December 2011
44 posts
According to Goodreads...
I read 16107 pages in 2011, but only gave 5 stars to 6 books.
1. The Art of Fielding (the best book I’ve read in years. It’s perfect.)
2. The Marriage Plot (I cried on the last page. I did.)
3. The Tiger’s Wife (Except everyone I recommended this book to ended up hating it, so, I guess don’t take my word for it?)
4. The Remains of the Day (I am a sucker for a good...
It’s like, I would never write the President an email with the subject line “Hey,” so why should he correspond that way to me?
On Moods
How magnanimous I feel about my haircut greatly depends on my mood, I’ve noticed.
For instance, I’ve had a very happy Christmas, and there have been many times over the past few days where I’ve looked around the room full of family, and, flushed with good will, though to myself, “This is what’s important in life! Family and friends and love and togetherness! Who...
I'm Questioning My Entire Identity Thanks to "Shit...
You’re familiar with the twitter feed and videos, Shit Girls Say?
It’s hilarious and very well done and I am having a serious identity crisis over it.
Because here’s the thing: I am a writer, I make my living stringing words together, and I like to think of myself as an original person.
And yet I think I’ve said 99.9% of the things on that list.
Which isn’t...
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Socks Clinton, At Christmas
Previously:
Socks Clinton, Struggling to Get Away from Members of the Clinton Family
Socks Clinton Update: “There Was a Struggle”
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Guess What She Just Saw a Picture Of?
(on GChat)
Daryl: i
am
shaking
with
laughter
stomach convulsing
WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?
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“She kept stepping back to look at me and being like...”
– Me, 15 years from now, recounting the experience of getting this haircut to a therapist.
When it grows out.
When I look 25 again (and not a misguided 64).
When it’s just a funny memory, (and not an all too real trauma).
And when I have a current, good picture with which to juxtapose it (instead of an old good picture).
THEN, maybe, will I post a picture of The Haircut.
Christmas Carol Trivia Question...
[Answer here, but don’t cheat! Try to answer first!]
Can you name the three Christmas Carols that mention “Pumpkin Pie” in the lyrics?
“They butchered you! Is this real?!?!”
– Andreea, after seeing my haircut.
“Awwww, baby, I am so sorry…”
– Sushi, after seeing my haircut.
Indignant for Malia Obama (And a Little Bit for...
Malia Obama is, what, 13 or so? Like, exactly the age when you start worrying showing too much enthusiasm for anything. You know? Like, even if you really like something, the only cool reaction is to be like, “yeah, that’s cool, I guess.”
Of course, most of the time, you don’t really like anything except like, hanging out with your friends, without grownups, trying to...
Something Else That ALWAYS Happens To Me
I click on an article or open something in a new window, then before reading I’ll click back to gmail or something, and then, out of nowhere, a voice will come blasting out of my speakers (“What can you do with Citi Thank-You Points?”), and I will jump about three feet into the air because a stupid commercial has automatically started playing…
…and I hate it!
The Creepiest Place I Have Ever Been
…is this abandoned, decrepit boarding house in The Catskills.
It was built in 1883, and by the looks of it might have been sort of an elegant place. It’s now in this weird sort of hamlet, surrounded by other abandoned buildings, including an ice house, a wagon house, and a theater.
I guess it was still used as an arts facility until semi-recently, but has at this point fallen...
“if you say lol to me one more time when you’re not even smiling i’m...”
– Caroline, who sits next to me at work, over Gchat.
Give the gift of LITERATURE.
10 Gifts for Your Bibliophile Boyfriend (or Girlfriend)
These’ll stick around loooong after your relationship is over!
(Just kidding! Just kidding! You’re never going to break-up!)
The 10 Most Annoying Christmas Songs Of All
1. Frosty The Snowman (esp. the Jimmy Durante version recorded with children)
2. Do You Hear What I Hear?
3. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
4. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
5. Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time
6. Santa Baby (With the exception of the version recorded by Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey)
7. The Little Drummer Boy
8. The Chipmunk Song. Christ! The Chipmunk Song.
9. Carol...
All I want for Christmas...
Is a Fiat 500!
I really, really, really, really, want one.
(Obviously not happening.)
Do your parents make you sleep in separate... →
This topic is endlessly fascinating to me - I have one friend who’s boyfriends began sleeping over in high school (and thought it was so weird that this was not the norm at my house), and another who’s boyfriend of 3 years is always made to sleep on the couch in the den. And they’re both the same age!
But I SAID "Rabbit Rabbit!!!"
Did it not work, or something?!