1. What is your all time favorite Nora Ephron film?
Am I supposed to know the answer without looking on the internet movie database? After some detailed research I choose Michael, because an Ephron film unseen by me is better than an Ephron film seen.
2. Suppose you are curled up and just chilling- would you be snacking on: chips/salsa, ice cream, or apples with peanut butter?
Chips/salsa.
3. What is going on with Drew Barrymore?
She suffered a drug stroke and half her face is paralyzed (watch her mouth when she talks). She also has an unrivaled ability to deliver unforgivable acting performances one film after another (with the exception of Fever Pitch).
4. Who do you most identify with in Steel Magnolias? Miss Truvy, Annelle, Clairee, Shelby,
or Ouiser (weezer)?
This question was a joke, right?
5. Veronica Mars or Twin Peaks?
Ronnie.
6. Favorite place to eat in the state of Virginia?
Kuba Kuba.
7. Cartoons for adults- yay or nay?
A resounding yay.
8. What was one of your favorite hobbies when you were a kid that you would never participate in now?
Steeling my mom’s Nursing Photo Atlas when I went to sleepovers so me and my friends could look at pictures of penises being operated on, or just dangling off the lap of some anonymous gent under the knife.
9. Favorite hot dog condiment?
A leash.
Get it? GET IT? HA HA!
Wait—no, I got it for real. Air conditioning! AHA!
10. When you aren't chilling, would you choose basketball, baseball, or racquetball?
Who would ever choose racquetball? We aren’t moms from the middle 90s. Or middle aged men. Baseball it is.
11. If you had to choose one HMPV contributor to plan a chillfest for you-including the environment, movies/tv, and eats- who would you pick and what type of chillfest do you think they would plan?
Undoubtedly afh4. If anyone else here knows how to save a life, I’ll rethink this answer.
12. America's Next Top Model (ANTM) vs. Search for the Next Pussycat Doll- which one is more addictive?
Veronica Mars.
13. Favorite Wes Anderson created character?
Chas Tenenbaum. Tied with Eli Cash.
14. Did you do your own taxes this year? If not, who did? How much was your refund?
A. No I didn’t do my own taxes this year.
B. Nobody did.
C. My refund was nothing, because I have yet to do my taxes. This is embarrassing and scary for me to admit. I should go hunt down some tax forms pronto.
15. Did you want to be named something else when you were younger? What?
Certainly did. I chose many names over the years to replace the all too common Kathryn. During my brief (and I do mean brief) obsession with Casper (the Bill Pullman and Christina Ricci version) I told a Jehovah’s Witness at my front door that my name was Kathryn, but that all my friends called me Kat. A bald-faced lie, indeed.
16. Who is your favorite founding father?
Mr. Hamilton. According to the shot of his mug on the $10 bill he was a major DILF.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Friday, April 27, 2007
omg this is so long aka taylor's questionnaire
1. What is your all time favorite Nora Ephron film?
For some reason, I thought Nora Ephron was somehow related to the movie Big. Apparently she's not. So I guess I choose When Harry Met Sally, too.
2. Suppose you are curled up and just chilling- would you be snacking on: chips/salsa, ice cream, or apples with peanut butter?
Salsa, but only really, really hot salsa
3. What is going on with Drew Barrymore?
I don't think anything's going on with her that's any different from what's been going on with her for her entire life -- i.e. that she's annoying.
4. Who do you most identify with in Steel Magnolias? Miss Truvy, Annelle, Clairee, Shelby,
or Ouiser (weezer)?
Wait what about M'Lynn? She is the steeliest magnolia of them all. Once, when I was on a teen bus tour across the United States, I met a girl whose house was where they shot the Christmas party scenes.
5. Veronica Mars or Twin Peaks?
N/A
6. Favorite place to eat in the state of Virginia?
In Richmond...Benny’s BBQ or Thai’s Mama (aka Mom’sSiam
In Charlottesville...I'm not really that attached to any one place. Wherever is least crowded I guess; also wherever is NOT Sal's Ristorante or whatever on the Downtown Mall. Sal's is my LEAST favorite place to eat in the state/commonwealth of Virginia.
Not for this adult. Or for this adult when she was a child. I can't stand cartoons. UGH cartoons
8. What was one of your favorite hobbies when you were a kid that you would never participate in now?
Um, I was into geneaology for a while, and I guess I wouldn't participate in that now. I literally used to go to a nursing home on Saturday mornings and take classes about geneaology from old people. Yeah, I would never do that now.
9. Favorite hot dog condiment?
I think relish is a pretty fascinating phenomenon.
10. When you aren't chilling, would you choose basketball, baseball, or racquetball?
I don't get this question, or all the references to "chilling." I like to watch baseball games live, and I can beat almost anyone in a game of Horse, which Kyle mentioned below (she mentions the game below, not the fact that I can beat almost anyone at it, though that's still true). I have a signature shot that I can make 9 out of 10 times, which unnerves people and makes them miss theirs.
11. If you had to choose one HMPV contributor to plan a chillfest for you-including the environment, movies/tv, and eats- who would you pick and what type of chillfest do you think they would plan?
I don't know any HMPV contributors. Is that like someone who carries an STD? Who are you people?
12. America's Next Top Model (ANTM) vs. Search for the Next Pussycat Doll- which one is more addictive?
I don't think I'll even dignify this question with an answer, except to say that I think ANTM is more addictive.
13. Favorite Wes Anderson created character?
Max, Max's dad, and all the male Tenenbaums
14. Did you do your own taxes this year? If not, who did? How much was your refund?
No, my dad is an accountant, so he did them. I don't know how much the refund was because he keeps it as his fee. When I start to argue with that, I think about how they say it costs parents a million dollars to raise a kid these days, and I stop talking.
15. Did you want to be named something else when you were younger? What?
Yes, constantly. It's really logistically confusing to go by your middle name, especially since, back in the day,Taylor Vacation Bible School
16. Who is your favorite founding father?
For some reason, I thought Nora Ephron was somehow related to the movie Big. Apparently she's not. So I guess I choose When Harry Met Sally, too.
2. Suppose you are curled up and just chilling- would you be snacking on: chips/salsa, ice cream, or apples with peanut butter?
Salsa, but only really, really hot salsa
3. What is going on with Drew Barrymore?
I don't think anything's going on with her that's any different from what's been going on with her for her entire life -- i.e. that she's annoying.
4. Who do you most identify with in Steel Magnolias? Miss Truvy, Annelle, Clairee, Shelby,
or Ouiser (weezer)?
Wait what about M'Lynn? She is the steeliest magnolia of them all. Once, when I was on a teen bus tour across the United States, I met a girl whose house was where they shot the Christmas party scenes.
5. Veronica Mars or Twin Peaks?
N/A
6. Favorite place to eat in the state of Virginia?
In Richmond...Benny’s BBQ or Thai’s Mama (aka Mom’s
In Charlottesville...I'm not really that attached to any one place. Wherever is least crowded I guess; also wherever is NOT Sal's Ristorante or whatever on the Downtown Mall. Sal's is my LEAST favorite place to eat in the state/commonwealth of Virginia.
7. Cartoons for adults- yay or nay?
Not for this adult. Or for this adult when she was a child. I can't stand cartoons. UGH cartoons
8. What was one of your favorite hobbies when you were a kid that you would never participate in now?
Um, I was into geneaology for a while, and I guess I wouldn't participate in that now. I literally used to go to a nursing home on Saturday mornings and take classes about geneaology from old people. Yeah, I would never do that now.
9. Favorite hot dog condiment?
I think relish is a pretty fascinating phenomenon.
10. When you aren't chilling, would you choose basketball, baseball, or racquetball?
I don't get this question, or all the references to "chilling." I like to watch baseball games live, and I can beat almost anyone in a game of Horse, which Kyle mentioned below (she mentions the game below, not the fact that I can beat almost anyone at it, though that's still true). I have a signature shot that I can make 9 out of 10 times, which unnerves people and makes them miss theirs.
11. If you had to choose one HMPV contributor to plan a chillfest for you-including the environment, movies/tv, and eats- who would you pick and what type of chillfest do you think they would plan?
I don't know any HMPV contributors. Is that like someone who carries an STD? Who are you people?
12. America's Next Top Model (ANTM) vs. Search for the Next Pussycat Doll- which one is more addictive?
I don't think I'll even dignify this question with an answer, except to say that I think ANTM is more addictive.
13. Favorite Wes Anderson created character?
Max, Max's dad, and all the male Tenenbaums
14. Did you do your own taxes this year? If not, who did? How much was your refund?
No, my dad is an accountant, so he did them. I don't know how much the refund was because he keeps it as his fee. When I start to argue with that, I think about how they say it costs parents a million dollars to raise a kid these days, and I stop talking.
15. Did you want to be named something else when you were younger? What?
Yes, constantly. It's really logistically confusing to go by your middle name, especially since, back in the day,
16. Who is your favorite founding father?
I wanted to try to pick someone other than TJ, but I like that bed at
This thing took me forty minutes!
1. What is your all time favorite Nora Ephron film?
I also used to steal my grandma's cigarette packs and replace the cigarettes with rolled up pieces of paper that said things like, "JUST SAY NO!" or "YOU'LL GET CANCER!" I seriously envisioned us bonding over it, her confessing that she'd been wanting to quit for years and I, her eight year old granddaughter, had finally convinced her to do it, us both crying, etc. But she found them and just looked puzzled, and then took a fresh pack from her purse.
When Harry Met Sally, or as I like to call it, The Only Movie In Which Meg Ryan is Annoying in An Endearing Way, and Not Just in a Really Fucking Stupid, Trying-too-Hard-to-be-Cute-and-Spunky Kind of Way.
2. Suppose you are curled up and just chilling- would you be snacking on: chips/salsa, ice cream, or apples with peanut butter?
Definitely apples with peanut butter. I love peanut butter almost as much as Jeffrey, KP's "Wonder Pooch."
3. What is going on with Drew Barrymore?
Besides a voice flatter than a freshly ground tortilla? And acting skills on par with a wood block?
4. Who do you most identify with in Steel Magnolias? Miss Truvy, Annelle, Clairee, Shelby,
or Ouiser (weezer)?
I don't remember much about that movie despite watching it every day of my girlhood, so I'm going to go with Ouiser (I'm intrigued by the spelling).
5. Veronica Mars or Twin Peaks?
VM!
6. Favorite place to eat in the state of Virginia?
The sandwiches at Take-it-Away haunt my every waking hour...but the best place to sit down and eat is Arties. That chicken paillard! Girl, don't even get me started.
7. Cartoons for adults- yay or nay?
Pura vida.
8. What was one of your favorite hobbies when you were a kid that you would never participate in now?
I used to think it was clever to smash my softball coach's cigarette packs when she wasn't looking. She'd leave them on the bleacher and I'd smash them, as if that would somehow teach her that it would behoove her health to stop smoking. But I stopped after she found a smashed pack on the ground once and yelled out to her daughter, who was playing first base, "You do that again I'll smack you!"I also used to steal my grandma's cigarette packs and replace the cigarettes with rolled up pieces of paper that said things like, "JUST SAY NO!" or "YOU'LL GET CANCER!" I seriously envisioned us bonding over it, her confessing that she'd been wanting to quit for years and I, her eight year old granddaughter, had finally convinced her to do it, us both crying, etc. But she found them and just looked puzzled, and then took a fresh pack from her purse.
9. Favorite hot dog condiment?
Ketchup.
10. When you aren't chilling, would you choose basketball, baseball, or racquetball?
Dude, who thought of this question? It's not clear at all. Baseball to watch. Basketball to play. Is that what you're asking? COME ON.
11. If you had to choose one HMPV contributor to plan a chillfest for you-including the environment, movies/tv, and eats- who would you pick and what type of chillfest do you think they would plan?
Kiks! She'd know to incorporate the necessities: light, entertaining movies/shows on DVD, alchohol, and weird foods like Cheerios cereal bars.
12. America's Next Top Model (ANTM) vs. Search for the Next Pussycat Doll- which one is more addictive?
Since I've never seen either, I say pura vida.
13. Favorite Wes Anderson created character?
"Yes that's true--but I've been out to sea for a long time."
14. Did you do your own taxes this year? If not, who did? How much was your refund?
My dad. I don't know yet. Probably, like, nine dollars.
15. Did you want to be named something else when you were younger? What?
No story I could tell beats my friend Carlos's story about his desire to be named Burning Key Car, as in the Hot Wheels mini-car, when he was four.
16. Who is your favorite founding father?
Whoever delivered the hardest spankings.Thursday, April 26, 2007
Kiki's Q+A
1. What is your all time favorite Nora Ephron film?
You've Got Mail, obviously. I have a huge old man crush on T.Hanks and I love love love the mid-nineties trends in it- AOL, Starbucks everywhere and of course, the introduction of the megabookstore. Also, I get a huge kick out of Tom deleting his typed words by hitting the delete key over and over again instead of holding it down.
2. Suppose you are curled up and just chilling- would you be snacking on: chips/salsa, ice cream, or apples with peanut butter?
Toss up between chips/salsa. Preferably blue corn chips with mango/peach salsa. For ice cream I would have to say B+J Mint Chocolate Cookie or Starbucks Mudpie.
3. What is going on with Drew Barrymore?
I don't know! But I love her hair in FeverPitch. And I love FeverPitch, but notsomuch her in it. She is just ok in it.
4. Who do you most identify with in Steel Magnolias? Miss Truvy, Annelle, Clairee, Shelby,or Ouiser (weezer)?
Ouiser or Miss Truvy. I feel like I am usually more like Miss Truvy minus the DDD chest and tousled blonde hair. Ouiser can be such an ol' coot though!
5. Veronica Mars or Twin Peaks?
As awesome as Special Agent Dale Cooper is, everyone who knows me knows that the answer is VERONICA MARS.
6. Favorite place to eat in the state of Virginia?
By region:
Arlington- Queen Bee (RIP)
The City- Artie's/Dolce Vita
Charlottesville- Take It Away
Richmond- Sticky Rice
7. Cartoons for adults- yay or nay?
Nay. I am a little insecure about my feelings on cartoons. No matter how witty or cutesy they seem to all my friends, I could just care less. The Simpsons. Meh. Family Guy. Snore. I don't even really know what that aqua-teen-something-or-other is- and I feel like I am supposed to!
8. What was one of your favorite hobbies when you were a kid that you would never participate in now?
Soccer. According to a home video, eight year old me LOVED soccer. Like, so much, i wrote about it in my journal and would practice in the back yard. I don't remember anything but hating it!
9. Favorite hot dog condiment?
Catsup.
10. When you aren't chilling, would you choose basketball, baseball, or racquetball?
To play, I guess basketball, but only fun games like HORSE.
11. If you had to choose one HMPV contributor to plan a chillfest for you-including the environment, movies/tv, and eats- who would you pick and what type of chillfest do you think they would plan?
Smash. We have been cultivating the act of chilling together since we were fourteen. I imagine her planning one of our "abroad" chillfests. These usually include playing gin (in our hotel room), drinking red wine(in our hotel room), and taking three hour cat naps. A chillfest here in the US of A would most likely involve: drinking red wine (worldly!), watching several episodes of (angsty wb teen show or SWC), and occasionally pausing to chat.
12. America's Next Top Model (ANTM) vs. Search for the Next Pussycat Doll- which one is more addictive?
ANTM- Cycle 1 only. When it comes to reality TV, I actually prefer celeb based reality more (ie Tori and Dean: Inn Love, Run's House, etc).
13. Favorite Wes Anderson created character?
14. Did you do your own taxes this year? If not, who did? How much was your refund?
No. My Pops. Dunno.
15. Did you want to be named something else when you were younger? What?
Yes. I was convinced that my name should have been "Samantha". To this day, I still think I look like a Samantha.
16. Who is your favorite founding father?
TJ. Duh.
You've Got Mail, obviously. I have a huge old man crush on T.Hanks and I love love love the mid-nineties trends in it- AOL, Starbucks everywhere and of course, the introduction of the megabookstore. Also, I get a huge kick out of Tom deleting his typed words by hitting the delete key over and over again instead of holding it down.
2. Suppose you are curled up and just chilling- would you be snacking on: chips/salsa, ice cream, or apples with peanut butter?
Toss up between chips/salsa. Preferably blue corn chips with mango/peach salsa. For ice cream I would have to say B+J Mint Chocolate Cookie or Starbucks Mudpie.
3. What is going on with Drew Barrymore?
I don't know! But I love her hair in FeverPitch. And I love FeverPitch, but notsomuch her in it. She is just ok in it.
4. Who do you most identify with in Steel Magnolias? Miss Truvy, Annelle, Clairee, Shelby,or Ouiser (weezer)?
Ouiser or Miss Truvy. I feel like I am usually more like Miss Truvy minus the DDD chest and tousled blonde hair. Ouiser can be such an ol' coot though!
5. Veronica Mars or Twin Peaks?
As awesome as Special Agent Dale Cooper is, everyone who knows me knows that the answer is VERONICA MARS.
6. Favorite place to eat in the state of Virginia?
By region:
Arlington- Queen Bee (RIP)
The City- Artie's/Dolce Vita
Charlottesville- Take It Away
Richmond- Sticky Rice
7. Cartoons for adults- yay or nay?
Nay. I am a little insecure about my feelings on cartoons. No matter how witty or cutesy they seem to all my friends, I could just care less. The Simpsons. Meh. Family Guy. Snore. I don't even really know what that aqua-teen-something-or-other is- and I feel like I am supposed to!
8. What was one of your favorite hobbies when you were a kid that you would never participate in now?
Soccer. According to a home video, eight year old me LOVED soccer. Like, so much, i wrote about it in my journal and would practice in the back yard. I don't remember anything but hating it!
9. Favorite hot dog condiment?
Catsup.
10. When you aren't chilling, would you choose basketball, baseball, or racquetball?
To play, I guess basketball, but only fun games like HORSE.
11. If you had to choose one HMPV contributor to plan a chillfest for you-including the environment, movies/tv, and eats- who would you pick and what type of chillfest do you think they would plan?
Smash. We have been cultivating the act of chilling together since we were fourteen. I imagine her planning one of our "abroad" chillfests. These usually include playing gin (in our hotel room), drinking red wine(in our hotel room), and taking three hour cat naps. A chillfest here in the US of A would most likely involve: drinking red wine (worldly!), watching several episodes of (angsty wb teen show or SWC), and occasionally pausing to chat.
12. America's Next Top Model (ANTM) vs. Search for the Next Pussycat Doll- which one is more addictive?
ANTM- Cycle 1 only. When it comes to reality TV, I actually prefer celeb based reality more (ie Tori and Dean: Inn Love, Run's House, etc).
13. Favorite Wes Anderson created character?
14. Did you do your own taxes this year? If not, who did? How much was your refund?
No. My Pops. Dunno.
15. Did you want to be named something else when you were younger? What?
Yes. I was convinced that my name should have been "Samantha". To this day, I still think I look like a Samantha.
16. Who is your favorite founding father?
TJ. Duh.
afh4's survey.
1. What is your all time favorite Nora Ephron film?
The first time my family got a video camera that took those small tapes (you know, the small ones) we got three free small tape movies with it. There was this big catalog and we had to pick out which small tape movies we wanted and the selection was bizarre. It must've been limited by studio or something, plus by the fact that the movie had to have been published on small tape technology.
Well, I don't remember the other two but one of the small tape movies was the small tape version of My Blue Heaven with Rick Moranis and Steve Martin.
In order to watch this small tape movie, we would have to hook up the small tape camcorder to the regular tape VCR using some kind of cable and then play the small tape movie through the small tape camcorder. Only then could you watch it on television. I did this approximately 100 times before I graduated high school, each time watching the small tape version of My Blue Heaven. I've only met a handful of people who've ever even heard of My Blue Heaven.
So, yeah. My Blue Heaven.
Ahh, fuck it. Who am I trying to kid? When Harry Met Sally.
2. Suppose you are curled up and just chilling- would you be snacking on: chips/salsa, ice cream, or apples with peanut butter?
chips/salsa.
3. What is going on with Drew Barrymore?
Drew Barrymore irritates me. A lot. She's only famous because she was famous when she was little and because girls think she is cute. I've never met a single guy who thinks Drew Barrymore is attractive yet she keeps getting cast in romantic comedies because girls think she is pretty. F that-if I have to sit through 50 First Dates at least let one of the female contributors from this blog be in it.
4. Who do you most identify with in Steel Magnolias? Miss Truvy, Annelle, Clairee, Shelby,or Ouiser (weezer)?
Miss Truvy.
5. Veronica Mars or Twin Peaks?
Miss Truvy.
6. Favorite place to eat in the state of Virginia?
Ok, this question was planted for me. It's the Mill Street Grill in Staunton, VA. I probably ate there once a week growing up and I've had nearly everything that was on the menu at that time. Plus, the butter is always a different flavor and there are three different kinds of bread, all baked together in this little bowl.
I am salivating thinking about it; plus, it was one of the only places in town that would hire gay people, so the waitstaff was great.
7. Cartoons for adults- yay or nay?
Nay, nay, nay.
8. What was one of your favorite hobbies when you were a kid that you would never participate in now?
I played that game Magic: The Gathering for about 6 weeks because I have a very nerdy brother who was into it. He got me into it so he could use my best cards (like "Icy Manipulator") to defeat his opponents. Obviously, I would never do that now.
Also, I did actual magic tricks for about 6 weeks when I was about 11. I would never do that now. I hate magic-it infuriates me because I know it's basically a drawn out lie.
I was also in the Boy Scouts and I wouldn't do that now.
9. Favorite hot dog condiment?
Cheese.
10. When you aren't chilling, would you choose basketball, baseball, or racquetball?
To play: Basketball
To watch: Baseball
Court on which to throw a party: Racquetball.
11. If you had to choose one HMPV contributor to plan a chillfest for you-including the environment, movies/tv, and eats- who would you pick and what type of chillfest do you think they would plan?
I pick KP and assume that the chillfest will involve Jeffrey the Dog.
12. America's Next Top Model (ANTM) vs. Search for the Next Pussycat Doll- which one is more addictive?
I've watched some ANTM and none of this Pussycat Doll search. Top Chef and PRunway are both way more addictive and way better.
13. Favorite Wes Anderson created character?
Tennis Announcer 1: That's 72 unforced errors for Richie Tenebaum. He's playing the worst tennis of his life. What's he feeling right now?
Tennis Announcer 2: I don't know, Jim. There's obviously something wrong with him. He's taken off his shoes and one of his socks and... actually, I think he's crying.
14. Did you do your own taxes this year? If not, who did? How much was your refund?
No. My Dad. Like 450 dollars.
15. Did you want to be named something else when you were younger? What?
Yeah. I wanted a really "cool" name like Spike or Dragon or something. I used to get in these pretty big fights with my mom when I was about 7 or 8 where I would scream at her about not being named like Chain or Flame or something.
16. Who is your favorite founding father?
It's a huge toss-up. I'm a big, big fan of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Hamilton. Ultimately, though, I'm VA bred, so it's TJ.
He was probably the second smartest (behind Hamilton) and probably the tallest (by half an inch over Washington). That's a pretty good combo considering that Hamilton was the shortest and Washington the dumbest.
The first time my family got a video camera that took those small tapes (you know, the small ones) we got three free small tape movies with it. There was this big catalog and we had to pick out which small tape movies we wanted and the selection was bizarre. It must've been limited by studio or something, plus by the fact that the movie had to have been published on small tape technology.
Well, I don't remember the other two but one of the small tape movies was the small tape version of My Blue Heaven with Rick Moranis and Steve Martin.
In order to watch this small tape movie, we would have to hook up the small tape camcorder to the regular tape VCR using some kind of cable and then play the small tape movie through the small tape camcorder. Only then could you watch it on television. I did this approximately 100 times before I graduated high school, each time watching the small tape version of My Blue Heaven. I've only met a handful of people who've ever even heard of My Blue Heaven.
So, yeah. My Blue Heaven.
Ahh, fuck it. Who am I trying to kid? When Harry Met Sally.
2. Suppose you are curled up and just chilling- would you be snacking on: chips/salsa, ice cream, or apples with peanut butter?
chips/salsa.
3. What is going on with Drew Barrymore?
Drew Barrymore irritates me. A lot. She's only famous because she was famous when she was little and because girls think she is cute. I've never met a single guy who thinks Drew Barrymore is attractive yet she keeps getting cast in romantic comedies because girls think she is pretty. F that-if I have to sit through 50 First Dates at least let one of the female contributors from this blog be in it.
4. Who do you most identify with in Steel Magnolias? Miss Truvy, Annelle, Clairee, Shelby,or Ouiser (weezer)?
Miss Truvy.
5. Veronica Mars or Twin Peaks?
Miss Truvy.
6. Favorite place to eat in the state of Virginia?
Ok, this question was planted for me. It's the Mill Street Grill in Staunton, VA. I probably ate there once a week growing up and I've had nearly everything that was on the menu at that time. Plus, the butter is always a different flavor and there are three different kinds of bread, all baked together in this little bowl.
I am salivating thinking about it; plus, it was one of the only places in town that would hire gay people, so the waitstaff was great.
7. Cartoons for adults- yay or nay?
Nay, nay, nay.
8. What was one of your favorite hobbies when you were a kid that you would never participate in now?
I played that game Magic: The Gathering for about 6 weeks because I have a very nerdy brother who was into it. He got me into it so he could use my best cards (like "Icy Manipulator") to defeat his opponents. Obviously, I would never do that now.
Also, I did actual magic tricks for about 6 weeks when I was about 11. I would never do that now. I hate magic-it infuriates me because I know it's basically a drawn out lie.
I was also in the Boy Scouts and I wouldn't do that now.
9. Favorite hot dog condiment?
Cheese.
10. When you aren't chilling, would you choose basketball, baseball, or racquetball?
To play: Basketball
To watch: Baseball
Court on which to throw a party: Racquetball.
11. If you had to choose one HMPV contributor to plan a chillfest for you-including the environment, movies/tv, and eats- who would you pick and what type of chillfest do you think they would plan?
I pick KP and assume that the chillfest will involve Jeffrey the Dog.
12. America's Next Top Model (ANTM) vs. Search for the Next Pussycat Doll- which one is more addictive?
I've watched some ANTM and none of this Pussycat Doll search. Top Chef and PRunway are both way more addictive and way better.
13. Favorite Wes Anderson created character?
Tennis Announcer 1: That's 72 unforced errors for Richie Tenebaum. He's playing the worst tennis of his life. What's he feeling right now?
Tennis Announcer 2: I don't know, Jim. There's obviously something wrong with him. He's taken off his shoes and one of his socks and... actually, I think he's crying.
14. Did you do your own taxes this year? If not, who did? How much was your refund?
No. My Dad. Like 450 dollars.
15. Did you want to be named something else when you were younger? What?
Yeah. I wanted a really "cool" name like Spike or Dragon or something. I used to get in these pretty big fights with my mom when I was about 7 or 8 where I would scream at her about not being named like Chain or Flame or something.
16. Who is your favorite founding father?
It's a huge toss-up. I'm a big, big fan of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Hamilton. Ultimately, though, I'm VA bred, so it's TJ.
He was probably the second smartest (behind Hamilton) and probably the tallest (by half an inch over Washington). That's a pretty good combo considering that Hamilton was the shortest and Washington the dumbest.
*ahem*...
1. What is your all time favorite Nora Ephron film?
Because I refuse to be constrained by the distinction of Ms. Ephron as a director, and instead must consider her entire body of work in all of its shining glory, I would have to say that her assistant producing of “When Harry Met Sally” was beyond stellar.
Also, Billy Crystal was in it.
2. Suppose you are curled up and just chilling- would you be snacking on: chips/salsa, ice cream, or apples with peanut butter?
Yes.
3. What is going on with Drew Barrymore?
When I was twelve, and sneaking into the Fair City Mall movie theater to watch Drew and Chris O’Donnell in “Mad Love,” I had an epiphany: I too wanted to be a free-spirited, confident, sex-obsessed homicidal runaway and cut out thousands of eyes from glossy magazines and plaster them to the walls of my squalid apartment while wearing flowing white sundresses and smoky eyeshadow.
….Wait, what was the question?
4. Who do you most identify with in Steel Magnolias? Miss Truvy, Annelle, Clairee, Shelby,
or Ouiser (weezer)?
Ihaveneverseenmorethantenminutesofthatmovie
kylepleasedontbreakupwithme.
5. Veronica Mars or Twin Peaks?
Mars Bars & Twinkies!
6. Favorite place to eat in the state of Virginia?
Ok, I need to qualify this—
In Northern Virginia: Artie’s Sunday Brunch
In Charlottesville: The Bistro/Arch’s/Bluegrass Grill/EVERYWHERE
7. Cartoons for adults- yay or nay?
Kyle, if this is another subversive attempt to get me to watch Anime pornography with you, my answer is still no.
8. What was one of your favorite hobbies when you were a kid that you would never participate in now?
I think I have to go with the ol’ classic: séances and Ouija boards and incense-filled sleepovers. Although that sounds kind of fun now… Who’s with me? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
9. Favorite hot dog condiment?
Ew.
10. When you aren't chilling, would you choose basketball, baseball, or racquetball?
To watch on TV? I’d go with… basketball. Or tennis—such cute skirts!
11. If you had to choose one HMPV contributor to plan a chillfest for you-including the environment, movies/tv, and eats- who would you pick and what type of chillfest do you think they would plan?
Because sharing is caring, I would like to appeal to the judges for an all-inclusive ChillFest 2K7™, with a diverse and eclectic contribution by all:
Kyle—Free front-row tickets to a Beach Boys concert
Becky—Professional photographic documentation of said event and jealousy-inspiring outfit.
Youri— Jeanette Debrienza and her endless supply of Hostess cupcakes, obvi.
Taylor—Amazing interior decoration of ChillFest™ location; impromptu poetry readings.
Jimmy—Testosterone.
Andrew—Improvisational comedy as entertainment while Hostess cupcakes are consumed.
KP—Jeffrey the Amazing Wonder Pooch.
12. America's Next Top Model (ANTM) vs. Search for the Next Pussycat Doll- which one is the more addictive?
OMG ASIA DID NOT DESERVE TO WIN!!1111 WTFFFFFFFF
13. Favorite Wes Anderson created character?
Pelé dos Santos, otherwise known as the Portuguese David Bowie in “Life Aquatic.”
14. Did you do your own taxes this year? If not, who did? How much was your refund?
With the trusty help of H&R Block Online, yes! All in all, a good chunk of change--$1,300. TAKE THAT, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!
15. Did you want to be named something else when you were younger? What?
Um… Yes. Hannah. Suckazzz!
16. Who is your favorite founding father?
My heart belongs to Daddy.
Because I refuse to be constrained by the distinction of Ms. Ephron as a director, and instead must consider her entire body of work in all of its shining glory, I would have to say that her assistant producing of “When Harry Met Sally” was beyond stellar.
Also, Billy Crystal was in it.
2. Suppose you are curled up and just chilling- would you be snacking on: chips/salsa, ice cream, or apples with peanut butter?
Yes.
3. What is going on with Drew Barrymore?
When I was twelve, and sneaking into the Fair City Mall movie theater to watch Drew and Chris O’Donnell in “Mad Love,” I had an epiphany: I too wanted to be a free-spirited, confident, sex-obsessed homicidal runaway and cut out thousands of eyes from glossy magazines and plaster them to the walls of my squalid apartment while wearing flowing white sundresses and smoky eyeshadow.
….Wait, what was the question?
4. Who do you most identify with in Steel Magnolias? Miss Truvy, Annelle, Clairee, Shelby,
or Ouiser (weezer)?
Ihaveneverseenmorethantenminutesofthatmovie
kylepleasedontbreakupwithme.
5. Veronica Mars or Twin Peaks?
Mars Bars & Twinkies!
6. Favorite place to eat in the state of Virginia?
Ok, I need to qualify this—
In Northern Virginia: Artie’s Sunday Brunch
In Charlottesville: The Bistro/Arch’s/Bluegrass Grill/EVERYWHERE
7. Cartoons for adults- yay or nay?
Kyle, if this is another subversive attempt to get me to watch Anime pornography with you, my answer is still no.
8. What was one of your favorite hobbies when you were a kid that you would never participate in now?
I think I have to go with the ol’ classic: séances and Ouija boards and incense-filled sleepovers. Although that sounds kind of fun now… Who’s with me? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
9. Favorite hot dog condiment?
Ew.
10. When you aren't chilling, would you choose basketball, baseball, or racquetball?
To watch on TV? I’d go with… basketball. Or tennis—such cute skirts!
11. If you had to choose one HMPV contributor to plan a chillfest for you-including the environment, movies/tv, and eats- who would you pick and what type of chillfest do you think they would plan?
Because sharing is caring, I would like to appeal to the judges for an all-inclusive ChillFest 2K7™, with a diverse and eclectic contribution by all:
Kyle—Free front-row tickets to a Beach Boys concert
Becky—Professional photographic documentation of said event and jealousy-inspiring outfit.
Youri— Jeanette Debrienza and her endless supply of Hostess cupcakes, obvi.
Taylor—Amazing interior decoration of ChillFest™ location; impromptu poetry readings.
Jimmy—Testosterone.
Andrew—Improvisational comedy as entertainment while Hostess cupcakes are consumed.
KP—Jeffrey the Amazing Wonder Pooch.
12. America's Next Top Model (ANTM) vs. Search for the Next Pussycat Doll- which one is the more addictive?
OMG ASIA DID NOT DESERVE TO WIN!!1111 WTFFFFFFFF
13. Favorite Wes Anderson created character?
Pelé dos Santos, otherwise known as the Portuguese David Bowie in “Life Aquatic.”
14. Did you do your own taxes this year? If not, who did? How much was your refund?
With the trusty help of H&R Block Online, yes! All in all, a good chunk of change--$1,300. TAKE THAT, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!
15. Did you want to be named something else when you were younger? What?
Um… Yes. Hannah. Suckazzz!
16. Who is your favorite founding father?
My heart belongs to Daddy.
The BHPV Questionnaire
Okay people, here is the deal- when responding to this questionnaire. Just cut and paste the questions into your post and answer them as you go! This way your questionnaire will be a new, awesome PV post! Please don't answer the questions in the comments section. Let us all read about you with a finale that says "POSTED BY __________ at (insert wrong time here)". Get it? Ok, good. With that settled here are the "But Hey . . .Pura Vida" questions that desperately need answers.
1. What is your all time favorite Nora Ephron film?
2. Suppose you are curled up and just chilling- would you be snacking on: chips/salsa, ice cream, or apples with peanut butter?
3. What is going on with Drew Barrymore?
4. Who do you most identify with in Steel Magnolias? Miss Truvy, Annelle, Clairee, Shelby,
or Ouiser (weezer)?
5. Veronica Mars or Twin Peaks?
6. Favorite place to eat in the state of Virginia?
7. Cartoons for adults- yay or nay?
8. What was one of your favorite hobbies when you were a kid that you would never participate in now?
9. Favorite hot dog condiment?
10. When you aren't chilling, would you choose basketball, baseball, or racquetball?
11. If you had to choose one HMPV contributor to plan a chillfest for you-including the environment, movies/tv, and eats- who would you pick and what type of chillfest do you think they would plan?
12. America's Next Top Model (ANTM) vs. Search for the Next Pussycat Doll- which one is more addictive?
13. Favorite Wes Anderson created character?
14. Did you do your own taxes this year? If not, who did? How much was your refund?
15. Did you want to be named something else when you were younger? What?
16. Who is your favorite founding father?
That is it! Remember to make this a POST and don't respond in the comments!
Kisses,
YFBA
1. What is your all time favorite Nora Ephron film?
2. Suppose you are curled up and just chilling- would you be snacking on: chips/salsa, ice cream, or apples with peanut butter?
3. What is going on with Drew Barrymore?
4. Who do you most identify with in Steel Magnolias? Miss Truvy, Annelle, Clairee, Shelby,
or Ouiser (weezer)?
5. Veronica Mars or Twin Peaks?
6. Favorite place to eat in the state of Virginia?
7. Cartoons for adults- yay or nay?
8. What was one of your favorite hobbies when you were a kid that you would never participate in now?
9. Favorite hot dog condiment?
10. When you aren't chilling, would you choose basketball, baseball, or racquetball?
11. If you had to choose one HMPV contributor to plan a chillfest for you-including the environment, movies/tv, and eats- who would you pick and what type of chillfest do you think they would plan?
12. America's Next Top Model (ANTM) vs. Search for the Next Pussycat Doll- which one is more addictive?
13. Favorite Wes Anderson created character?
14. Did you do your own taxes this year? If not, who did? How much was your refund?
15. Did you want to be named something else when you were younger? What?
16. Who is your favorite founding father?
That is it! Remember to make this a POST and don't respond in the comments!
Kisses,
YFBA
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
LADIES and MANOREXICS your dreams have been answered!!!
WHO LOVES TWINKIES (the cake like confection, not the racial slur for americanized koreans like myself)?!
segue
I work at a catering company. I am bombarded by calorie ridden sweets everyday. I love to eat, but I would also like to keep my girlish figure. I also would rather stop conceding to eating yogurts or "fruit" or my viactiv calcium chews for dessert (caramel flavored - will save for next blog entry). ENTER JEANETTE DEBRIENZA, the elderly Avon saleswoman from the shop next door. Jeanette is awesome. She is Brooklyn, born and raised. She organizes ladies trips to Mohegan Sun (indian casino 20 minutes outside of the city) and to Atlantic City on a chartered bus. Usually she is trying to peddle some grody generic frosted oatmeal cookies or like, a tub of whipped cream cheese on me. This time, however, she comes in with these:
I'm all over this shit. She gives me one of the little carrot cakes and I'm in heaven. It tastes nothing like carrot cake but I don't care because it's got that fake, synthetic and alarmingly shiny "creme" in the middle and at a mere 33 calories i can eat like, 17 more. Ladies and manorexics alike, I don't want to get all "Kirstie Alley" on you but now you can have your cake and eat it too! So what if the ingredients don't exist in nature? ITS OK THE POINT IS YOU WON'T GET FAT.
bon apetite!
segue
I work at a catering company. I am bombarded by calorie ridden sweets everyday. I love to eat, but I would also like to keep my girlish figure. I also would rather stop conceding to eating yogurts or "fruit" or my viactiv calcium chews for dessert (caramel flavored - will save for next blog entry). ENTER JEANETTE DEBRIENZA, the elderly Avon saleswoman from the shop next door. Jeanette is awesome. She is Brooklyn, born and raised. She organizes ladies trips to Mohegan Sun (indian casino 20 minutes outside of the city) and to Atlantic City on a chartered bus. Usually she is trying to peddle some grody generic frosted oatmeal cookies or like, a tub of whipped cream cheese on me. This time, however, she comes in with these:
I'm all over this shit. She gives me one of the little carrot cakes and I'm in heaven. It tastes nothing like carrot cake but I don't care because it's got that fake, synthetic and alarmingly shiny "creme" in the middle and at a mere 33 calories i can eat like, 17 more. Ladies and manorexics alike, I don't want to get all "Kirstie Alley" on you but now you can have your cake and eat it too! So what if the ingredients don't exist in nature? ITS OK THE POINT IS YOU WON'T GET FAT.
bon apetite!
Monday, April 23, 2007
Serious Preparation
Ok, as I am sure everyone knows, Foxfields is this Saturday! No doubt it will be a blast- it is always a highlight of my spring. However, this year I am considering changing up a few important elements. They are listed as follows:
1. Drinks.
Last year, we went with a college girl staple, boxed wine. While it goes down rather smoothly, I had a horrendous headache all afternoon while sobering up.
This year I want to try pregaming with some of these adorable cocktails. A ramos fizz is frothy and fun. My dad made me one once and it was delish. The problem with the drink is that it needs a blender to be super frothy. Maybe we can make a pitcher and drink them before we leave?
Here is the recipe:
1 1/2 oz gin2 tbsp cream1/2 oz fresh lemon juice1 fresh egg white1/4 oz club soda1 tbsp powdered sugar3-4 drops orange flower water1/2 oz fresh lime juice
Add the ingredients except club soda to a chilled mixer and shake for at least one minute. Strain into a thin goblet and top off with chilled club soda, to taste.
Add the ingredients except club soda to a chilled mixer and shake for at least one minute. Strain into a thin goblet and top off with chilled club soda, to taste.
2. Dress.
I love Lilly Pulitzer dresses. The prints are bright and girly. Also, I think they have a very flattering cut. Unfortunately, everyone at FF loves Lilly, especially, my favorite style, the "Audrey". The dress issue is going to be decided by the end of the week.
3. Plot Section
This year we are chilling in the swanky alumni section. No more student section with frat boys peeing in troughs! I have no idea what to expect- I am thinking I will see more of this:
And less of this?
I dunno, but I can't wait to find out.
In conclusion, I am taking this week to do some important stuff! Like, maybe buy a new dress and all the ingredients to make my delicious gin drink!
Also, to get everyone excited I am posting a couple old FF pics!
Foxfields 2k3.
Foxfields 2k6.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Coming soon . . .
Hey everyone,
Just to give you a heads up- afh4 and I are going to develop a questionnaire for all of us to respond to! That's right. Even though we are all distantly kinda linked to one another, there is going to be a way for us to get, well, closer.
Be on the look out!
Love,
Your favorite blog administrator,
Kiki
Oh yeah, and if you have any awesome question for the questionnaire.- leave them in the comments!
Just to give you a heads up- afh4 and I are going to develop a questionnaire for all of us to respond to! That's right. Even though we are all distantly kinda linked to one another, there is going to be a way for us to get, well, closer.
Be on the look out!
Love,
Your favorite blog administrator,
Kiki
Oh yeah, and if you have any awesome question for the questionnaire.- leave them in the comments!
Blogging the BSC
So, I realize that this may be trespassing across some sort of Line in the Blog Sand by linking another blog in a blog. Blog blog blog.
Where was I? Oh, yes. But, if you have ever found yourself stealing your little sister's Baby Sitter's Club books, reading them late at night by flashlight, and then claiming that you only read them because you wanted to see what literary influences made her "such a stupidhead", then this is for you:
BSC Headquarters
How very meta.
Where was I? Oh, yes. But, if you have ever found yourself stealing your little sister's Baby Sitter's Club books, reading them late at night by flashlight, and then claiming that you only read them because you wanted to see what literary influences made her "such a stupidhead", then this is for you:
BSC Headquarters
How very meta.
Confict alert!
Dear Fellow Blogsters,
I'm conflicted. On one hand, Nalgenes are so cool (and in case you've been living in a deep sea bunker for the last decade, they're those fun-colored water bottles you see at REI and hanging from hipster belt loops). They're bright. They're outdoorsy. They supposedly don't ever break, EVER.
This is how excited people get about their Nalgenes:
They decorate them with amphibians, and take fun pictures.
OR
They go hiking and notice their Nalgene sort of matches the point where sky and ocean meet, and take a picture of the three existing harmoniously together, to remind us how the man-made was once a part of nature, too, and, like, so totally one with...with everything. You know, man?
OR
They store pasta in them...?
So the optimistic side of me says, "Buy another Nalgene! They're so cute! So versatile! You should carry a liter of water on you at all times!" Then the cynical, devilish Ashleigh strokes her black mustache and says, "But they sell Aquafina for a buck at Rite Aid, with easy-to-grip features and a small spicket from which to drink."
The thing is, I always get excited about Nalgenes. I really like those turquoise and cobalt ones--aren't they pretty?! But everytime I fall for its good looks, I wind up with my heart in pieces. Nalgenes are heavy. I don't like carrying around a liter of water (or double pint, or third o' gallon, or whatever...I don't really know measurements. But it holds a LOT of water, is my point). What's more, the little meter thing noting how many ounces you're drinking disappears entirely, if you wash it enough--which you need to do, because it looks so grimy and scuffed so quickly. Lastly, those big ones are just plain awful if you are trying to work out and drink from them at the same time. I wind up a mess! And after a while, those mouth guards you can buy also look the kind of filthy that will never really be clean again, and they remind me of the mouth guards we wore playing lacrosse in high school...which reminds me of the time I tried out and didn't make the team, which remains a permanent scar on my self-esteem.....and my life.
Anyway, I ponder all this because I'm debating purchasing another Nalgene, and I wonder, are they overrated? Do I just want to look outdoorsyish or hipsterish? Sort of, yes. Both. But is buying one better than getting an Aquafina from Rite Aid every time I'm on the go? Yes, I think it is most definitely better, at least financially.
What to do?
Yours,
Pensive in PA
I'm conflicted. On one hand, Nalgenes are so cool (and in case you've been living in a deep sea bunker for the last decade, they're those fun-colored water bottles you see at REI and hanging from hipster belt loops). They're bright. They're outdoorsy. They supposedly don't ever break, EVER.
This is how excited people get about their Nalgenes:
They decorate them with amphibians, and take fun pictures.
OR
They go hiking and notice their Nalgene sort of matches the point where sky and ocean meet, and take a picture of the three existing harmoniously together, to remind us how the man-made was once a part of nature, too, and, like, so totally one with...with everything. You know, man?
OR
They store pasta in them...?
So the optimistic side of me says, "Buy another Nalgene! They're so cute! So versatile! You should carry a liter of water on you at all times!" Then the cynical, devilish Ashleigh strokes her black mustache and says, "But they sell Aquafina for a buck at Rite Aid, with easy-to-grip features and a small spicket from which to drink."
The thing is, I always get excited about Nalgenes. I really like those turquoise and cobalt ones--aren't they pretty?! But everytime I fall for its good looks, I wind up with my heart in pieces. Nalgenes are heavy. I don't like carrying around a liter of water (or double pint, or third o' gallon, or whatever...I don't really know measurements. But it holds a LOT of water, is my point). What's more, the little meter thing noting how many ounces you're drinking disappears entirely, if you wash it enough--which you need to do, because it looks so grimy and scuffed so quickly. Lastly, those big ones are just plain awful if you are trying to work out and drink from them at the same time. I wind up a mess! And after a while, those mouth guards you can buy also look the kind of filthy that will never really be clean again, and they remind me of the mouth guards we wore playing lacrosse in high school...which reminds me of the time I tried out and didn't make the team, which remains a permanent scar on my self-esteem.....and my life.
Anyway, I ponder all this because I'm debating purchasing another Nalgene, and I wonder, are they overrated? Do I just want to look outdoorsyish or hipsterish? Sort of, yes. Both. But is buying one better than getting an Aquafina from Rite Aid every time I'm on the go? Yes, I think it is most definitely better, at least financially.
What to do?
Yours,
Pensive in PA
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Ms. Grylls at your service.
I would like to take this opportunity
To announce my engagement.
I have found the man of my dreams.
No mere mortal could ever achieve what my future husband has—especially at the ripe, virile young age of thirty-two.
I would like to introduce you to the future Mr. Rubenstein:
Bear Grylls.
For those of you who have not yet been blessed by knowledge of this man’s glorious existence, I would like to offer, for your enjoyment, a brief outline of my fiancée’s heroic life:
1. At the age of 23, my dumpling entered The Guinness Book of Records by becoming the youngest, and one of only around thirty, British climbers to have successfully climbed Mt. Everest and returned alive.
2. Cupcake was a member of the British Special Air Service. During this time, he suffered a free-fall parachuting accident in Africa where he broke his back in three places. And then recovered to climb Mt. Everest.
3. In 2003, Lovely successfully completed another world breaking expedition, leading a team across the North Atlantic Arctic Ocean in a small open rigid inflatable boat.
4. Two years ago, SmooshyLoveFace broke the world record for the highest ever open air dinner party, slung under a hot air balloon at 25,000 ft.
5. CreamyHappyMuffinBrownie is the current star of The Discovery Channel’s “Man Vs. Wild,” where he is parachuted into some of the most inhospitable deserts, jungles and mountains on earth with only a knife, rippling muscles, and an adorable accent to survive.
6. He has a son named Marmaduke and lives on a boat.
7. He is hot.
Please join us in celebrating this new chapter of our lives.
To announce my engagement.
I have found the man of my dreams.
No mere mortal could ever achieve what my future husband has—especially at the ripe, virile young age of thirty-two.
I would like to introduce you to the future Mr. Rubenstein:
Bear Grylls.
For those of you who have not yet been blessed by knowledge of this man’s glorious existence, I would like to offer, for your enjoyment, a brief outline of my fiancée’s heroic life:
1. At the age of 23, my dumpling entered The Guinness Book of Records by becoming the youngest, and one of only around thirty, British climbers to have successfully climbed Mt. Everest and returned alive.
2. Cupcake was a member of the British Special Air Service. During this time, he suffered a free-fall parachuting accident in Africa where he broke his back in three places. And then recovered to climb Mt. Everest.
3. In 2003, Lovely successfully completed another world breaking expedition, leading a team across the North Atlantic Arctic Ocean in a small open rigid inflatable boat.
4. Two years ago, SmooshyLoveFace broke the world record for the highest ever open air dinner party, slung under a hot air balloon at 25,000 ft.
5. CreamyHappyMuffinBrownie is the current star of The Discovery Channel’s “Man Vs. Wild,” where he is parachuted into some of the most inhospitable deserts, jungles and mountains on earth with only a knife, rippling muscles, and an adorable accent to survive.
6. He has a son named Marmaduke and lives on a boat.
7. He is hot.
Please join us in celebrating this new chapter of our lives.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
How To Save A Life
STEP 1: Find the person that you are trying to save. Say "We need to talk."
STEP 2: When he seems skittish, explain that he should "Relax. It's just a talk."
STEP 3: As they smile politely, stare through them. This detachment will signal that this is serious and you are not confronting your emotions about the gravity.
STEP 4: Make some trite references to the "right" way, meaning both towards the East (if one is facing North) and "correct", "ethical", "conventional", or otherwise "substance-abuse free."
STEP 5: Explain to him that you have all the answers. That you know best; after all, you do. It's this kind of selflessness that appeals to those in the grips of a devestating mental and physical addiction.
STEP 6: He's going to set up walls; it's up to you to get around them. In order to slip past these defenses I suggest either:
A play-action to the halfback, guard pulling, hook/deep post route.
The cover of night on a bicycle.
STEP 7: Now is when you list out all the grievances you have. Here's an example list you can use as a guide:
STEP 2: When he seems skittish, explain that he should "Relax. It's just a talk."
STEP 3: As they smile politely, stare through them. This detachment will signal that this is serious and you are not confronting your emotions about the gravity.
STEP 4: Make some trite references to the "right" way, meaning both towards the East (if one is facing North) and "correct", "ethical", "conventional", or otherwise "substance-abuse free."
STEP 5: Explain to him that you have all the answers. That you know best; after all, you do. It's this kind of selflessness that appeals to those in the grips of a devestating mental and physical addiction.
STEP 6: He's going to set up walls; it's up to you to get around them. In order to slip past these defenses I suggest either:
A play-action to the halfback, guard pulling, hook/deep post route.
OR:
The cover of night on a bicycle.
STEP 7: Now is when you list out all the grievances you have. Here's an example list you can use as a guide:
1-You ate all the banana nut bread.
2-You scratched my new Gwen CD when you cut cocaine on it using a razor.
3-You don't turn on the fan after you use the bathroom.
4-You crashed my scooter on vacation last fall.
5-There are heroin needles everywhere.
STEP 8: Pray to God he hears you.
STEP 9: Things are probably getting hairy at this point. Your praying has upset him and he's shouting. Speak to him in low tones. Make it clear that you are serious but refuse to play "The Shouting Game."
STEP 10: Grant him one last choice:
"[Insert addict's name], you can either drive until you lose the road or break with the ones you've followed."
STEP 11: When he asks for clarification as to what the choices are, refuse him any. This is his choice. He has to make it, regardless of whether he understands the options. If drugs have sapped him of his ability to comprehend metaphors, so be it. The world weeps for no man who cannot imagine life as a river.
STEP 12a: He admits everything! Success! Give him back his wife and children and expect a particularly nice Christmas card this year.
STEP 12b: He says he's not the same and you begin to wonder why you came. Because he's obviously the same. He's still a drug addict. Look at him. That's a drug addict and until he admits to everything, he can't change. Take away his briefcase and leave the Lincoln Memorial immediately.
Another important food item.
I feel like a blog hog here but I have to just put in a word about Trader Joe's meringues. Small. Fat free. Low calorie. Sugary, egg-whitey scrumpdiddlyumptiousness. I ate so many the other night I was physically ill the next morning. And then I bought some more, and ate too many again. But I think I'm building a tolerance because I'm not getting sick anymore, just fat. (They ARE low cal but not if you eat them a box at a time, obviously).
Uh, p.s...I CAN.
Taylor unknowingly challenged me to a duel, and I'm going to shoot her down.
While Hugh Laurie is most definitely hot in a slack-jawed sort of way, he ain't got nothing on:
Wayne Coyne. What can I even say? A girlish singing voice + wild, untamed hair + those Banana Republic-esque suits = one big bowl of middle aged deliciousness. The cherry on top lies in his willingness to so fervantly hug adoring female fans. Google image him and you'll see what I mean. I hope to one day be among them.
The second dude--or proverbial gunshot in Tay Tay's direction--is this ripe old thing:
Just kidding. I'm sure muppet man is still cute underneath that matted fur...but really, I just couldn't think of a second hot old dude. I considered Al Pacino until I googled him and saw he's long-since passed weathered-sexy and flung himself full force into just plain weathered.
While Hugh Laurie is most definitely hot in a slack-jawed sort of way, he ain't got nothing on:
Wayne Coyne. What can I even say? A girlish singing voice + wild, untamed hair + those Banana Republic-esque suits = one big bowl of middle aged deliciousness. The cherry on top lies in his willingness to so fervantly hug adoring female fans. Google image him and you'll see what I mean. I hope to one day be among them.
The second dude--or proverbial gunshot in Tay Tay's direction--is this ripe old thing:
Just kidding. I'm sure muppet man is still cute underneath that matted fur...but really, I just couldn't think of a second hot old dude. I considered Al Pacino until I googled him and saw he's long-since passed weathered-sexy and flung himself full force into just plain weathered.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Uh which House to Watch?
This House incorporates an ethnically and internationally diverse cast. Plus, they are hot. Name two old men who are hotter than Hugh Laurie. P.S. You can't. Finally, two of them are having a NSA (no strings attached, it's what the kids are saying) sexual relationship on the show, but are engaged IN REAL LIFE. In my mind, this is the House to beat. Srsly.
Mimosas. Just for brunch? I think not. I can't get enough of these little fellas. It is the perfect blend of sweet n' tart.
Basically, heaven. In this picture's case, heaven in a hollyberry painted goblet.
Also, I must give credit where credit is due:
Smash was the initial lover of the mimosa.
Why is she always so right?
Monday, April 16, 2007
Pure as a virgin, thicker 'an thighs.
In the spirit of straight chillin', girl-style (which in my mind involves eating), I want to rave for a minute about this little baby:
Fage. Pronounced "Fa-yeh!" As in, my heart is on fayeh for this yogurt. (Get it?) But seriously, it's incredible. Imagine a substance with the thick, rich texture of whole whipped cream minus the 900 grams of fat per serving. If you buy the 2% or even the fat free (and I usually hate fat free anything), these little cups of godly deliciousness taste great, fill you up in ways other low-fat yogurts only dream about, and can be eaten plain, with honey, with sugar substitute, or with fruit--a substance with a world of possibilities. Okay, now stop imagining. Imagine never more! Your dreams have already been realized, and can be purchased at most grocery stores (Trader Joes, Whole Foods, and I think, now, most regular old Safeways/Giant Eagles/Krogers/Giants).
Exciting News!!!
Ok- a couple things.
1. This is a blog! For my friends! To share, like, fun stuff with me.
2. The National are opening for Arcade Fire. I don't know if I am excited about this or not :/ I kinda hoped the opening act would be jarvis cocker-y Patrick Wolf!
1. This is a blog! For my friends! To share, like, fun stuff with me.
2. The National are opening for Arcade Fire. I don't know if I am excited about this or not :/ I kinda hoped the opening act would be jarvis cocker-y Patrick Wolf!
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