July 2010
50 posts
The Jackson 5, “Who’s Loving...
Antoine Dodson, you are my hero. →
I’ve watched this video at least 4859405 times and I laugh maniacally EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
Someone please get this man a reality show.
Watch“Between Two Ferns” with Zach Galifianakis and Steve Carell. Quality entertainment.
IN VINO VERITAS
I used to love it— the first hit at the back of the neck. The promise of love, of poetry, of sex— all in the chime and tinkle of the mouth-blown glass.
What was I looking for in those crystal depths? Transport to a realm of pure spirit? Transparency? Transcendence? It was never there.
But I remember the dream. Dear God, may I find it again with my own elixir.
[Erica Jong]
“[Michelle Obama] has done her part for the fashion industry as an intelligent,...”
– Kelly Cutrone [NYP]
[The Women]
Mary: When you are not looking and you are not thinking, you're going meet that man you want to marry. And that will be that.
Sylvia: I'm the man I want to marry. THAT's the problem.
Erica Jong's 20 Rules for Writers
1. Have faith—not cynicism 2. Dare to dream 3. Take your mind off publication 4. Write for joy 5. Get the reader to turn the page 6. Forget politics (let your real politics shine through) 7. Forget intellect 8. Forget ego 9. Be a beginner 10. Accept change 11. Don’t think your mind needs altering 12. Don’t expect approval for telling the truth - (Parents, politicians,...
A Manners Guide For The Twenty-Something New... →
WatchClearly modeling is not in my future, but I’m sooooo very glad I did this.
Robyn, “Dancing On My Own” (Acoustic @...
“When I look back on the years since I left college and try to sum up what I have...”
– Erica Jong
[Fear of Flying]
Randy: …you’ve really gotten off on the wrong track! I mean you really ought to stop writing and have a baby. You’ll find it so much more fulfilling than writing. Isadora: Maybe that’s what I’m afraid of. Randy: What do you mean? Isadora: Look, Randy. It may seem absurd to someone with nine children, but I really don’t miss having children. I mean I love your...
Laura Jansen, “Use Somebody” (Kings of...
I am my mother's daughter.
Me: How was your lunch date today?
Mom: We did NOT hit it off. He talked about his old man surgeries. He double dipped in my sauce. He used a coupon for the meal. THEN he asked me for a dollar. He has no children and he's clueless. But it was pretty much over after he double dipped in the sauce. I'm writing him an email right now.
Me: A rejection letter?? Why don't you just ignore him??
Mom: I'm too classy for that. But I wouldn't mind signing the email with "good luck you old cheap bastard."
“And the crazy part of it was even if you were clever, even if you spent your...”
– Erica Jong
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees,...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (via)
Tipsy Cooking
Whitney: Remember when you came home from the bar last night, and I peeked around the corner and asked if you were cooking?
Me: hahaha, yes
Whitney: You said, "English muffin. Already half eaten. Nothing burned."
Whitney: it was like a professional status report.
“…if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the...”
– Stephen King, On Writing
Ryan Adams, “Wonderwall” (Oasis cover,...
July Fourth Twenty Ten: Long Beach Island
Six whole days! This has to be the longest I’ve gone without blogging.
It’s not that I haven’t wanted to, it’s that 1. I was actually enjoying a relatively “disconnected” existence over the holiday weekend, and 2. blogging from a crap ass Blackberry Pearl Back-up Party Phone makes me want to slit my wrists.
That’s not true — I just miss my iPhone...
Sam Cooke, “That’s Where It’s...
