in good taste

meaghano: me: your current assistant is on a date. joco: what? really?! me: yeah. but you know, a...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:57:15 -0500

me: your current assistant is on a date.
joco: what? really?!
me: yeah. but you know, a 2nd date. arguably the most important date.
joco: true. i mean, i support that. i always supported you going on dates.
me: …
*uproarious laughter*

And I told him that I couldn’t go because I had to assist a yoga class (which I did—I went to the date sweaty and just out of spandex and everything, I swear—tip number 4, come to think of it, for avoiding date number 3). If you got me fired, I’m moving in with you, Suri Cruise tree and all.

Tips for avoiding a third date while on a second date*:

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:41:40 -0500

Tell him that you have a Suri Cruise ornament** hanging on your Christmas tree.
Tell him that you made it yourself.
When he says, ‘Um. As in Tom Cruise’s daughter?’, smile and nod like a deranged maniac.

*These tips were just tested tonight and the actual outcome remains to be seen. Stay tuned.

**Images of the Suri ornament are forthcoming, I promise. Again, stay tuned.

On having a straightmanfriend who gets IT™:

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:34:23 -0500

Sam: Who would you rather have sex with, Taylor Swift or Lady Gaga?

Lindsay: Do you even have to ask?

Sam: Gaga! I just wanted to hear you say it! Oh Lindsay we are having so much fun today!

Last night I got an email from my love, Andrew, with a link to an article whose headline reads Woman...

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:49:17 -0500

Last night I got an email from my love, Andrew, with a link to an article whose headline reads Woman Accused of Setting Fire to Husband’s Penis. In the body of the email, Andrew included this note: ”This is my new favorite court case. So gorgeous!”

It turns out that it pays to know people with a passion for Australian law. Full story here. You’re welcome.

Barbie by Christian Louboutin (from here)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:37:00 -0500

Barbie by Christian Louboutin

(from here)

Star Star, The Swell Season I saw Glen and Markéta perform this...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:04:00 -0500

Star Star, The Swell Season

I saw Glen and Markéta perform this on PBS recently and about died, that’s how good it is (how good they are). You can and should download this Christmased-up version here.

Notes to self:

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:43:26 -0500

If you go on a first date expecting to hate the guy’s guts, chances are you’ll be pleasantly surprised (and totally relaxed—what have you got to lose, amiright, since you’re pretty sure that you hate him already?).
Even if you do hate the guy’s guts, you’ll have been right making it a win-win, really, because you know how much you love to be right (you love it a lot).

Please mark your calendars: This Thursday, the incomparable...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:59:35 -0500

Please mark your calendars: This Thursday, the incomparable Tyra Banks will teach Cookie Monster how to smize. Ok! Magazine said so, so you know it’s true. 4 pm on the CW. Be there or regret it forever and ever.

In honor of last night’s Project Runway finale,...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:05:08 -0500

In honor of last night’s Project Runway finale, let’s all take a moment to think about guest judge Suzy Menkes’ hair (from here).

Related: I kind of miss Marc Jacobs 1.0.

From here.

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:09:16 -0500

From here.

My mom just asked my sister to suggest Christmas gifts for me...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:54:17 -0500

My mom just asked my sister to suggest Christmas gifts for me and for me to make suggestions for her. Immediately following, I received this email from my sister. She’s adorable, right?

Question:

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:46:57 -0500

Do men have some weird extra sensory perception which allows them to discern exactly when a woman has thought and eventually said out loud (quietly first and to herself but then with resolution and to others) ultimately and honestly and with complete authority and without an ounce of passive aggression, ‘If I never hear from him again, that would be totally fine. In fact, that may be for the best. Yes, indeed, that would be for the best,’ so that they can then let fly some half hearted but grin-inducing email which denies the aforementioned woman the ability (for which she has worked so hard) to completely let it go?

Ten Things Your Zodiac Sign Hates

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:37:53 -0500

Ten Things Your Zodiac Sign Hates:

(via novazembla)

Leo
People who dress better than them
People with better cars than them
Being ignored
Being provoked to jealousy
Being too cold
Being too wet
Being forced to go to church
Being trapped inside on a sunny day
Being told to slow down
Being told they can’t flirt

These are all so true that they made me scream and laugh until I cried a little.

"And that is exactly the point of Rushmore. We’ll get it all wrong until we accidentally find our..."

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:10:10 -0500

“

And that is exactly the point of Rushmore.

We’ll get it all wrong until we accidentally find our way to something right. And if we’re good to ourselves and each other in the process – if we can forgive and forgive and forgive – the pieces will keep shifting until something beautiful comes of the mess and we won’t have to sacrifice the ones that didn’t fit the way we needed them to.

We’ll just admire them from two pieces over, knowing we are both where we belong.

”

- This is exactly the point of life, too, isn’t it? Read this girl’s blog. She knows her stuff.

(via filmosophy and meaghano)

Lady GaGa - ‘Teeth’ (via alohanico) YES.

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:49:42 -0500

Lady GaGa - ‘Teeth’

(via alohanico)

YES.

Miss Zucker just posted a photo of Daphne Guinness in the SS2010...

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:39:47 -0500

Miss Zucker just posted a photo of Daphne Guinness in the SS2010 McQueen shoes which, of course, prompted me to do some googling which, naturally, led me to this.

This is the hotness. The. Hotness. When I die, I want those two there and wearing those outfits and standing in those positions exactly to greet me at the pearly gates.

Quelqu’un M’a Dit, Carla Bruni So I finally saw 500...

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:13:00 -0500

Quelqu’un M’a Dit, Carla Bruni

So I finally saw 500 Days of Summer, and the inclusion of this song was the only thing that I really loved in the whole film and, yes, I know that you saw it already (decades ago) and don’t really care what I thought about the movie at this point, but I’ll tell you anyway: The film doesn’t work because it forces viewers to dislike Zooey Deschanel, and asking an audience to hate Zooey with those damn bangs and doe eyes? That’s like asking an audience to hate a basket full of puppies with floppy ears and a penchant for cuddling—unnecessary, squirm-inducing and practically impossible.

Anyway, this song is great. Listen to it ad infinitum.

In my opinion, Halle has given us THE definitive review of Lady...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:11:38 -0500

In my opinion, Halle has given us THE definitive review of Lady Gaga’s newest video:

UH. MUH. GUH. This is, I don’t even, the perfection, it burns. Seriously, 4:26 will now be printed in all Merriam-Webster dictionaries as the example for the word “fierceness”. Also, PETA had better call Pam Anderson, because I’m about to kill a polar bear to make that coat, and it’s gonna take a boatload of naked tits to convince me otherwise.

Want more? Yep, me too. Thankfully, Kelsey has kindly outlined the video’s high points here. My favorite part:

And in addition to pyromania, psychosis, nymphomania, and narcissism, Lady Gaga suffers from a disease called AWESOME that means she can make anal sex jokes out of Alfred Hitchcock films:

I want your psycho/
Your vertigo stick/
Want you in my rear window/
Baby you’re sick/
I want your love

Now that is talent.

retrovival: Just when you thought that Pomplamoose couldn’t get...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:39:00 -0500

retrovival:

Just when you thought that Pomplamoose couldn’t get any better, they go and do this and totally rock out on a whole new level. Holy shit.

Holy moly, this is amazing. Day = made.

P.S.: You can download their cover for free on their website. Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!

Beautiful, hmmm? By Elisabeth Lecourt, images from Flavorwire.

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:42:00 -0500

Beautiful, hmmm? By Elisabeth Lecourt, images from Flavorwire.