Month: August 2008

  • smaller world.

    Aw, Ragan! Sniff! At work! Ragan has no idea how much of an influence he was on me in high school, even though we only had a short time together. First of all, I remember him in Noises Off, and I remember seeing him and thinking, “That boy and I; we are gonna be friends.”…

  • small world

    So Ragan sends me a link to this video. It makes me laugh. A lot. (When he removes his glasses, from then on I am in hysterics.). I forward the video. We watch it at work. (Marco: “Not a hit with the straight guys. They ran over to watch it and then wandered away like…

  • music stack

    Santogold & Diplo: Top Ranking Lil’ Wayne: Tha Carter III Solomon Burke: Like a Fire

  • book stack

    Charles Yu: Third Class Superhero Brad Warner: Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen’s Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye Christine Kenneally: The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language

  • Yay, Germany!

    Yay, Germany!

    If I were lucky enough to be in Germany right now, I could pick up a copy of the German translation of “Why Moms are Weird.” (I’m guessing this translation based on Babelfish and plot description. Any German speakers care to correct me?) It’s my favorite thing in Germany next to Bernd das Brot. Translation:…

  • Cat Davis on Brunch with Bridget

    Cat’s about to get her on vlog on afterellen.com, but until then you can watch this, and find out why we keep getting mistaken for each other. Like, everywhere we go. …Yes, I have a lot of funny lesbian friends. But I’m still not a lesbian, no matter how many wishes they might make. Sorry,…

  • random workday distractions

    random workday distractions

    It’s feeling very Monday in here. How about watching a little comedy from Liz Feldman? Or skip work and go see American Teen. (The Lifetime movie about my busted tailbone is called: I Only Cry When I Sneeze: The Dumbass Moves of Camle Riboy.)

  • “Wooooooo–

    ooooooo— glug, glug, glug— ooooooooo! WOOOOOO! WOOOOO! Did you see what I just drank and how fast I just did it? All y’all better be impressed!” AB Chao: consider this your excuse.

  • type, cry, type:

    Death Cab for Cutie: Narrow Stairs Sigur Ros: Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust

  • i don’t understand how or why i’m reading so many books at once, but i am.

    Brad Warner: Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen’s Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye Jennifer Belle: Little Stalker Victoria Zackheim: The Other Woman: Twenty-One Wives, Lovers, and Others Talk Openly About Sex, Deception, Love and Betrayal Elizabeth Berg: Durable Goods Christine Kenneally: The First Word:…