So I was on Tumblr which is usually the place I go for artsy things but I read this ( Read more... )

So today this kid came by my door with an offering of magazine subscriptions for charity and to help him pay for some school trip to Hawaii. And I immediately thought to myself, "I bet this is some sort of scam." Except that my other thought was, "or he's telling the truth ( Read more... )

So AV Club as been doing this series in which one of their reviewers rewatches Avatar: The Last Airbender. Some of them are unsatisfactorily cursory while others give me a nice new perspective on the episodes. The recent one, in which we are introduced to the Sun Warriors, had my wondering just how many pan-Asian civilizations the first Avatar ( Read more... )

So this weekend I had totally intended on studying, staying home, being a good little aspiring med student. Etc etc... Except that didn't happen. AT ALL ( Read more... )

So I have a lot of old clothes that should probably be tossed out. Or given to my sister. I'm a huge pack rat and I hate throwing stuff away because I'm convinced everything will eventually be worn again by someone one day. Maybe even by me. That has resulted in my accumulating approximately 5 billion over-sized t-shirts and jeans of various sizes ( Read more... )

Today I watched Good Hair, a movie by Chris Rock. It was inspired by a day when Rock's daughter came home and asked him, "daddy, why is my hair ugly ( Read more... )

Some light reading for ya'll:

- I'm sure normally the FBI gets it right but this is just embarrassing. I mean... why would they need to hold the woman and her child at gun point? They knew they were after a man right? So like "lady and lady's lady child" didn't tip them off that either they had the wrong apartment or the wrong people? Seriously ( Read more... )

I saw this fabulous series of magazine covers done by Chen Man and MAC cosmetics and was quite impressed. Then I read the first blurb (which I'd skipped earlier) and felt compelled to comment. The quote read ( Read more... )

On a slightly less angry militant note:

I love love LOVE Gaultier's haute couture line for this year. It's Amy Whinehouse inspired, which means very little to me, but the colors and the crazy patterns are so awesome. Like that neon orange lace dress? Or everything in panel one?

I especially love that billowing brown gown. So cool.

So I was at dinner the other day and a friend of mine was all, "No I'm not getting dessert. I already have to run extra because I ate cake for breakfast ( Read more... )