December 2007
69 posts
I don't have any resolutions.
(This image by someone named Andrew Karcie. I stole it from nymag.com.) This year has been insane. I left Denver in January, moved to New York, toured through every state in the US and Canada 3 times over in a tour bus full of Scottish dudes from March through July, finally got back together with the boy who broke my heart, returned to New York with him, got a sweet job at a record label (sweet...
And speaking of image appropriation and parodies
I did a photoshoot with Stereotyperider for some album covers a few years ago where they wanted them to look like the original album covers for songs they were covering on the album. There are 4 shots emulating 4 covers and the CD sleeve was folded in such a way that you could re-fold it in any direction to use any one of the 4 album covers. I did the photography, not the post-production on these...
Deconstructing Lichtenstein
I was dissapointed when I recently found this website, which shows side-by-side comparisons of Roy Lichtenstein’s work next to the original comics he stole them from. Wait, what? Yes, apparently everyones second favorite classic pop artist just copied his works from comics, revamping them just a little. Obviouisly I knew his work was inspired by comics, but I also thought it was original....
New York, New York
One of my favorite ways to start the day is the new Gothamist crime map. How else would I have known there was a DOA Floater found near Staten Island, a hit and run in Manhattan, or a stabbing in the Bronx? And thanks to Google street view, I can even zoom in to street-level to see exactly where the crazies went down. Oh technology!
Amateur Night
For NYE I didn’t want a sequined dress because thats what everything with a vagina will be wearing this year, plus no heels because I have my “always be ready to climb a fence or scale a building” rule, and dancing rocking the fuck out in heels sucks anyway. So: fishnets, motorcycle boots, short black shorts with little black bows on the front pockets, and a white oxford shirt...
Ink
I need to get tattooed soon. It’s been about a year and I’m going crazy. Julio and I are getting matching dead lovebirds (swallows) on our wrists soon. This spring I’m getting anchors on the tops of my feet with banners - one will say “stay” and the other “gold” (I was born in Oklahoma, I can make as many Outsiders references as I want). I’ve...
I really like this guy’s work. Its like Keith Harring meets Mark Ryden. Maybe I’ll get something tattooed. Check out his website: niark1.com
For $29 I look hot, but
My UNIQLO extreme skinny jeans are cutting of the circulation in my giant man-like calves.
Dave Mustaine has 51 parasites in his body. →
This is what you get for sucking.
LiLo's sister: cute boots, camel toe. (Jezebel) →
I'm officially the worst blogger ever.
Its the holidays and I’m too busy (check one) - sleeping - having sex - shopping - drinking - watching movies - doing other stuff that is not blogging to blog. Yesterday I saw Shanna Moakler in front of me in the fitting room line at a trashy little SoHo boutique. She doesn’t have good skin. Hm, who knew? Well, thats my contribution to the online world for now. Ping that,...
We heard a loud thump and a crash in the house last night but didn’t really think anything of it. Turns out the window of Julio’s room (we have a large shared room and 2 smaller private rooms) fucking blew out of the frame. At about 4am I woke up to notice that our bedroom door had opened by itself, which it only does in the summer when the windows from the other 2 rooms are open,...
LAist: LAPD Leaves Body in Car at Crash Scene,... →
hahahahahahaha. Oh man. Am I an asshole for thinking this is funny? Maybe I’m desensitized. If this happened to me I would want people to laugh. I think?
More free "Best of 2007" MP3s on... →
Like I said, its my favorite time of the year for that reason only. Some of the links are the mp3s themselves and some you can click-through to sites with a bunch more. I got about another 30 from these lists, 10 of which will probably actually be good.
Smoking is gross.
I’m pretty sure this is just a concept right now and not a real toy - too bad, so cool! “An ashtray that automatically senses and weighs the amount of ash placed inside it using an internal weighing system. The built in microchip and LCD display then conveys how many days you have taken off your life by smoking so far. The whole under surface of the product contains LEDS, and changes...
Please, Jakob Lodwick, for the love of god, PUT A... →
Out with it.
It’s time I admitted I have a problem. I’m a junkie for information and RSS feeds are my fix. I’m not gonna lie - I refresh my google reader every few minutes all day long. Gawker, Jezebel, Idolator, NY Mag, BrooklynVegan, Curbed, Gothamist, and all the rest of you … oh my heart be still.
Is that a candy bar in your pants, or are you just...
When I start up my Mac in the morning and all the programs on the dock at the bottom of my screen start bouncing up and down, I like to pretend that they’re jumping up and down because they’re really happy to see me.
Yeah he's super talented and all, but remember...
Nick Cave.
SUPPORT THE WM3! Larry King Interviews Damien...
From WM3.org: CNN’s Larry King will interview Damien Echols from Death Row on Wednesday, December 19th. 9pm ET / 6pm PT CNN.com: “It’s another Larry King Live exclusive! Damien Echols’ interview from Death Row. Does he belong in jail at all? Evidence - or lack of it - has many asking questions in this controversial case involving the murders of three boys in 1993.”
David Byrne and Thom Yorke will singlehandedly...
Check out this brilliant article featured on wired.com by a couple of the reigning kings of indie music outlining how bands can set up different deals to make money in the modern music market. I should have just saved my parents the $100k and read this instead of wasting 5 years on my now-outdated Music Business degree. Click here for the entire article in all it’s shining glory.
Yippeeee for free comedy!
I just won tickets from The Onion to go see Horatio Sanz at the Upright Citizens Brigate Theatre tomorrow night. UCBT is an awesome place to see up-and-coming comics, famous comics (both 30 Rock and SNL have recently filmed there during the strike), and drink cheap beer. It would be the ultimate cutesy-retarded couple dream of Julio and I to see Amy Poehler (UCB and UCBT co-founder) and her...
"This is one great big cigarette ad. The fact that... →
Quote from the president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, linking to the excellent Gothamist story on what is now dubbed as “Camelstonegate.”
Oh wow. For once I was right.
The label I work at got our copy of Rolling Stone with the “Indie Rock Universe” piece before it hit newstands (as subscribers are prone to do), and I immediately contacted my friends in one of the bands “profiled” about starting a class-action lawsuit. They weren’t really interested, but I contacted an attorney anyway. Then I did some research and found out that...
Just so you know, your cat is probably going to...
I don’t mean to reblog so much, but this is spectacular. Cat Zombies! (Also, my title and not the title of the original, obviously). By REBECCA SKLOOT Published: December 9, 2007, NYT Here’s a little-known and slightly terrifying fact: According to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 60 million people in the United States are infected with a parasite...
The RIAA and Clear Channel can both collectively...
Seriously. First, Clear Channel is one step closer in their nightmarish quest for monopoly media representation now that the FCC has voted to allow broadcasters in the 20 largest markets to own their own newspapers (Gawker). Wait, hasn’t Rupert Murdoch/Fox been doing this for years anyway? And now the RIAA (file under THE MOST EVIL PEOPLE ON EARTH) have claimed via an AZ lawsuit that...
Pad Girls! Attack of the 21st-Century Falsies (The... →
Please, world. Can’t we bring back the bounce, the jiggle, and most importantly, the nipple?
F The F Train: Brooklyn Will Kill You This Winter... →
Thank you, Gawker, for verifying that I am not the only one convinced the stupid F train is the reason I am always sick (and late).
“I like the idea of a no comment zone.”
– Alysia, my newest tumblr convert, on tumblr’s lack of comment functionality. I couldn’t agree more. Tumblr = awesomeness.
More sweet free MP3s! This time from your friends... →
You’ll need to use these: username: ReadyMaker password: Holidaze
My favorite time of the year is when all of the... →
This is the paperthinwalls.com 2-disk set free for downloading. There is some good shit. Check it.
that sock monkey has a huge fucking package!
On the way home from dinner tonight I saw a giant sock monkey in the window of a little shop and decided I must have one right away. Its creepy but cute, and ridiculous and pretty much amazing. So I googled “giant sock monkey” and got these awesome results: This one was seven foot something. I’d link back to it, but I’m lazy and I forgot where it came from. This one is...
Even more "shocking" reasons to dress your dog in... →
Sew long.
I spent 3 hours shopping for fabric at Mood yesterday. It was awesome and all, but really expensive and also lacking in any of the specific prints I was looking for (which I promptly came home and found for 1/2 the price on the internerd). When I design these things I was to sew in my head, they are really really specific and I think I’m almost better off doing a google search for...
Printable wrapping paper.
Martha Stewart just saved my ass at the company holiday party. Is there anything the woman can’t do?
I pretty much support anything related to food.
I’m not one of those lame people that is just going to post shit I want incessantly, but HOLY SHIT THESE RECORD ALBUM BOWLS ARE FUCKING COOL! (uncommon goods, $25 each).
Cannabis compound stops cancer! →
(file under old news that should have gotten more attention).
holy penisvag, batman!
Amanda Lepore is supposed to be at the Irregular Choice Holiday Party I am going to with Bree tonight. How does one approach and talk to Amanda Lepore? I mean do people, like, form a line? Then, what do I say? She won’t be there. I’ll just hang out with Bree and drink champagne and look at awesome and incredibly impractical shoes that i can neither afford nor justify purchasing.
As Seen On Craigslist (boooring)
Nothing extraordinary today. I did see someone giving away some 2003 calendars for FREE. Whaaaaaa … wait a minute … wasn’t 2003 the year they made calendars out of gold? Crazy New Yorkers, just giving shit away!
Who wallpapers the ceiling? Crazy awesome people,...
This apartment for sale in Williamsburg recently made the “Thats Rather Hideous” posting in on curbed.com, but I think its a-mazing!
Fuck your gift guide. Gimme Gimme Gimme!
The Vera Wool Coat from karmaloop, $154: The Hamburger Purse from karmaloop, $56: The Buffalo Plaid dress from karmaloop, $100 (fuck it, I’m sewing a knock-off of my own this weekend): The Portable USB Turntable from Urban Outfitters, $140: The Breakfast Buddies Thermal from Fred Flare, $36: The “Besties” Necklace set from Fred Flare, $14: The Urban Outfitters Owl Necklace...
"If you shit in a guys mouth at The Monster on...
As seen on craigslist today:You took a dump in my mouth - m4m You took a dump in my mouth at The Monster on Sunday. Wanna do it again? …I don’t feel a need to describe either one of us. If you shit in a guys mouth at The Monster on Sunday then you’re you and I’m me.