July 2010
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April 2010
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March 2010
5 posts
Strangers on a Train
Whenever I took public transportation home during college, there was basically a 100% chance that I’d run into someone I knew. This wasn’t surprising, of course—we were all on more or less the same academic schedule, and few of us had the requisite independence or wherewithal to make plans to do anything other than return to our parents’ homes.
I imagine this...
““I don’t think I’ve seen the president as happy as he was last night about...”
– Jake Tapper (via soupsoup)
Dear Columbia,
I am trying to give you all my money. Please stop making it SO FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE to do so.
All best,
+J
um, it appears I now live a life that involves receiving his ‘n’ hers crate and barrel catalogs in the mail.
…oops?
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When I was sixteen, I chopped off all my hair, and then, in a mostly unrelated move, broke up with my boyfriend. I handled the whole thing poorly (as sixteen year olds tend to do), and blindsided him with my somewhat pathetic excuse that I just wasn’t “mature enough” to be in a relationship. He looked at me and asked what the hell I was talking about, because I looked...
February 2010
9 posts
I enjoyed this. →
Unemployment, part 2
My landlords are having new radiators installed, which, for reasons not entirely clear to me, meant that a plumber needed to traipse into my apartment two or three times this morning to deal with my radiators.
I’m not a particularly socially graceful person at the best of times, but I have no idea how to handle this kind of interaction (a major reason why it’s highly unlikely...
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The folks behind Valentine’s Day really dropped the ball by having Taylor Swift’s character neither be the cheer captain nor sit on the bleachers.
Real (TV) Talk
+J: I'm not explaining it well
but basically
it has the potential for uncomfortable conflict-humor
and avoids it, because, eh, why bother!
and THAT'S the kind of lackluster attitude I like in my TV shows!
S+N: hahaha yeah i can't fault anyone for liking mild things. i like me some mild things! (obviously a reimagining of Wild Things for the christian community that i'm creating)
but! you still have to explain what's particularly good about it!
are the jokes funny?
+J: it's sort of charming in the way that shows where you can see that the people actually seem to like each other are charming
and there are some jokes that actually work
(I can't think of any now, obviously)
but, like I said, it's basically mid-level scrubs
I wouldn't go to the mat for it
but I don't want to die when watching it
S+N: ms. manners: keepin it real
+J: gotta have standards!
elsam:
allcapsornocaps:
leoncrawl:
There’s no dirty plate worse than a plate dirty with pasta sauce.
ketchup, my good man. on your hands, on your plate. it hardens, and the smell is immediately insufferable. when the fries are done, that leftover ketchup is your senses’ worst enemy.
Sorry guys, but the answer you are looking for is egg yolks.
oooh, I think Elsa wins on that one.
(courtesy of the brother, sent at midnight...
yes, again. another tumblr.
[the other] i[, S+N,] started a new tumblr. ‘another? aNOTHER tumblr? aNOTHER tumblr?!’ said my friend, andre 3000. YES ANDRE. ANOTHER TUMBLR. I HAVE 1.5 TUMBLRS. not to quote my own new tumblr, but i think i said it best when i wrote (five minutes ago) “i’m mostly starting it so i can recklessly follow a million other tumblrs and i don’t want our shared SNJ dashboard to have to...
January 2010
26 posts
Young Blood Reverses Signs of Aging in Old Mice →
fiatluxemburg:
[via W. Ellis]
say it: VAMPIRE
(i know: OBVIOUS JOKE)
it's me, S+N! i need new glasses! my face is round...
Apple In-Store Q and A in NY at the Soho location... →
azizisbored:
Join comedian and actor Aziz Ansari as he discusses his one hour comedy special, “Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening.” February 2, 7:00 p.m.
you guys, we kinda know and definitely love aziz, so let’s go see him talk fo’ FREE! SoHo’s on the way home from work! 7pm is after work! if the stars aligned any more, [enter violent astronomical repercussions here]
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Modern Politics
regan:
Cramming a black woman, an asian man, a soldier, and a wholesome looking blonde woman in a tight screen shot for the Republican Response to the SOTU Address. I wonder if non-white, non-male Republicans get frustrated for being pulled up to the front row at every public outing.
naw cuz that’s an issue of dignity. and i’m pretty sure they gave that up when they, you know,...
i got jokes too, leila!
in an (apparent) Exclaim! exclusive, Pusha T of the Clipse says their next album will connect “the hood and the hipster.” in an exclusive fan letter, S+N suggests naming the album Gentrification. (also they should know, there’s already a song called ‘i rock skinnies.’)
Unemployment, part 1
I guess it’s wrong that I feel proud of myself for being dressed before noon…
Two applications down! Zero to two to go!
Barack Obama: Normal Human
fiatluxemburg:
As for what Obama reads online, his advisers said he looks for offbeat blogs and news stories, tracking down firsthand reporting and seeking out writers with opinions about his policies. Obama was particularly interested in Atlantic Online’s Andrew Sullivan’s tweeting of the Iranian elections last year, said an aide, who requested anonymity to discuss what influences the...
Another overly long blog post/column (blogumn) in... →
(how’s that for self-promotion?)
You all like(d?) The Office, right? →
My other (other) tumblr finally has a legitimately new post up!* (I mean, I’m more than a month behind on the discussion of this one, but at least it’s still on the air!)
*I had to break it up into chunks, because it was getting embarrassingly long, so this is technically only part one, but parts two and three are coming soon! get excited!
okay so who else is gonna live-tweet the golden...
“You have been told that real life is not like college and you have been...”
– Meryl Streep (via nancysun), saying what both members of SNJ have been saying this whole time
Uniqlo knows what's up
(via fiatlux)
“Citing a more “hopeful state of world affairs” in relation to the twin threats...”
– Physics Today (via msmandrake)
this will be the title of the next doomsday movie, no? “6 minutes to midnight”?
(via sunplusnightplusjess)
No way - I totally claim the rights to the phrase “Six Minutes to Midnight” for my autobiography. The posthumous sequel, “Half Past Midnight” will be authored...
“Citing a more “hopeful state of world affairs” in relation to the twin threats...”
– Physics Today (via msmandrake)
this will be the title of the next doomsday movie, no? “6 minutes to midnight”?
MERCYCAT - Haiti Earthquake Relief Benefit →
leilacohan:
purns:
The UCB Theatre is doing its part to help the victims of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12th, 2010.
Every dollar raised at this show will go directly to Mercy Corps and will be used to help those in Haiti affected by the destruction.
This show will feature performers from “Saturday Night Live”, “The Colbert Report”, “30 Rock”, and more!
More cast...
addendum
The posts on the new tumblr are pretty long…sorry, folks!
Ms. Manners' Guide to TV
I (+J) have a(nother) new Tumblr! I mean, at this point, there’s nothing actually “new”—I’m just shifting stuff away from my old blog, but I swear, there’ll be new stuff soon! You should all follow it! You all like TV! And I’m sure you all have a burning desire to read my thoughts about shows that only existed for a few months in the 2005-06 season, right?...
One application down, one…or three more to go!
“Namely, they geared their calculations toward people who are 5 feet tall,...”
– one of the reasons why ‘wind chill’ estimates are inaccurate, according to this Slate article. needless to say, it’s less inaccurate for some people than for others.
December 2009
26 posts
‘Baby-Sitters Club’ Returns With Prequel, Reissued... →
leilacohan:
interweber:
Editors at Scholastic updated some of the references to technology and outdated fashions in the reissued books. So a “cassette player” has become “headphones” and a “perm” has become “an expensive hairstyle.”
I’ll buy it. And I’ll certainly buy these books. ESPECIALLY, because Ann M. Martin is in. MISS YOU BSC!
BOOK CLUB.
auto BSC reblog.
also, their updates are...
Where can I find pepper jelly in Brooklyn...
Elizabeth Gumport at This Recording
leoncrawl:
Davidson’s photographs remind us that people’s personal lives are mostly tedious. Everybody has dirty plates and families. Privacy protects us. Behind closed doors we shine our shoes and our personalities; we rest and then resume playing the roles of interesting people. We hide our worst selves, and our dullest: we would rather have people see us as bad than boring.
“In Which We Do...
The bookstore-less streets of Laredo: Laredo,... →
darkwingdach:
(via adrianeq)
this wouldn’t bum me out so much if they had more than 3 branches of their public library. but they don’t so this is really bumming me out.
