a pretty blouse and abercrombie and cute...
September 4, 2008 @ 5:40 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
oktapodi
very cute and fun video about an octopus trying to rescue his girlfriend. there's a neat making-of video on the website....
September 5, 2008 @ 10:47 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
alpine vacation, day 11: stresa, isola bella, zermatt
Isola Bella is one of the Borromean Islands of Lake Maggiore in Italy. We took a ferry from Stresa. The palace and grounds were beautiful and felt like a fairy tale. Outside of the palace the twisty narrow city...
September 7, 2008 @ 12:55 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
mimi smartypants is awesome
kristina sent me the link to her website and it's brilliant. she's hilarious and her daughter is so awesome i would have a billion kids right now if they could be like her. but with my luck i'll end up...
September 9, 2008 @ 6:21 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
i have braces. *sigh*
this morning i went up to my new orthodontist's office in burbank and got braces. again. approximately 15 years after i first had them. admittedly they're only in the back on the right side. and only for five months (and...
September 11, 2008 @ 10:35 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
still laughing/crying 10 minutes after watching this
cameron sent me this and immediately we were both laughing so hard we couldn't speak. i was crying - eyes are still watering. it raises some questions tho - couldn't the cat just walk through the side? does it...
September 11, 2008 @ 9:46 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
tony bennett!
tonight i saw tony bennett at the greek theatre and it was completely magical! his energy and showmanship, his voice - amazing! i met up with arden, klaus and the rest of the group at the tangier for drinks and...
September 12, 2008 @ 11:23 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
rant: 'hounddog' trailer
ok i know this movie has already attracted a lot of outrage - the dakota fanning rape movie! omg! but the CHILDREN what about the CHILDREN etc etc - but this bizarro television trailer is not helping matters (sorry i...
September 13, 2008 @ 10:01 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
alpine vacation, day 12: zermatt
We awoke in Zermatt and took the Gornergrat Bahn up to see the Matterhorn. The Fates were with us, and the sky above the Alps was crisp and clear. We had a perfect view of the Matterhorn. At the...
September 14, 2008 @ 11:59 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
top 10 hip hop songs that sampled a video game
full article here - my favorites are the castlevania, super mario and contra samples. via eric...
September 14, 2008 @ 3:03 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
oh god i'm such a nerd
from mimi smartypants: [...] I suggested to Nora that we go to the playground. She pumped her fists in the air and yelled, "SCIENTIFIC!" This is excellent happy-exclamation slang and we should all start using it immediately. Scientific is the...
September 14, 2008 @ 5:05 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
omfg it's like a horror movie
September 14, 2008 @ 8:53 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
arden & kara's day of culture
Arden and I spent a whole day at LACMA and gallery openings. At Hancock Park we had a nice surprise - ran into the Underwear Affair pre-race party. Lots of great costumes, free drinks, and a really inspiring and...
September 15, 2008 @ 4:44 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
birthday photos
not a lot of photos since i was mingling and drinking, not photographing. i have really attractive friends, by the way....
September 15, 2008 @ 5:22 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
chart: the more you play rock band
it's so true. via eric...
September 15, 2008 @ 7:30 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
periodic table of videos
at the periodic table of videos you can click on a symbol and see a video about the element! fantastic! below, phosphorus: via mighty girl...
September 19, 2008 @ 5:17 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
alpine vacation, day 13: berne, interlaken, lucerne
We left Zermatt and bussed to Berne. We stopped for lunch at the famous bear pits and watched the bear play and ham it up for the crowd. We made a comfort stop in Interlaken where I saw the...
September 27, 2008 @ 9:58 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
alpine vacation, day 14: lucerne, mount pilatus
We left the hotel early to do the Golden Roundtrip to Mount Pilatus. We took a bus from the main station to a ferry for sight seeing around the Lake of Four Cantons. Then we rode the world's steepest...
September 27, 2008 @ 10:13 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
alpine vacation, day 15: rhine falls, heidelberg, frankfurt
On the last day of our tour (before the day spent in the air) we left Lucerne and headed back to Frankfurt via the Black Forest. Our first stop was the Rhine Falls - a thunderously loud 70 foot-wide...
September 27, 2008 @ 10:56 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
birth control methods of yesteryear
via cameron...