it's a moose. a huge friggin' moose! oh and Elijah Wood

Yes BITCHES, YESSSS!!

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Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high...

Can I be super honest? Of course I can...

I am wary of moving out. Not because of sky-rocketing costs of housing, psychotic potential roomies or the unreliability of the job market or even the immovability of my mountain of shoes.

It's because of my book collection.

See, I recently went on a date with a writer. Who I'm sure played down the witticisms during our two hour coffee, but may wield them mercilessly in the future. (if he ever calls) Aside from now understanding that my previous broken eHeart was from a donkey that they must have put on the site to keep me coming back to spend more money, my dating prospects are often few and far between. (the one drawback of theater) It was then that a paltry realization dawned, I have shit on a shelf when it comes to my reading material.

Ok, so I do have a copy of the Great Gatsby and I read Salinger religiously. But I also have copies of VC Andrews and a hardbound copy of a Jean M. Auel book (yes, yes I do). An entire collection of Anne McCaffrey - that I love, but is probably panned by the rest of the sci-fi world, save for her sheer prolific abilities. It gets better. I have psychoanalysis of fashion trends ie. one woman's story of how she stopped spending (Her triumphant find is a silk Ann Taylor blouse at a thrift store for a holiday party that sounds like a suburban horrorfest. Beat my Anna Sui dress for $22 and we'll talk) How to Dating books, how to love yourself single books, how to love men books, how to strangle and hog tie men books. (I think that last one may have been a present). Maeve Binchy makes a prominent showing with three books, Helen Fielding with three.
I have chick lit.
I have romance novels.
I have Asian American literature (because I'm often confused by what my cultural roots are and the best way to get over that is to read about other people who are equally confused)

What does this say about me or my intellectual abilities? I think it proabably says more about my intellectual standards than anything.

But when I think about the books that people consider "epic" writing - books like War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Slaughterhouse, Animal Farm...I cringe. Because while I will read those novels for educational purposes, I'd rather curl up with a set of Vogues and Peoples. Embarrassing as that is, reading is a pleasurable pastime of mine not a form of literary torture.

The good:
Franny & Zooey
Catcher in the Rye (very threadbare)
Nine Stories
I Lay Down by the River Piedra
The Inner Voice
The Great Gatsby
Shakespeare Vol. 1
Antigone
Proof
Fast Food Nation
Wicked
All 7 Harry Potter books
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Architecture books

Middling/Suspicious:
The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran
The Alchemist
Making it on Broadway
Eat, Pray, Love
The Grace of Great Things
Be Here Now
AsAm Lit

Total Dealbreakers:
Aforementioned Jean M. Auel books
VC Andrews
Who Are You? (type psychoanalysis books)

So still, I believe the good outweighs the bad. At least in my definition of good. But can you imagine the reckless combination of these things all stirred into one large melting pot? Can you also imagine trying to justify "Secrets of the Morning" or "The Dummies Guide to Dating 101" to a potential roomate or dating prospect who prefers the gritty realism of the Grapes of Wrath? How will Moby Dick compare to Flowers in the Attic?

And then there is the blog. At what point do you introduce the person you are dating to the mindless thoughts you put out on the internet? Do you start to scrutinize the quality of your writing? Stop posting your Star Wars analysis or Start to use long forgotten SAT words? Or do you say fuckitall, if they don't like the way you think then they certainly aren't going to like the way I am in bed...etc. et al.?

Then I realized I met said writer at an all night diner while wearing a tiara and knee high patent leather platform boots.

And somehow, I don't think he'll actually give a rat's ass about my book collection.

The Force is strong with this one...

Hey Peeps! Today only - teefury.com is offering this gem of a shirtWhy yes, is IS Princess Leia dressed as Rosie the Riveter, and the shirt is only $9 + some change for shipping and handling. As of 9am today, the shirt is available for the next twelve hours...go get you some!

And this is why it is totally awesome but also not good for me to be on the interwebs all the time.

More stuff I am calling bullshit on.

Notice anything interesting here?
Why it's two pairs of jeans, both from Banana Republic. They're pretty much the same size right? The ones on top are from last year, the ones in the back are from this year. But wait - let's look closer shall we?Um, yes, these are two pairs of jeans that are IDENTICAL in physical/actual size, but have different size tags.

So last year, I got a paid of jeans from Banana Republic - because they were on sale and I wanted a "nice" pair of jeans. They ended up being bigger than I wanted them to be, and I always wear them belted (size 6). Well I recently went back to BR and tried to purchase a pair of jeans; imagine my surprise when I had to buy a size up. Figuring that I had gained weight over the last year, I just went with it - so imagine my surprise when I decided to size up the jeans against each other and they were the same.

Also interesting to note? This zipper on the new pair...I mean what is this zipper for? Will I be putting a special bit of change into this pocket that needs to be secured? I suppose I could carry a dime bag in this pocket, but it seems like a lot more manufacturing work to do for a two inch wide pocket. What's even more interesting is that the jeans are NOT symmetrical because the zipper does not exist on the opposite side. But again, what is this pocket for? It's also a strange size for a condom...maybe it's for your keys when you go out clubbing? But even those these jeans are cute, they're not super fancy or anything...

Even funnier was when I sized up my pair of size 6 Lucky jeans and they were a good two inches tighter around the waist than these pairs. See ladies...size really is JUST A NUMBER! Don't believe the hype.

Sleepyhead

A year in status updates from Facebook, I think the App is pretty neat. And the graphics are relatively classy. The only thing is that it draws only specific dates for the app - so you can't change any of them randomly. But I like the ones it ended up with.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Nerfherder...heh...

Bwahaha...this is some dude's 70 minute review of the Phantom Menace, hilarious.
This is just the first and last segments (watching Lucas geek about and try to justify his horrible decisions is pretty funny when you get the guy's commentary.



"Nothing in the Phantom Menace makes any sense at all. It comes off like a script written like an 8 year old."



via IO9

One of these things is not like the other...

randomness...

can you tell me what is wrong with this picture?On the left is a bar of soap that my aunt got me as a present for my birthday this year, on the right is my PHONE. They are both placed next to my laptop and on a graphed cutting mat for reference. The mat has a 1"x1" grid on it.

Um yeah, it is quite possibly the world's largest personal bar of soap. It is lemon scented with poppy seeds. Which means each morning I rinse my hands of traces of opium.
the soap gets the "bullshit" stamp from Snape.

Christmas Eve is tomorrow! Today is watching 1/2 Blood Prince Day!