February 2012
17 posts
build-a-what
worst things on the Build-a-Bear website: • guinea pig • puma • hedgehog • flamingo • billy goat • longhorn • a panda named “pawsome”. no. best things! • dragon • pirate bear • bulldog • gator • MUPPETS
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,...”
– Albert Einstein (via dunford)
crazy?
Somewhere between wakefulness and sleep last night—in that moment when you’re so relaxed you’re almost paralyzed—a stray thought terrified me so much that I become completely alert again. What if Finnick Odair gets ahold of a trident while I am asleep? I had to remind myself that with books, the plot stops happening when you stop reading. Nothing will happen to Katniss until I pick up...
John Purcell: Wolverines →
johnpurcell:
This Saturday will be my final Will Hines ASH class and it has without a doubt been the best class I’ve had at UCB so far. I feel lucky that my first experience of advanced study has been with some of the strongest, funniest, and most importantly, friendliest improvisers I’ve had the pleasure…
Read his full post, but I just wanted to call out John’s point about Will:...
I actually don't hate valentine's day.
I always make fun of my family because they’re nuts about traditions. It’s not Easter without an Easter-egg hunt (no one cares if you’re “too old” for it). It’s not a birthday unless we’re having your favorite dinner and someone’s made your favorite cake and there are M&M’s to eat. And it’s not Valentine’s Day unless you have a...
Watchfunnyordie:
Sexy Dance-off
Sometimes a sexy dance-off isn’t.
This is the dream of my life.
(wearing a sports bra as a shirt).
WatchIt just keeps getting weirder, folks.
The Mannequin Room presents … Today’s Special: The Mannacademy Awards Friday, February 10 11 p.m. The Richmond Shepard Theater 309 E. 26th St. at 2nd Ave Comedy, beer, nonsense. Get on board.
we are citizens of the dream.
Sometimes I do a random search on my computer and end up finding things I saved for some reason or another. I wish I had the link so I could adequately source this gem but in the spirit of true journalism, I’m worn the fuck out and still up working but also taking a break to remind myself why I’m still up working on a night where I should be sleeping.
It’s from Cary...
hide yo' kids. →
TEEN GIRL SQUAD BLOG!
I’ll be What’s Her Face.
This is the best freelance gig I’ve ever had in my whole damn life.
January 2012
22 posts
my family, in one conversation.
We’re all in the car, driving to a restaurant to celebrate my brother’s birthday. “International Love” comes on, a song that features Chris Brown. ME: Ugh. I love this song but I hate myself for it because Chris Brown is singing. (1) FRANK: Everyone’s allowed to listen to Chris Brown twice a day, but that’s it. If you listen to him any more than that, then you...
I’m having a hard time with something. I am just a consumer of this Penn State story and I’m not much of a college football fan. But over the past few months, I’ve come to understand how big a deal Joe Paterno was to the Penn Staters I know and those around the country. Now that he’s gone, lots of tweets and FB statues are stacking up about Paterno and I’m just …...
“Um, also watched Parks and Rec with mom and dad and mom kept asking me,...”
– IM from my brother.
seen on gchat: who's the least weird member of...
Me: I am the most normal by a long shot.
Brian: Bitch, I dont even know what you're wearing today but I know that whatever it is shuts your comment down.
Me: HAHAHAHA
Brian: Don't get it twisted, I love it. I do. But I will NOT let you walk around this earth thinking that you're normal.
Me: I already named my outfit, "Ski-Bunny Equestrian: Off the Horse and Onto the Slopes". It's like a Michael Bay movie sequel.
“No, it’s good! He’ll be saying “Casey” n ppl will think...”
– A text from my sister talking about my baby nephew.
Frank is my brother. The contest is whom does my nephew love the most. Casey is A DOG the winner.
"Keep giving them you, until you is what they... →
adambozarth:
Lifehacker linked to this article on rejection from Psychology Today that I wish I had read sooner.
Rejection has always been quite a bugbear for me, which relatively recently learned to manage like a regular human. That is to say, I’ve started to accept failure as a learning experience and not as an indelible black mark on my living soul.
However, as Mr. Palumbo’s article points...
Dr. Seuss Style Batman Character Art →
We’ve all seen this, right? Everyone? Just want to make sure we’re all on board.
Might post it on Facebook and Twitter just to be absolutely certain.
Oh get the hell out of here, Eddie Brill. (see 7th... →
Aaaand, again (via Feministing):
Guest post: This is why we keep talking about gender in comedy
Apologies to Ryan Williams. I don’t mean to disparage your coworkers.
EDITED TO ADD:
Among some comics “Late Show” has a reputation for favoring a certain profile. “The types they seem to like are middle-aged white men from the Midwest,” the comic Amy Schumer said. Only one woman (Karen...
Thanks for the input, Nerds.
He’s already SO GOOD at it, you guys.
corypalmer:
I’ve decided to study nose touching.
WatchGet Monje’d.
Friday, JONuary 13.
11 p.m.
Les Miserables Film Musical Adds Stars to Cast →
So much hope!
In addition, Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter are reportedly signed to play the Thernardiers …
And then, crushing darkness.
… and Taylor Swift has been offered the role of Eponine.
Know Everything! →
improvnonsense:
I get in trouble for saying that because I deliberately say it in a jerk manner. KNOW EVERYTHING. When someone says “I didn’t know the movie my partner was mentioning” I’ll sometimes say “Well, you don’t HAVE to know it but it would be easier if you knew it.”
And then…
I’m getting frustrated at Tumblr because it’s not reblogging Will’s original post...
in case you were wondering (things your iPhone...
I lost my iPhone on New Year’s Eve. Apologies if I seemed out of sorts at UCB NYE. I was out of sorts.
Apparently, iPhones have trackers that let you figure out where your phone is. But what they will not do, is perhaps more important.
For future reference, your iPhone tracker will not:
• Identify where your phone is down to the apartment number or even floor or even building number. So I...
Fucking do it.
lougonzalez:
ballsmoke:
I have immense respect for those that just do their own thing and create.
Be arrogant thinking you can do it better than others.
Make 2012 the year you go out there and just fucking do it.
Yep
2011.
Thank you.
Your journey has molded you for the greater good and it was exactly what it needed to be.
Don’t think that you’ve lost time.
It took each and every situation you have encountered to bring you to the now.
And now is right on time.
December 2011
18 posts
the pilgrim's progress.
I wish I was kidding when I tell you that I’ve owned 7 wood picture frames for a long time. Seven total, in various shapes and sizes. They were bought from a Salvation Army in Philadelphia. Back when I lived in Philadelphia. Six years ago. They have moved with me through five apartments. Yes, I know. Five apartments in six years is gross.
Now I live in New York. I have silver zebra-striped...
Will Obama ever support marriage equality? →
salgentile:
There’s a good essay in the New Yorker by former Bill Clinton adviser Richard Socarides on the question of whether Obama will declare his support for marriage equality before the election:
The remarkable new reality for Obama in this election is that supporting marriage equality is smart politics. A majority of independents and young voters already favor equal marriage rights....
it all started this morning.
(to myself)
Wonder what that fuel truck is doing there. Wonder why that lady is staring at the fuel truck looking mad scared. Remember that Kaleidoscope where Melanie Hamlett(?) Hazlett(?) told a story about a fuel line exploding on fifth avenue and how she ran away from it and lost her bag? Hamslet? She was funny. See? Maybe dramatic people have it right because they’ll always survive when...
“The stage is my church and long form improvisational comedy is my religion and I...”
– Amy Poehler. (via healywu)
Led by the child who simply knew. →
via The Boston Globe.
Gender and identity are very complicated subjects that I am in no way qualified to speak on, so I won’t.
This article is interesting and moving.
a nice thing I read.
What has happened has happened for the best.
What is happening is happening for the best.
What will happen will happen for the best.
Do not brood over the past.
Do not worry about the future. The present is on.
What have you lost that you are weeping?
What have you brought that you have lost?
What have you made that has been destroyed?
You brought not anything.
What you have, you got from...
“Did your sister fax you guys her Christmas list?”
– My dad. It makes me oddly sad that he doesn’t understand email or the internet.