jicyww.

just in case you were wondering what i bought/ate yesterday for the first time in years...

what are the odds?

wtf

here is our pop princess britney spears wishing the crowd at her washington DC circus tour show a "merry christmas"

it was march 24th.

it happens around :50.

"that was weird" at 1:00

what is kismet doing?

answer: getting his little ass in trouble. i let him outside to do his doggy business and he took off running into the wilderness. it just finished raining and it is gross and wet outside, so i should have assumed that he would pick this opportunity to have me chase him down through the underbrush and poisonous plants and bugs that creep beyond the backyard. so i finally got him and he was a right mess. i carried him back inside and put him straight in the tub. he proceeded to jump out of the tub and haul ass through the entire house while i chased him. then i got him wet and you can see on his face in this picture that he is just sad he got caught.

ugh. then he bit my toes.

keekerz speakerz

passion pit - sleepyhead
passion pit - the reeling

so over it

if you live anywhere outside the city limits of memphis or lexington, you probably have no idea what im talking about. it seems the university of kentucky has made a job offer to coach john calipari of the university of memphis. they offered something ridiculous like 37,000,000 doll hairs for a 6 year contract. it seems he has just ACCEPTED!!

you would think that the jews had made an offer to the pope to switch sides considering the media shitstorm this has caused. right now on the tv screen i am seeing live helicopter footage looking into the window of this guys house. its a pretty big house by the way. even fred smith ceo of fedex has weighed in a apparently offered the guy fedex stock options so he would stay. last night there was a candlelight vigil of supporters begging for him to stay. it is making the university of memphis look desperate and pitiful. if the shoe fits memphis.

i am over it.

NEXT

UPDATE: COACH CAL'S CAR LEAVES HOUSE

volz rapz

here's a really cute song from UT basketball player Ronaldo Woolridge aka The Answer aka Swiperboy. It's about facebook!

"I think my goldfish left me a video comment."

all ohio's good for.

Some MacGyver-esque drunkard in Ohio is facing DUI charges after crashing a bar stool he was driving -- HE WAS DRIVING! (tmz)

thx nm.

what's for lunch?????

john's lunch:

mixed green salad
with chicken, smoked gouda, tomatos, green beans, and chow mien noodles
more sliced kiwi
and the ears from a white chocolate rabbit.

eva's lunch:
dandelion greens, feta cheese, golden beats
and the late addition of a california roll
with spicy ginger sauce.

ctm

the count is divorcing the countess!

Count Alexandre de Lesseps was clearly always lucky to be married to his Real Housewife of New York City, LuAnn. She's a good fifteen years younger than he is, a great deal more lovely, and was perfectly willing to stay in America raising their two (surprisingly normal) kids as he traipsed around the world doing Lord-knows-what. If the world were a fair place, an old pumpkin like the count would realize he'd never get such a great situation again, and he'd thank his lucky stars to be married to an exotic American Indian who has kept his household — and her figure! — remarkably well. But, alas, the world is not fair, and according to "Page Six" the aging lothario found some Ethiopian chippy in Geneva to shack up with, like they always do. He let LuAnn know he was leaving her just one month before her book, Class With the Countess: How to Live With Elegance and Flair hit stands. (nymag)

gossip girl recap

happy tuesday everyone!

If a woman has thousands of dollars worth of hair extensions and doesn't make an effort to groom them, do they really exist? Meanwhile, Jenny struggled to remain true to her Humphrey-ness in the face of peer and adult pressure, and Blair continued to be torn between the happy-go-lucky golden retriever that is Nate and her animal attraction to Chuck, the fun but dangerous pit bull. "He would almost be scary if he wasn't wearing plaid," Dan remarks, of the latter. Wouldn't we all.

• Dorota: "Maybe girl from Brooklyn cry, Mr. Nate nice boy, he wipe tears, he touch her hair, she touch his … not that this ever happen to me." Plus 5. Also, plus 5 for the weird implied flirtation between the maid and Vanya the Russian doorman in the van der Woodsen building that also somehow involves product placement for Ann Coulter's newest book. We don't quite get why Dorota would be a right-wing fanatic, but something about it feels right, and we like that they're developing her character. 

• Jenny's text to Gossip Girl reads: "Rager at the VDW!" Plus 1 for the use of rager.

• Chuck is always hanging around in Lily's living room in his smoking jacket drinking booze in front of the fire. Don't other people, like, an entire family, live in that apartment? Minus 3, because what if someone wanted to play Hungry Hungry Hippos? And doesn't Lily basically live on that couch, in her enormous pregnant-ness?

• It's totally unrealistic that Lily would say that she thought the party Serena put together for Jenny was "delightful" and act like Jenny was at fault for being ungrateful when Jenny had clearly, strenuously objected to having such a party the day before and it was beyond evident that Serena was being a pouty egomaniac. It is, however, realistic that Rufus would sit there like a lump while that conversation was going on, so: Even.

(nymag recap)

charlie's paw

tufts4dayz.

just because

omg 3:25

welcome to the neighborhood...maybe.

a curiosity shoppe is preparing to open in a storefront on atlantic avenue at hicks street. i spotted the shoppe keepe out front doing a little cleaning and he informed me that they should be open in a month. could be interesting!

memphis karaoke

i went and did karaoke with some friends on saturday at a place here in memphis called yosemite sams. i performed my proud mary standard and threw in a little stevie wonder superstitious.
one of the funniest things that happened was when some meek and mild girl got up and did a very meek and mild version of reba's fancy. one of the girls i was with bribed the karaoke host with 20 bucks to let her follow up with the same song right after meek and mild finished. it was pretty spectacular.

obamas go to europe

barack and his main squeeze michelle are headed off to europe tomorrow for a G20 summit. MObama seems to be stealing most of the headlines and spotlights, but maybe that will change once people realize that our president now decided who works for GM. to me its kind of creepy to have the white house making these kinds of decisions, but i still think some sort of nationalization in this regard makes sense considering how much money these companies have been taking.

fyi... in tv on right now news

the big screen debut of kirstie alley

the first time a movie was made as a direct sequel to a specific television episode

what is kismet doing?

answer: he is staring at that bone at the top of the picture. i think im going to take him to the barber shop sometime this week to get his bangs trimmed. cant wait to post after pixies!! LOLZ.

are chickpeas the new avocado?

just think about it.

keekerz speakerz

royksopp (feat. karin dreijer andersson) - tricky tricky

nErD aLeRt!

Nicolai Ouroussoff studies 4 cities (New Orleans, LA, the Bronx, and Buffalo) in an interesting piece about urban development:

"With their crowded neighborhoods and web of public services, cities are not only invaluable cultural incubators; they are also vastly more efficient than suburbs. But for years they have been neglected, and in many cases forcibly harmed, by policies that favored sprawl over density and conformity over difference.

Such policies have caused many of our urban centers to devolve into generic theme parks and others, like Detroit, to decay into ghost towns. They have also sparked the rise of ecologically unsustainable gated communities and reinforced economic disparities by building walls between racial, ethnic and class groups." (nytimes)

fleet foxes on bbc2

did you want to watch an entire animal collective concert?

here's one on the internet:
animal collective (or ani collecti) live at paradiso in amsterdam.

blanket warz

snuggie vs. a bunch of other options i wasn't aware existed... (gizmodo)
thx g.

weekend movie roundup

i watched a lot of stuff this weekend, and i'd like to tell you how i felt about everything:

hunger:

intense, disturbing, unconventional, and beautiful...11 biscuits!!!!

synecdoche, new york:

looks good, doesn't it? well, if you like throwing hours of your life into the trashcan 2 at a time, then watch this movie! 0 biscuits!!! ;(

planet earth : deep ocean:
there was a PE marathon on discovery yesterday, and this one was always my favorite. i would do just about anything to have bioluminescence. 11 biscuits!!!

the assassination of jesse james by the cowardly robert ford:

this one's a couple of years old now, but i loved it when i saw it and watched it again on hbo this weekend. i recommend netflix-ing if you haven't seen it. casey affleck is real good, and there's also brad pitt. 11 biscuits!!!

this american life : scenes from the recession

listen here.

its a good one.

optimism vs. 'optimalism'

In his own life, Ben-Shahar uses three optimalist exercises, which he calls PRP. When he feels down--say, after giving a bad lecture--he grants himself permission (P) to be human. He reminds himself that not every lecture can be a Nobel winner; some will be less effective than others. Next is reconstruction (R). He parses the weak lecture, learning lessons for the future about what works and what doesn't. Finally, there's perspective (P), which involves acknowledging that in the grand scheme of life, one lecture really doesn't matter. (time)

thx g.anz

What is kismet doing?

answer: taking a sunday nap all wrapped up in a blanket. lazy sunday naptime.

thirsty?

me too. 

if youre in new york, click HERE to find out where to get dollar beer specials.

even during a recession you need to stay hydrated

sad panda on the loose

beware if you're walking around manhattan these days. Gothamist has spotted a man dressed in a sad panda outfit wandering around the city, even in the subway, carrying a duane reade bag and a sour disposition. 

it seems he hangs around the wall street bull downtown taking pictures with tourists... that would depress anyone.

according to this youtube, a similar sad panda has been spotted wandering around japan

cheer up new york sad panda. barack obama will save our economy.

dare you choose a favorite?

click HERE to find a list of 50 animals who hate baths.

there are plenty of different animals covered in the list including kitties puppies bunnies snakes birds and everything.

i like the ones who look like they are screaming

world's oldest sexual predator

pervatasaurus

So whatdaya wanna do this weekend?

Alls i know is, it better start out with sled dogs.



:52 - 1:14
I think my heart rated dropped downed to about 5 beats per minute.

sorry about that last post

hApPy fRiDaY!!!

(via cuteoverload)

downer alert!

on twentysomethings and the recession :
"I got another e-mail highlighting a love-and-relationship regret, from Heidi, who graduated from college in 2005 and landed a job with an architecture firm. "My employer was fantastic and I thought things were going to be smooth sailing while I worked to become a licensed architect," she writes. But last August, she moved to another city to be near her fiance. She found a not-as-good job. And then she got laid off. That was in November. In the months since, she's wrangled only two job interviews and no offers. Her fiance's company is going through a second round of reorganization, and while he survived the first round, it doesn't look good this time. He has no savings. Her unemployment insurance is running out. Going out with friends makes her feel resentful about the money she no longer has. "I have become more of a hermit and don't like to leave the apartment anymore," she says." (slate)

gulp.

(via lepanopticon)

my thoughts on my job

feel free to watch the whole thing. but the point is made in the first few seconds.

keekerz speakerz

mates of state - great dane
in the spirit of this sunny day.

nErD aLeRt!

Photographer Ian Ference has captured the beauty of abandoned buildings in and around New York on his blog, The Kingston Lounge. On the site Ference goes by the name Richard Nickel, Jr. -- an homage to guerrilla preservationist Richard Nickel, who documented architect Louis Sullivan's work in Chicago until he died in 1972, when he was crushed by a falling staircase at the abandoned Chicago Stock Exchange. (slideshow at nydn)

what's for dinner?????

omg AdRiEnNe'S PiZzAbAr!!!!!
last night, joel, charlotte, bun-bun and i went to eat the best pizza in the world. jicyww.

one old-fashioned pizza with peps and mush.

one white pizza with proscuitto.

jelly?

and we're not the only ones who ate dinner last night! here's a couple of other submissions i recieved:

adrienne's dinner:
2 spicy chicken and black bean fajitas
with onion and red bell pepper
fresh tomato, avocado and cheddar cheese
on a whole wheat tortilla.
1 Water from a mason jar.

liz herber's lunch / dinner:

rosemary grilled chicken
chickpea, tomato, and machenho cheese salad with balsamic.
and a ginger ale for a ginger girl!

what are you reading?

i'm reading this.

just kidding, i'm not.

does anyone have any book recommendations out there?

gobbling MY goop

william beaver house : the brown note of buildings ;(

ANOTHER birthday wish...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGAN!!!! xoxo

what is jazzy doing?

having another sleep! omg so cute!

~!*mYsTeRy BiRtHdAy*!~

im using this girl's birthday just as an excuse to link to the video... click the headline to find out who turned 39 today. its safe to say her nose is much younger.

what beer?

...is your favorite?

...is HIS favorite???

the approval matrix test

anyone who reads ny magazine knows that the approval matrix is an excellent indicator of how in-the-loop one is. each week, they place a selection of water-cooler-esque topics along a matrix according to the subject's taste-level and cultural significance. when i received my issue this week, i was pleasantly surprised to see that this blog had covered a number of approval matrix topics, mostly on the 'brillant' side.

what is this brown bear doing?

thx markie.

earth hour, part two

click the headline to see how one woman thinks Memphis should plan to respond to earth hour.

then, for a good laugh read the comments about how this is all just an obama-al gore-socialist-BS-globalwarming misadventure.

brb : outside / what's for lunch?????

one thing you might not know, is that joel is in brooklyn with me today, and we are simul-blogging from my living room! so we went outside together! here's what it was like...

conditions in brooklyn:
horrible. its way too gloomy out and cold and even a little bit rainy!

things we saw:

a irish puppy in a sweater!

a plaque describing historic ebbets field, home of the brooklyn dodgers!

cHiPoTLe!!!!!!!!

what's for lunch?????

one chicken burrito
no beans, rice, tomato-salsa, sour cream, cheese, guac-i-know-its-extra
one veggia fajita burrito
black beans, rice, tomato-salsa, green salsa, sour cream, cheese
two DC's, oc.

jelly?

and i've been thinking about cadbury mini-eggs (the world's best easter candy) since one fateful night that i won't detail on this blog. so we stopped to get some on the way home and they are entering my mouth now.

that's all for today's brb : outside. hope everyone enjoyed our outside adventure!

are you going to get diabetes?

according to the new york times article i just read (click headline for article)...

THIS online test will accurately predict if you are going to get diabetes in the next ten years.

thanks internet for keeping us healthy.

and thanks chipotle for lunch

and thanks cadbury for the chocolate eggs im enjoying right now

Last night in Kentucky

On highway 77, in the cold wet darkness, an accident occurred

THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN

rachel, you have to stay in memphis. sorry.

how emBEARassing

n.e.r.d.'s pharell acting like a douche in the paris airport mickey d's.
what. a pathetic. loser!

via fake it 'til you make it

What is kismet doing?

NEW YORK EDITION

answer: shopping at H&M obvi.

robin hood may have been a jerk

A Scottish expert has uncovered a medieval document suggesting negative attitudes towards Robin Hood.

The story of how Robin and his men stole from the rich to give to the poor has long been part of English folklore.

However, Julian Luxford of St Andrews University found a dissenting voice in a Latin inscription from about 1460 in a manuscript owned by Eton College. (bbc news)

via fantasticvoyage

whats for lunch?????

"the gayest lunch ever"
by john midgette

vegetrian lasagna a la vodka
with sliced kiwi and grapes
topped off with a red velvet cupcake from crumbs
and a blueberry yogurt